1st Parliament of Ontario
1st Parliament of Ontario | |||
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Coalition parliament | |||
3 September 1867 – 25 February 1871 | |||
Parliament leaders | |||
Premier | John Sandfield Macdonald | ||
Party caucuses | |||
Government | Conservative Party | ||
Opposition | Liberal Party | ||
* Coalition government | |||
Legislative Assembly | |||
Speaker of the Assembly | John Stevenson | ||
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The 1st Parliament of Ontario was in session from September 3, 1867, until February 25, 1871, just prior to the 1871 general election. This was the first session of the Legislature after Confederation succeeding the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada (last session was the 8th Parliament of the Province of Canada). The 1867 general election produced a tie between the Conservative Party led by John Sandfield Macdonald and the Liberal Party led by Archibald McKellar. Macdonald led a coalition government with the support of moderate Liberals.
In the first several years of Confederation, individuals could be elected to both federal and provincial parliaments and serve as MPs and MPPs at the same time. In the first Parliament of Ontario, provincial cabinet ministers John Sandfield Macdonald, Edmund Burke Wood, and John Carling all sat in both parliaments, as did Edward Blake, Thomas Roberts Ferguson, John Lorn McDougall (after 1869) and Frederick William Cumberland (after 1871). Generally, they represented the same riding, but it was not necessarily so; for example, Edward Blake represented Bruce South in the provincial parliament but Durham West at the federal level.
John Stevenson served as speaker for the assembly.[1]
Below is a list of members of Ontario's first parliament. Bolded names are cabinet ministers; Capitalized names also sat in federal parliament.
Western Ontario
[edit]Eastern Ontario
[edit]First Ontario Ministry: Sandfield Macdonald Cabinet, 1867-1871
[edit]The first Cabinet for Ontario consisted of Premier John Sandfield Macdonald four other Cabinet ministers. It was known as the "Patent Combination."[2]
It was a coalition government; John Carling and Matthew Crooks Cameron represented the Conservative Party; Edmund Burke Wood represented the coalition Grits; Sandfield Macdonald and Stephen Richards represented old school "Baldwinite" Reformers.[3]
Position | Minister | Term Start | Term End |
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Premier and Attorney General of Ontario | John Sandfield Macdonald* | 1867 | 1871 |
Agriculture and Public Works | John Carling* | 1867 | 1871 |
Commissioner of Crown Lands | Stephen Richards | 1867 | 1871 |
Provincial Secretary and Registrar |
Matthew Crooks Cameron | 1867 | 1871 |
Treasurer | Edmund Burke Wood* | 1867 | 1871 |
- Also sat as Member of Parliament
(Note: Richards and Cameron switched portfolios July 25, 1871)
References
[edit]- ^ "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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- ^ [2]
Notes
[edit]External links
[edit]- All Members serving in Parliament 1 Archived 2012-09-26 at the Wayback Machine