8th Parliament of Ontario


The 8th Legislative Assembly of Ontario was in session from June 26, 1894, until January 28, 1898, just prior to the 1898 general election. The majority party was the Ontario Liberal Party led by Oliver Mowat. Arthur Sturgis Hardy succeeded Mowat as Premier in 1896 after Mowat entered federal politics.
William Douglas Balfour served as speaker for the assembly until he was named to cabinet on July 14, 1896. François-Eugène-Alfred Évanturel succeeded Balfour as speaker.
RidingMemberParty
AddingtonJames ReidConservative
Algoma EastCharles Franklin FarwellLiberal
Algoma WestJames M. SavageConservative
James Conmee Liberal
BrantWilliam Bruce WoodLiberal
Daniel Burt Liberal
Brant SouthArthur Sturgis HardyLiberal
BrockvilleGeorge Augustus DanaLiberal
Bruce CentreJohn Stevenson McDonaldLiberal-Patrons of Industry
Bruce NorthDaniel McNaughtonLiberal-Protestant Protective
Bruce SouthReuben Eldridge TruaxLiberal
CardwellEdward Alfred LittleConservative-Protestant Protective
CarletonGeorge Nelson KiddConservative-Patrons of Industry
DufferinWilliam DynesPatrons of Industry
DundasJames Pliny WhitneyConservative
Durham EastWilliam Armstrong FallisConservative
Durham WestWilliam Henry ReidConservative-Protestant Protective
Elgin EastCharles Andrew BrowerConservative
Elgin WestDonald MacnishLiberal-Patrons of Industry
Essex NorthWilliam J. McKeeLiberal
Essex SouthWilliam Douglas BalfourLiberal
John Allan Auld Liberal
FrontenacJoseph Longford HaycockLiberal-Patrons of Industry
GlengarryDavid Murdoch McPhersonLiberal-Patrons of Industry
GrenvilleOrlando BushConservative
Grey CentreThomas GameyPatron-Protestant Protective
Grey NorthJames ClelandLiberal
Grey SouthDavid McNicolPatrons of Industry
HaldimandJohn SennConservative
Jacob Baxter Liberal
HaltonWilliam KernsConservative
Hamilton EastJames Taylor MiddletonLiberal
Hamilton WestJohn Morison GibsonLiberal
Hastings EastAlexander McLarenLiberal-Patrons of Industry
Hastings NorthJames HaggertyPatrons of Industry
Hastings WestWilliam Hodgins BiggarLiberal
Huron EastThomas GibsonLiberal
Huron SouthMurdo Young McLeanLiberal
Huron WestJames Thompson GarrowLiberal
Kent EastRobert FergusonLiberal
Kent WestThomas Letson PardoLiberal-Patrons of Industry
KingstonEdward H. SmytheConservative
William Harty Liberal
Lambton EastPeter Duncan McCallumIndependent
Lambton WestAlfred Thomas GurdConservative-Protestant Protective
Lanark NorthRichard Franklin PrestonConservative
Lanark SouthArthur James MathesonConservative
LeedsWalter BeattyConservative
LennoxWalter William MeachamConservative
LincolnJames HiscottConservative
LondonWilliam Ralph MeredithConservative
Thomas Saunders Hobbs Liberal
Middlesex EastWilliam ShoreLiberal-Protestant Protective
Middlesex NorthWilliam Henry TaylorLiberal-Patrons of Industry
Middlesex WestGeorge William RossLiberal
MonckRichard HarcourtLiberal
MuskokaGeorge Edward LangfordConservative-Protestant Protective
NipissingJohn LoughrinLiberal
Norfolk NorthEdwin Clarendon CarpenterLiberal
Norfolk SouthWilliam Andrew CharltonLiberal
Northumberland EastWilliam Arnson WilloughbyConservative
Northumberland WestCorelli Collard FieldLiberal
Ontario NorthThomas William ChappleLiberal
Ontario SouthJohn DrydenLiberal
OttawaGeorge O. O'KeefeLiberal
OttawaErskine Henry BronsonLiberal
Oxford NorthOliver MowatLiberal
Andrew Pattulo Liberal
Oxford SouthAngus McKayLiberal
Parry SoundWilliam Rabb BeattyLiberal-Patrons of Industry
PeelJohn SmithLiberal
Perth NorthThomas MagwoodConservative
Perth SouthJohn McNeillLiberal-Patrons of Industry
Peterborough EastThomas BlezardLiberal
Peterborough WestJames Robert StrattonLiberal
PrescottFrancis Eugene Alfred EvanturelLiberal
Prince EdwardJohn CavenLiberal-Patrons of Industry
Renfrew NorthHenry BarrLiberal
Renfrew SouthRobert Adam CampbellLiberal
RussellAlexander RobillardLiberal
Simcoe CentreRobert PatonLiberal
Simcoe EastAndrew MiscampbellConservative
Simcoe WestArchibald S. CurrieLiberal-Patrons of Industry
StormontJohn BennettLiberal-Patrons of Industry
Toronto EastGeorge RyersonConservative
Toronto NorthGeorge Frederick MarterConservative
Toronto SouthOliver Aiken HowlandConservative
Toronto WestThomas CrawfordConservative
Victoria EastJohn Hilliard CarnegieConservative
Victoria WestJohn McKayLiberal-Equal Rights
Waterloo NorthAlexander Black RobertsonLiberal
Waterloo SouthJohn Douglas MooreLiberal
WellandWilliam Manley GermanLiberal
Wellington EastJohn CraigLiberal
Wellington SouthJohn MutrieLiberal
Wellington WestGeorge TuckerConservative-Protestant Protective
James Tucker Conservative
Wentworth NorthJohn Ira FlattLiberal
Wentworth SouthNicholas AwreyLiberal
John Dickenson Liberal
York EastJohn RichardsonLiberal
York NorthElihu James DavisLiberal
York WestJoseph Wesley St. JohnConservative