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The3rd Parliament of Ontario was in session from 18 January 1875 until 25 April 1879, following the1875 general election in which theLiberal Party was returned as the majority party.Oliver Mowat was again the province's Premier.

The Ontario Liquor Licence Act, 1876 (often referred to as the Crooks Act),^[1]^{[verification needed]} which transferred control of licenses for the sale of alcohol from individual municipalities to commissioners appointed by the province, was passed.

Rupert Mearse Wells served as speaker for the assembly.^[2]

Members of the Assembly

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Riding	Member	Party	First elected / previously elected	Comments
Addington	Hammel Madden Deroche	Liberal	1871
Algoma	Simon James Dawson	Liberal	1875	Member until 26 August 1878. Resigned to enter federal politics.
Algoma	Robert Adam Lyon (1878)	Liberal	1878	Won byelection, was member from 16 September 1878.
Brant	Hugh Finlayson	Liberal	1867
Brant South	Arthur Sturgis Hardy	Liberal	1873	Provincial Secretary and Registrar inMowat ministry after March 19, 1877
Brockville	Wilmot Howard Cole	Liberal	1875
Bruce North	Donald Sinclair	Liberal	1867
Bruce South	Rupert Mearse Wells	Liberal	1872	Speaker
Cardwell	John Flesher	Conservative	1875
Carleton	George William Monk	Conservative	1871
Cornwall	Alexander Fraser McIntyre	Conservative	1875	Served 18 January 1875 – 18 June 1875. Election disqualified on 8 June 1875^[3]
Cornwall	John Goodall Snetsinger	Liberal	1872, 1875	Defeated McIntyre in byelection 17 July 1875 and served to end of Parliament session.^[4]
Dufferin	John Barr	Conservative	1875
Dundas	Andrew Broder	Conservative	1875
Durham East	John Rosevear	Conservative	1875
Durham West	John McLeod	Liberal	1867, 1872
Elgin East	John Henry Wilson	Liberal	1871
Elgin West	M.G. Munroe	Conservative	1875	Member until June 1875 when he was unseated in election trial.
	Thomas Hodgins	Liberal	1871, 1875	As opponent of Munroe, he won the seat upon conclusion of an election trial. Resigned in 1878 to become a candidate for federal politics.
	David McLaws	Liberal	1878	Won byelection and served from September 1878 until end of Parliament session.
Essex North	James Colebrooke Patterson	Conservative	1875	Member until September 1878 when he resigned to enter federal politics.
Essex North	Solomon White	Conservative	1878	Won byelection and was member after September 1878.
Essex South	Lewis Wigle	Conservative	1875
Frontenac	Peter Graham	Conservative	1875	Died in office in January 1877.
Frontenac	Delino Dexter Calvin	Conservative	1868, 1877	Won byelection in 1877 and served to end of Parliament session.
Glengarry	Alexander James Grant	Independent-Liberal	1875
Grenville South	Christopher Finlay Fraser	Liberal	1872	Provincial Secretary and Registrar inMowat ministry until July 23, 1875? Commissioner of Public Works inMowat ministry after March 24, 1874
Grey East	Abram William Lauder	Conservative	1867
Grey North	Thomas Scott	Conservative	1867	Disqualified in September 1875.^[5]
Grey North	David Creighton	Conservative	1875	Won byelection and was member from 1 November 1875.
Grey South	James Hill Hunter	Liberal	1875
Haldimand	Jacob Baxter	Liberal	1867
Halton	William Barber	Liberal	1867	Member until 30 June 1875 after he was unseated in election trial.^[6]
Halton	William Durie Lyon	Liberal	1875	Won byelection and was member from 15 November 1875 until end of Parliament session.^[7]
Hamilton	James Miller Williams	Liberal	1867
Hastings East	Nathaniel Stephen Appleby	Independent-Conservative	1875
Hastings North	George Henry Boulter	Conservative	1867
Hastings West	Thomas Wills	Conservative	1875
Huron East	Thomas Gibson	Liberal	1871
Huron South	Archibald Bishop	Liberal	1873
Huron West	Alexander McLagan Ross	Liberal	1875
Kent East	Archibald McKellar	Liberal	1867	Commissioner of Agriculture andPublic Works inMowat ministry until 25 July 1875 when he retired from politics.
Kent East	Daniel McCraney	Liberal	1875	Won byelection in 1875 and was member until end of Parliament session.
Kent West	Alexander Coutts	Conservative	1875
Kingston	William Robinson	Conservative	1871
Lambton East	Peter Graham	Liberal	1875
Lambton West	Timothy Blair Pardee	Liberal	1867	Commissioner of Crown Lands inMowat ministry
Lanark North	William Mostyn	Conservative	1875
Lanark South	Abraham Code	Conservative	1869
Leeds North and Grenville North	Henry Merrick	Conservative	1871
Leeds South	Robert Henry Preston	Conservative	1875
Lennox	John Thomas Grange	Conservative	1871
Lincoln	Sylvester Neelon	Liberal	1875
London	William Ralph Meredith	Conservative	1872	Leader of Opposition after c. October 1878
Middlesex East	Richard Tooley	Conservative	1871
Middlesex North	John McDougall	Conservative	1875
Middlesex West	John Watterworth	Liberal	1872
Monck	Henry Ryan Haney	Liberal	1872	Member until 18 November 1878, having died in office.
Monck	Richard Harcourt	Liberal	1879	Won byelection and was in the Legislature as of January 1879 until the end of the Parliament session.
Muskoka and Parry Sound	John Classon Miller	Liberal	1875
Norfolk North	John Fitzgerald Clarke	Liberal	1871
Norfolk South	Richard Richardson	Conservative	1875
Northumberland East	James Marshall Ferris	Liberal	1875
Northumberland West	William Hargraft	Liberal	1875
Ontario North	Thomas Paxton	Liberal	1867
Ontario South	Nicholas W. Brown	Conservative	1875
Ottawa	Daniel John O'Donoghue	Liberal	1874
Oxford North	Oliver Mowat	Liberal	1872	Premier andAttorney General inMowat ministry
Oxford South	Adam Oliver	Liberal	1867	Member until 15 July 1875 after he was unseated by election trial.^[8]
Oxford South	Adam Crooks	Liberal	1871,^[a] 1875	Won byelection in 1875 and was in the Legislature as of December 1875. He served until the end of the Parliament session.^[9] Treasurer inMowat ministry until March 19, 1877; Minister of Education inMowat ministry after February 19, 1876
Peel	Kenneth Chisholm	Liberal	1873
Perth North	David Davidson Hay	Liberal	1875
Perth South	Thomas Ballantyne	Liberal	1875
Peterborough East	John C. O'Sullivan	Conservative	1875	Although unseated by election trial on 2 August 1875, he retained this riding.^[10]
Peterborough West	George Albertus Cox	Liberal	1875	Unseated in election trial 2 August 1875.^[10]
Peterborough West	William Hepburn Scott	Conservative	1874, 1875	Won byelection and was member from December 1875.
Prescott	William Harkin	Conservative	1875
Prince Edward	Gideon Striker	Liberal	1871
Renfrew North	Thomas Deacon	Conservative	1871
Renfrew South	James Bonfield	Liberal	1875
Russell	Adam Jacob Baker	Conservative	1875
Simcoe East	John Kean	Conservative	1875
Simcoe South	D'Arcy Edward Boulton	Conservative	1873	Died in office 16 February 1875.
	William McDougall	Independent-Liberal	1875	Won byelection and was member from 1 June 1875 to 9 September 1878. Resigned early to seek seat in federal House of Commons.^[11]
	William James Parkhill	Conservative	1878	Won by-election and was member from 1 October 1878.
Simcoe West	Thomas Long	Conservative	1875
Stormont	James Bethune	Liberal	1872
Toronto East	Matthew Crooks Cameron	Conservative	1867	Leader of the Opposition until c. 1878. Served as member of legislative assembly until 9 January 1879 when he retired from politics.
Toronto East	Alexander Morris	Conservative	1879	Won byelection and was member from January 1879 until the end of Parliament session.
Toronto West	Robert Bell	Conservative	1875
Victoria North	John David Smith	Liberal	1875	Was member until 27 August 1875, after being unseated in election trial.^[12]
Victoria North	Duncan McRae	Conservative	1875	Won byelection.
Victoria South	Samuel Casey Wood	Liberal	1871	Retained seat in August 1875 byelection.^[13] Commissioner of Agriculture inMowat ministry after July 23, 1875: Treasurer inMowat ministry after March 19, 1877
Waterloo North	Moses Springer	Liberal	1867
Waterloo South	John Fleming	Liberal	1875	Died in office 21 January 1877.^[14]
Waterloo South	Isaac Master	Liberal	1877	Won byelection after recount and was member from March 1877.^[15]
Welland	James George Currie	Liberal	1871
Wellington Centre	Charles Clarke	Liberal	1871
Wellington South	Peter Gow	Liberal	1867	Member until 1876 when he resigned.
Wellington South	James Massie	Liberal	1876	Won byelection and was in the Legislature as of January 1877 until the end of the Parliament session.
Wellington West	John McGowan	Liberal-Conservative	1874
Wentworth North	Thomas Stock	Conservative	1875	Disqualified in September 1875. Was Conservative member until 30 June 1875.^[16]
Wentworth North	James McMahon	Liberal	1875	Won byelection and was in the Legislature as of December 1875 until the end of the Parliament session.
Wentworth South	William Sexton	Liberal	1867
York East	John Lane	Liberal	1875
York North	Joseph Henry Widdifield	Liberal	1875
York West	Peter Patterson	Liberal	1871

