20th Parliament of Ontario

The 20th Legislative Assembly of Ontario was in session from October 6, 1937, until June 30, 1943, just prior to the 1943 general election. The majority party was the Ontario Liberal Party led by Mitchell Hepburn.

In 1938, the title "Member of Provincial Parliament", abbreviated as "MPP", was officially adopted by the members of the legislative assembly.

Hepburn resigned as Premier in October 1942, remaining party leader, and Gordon Daniel Conant became Premier. In 1943, Harry Nixon became both party leader and Premier after a leadership convention was held for the provincial Liberal party.

Norman Otto Hipel served as speaker for the assembly until September 2, 1938. James Howard Clark replaced Hipel as speaker.

Members of the Assembly

	Riding	Member	Party	First elected / previously elected	No. of terms
	Addington	William David Black	Conservative/ Prog. Conservative	1911	8th term
	Algoma—Manitoulin	Wilfred Lynn Miller	Liberal	1934	2nd term
	Beaches	Thomas Alexander Murphy	Conservative/ Prog. Conservative	1926	4th term
	Bellwoods	Arthur Wentworth Roebuck	Liberal	1934	2nd term
	Bracondale	Lionel Pretoria Conacher	Liberal	1937	1st term
	Brant	Harry Corwin Nixon	Liberal	1919	6th term
	Brantford	Morrison Mann MacBride	Independent-Liberal	1919, 1934	4th term*
	Louis Hagey (1938)	Liberal	1938	1st term
	Bruce	John William Sinclair	Liberal	1934	2nd term
	Carleton	Adam Holland Acres	Conservative/ Prog. Conservative	1923	5th term
	Cochrane North	Joseph-Anaclet Habel	Liberal	1934	2nd term
	Cochrane South	Charles Vincent Gallagher	Liberal	1937	1st term
	Dovercourt	William Duckworth	Conservative/ Prog. Conservative	1934	2nd term
	Dufferin—Simcoe	Alfred Wallace Downer	Conservative/ Prog. Conservative	1937	1st term
	Durham	Cecil George Mercer	Liberal	1937	1st term
	Eglinton	Harold James Kirby	Liberal	1934	2nd term
	Elgin	Mitchell Frederick Hepburn	Liberal	1934	2nd term
	Essex North	Adélard Charles Trottier	Liberal	1934	2nd term
	Essex South	Charles George Fletcher	Liberal	1926, 1937	2nd term*
	Fort William	Franklin Harford Spence	Conservative/ Prog. Conservative	1923, 1937	4th term*
	Glengarry	Edmund MacGillivray	Liberal	1937	1st term
	Grenville—Dundas	George Holmes Challies	Conservative/ Prog. Conservative	1929	3rd term
	Grey North	Roland Patterson	Liberal-Progressive	1934	2nd term
	Grey South	Farquhar Robert Oliver	United Farmers	1926	4th term
	Liberal
	Haldimand—Norfolk	Eric William Blake Cross	Liberal	1937	1st term
	Halton	Thomas Aston Blakelock	Liberal	1929	3rd term
	Hamilton Centre	William Frederick Schwenger	Liberal	1934	2nd term
	John Newlands (1938)	Liberal	1938	1st term
	Hamilton East	John P. MacKay	Liberal	1937	1st term
	Hamilton—Wentworth	Thomas Baker McQuesten	Liberal	1934	2nd term
	Hastings East	Harold Edward Welsh	Conservative/ Prog. Conservative	1936	2nd term
	Hastings West	Richard Duke Arnott	Conservative/ Prog. Conservative	1937	1st term
	High Park	William Alexander Baird	Conservative/ Prog. Conservative	1926	4th term
	Huron	James Simpson Ballantyne	Liberal	1934	2nd term
	Huron—Bruce	Charles Alexander Robertson	Liberal	1926	4th term
	Kenora	Peter Heenan	Liberal	1919, 1934	4th term*
	Kent East	Douglas Munro Campbell	Liberal-Progressive	1934	3rd term
	Kent West	Arthur St. Clair Gordon	Liberal	1934	2nd term
	Kingston	Thomas Ashmore Kidd	Conservative	1926	4th term
	Lambton East	Milton Duncan McVicar	Liberal	1934	2nd term
	Charles Oliver Fairbank (1938)	Liberal	1938	1st term
