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20th Parliament of Ontario

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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.^[1]

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"Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario". Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Archived from the original on 2014-08-01. Retrieved 2014-08-27.

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Party		1937	Gain/(loss) due to					1943
Party		1937	Changed party	Death in office	Resignation as MPP	Byelection gain	Byelection hold	1943
	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

Seat	Before				Change
Seat	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^{[a 1]}	█ 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^{[a 1]}	█ 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^{[a 1]}	█ 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 Robert Oliver	█ United Farmers	Appointed Minister of Public Works	February 24, 1941	Farquhar Robert Oliver^{[a 1]}	█ 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

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20th Parliament of Ontario

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