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The 17th Legislative Assembly of Ontario was in session from December 1, 1926, until September 17, 1929, just prior to the 1929 general election. The majority party was the Ontario Conservative Party led by George Howard Ferguson.

William David Black served as speaker for the assembly.[1][independent source needed]

Members of the Assembly

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Riding Member Party First elected / previously elected
  Addington William David Black Conservative 1911
  Algoma John Morrow Robb Conservative 1915, 1926
  Beaches Thomas Alexander Murphy Conservative 1926
  Bellwoods William Henry Edwards Conservative 1924
  Bracondale Arthur Russell Nesbitt Conservative 1923
  Brant County Harry Corwin Nixon Progressive 1919
  Brantford William George Martin Conservative 1926
  Brockton Frederick George McBrien Conservative 1923
  Brockville Hezekiah Allan Clark Conservative 1923
  Bruce North Alexander Patterson Mewhinney Liberal 1919
  Bruce South Malcolm Alex McCallum Progressive 1923
  Foster Graham Moffatt (1928) Conservative 1928
  Carleton Adam Holland Acres Conservative 1923
  Cochrane North Albert Victor Waters Conservative 1926
  Cochrane South Alfred Franklin Kenning Conservative 1926
  Dovercourt Samuel Thomas Wright Conservative 1926
  Dufferin Thomas Kerr Slack Progressive 1919, 1926
  Dundas George Smyth Liberal-Prohibitionist 1926
  Durham William John Bragg Liberal 1919
  Eglinton Herbert Henry Ball Conservative 1926
  Elgin East Edward Blake Miller Liberal 1926
  Elgin West Findlay George MacDiarmid Conservative 1898, 1899, 1923
  Essex North Paul Poisson Conservative 1926
  Essex South Charles George Fletcher Liberal 1926
  Fort William Franklin Harford Spence Conservative 1923
  Frontenac—Lennox Edward Ming Liberal 1926
  Glengarry Angus McGillis Conservative 1926
  Greenwood George Joseph Smith Conservative 1926
  Grenville George Howard Ferguson Conservative 1905
  Grey North David James Taylor Progressive 1919
  Grey South Farquhar Robert Oliver United Farmers[a] 1926
  Haldimand Robert Francis Miller Liberal 1926
  Halton George Hillmer Conservative 1923
  Hamilton Centre Thomas William Jutten Conservative 1926
  Hamilton East Leeming Carr Conservative 1923
  William Morrison (1928) Conservative 1928
  Hamilton West Frederick Thomas Smye Conservative 1926
  Hastings East James Ferguson Hill Conservative 1923
  Hastings North John Robert Cooke Conservative 1911
  Hastings West William Henry Ireland Conservative 1919
  High Park William Alexander Baird Conservative 1926
  Huron North Charles Alexander Robertson Liberal 1926
  Huron South William George Medd United Farmers[b] 1926
  Kenora Joseph Pattulo Earngey Conservative 1926
  Kent East Christopher Gardiner Progressive 1926
  Kent West Archibald Clement Calder Conservative 1926
  Kingston Thomas Ashmore Kidd Conservative 1926
  Lambton East Leslie Warner Oke United Farmers[a] 1919
  Lambton West Wilfred Smith Haney Conservative 1923
  Lanark North Thomas Alfred Thompson Conservative 1923
  Lanark South Egerton Reuben Stedman Conservative 1923
  Leeds Frederick James Skinner Conservative 1926
  Lincoln Robert Henry Kemp Progressive 1923
  London North James Percy Moore Conservative 1926
  London South John Cameron Wilson Conservative 1926
  Manitoulin Thomas Farquhar United Farmers[a] 1926
  Middlesex North Alexander Daniel McLean Independent-Progressive 1926
  Middlesex West John Giles Lethbridge Progressive 1919
  Muskoka George Walter Ecclestone Conservative 1919
  Niagara Falls William Gore Willson Conservative 1923
  Nipissing Henri Morel Conservative 1908, 1923
  Norfolk John Strickler Martin Conservative 1923
  Northumberland William George Robertson Liberal 1926
  Ontario North John Wesley Widdifield United Farmers[b] 1919
  Ontario South William Edmund Newton Sinclair Liberal 1911, 1919
  Ottawa East Joseph Albert Pinard Independent-Liberal 1914
  Ottawa North Albert Edwin Honeywell Conservative 1926
  Ottawa South Thomas Miles Birkett Conservative 1926
  Oxford North David Munroe Ross Liberal-Progressive 1921
  Oxford South Merton Elvin Scott Liberal-Progressive 1926
  Parkdale William Herbert Price Conservative 1914
  Parry Sound George Vernon Harcourt Conservative 1923
  Peel Thomas Laird Kennedy Conservative 1919
  Perth North Joseph Dunsmore Monteith Conservative 1923
  Perth South Albert Alexander Colquhoun Liberal 1926
  Peterborough City William Herbert Bradburn Conservative 1923
  Peterborough County William Alfred Anderson Liberal 1902, 1926
  Port Arthur Donald McDonald Hogarth Independent-Conservative 1911, 1926
  Prescott Edmond Proulx Independent-Liberal 1923
  Prince Edward William Edgar Raney[c] United Farmers[b] 1920
  Horace Stanley Colliver (1928) Conservative 1923, 1928
  Rainy River James Arthur Mathieu Conservative 1911, 1926
  Renfrew North Alexander Stuart Conservative 1923
  Edward Arunah Dunlop (1929) Conservative 1903, 1911, 1929
  Renfrew South Thomas Moore Costello Conservative 1926
  Riverdale George Oakley Conservative 1923
  Russell Aurélien Bélanger Independent-Liberal 1923
  Sault Ste. Marie James Lyons Conservative 1923
  Simcoe Centre Charles Ernest Wright Conservative 1923
  Simcoe East William Finlayson Conservative 1923
  Simcoe Southwest John Henry Mitchell Liberal-Progressive 1926
  St. Andrew William Robertson Flett Conservative 1926
  St. Catharines Edwin Cyrus Graves Independent-Conservative 1923
  St. David Joseph Elijah Thompson Conservative 1919
  St. George Henry Scholfield Conservative 1911[d], 1926
  St. Patrick John Allister Currie Conservative 1922
  Stormont Duncan Alexander McNaughton Conservative 1926
  Sturgeon Falls Théodore Legault Independent-Liberal 1926
  Sudbury Charles McCrea Conservative 1911
  Timiskaming Angus John Kennedy Conservative 1923
  Victoria North William Newman Liberal 1926
  Victoria South Frederick George Sandy Liberal-Progressive 1919, 1926
  Waterloo North William George Weichel Conservative 1923
  Waterloo South Karl Kenneth Homuth Labour 1919
  Welland Marshall Vaughan Conservative 1923
  Wellington Northeast George Alexander McQuibban Liberal 1926
  Wellington South Lincoln Goldie Conservative 1923
  Wentworth North Alex Laurence Shaver Conservative 1926
  Wentworth South Thomas Joseph Mahony Conservative 1923
  Windsor East Frank Worthington Wilson Conservative 1923
  Windsor West John Frederick Reid Conservative 1926
  Woodbine George Sylvester Shields Conservative 1926
  York East George Stewart Henry Conservative 1913
  York North Peter William Pearson Liberal 1926
  York South Leopold Macaulay Conservative 1926
  York West Forbes Godfrey Conservative 1907