	Lambton West	William Guthrie	Liberal	1934	2nd term
	Lanark	George Henry Doucett	Conservative/ Prog. Conservative	1937	1st term
	Leeds	Walter Bain Reynolds	Conservative/ Prog. Conservative	1937	1st term
	Lincoln	Archibald Judson Haines	Liberal	1937	1st term
	London	Archibald Stuart Duncan	Liberal	1934	2nd term
	Middlesex North	John Willard Freeborn	Liberal	1919, 1934	4th term*
	Middlesex South	Charles Maitland MacFie	Liberal	1934	2nd term
	Muskoka—Ontario	James Francis Kelly	Liberal	1934	2nd term
	Niagara Falls	William Houck	Liberal	1934	2nd term
	Nipissing	Joseph Elie Cholette	Liberal	1937	1st term
	Northumberland	Harold Norman Carr	Liberal	1934	2nd term
	Ontario	Gordon Daniel Conant	Liberal	1937	1st term
	Ottawa East	Marie Charles Denis Paul Leduc	Liberal	1934	2nd term
	Robert Laurier (1940)	Liberal	1940	1st term
	Ottawa South	George Harrison Dunbar	Conservative/ Prog. Conservative	1937	1st term
	Oxford	Patrick Michael Dewan	Liberal	1934	2nd term
	Parkdale	Frederick George McBrien	Conservative	1923, 1937	4th term*
	William James Stewart (1938)	Conservative/ Prog. Conservative	1938	1st term
	Parry Sound	Milton Taylor Armstrong	Liberal	1934	2nd term
	Peel	Thomas Laird Kennedy	Conservative/ Prog. Conservative	1919, 1937	5th term*
	Perth	William Angus Dickson	Liberal	1934	2nd term
	Peterborough	Alexander Leslie Elliott	Liberal	1937	1st term
	Port Arthur	Charles Winnans Cox	Liberal	1934	2nd term
	Prescott	Aurélien Bélanger	Liberal	1923, 1934	4th term*
	Prince Edward—Lennox	James de Congalton Hepburn	Conservative/ Prog. Conservative	1937	1st term
	Rainy River	Randolph George Croome	Liberal	1934	2nd term
	Renfrew North	John Courtland Bradley	Liberal	1934	2nd term
	Renfrew South	Thomas Patrick Murray	Liberal	1929	3rd term
	Riverdale	William Summerville	Conservative/ Prog. Conservative	1937	1st term
	Russell	Romeo Bégin	Liberal	1937	1st term
	Sault Ste. Marie	Richard McMeekin	Liberal	1937	1st term
	Colin Alexander Campbell (1937)	Liberal	1937	1st term
	Simcoe Centre	Leonard Jennett Simpson	Liberal	1929	3rd term
	Duncan McArthur (1940)	Liberal	1940	1st term
	Simcoe East	William Finlayson	Conservative	1923, 1937	4th term*
	George Alexander Drew (1939)	Conservative/ Prog. Conservative	1939	1st term
	St. Andrew	John Judah Glass	Liberal	1934	2nd term
	St. David	Allan Austin Lamport	Liberal	1937	1st term
	St. George	Ian Thomas Strachan	Liberal	1934	2nd term
	St. Patrick	Frederick Fraser Hunter	Liberal	1934	2nd term
	Stormont	Fergus Beck Brownridge	Liberal	1934	2nd term
	Sudbury	James Maxwell Cooper	Liberal	1937	1st term
	Timiskaming	William Glennie Nixon	Liberal	1934	2nd term
	Victoria	Leslie Miscampbell Frost	Conservative/ Prog. Conservative	1937	1st term
	Waterloo North	Justus Albert Smith	Liberal	1937	1st term
	Waterloo South	Norman Otto Hipel	Liberal	1930	3rd term
	Welland	Edward James Anderson	Liberal	1934	2nd term
	Wellington North	Ross Atkinson McEwing	Liberal	1937	1st term
	Wellington South	James Harold King	Liberal	1934	2nd term
	Wentworth	George Henry Bethune	Liberal	1934	2nd term
	Windsor—Sandwich	James Howard Clark	Liberal	1934	2nd term
	Windsor—Walkerville	David Arnold Croll	Liberal	1934	2nd term
	Woodbine	Goldwin Corlett Elgie	Conservative/ Prog. Conservative	1934	2nd term
	York East	George Stewart Henry	Conservative/ Prog. Conservative	1913	8th term
	York North	Morgan Baker	Liberal	1934	2nd term
	York South	Leopold Macaulay	Conservative/ Prog. Conservative	1926	4th term
	York West	William James Gardhouse	Liberal	1934	2nd term

