4th Parliament of Ontario

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The 4th Parliament of Ontario was in session from June 5, 1879, until February 1, 1883, just prior to the 1883 general election. The majority party was the Liberal Party led by Oliver Mowat.

Charles Clarke served as speaker for the assembly.^[1]

Members of the Assembly

Riding	Member	Party	First elected / previously elected	Comments
Addington	Hammel Madden Deroche	Liberal	1871
Algoma	Robert Adam Lyon	Liberal	1878
Brant	James Young	Liberal	1879
Brant South	Arthur Sturgis Hardy	Liberal	1873	Provincial Secretary and Registrar in Mowat ministry^[2]
Brockville	Christopher Finlay Fraser	Conservative	1872	Commissioner of Public Works in Mowat ministry^[3]
Bruce North	Donald Sinclair	Liberal	1867
Bruce South	Rupert Mearse Wells	Liberal	1872	resigned June 6, 1882 to contest (successfully) federal seat^[4]
Bruce South	Hamilton Parke O'Connor (1882)	Liberal	1882	elected October 18, 1882^[5]
Cardwell	Charles Robinson	Liberal	1879
Carleton	George William Monk	Conservative	1871
Cornwall	William Mack	Liberal	1879
Dufferin	John Barr	Conservative	1875	unseated December 11, 1879 after the election results were appealed^[6]
Dufferin	William Jelly (1880)	Conservative	1880	elected January 9, 1880^[7]
Dundas	Andrew Broder	Conservative	1875
Durham East	John Rosevear	Conservative	1875	died May 12, 1881^[8]
Durham East	Charles Herbert Brereton (1882)	Conservative	1882	elected June 29, 1882^[9]
Durham West	James Wellington McLaughlin	Liberal	1879
Elgin East	Thomas McIntyre Nairn	Liberal	1879
Elgin West	John Cascaden	Liberal	1879
Essex North	Solomon White	Conservative	1878
Essex South	Lewis Wigle	Conservative	1875	resigned June 9, 1882 to contest (successfully) federal seat^[10]
Essex South	William Douglas Balfour (1882)	Liberal	1882	elected October 18, 1882^[11]
Frontenac	Delino Dexter Calvin	Conservative	1868, 1877
Glengarry	Donald Macmaster	Conservative	1879	resigned February 1, 1883 after he was elected to federal seat^[12]
Glengarry	James Rayside (1882)	Liberal	1882	elected October 18, 1882^[13]
Grenville South	Frederick John French	Conservative	1879
Grey East	Abram William Lauder	Conservative	1867
Grey North	David Creighton	Conservative	1875
Grey South	James Hill Hunter	Liberal	1875
Haldimand	Jacob Baxter	Liberal	1867
Halton	David Robertson	Liberal	1879
Hamilton	John Morison Gibson	Liberal	1879
Hastings East	Nathaniel Stephen Appleby	Independent Conservative	1875
Hastings North	George Henry Boulter	Conservative	1867
Hastings West	Alexander Robertson	Conservative	1879	resigned June 2, 1882 to contest (successfully) federal seat^[14]
Hastings West	Baltis Rose (1882)	Conservative	1882	elected October 18, 1882^[15]
Huron East	Thomas Gibson	Liberal	1871
Huron South	Archibald Bishop	Liberal	1873
Huron West	Alexander McLagan Ross	Liberal	1875
Kent East	Daniel McCraney	Liberal	1875
Kent West	Edward Robinson	Liberal	1879
Kingston	James Henry Metcalfe	Conservative	1879
Lambton East	Peter Graham	Liberal	1875
Lambton West	Timothy Blair Pardee	Liberal	1867	Commissioner of Crown Lands in Mowat ministry^[16]
Lanark North	William Clyde Caldwell	Liberal	1872, 1879
Lanark South	William Lees	Independent	1879
Leeds North and Grenville North	Henry Merrick	Conservative	1871
Leeds South	William Richardson	Conservative	1879
Lennox	George Douglas Hawley	Liberal	1879
Lincoln	Sylvester Neelon	Liberal	1875, 1879