Timeline

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17th Legislative Assembly of Ontario - Movement in seats held (1926-1929)
Party 1926 Gain/(loss) due to 1929
Election
void 		Death
in office 		Resignation
as MPP 		Byelection
gain 		Byelection
hold
Conservative 72 (1) (3) 2 2 72
Liberal 14 14
Progressive 10 (1) (1) 8
Liberal–Progressive 4 4
United Farmers 3 3
Labour 1 1
Independent-Liberal 4 (1) 3
Independent-Conservative 2 2
Independent-Progressive 1 1
Liberal-Prohibitionist 1 1
Vacant – 3 3
Total 112 (1) (1) (2) 2 2 112
Changes in seats held (1926–1929)
Seat Before Change
Date Member Party Reason Date Member Party
Prince Edward September 16, 1927 William Edgar Raney █ Progressive Appointed to the Bench November 1, 1927 Horace Stanley Colliver █ Conservative
Bruce South November 14, 1927 Malcolm Alex McCallum █ Progressive Election declared void June 27, 1928 Foster Graham Moffatt █ Conservative
Renfrew North April 2, 1928 Alexander Stuart █ Conservative Died in office June 27, 1928 Edward Arunah Dunlop █ Conservative
Hamilton East May 15, 1928 Leeming Carr █ Conservative Appointed Sheriff for Wentworth County June 27, 1928 William Morrison █ Conservative
Lanark North June 1929 Thomas Alfred Thompson █ Conservative Chose to stand in the 1929 federal Lanark byelection █ Vacant
Prescott September 10, 1929 Edmond Proulx █ Independent-Liberal Appointed to the Bench █ Vacant
St. David September 1929 Joseph Elijah Thompson █ Conservative Appointed Registrar of the Surrogate Court █ Vacant

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c Oliver, Farquhar, and Oke sat as their own UFO faction. Other United Farmer MLAs belonged to the Progressive caucus.
  2. ^ a b c Sat with the Progressive caucus
  3. ^ appointed judge
  4. ^ Wellington South

References

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  1. ^ "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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