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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.

On April 5, 1951, the Fair Employment Practices Act and the Female Employees 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.

Members elected to the Assembly

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


Timeline

23rd Legislative Assembly of Ontario - Movement in seats held (1948-1951)
Party 1948 Gain/(loss) due to 1951
Death
in office 		Byelection
hold
Progressive Conservative 53 (3) 3 53
Co-operative Commonwealth 21 21
Liberal 13 13
Labor–Progressive 2 2
Liberal–Labour 1 1
Total 90 (3) 3 90
Changes in seats held (1948–1951)
Seat Before Change
Date Member Party Reason Date Member Party
Parry Sound August 19, 1948 Charles Cragg █ PC Died in office December 9, 1948 Allister Johnston █ PC
Cochrane North October 6, 1948 John Carrère █ PC Died in office June 8, 1949 Marcel Léger █ PC
Leeds March 12, 1949 Walter Bain Reynolds █ PC Died in office October 31, 1949 Hugh Reynolds █ PC

External links

References

  1. "Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario". Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Archived from the original on 2014-08-01. Retrieved 2014-08-27.
  2. The Fair Employment Practices Act, 1951, S.O. 1951, c. 24
  3. The Female Employees Fair Remuneration Act, 1951, S.O. 1951, c. 26
  4. "Promoting Fair Employment in Ontario". Canadian Human Rights Commission. Archived from the original on 2014-09-28. Retrieved 2014-08-27.
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