London	William Ralph Meredith	Conservative	1872	Leader of the Opposition
Middlesex East	Richard Tooley	Conservative	1871
Middlesex North	John Waters	Liberal	1879
Middlesex West	John Watterworth	Liberal	1872
Monck	Richard Harcourt	Liberal	1879
Muskoka and Parry Sound	John Classon Miller	Liberal	1875	resigned June 2, 1882 to contest (unsuccessfully) federal seat^[17]
Muskoka and Parry Sound	James Whitney Bettes (1882)	Liberal	1882	elected October 30, 1882^[18]
Norfolk North	John Bailey Freeman	Liberal	1879
Norfolk South	William Morgan	Conservative	1879
Northumberland East	James Marshall Ferris	Liberal	1875
Northumberland West	John Collard Field	Liberal	1879
Ontario North	Thomas Paxton	Liberal	1867	resigned February 1, 1883 after he was appointed sheriff^[19]
Ontario North	Frank Madill (1881)	Conservative	1881	elected June 14, 1881^[20]
Ontario South	John Dryden	Liberal	1879
Ottawa	Patrick Baskerville	Conservative	1879
Oxford North	Oliver Mowat	Liberal	1872	Premier and Attorney General in Mowat ministry^[21]
Oxford South	Adam Crooks	Liberal	1871,^[a] 1875	Minister of Education in Mowat ministry^[22]
Peel	Kenneth Chisholm	Liberal	1873
Perth North	David Davidson Hay	Liberal	1875
Perth South	Thomas Ballantyne	Liberal	1875
Peterborough East	Thomas Blezard	Liberal	1879
Peterborough West	William Hepburn Scott	Conservative	1874, 1875	died July 11, 1881^[23]
Peterborough West	Robert Kincaid (1882)	Conservative	1882	elected August 24, 1881^[24]
Prescott	William Harkin	Conservative	1875	died February 11, 1881^[25]
Prescott	Albert Peter Hagar (1881)	Liberal	1881	elected April 22, 1881^[26]
Prince Edward	Gideon Striker	Liberal	1871
Renfrew North	Thomas Murray	Liberal	1869, 1879	resigned to contest (unsuccessfully) federal seat^[27] (date of resignation unclear)
Renfrew North	William Balmer McAllister (1882)	Conservative	1882	elected October 18, 1882^[28]
Renfrew South	James Bonfield	Liberal	1875
Russell	Adam Jacob Baker	Conservative	1875
Simcoe East	Herman Henry Cook	Liberal	1879	resigned June 1, 1882 to contest (successfully) federal seat^[29]
Simcoe East	Charles Alfred Drury (1882)	Liberal	1882	elected October 18, 1882^[30]
Simcoe South	William James Parkhill	Conservative	1878
Simcoe West	Thomas Long	Conservative	1875
Stormont	Joseph Kerr	Conservative	1879
Toronto East	Alexander Morris	Conservative	1879
Toronto West	Robert Bell	Conservative	1875
Victoria North	Samuel Stanley Peck	Liberal	1879
Victoria South	Samuel Casey Wood	Liberal	1871	Treasurer and Commissioner of Agriculture in Mowat ministry^[31]
Waterloo North	Moses Springer	Liberal	1867	resigned April 25, 1879 after he was appointed sheriff^[32]
Waterloo North	Elias Weber Bingeman Snider (1881)	Liberal	1881	elected June 17, 1881^[33]
Waterloo South	James Livingston	Liberal	1879	resigned February 1, 1883 after he was elected to federal seat^[34]
Waterloo South	Isaac Master (1882)	Liberal	1877, 1882	elected October 18, 1882^[35]
Welland	Daniel Near	Liberal	1879
Wellington Centre	Charles Clarke	Liberal	1871	Speaker
Wellington South	James Laidlaw	Liberal	1879
Wellington West	Robert McKim	Liberal	1867,^[b] 1879
Wentworth North	James McMahon	Liberal	1875
Wentworth South	Nicholas Awrey	Liberal	1879
York East	George Badgerow	Liberal	1879
York North	Joseph Henry Widdifield	Liberal	1875
York West	Peter Patterson	Liberal	1871

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