23rd Parliament of Ontario

The 23rd Legislative Assembly of Ontario was in session from June 2, 1948 until October 6, 1951, just prior to the 1951 general election. The majority party was the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party, however its leader, George Drew, lost his seat in the 1948 general election and soon after resigned as party leader to enter federal politics and take the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. He was replaced on October 19, 1948 by Thomas Laird Kennedy who served as premier and interim Progressive Conservative leader until Leslie Frost became party leader and succeeded Kennedy as premier on May 4, 1949.

The official opposition was led by Ted Jolliffe of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF).

M.C. Davies served as speaker for the assembly.^[1]

On April 5, 1951, the Fair Employment Practices Act and the Female Employee's Fair Remuneration Act were passed. The first act introduced fines and a complaint procedure to deal with discrimination based on race or religion in hiring practices. The second act was intended to ensure that female workers were paid the same wage as a male worker doing the same work for the same employer.^[2]

Riding	Member	Party
Addington	John Abbott Pringle	Progressive Conservative
Algoma—Manitoulin	John Arthur Fullerton	Progressive Conservative
Beaches	Reid Scott	Co-operative Commonwealth
Bellwoods	Albert Alexander MacLeod	Labour-Progressive
Bracondale	Harry Lindley Walters	Co-operative Commonwealth
Brant	Harry Corwin Nixon	Liberal
Brantford	George Thomas Gordon	Liberal
Bruce	T. Kenzie Foster	Liberal
Carleton	Donald Hugo Morrow	Progressive Conservative
Cochrane North	John Carrère	Progressive Conservative
	Marcel Léger (1949)	Progressive Conservative
Cochrane South	Bill Grummett	Co-operative Commonwealth
Dovercourt	George Eamon Park	Co-operative Commonwealth
Dufferin—Simcoe	Alfred Wallace Downer	Progressive Conservative
Durham	John Weir Foote	Progressive Conservative
Eglinton	Leslie Egerton Blackwell	Progressive Conservative
Elgin	Fletcher Stewart Thomas	Progressive Conservative
Essex North	Gordon Bennett Ellis	Co-operative Commonwealth
Essex South	William Murdoch	Progressive Conservative
Fort William	Charles Winnans Cox	Liberal
Glengarry	Osie Villeneuve	Progressive Conservative
Grenville—Dundas	George Holmes Challies	Progressive Conservative
Grey North	Mackinnon Phillips	Progressive Conservative
Grey South	Farquhar Robert Oliver	Liberal
Haldimand—Norfolk	Charles Hammond Martin	Progressive Conservative
Halton	Stanley Leroy Hall	Progressive Conservative
Hamilton Centre	Robert Desmond Thornberry	Co-operative Commonwealth
Hamilton East	John Lawrence Dowling	Co-operative Commonwealth
Hamilton—Wentworth	Russell Temple Kelley	Progressive Conservative
Hastings East	Roscoe Robson	Progressive Conservative
Hastings West	Elmer Sandercock	Progressive Conservative
High Park	William Horace Temple	Co-operative Commonwealth
Huron	Thomas Pryde	Progressive Conservative
Huron—Bruce	John William Hanna	Progressive Conservative
Kenora	James George White	Co-operative Commonwealth
Kent East	Edward B. McMillan	Liberal
Kent West	George William Parry	Progressive Conservative
Kingston	Harry Allan Stewart	Progressive Conservative
Lambton East	Charles Eusibius Janes	Progressive Conservative
Lambton West	Bryan Lewis Cathcart	Progressive Conservative
Lanark	George Henry Doucett	Progressive Conservative
Leeds	Walter Bain Reynolds	Progressive Conservative
Lincoln	Charles Daley	Progressive Conservative
London	Campbell Carlyle Calder	Liberal
Middlesex North	Thomas L. Patrick	Progressive Conservative
Middlesex South	Harry Marshall Allen	Progressive Conservative
Muskoka—Ontario	George Arthur Welsh	Progressive Conservative
Niagara Falls	William Houck	Liberal
Nipissing	William Bruce Harvey	Progressive Conservative
Northumberland	William Arthur Goodfellow	Progressive Conservative
Ontario	T.D. Thomas	Co-operative Commonwealth
Ottawa East	Aurele Chartrand	Liberal
Ottawa South	George Harrison Dunbar	Progressive Conservative
Oxford	Thomas Roy Dent	Co-operative Commonwealth
Parkdale	Lloyd F. K. Fell	Co-operative Commonwealth
Parry Sound	Charles Wilson Cragg	Progressive Conservative
	Allister Johnston (1948)	Progressive Conservative
Peel	Thomas Laird Kennedy	Progressive Conservative
Perth	James Frederick Edwards	Progressive Conservative
Peterborough	Harold Robinson Scott	Progressive Conservative
Port Arthur	Frederick Oliver Robinson	Co-operative Commonwealth
Prescott	Louis-Pierre Cécile	Progressive Conservative
Prince Edward—Lennox	John Donald Baxter	Liberal
Rainy River	James Melvin Newman	Liberal-Labour
Renfrew North	Stanley Joseph Hunt	Progressive Conservative
Renfrew South	James Shannon Dempsey	Progressive Conservative
Riverdale	Leslie Emery Wismer	Co-operative Commonwealth
Russell	Joseph Daniel Nault	Progressive Conservative
Sault Ste. Marie	George Isaac Harvey	Co-operative Commonwealth
Simcoe Centre	George Graham Johnston	Progressive Conservative
Simcoe East	John Duncan McPhee	Progressive Conservative
St. Andrew	Joseph Baruch Salsberg	Labour-Progressive
St. David	William David Dennison	Co-operative Commonwealth
St. George	Dana Harris Porter	Progressive Conservative
St. Patrick	Charles Edward Rea	Progressive Conservative
Stormont	John Lawrence McDonald	Progressive Conservative
Sudbury	Welland Stewart Gemmell	Progressive Conservative
Timiskaming	Calvin Howard Taylor	Co-operative Commonwealth
Victoria	Leslie Miscampbell Frost	Progressive Conservative
Waterloo North	John George Brown	Liberal
Waterloo South	Theodore Henry Isley	Co-operative Commonwealth
Welland	Harold William Walker	Liberal
Wellington North	Ross Atkinson McEwing	Liberal
Wellington South	William Ernest Hamilton	Progressive Conservative
Wentworth	Joseph Lees Easton	Co-operative Commonwealth
Windsor—Sandwich	William Griesinger	Progressive Conservative
Windsor—Walkerville	M.C. Davies	Progressive Conservative
Woodbine	Bertram Elijah Leavens	Co-operative Commonwealth
York East	Agnes Campbell MacPhail	Co-operative Commonwealth
York North	Addison Alexander MacKenzie	Progressive Conservative
York South	Edward Bigelow Jolliffe	Co-operative Commonwealth
York West	Charles Hibbert Millard	Co-operative Commonwealth

Notes

References

• Members in Parliament 23

1. "Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario". Legislative Assembly of Ontario.
2. "Promoting Fair Employment in Ontario". Canadian Human Rights Commission.