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.[1]
Notes
- 1 2 3 4 unseated after an appeal
- ↑ retired due to poor health
- ↑ died in 1896
- ↑ appointed judge
- ↑ Ottawa had 2 seats
- ↑ elected to federal seat
- ↑ appointed to office
References
- ↑ "Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario". Legislative Assembly of Ontario.
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