Timeline

20th Legislative Assembly of Ontario - Movement in seats held (1937–1943)

Party		1937	Gain/(loss) due to					1943
			Changed party	Death in office	Resignation as MPP	Byelection gain	Byelection hold
	Liberal	62	2	(4)	(7)	1	5	59
	Conservative	23		(4)	(2)		2	19
	Liberal–Progressive	3	(1)					2
	United Farmers	1	(1)					–
	Independent-Liberal	1		(1)				–
	Vacant	–		5	5			10
Total		90	–	(4)	(4)	1	7	90

Changes in seats held (1937–1943)

Seat	Before				Change
	Date	Member	Party	Reason	Date	Member	Party
Sault Ste. Marie	October 20, 1937	Richard McMeekin	█ Liberal	Resigned to allow Campbell to enter provincial politics	November 23, 1937	Colin Alexander Campbell	█ Liberal
Hamilton Centre	January 26, 1938	William Frederick Schwenger	█ Liberal	Appointed to Bench	March 2, 1938	John Newlands	█ Liberal
Lambton East	February 3, 1938	Milton Duncan McVicar	█ Liberal	Died in office	March 22, 1938	Charles Oliver Fairbank	█ Liberal
Brantford	June 5, 1938	Morrison Mann MacBride	█ Independent-Liberal	Died in office	July 20, 1938	Louis Hagey	█ Liberal
Parkdale	July 2, 1938	Fred McBrien	█ Conservative	Died in office	October 5, 1938	William James Stewart	█ Conservative
Simcoe East	January 13, 1939	William Finlayson	█ Conservative	Resigned to enable Drew to gain seat as new party leader	February 14, 1939	George Drew	█ Conservative
Kingston	March 7, 1940	Thomas Ashmore Kidd	█ Conservative	Chose to stand in Kingston City in the 1940 federal election			█ Vacant
Bellwoods	March 8, 1940	Arthur Wentworth Roebuck	█ Liberal	Chose to stand in Trinity in the 1940 federal election			█ Vacant
Huron—Bruce	March 22, 1940	Charles Alexander Robertson	█ Liberal	Died in office			█ Vacant
Cochrane South	May 28, 1940	Charles Vincent Gallagher	█ Liberal	Died in office			█ Vacant
High Park	May 30, 1940	William Alexander Baird	█ Conservative	Died in office			█ Vacant
Simcoe Centre	August 18, 1940	Leonard Jennett Simpson	█ Liberal	Died in office	October 23, 1940	Duncan McArthur	█ Liberal
Ottawa East	September 27, 1940	Paul Leduc	█ Liberal	Appointed Registrar of Supreme Court of Canada	November 27, 1940	Robert Laurier	█ Liberal
Grey South	January 23, 1941	Farquhar Oliver	█ United Farmers	Appointed Minister of Public Works	February 24, 1941	Farquhar Robert Oliver	█ Liberal
Lincoln	January 10, 1942	Archibald Judson Haines	█ Liberal	Resigned, in protest of a liquor licence being issued despite prior guarantees that it would not happen.			█ Vacant
Fort William	January 16, 1943	Franklin Harford Spence	█ Conservative	Died in office			█ Vacant
Ontario	May 18, 1943	Gordon Daniel Conant	█ Liberal	Appointed Master of the Supreme Court of Ontario.			█ Vacant
Hastings East	May 20, 1943	Harold Edward Welsh	█ Conservative	Died in office, having drowned while fishing in Algonquin Provincial Park.			█ Vacant
St. George	June 1, 1943	Ian Thomas Strachan	█ Liberal	Appointed Registrar of Deeds for the City of Toronto.			█ Vacant

External links

• Members in Parliament 20Archived 2011-06-11 at the Wayback Machine