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9th Parliament of Ontario

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The 9th Legislative Assembly of Ontario was in session from March 1, 1898, until April 19, 1902, just prior to the 1902 general election. The majority party was the Ontario Liberal Party led by Arthur Sturgis Hardy. George William Ross became the Liberal leader when Hardy retired in 1899.

Historical souvenir, Ontario Legislative Assembly in 1901. B. F. Johnston, British Library.

François-Eugène-Alfred Évanturel served as speaker for the assembly.^[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 2014-08-29.

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Party		1898	Gain/(loss) due to					1902
Party		1898	Void election	Resignation as MPP	Death in office	Byelection gain	Byelection hold	1902
	Liberal	51	(3)	(4)	(2)	4	6	52
	Conservative	42	(2)		(2)	2	1	41
	Independent-Conservative	1						1
Total		94	(5)	(4)	(4)	6	7	94

Seat	Before				Change
Seat	Date	Member	Party	Reason	Date	Member	Party
Wellington East	September 6, 1898	John Craig	█ Liberal	Died in office	October 27, 1898	John Morison Gibson	█ Liberal
Elgin West	October 12, 1898	Findlay George MacDiarmid	█ Conservative	Election declared void	January 12, 1899	Donald Macnish	█ Liberal
Ontario South	October 13, 1898	Charles Calder	█ Conservative	Election declared void	December 12, 1899	John Dryden	█ Liberal
Perth South	January 27, 1899	William Caven Moscrip	█ Liberal	Election declared void	February 28, 1899	Samuel Nelson Monteith	█ Conservative
Waterloo North	April 1, 1899	Henry George Lackner	█ Conservative	Election declared void	October 31, 1900^{[a 1]}	Louis Jacob Breithaupt	█ Liberal
Brant South	October 17, 1899	Arthur Sturgis Hardy	█ Liberal	Retired from politics	December 12, 1899	Thomas Hiram Preston	█ Liberal
Renfrew South	October 25, 1899	Robert Adam Campbell	█ Liberal	Resigned to provide a seat for Latchford	November 14, 1899	Francis Robert Latchford	█ Liberal
Middlesex East	November 20, 1899	Thomas D. Hodgins	█ Conservative	Died in office	January 31, 1900	Thomas Robson	█ Conservative
Elgin West	November 21, 1899	Donald Macnish	█ Liberal	Election declared void	December 12, 1899	Findlay George MacDiarmid	█ Conservative
Welland	April 30, 1900	William Manley German	█ Liberal	Chose to stand for Welland in the 1900 federal election	December 13, 1900	John Franklin Gross	█ Liberal
Renfrew North	May 17, 1900	Andrew Thomas White	█ Conservative	Died in office	June 19, 1900^{[a 1]}	John W. Munro	█ Liberal
Kingston	April 15, 1901	William Harty	█ Liberal	Chose to stand for Kingston in the 1902 federal byelection	January 30, 1902^{[a 1]}	Edward John Barker Pense	█ Liberal
Kent East	September 7, 1901	Robert Ferguson	█ Liberal	Died in office	November 4, 1901^{[a 1]}	John Lee	█ Liberal

Seat	Incumbent	Party	Vacated	Reason	By-election
Lennox	Bowen Ebenezer Aylsworth	█ Liberal	October 20, 1898	Election declared void	November 18, 1898
Huron West	James Thompson Garrow	█ Liberal	November 2, 1898	Resignation in exchange for withdrawal of election petition	December 8, 1898
Halton	John Roaf Barber	█ Liberal	November 4, 1898	Election declared void	December 8, 1898
Hastings North	William John Allen	█ Conservative	November 13, 1898	Resignation in exchange for withdrawal of election petition	December 27, 1898
Nipissing	John Loughrin	█ Liberal	November 16,1898	Election declared void	December 27, 1898
Northumberland East	John Henry Douglas	█ Liberal	November 18, 1898	Election declared void	December 14, 1898
Elgin East	Charles Andrew Brower	█ Conservative	April 1, 1899	Election declared void	December 12, 1899
Peterborough West	James Robert Stratton	█ Liberal	October 21, 1899	Sought re-election upon appointment as Provincial Secretary and Registrar	November 7, 1899^{[a 1]}
Ontario South	John Dryden	█ Liberal	November 21, 1899	Election declared void	December 12, 1899
Waterloo North	Louis Jacob Breithaupt	█ Liberal	October 19, 1900	Election declared void	October 31, 1900^{[a 1]}
Huron West	James Thompson Garrow	█ Liberal	March 12, 1901	Election declared void	December 4, 1901
London	Francis Baxter Leys	█ Liberal	April 15, 1901	Sought re-election in support of removing a dam on the Thames River	July 9, 1901

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9th Parliament of Ontario

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