Election trials

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The early months of this Parliament were marred by election trials in manyridings. Most of these cases challenged the validity of the election resultson such charges as bribery or corruption. A common accusation was that of"treating", where candidates or their agents would buy potential electorsalcohol or other favours.

The following ridings and candidates were affected:

Riding	Original Candidate	Comment
Cardwell	Flesher	Retained seat.
Cornwall	McIntyre	Unseated - election voided 8 June 1875, then defeated by Snetsinger in byelection.
Dundas	Broder	Retained seat.
Elgin East	Wilson	Retained seat - charges dropped 13 May 1875.^[17]
Essex South	Wigle	Retained seat - originally unseated, but appealed.^[18]^[19]^[20]
Elgin West	M.G. Munroe	Unseated - Hodgins declared the proper member of Legislature after 16 votes declared invalid, leaving Hodgins with a majority of 6 votes.^[21]^[22]
Grey North	Scott	Unseated - original petition dismissed, but reversed on appeal, therefore Scott disqualified. 8-year ban from office.^[16]
Grey South	Hunter	Retained seat - charges dismissed 2 July 1875.^[23]
Halton	Barber	Unseated.^[6]
Hastings West	Wills	Retained seat - charges dismissed.^[24]
Lincoln	Neelon	Retained seat - initially unseated, but regained seat.^[25]
London	Meredith	Retained seat.
Middlesex North	McDougall	Retained seat - charges dismissed.^[26]
Monck	Haney	Retained seat - election initially voided, byelection called which Haney won.^[27]^[28]
Muskoka	Miller	Retained seat - initially unseated, but appeals on some aspects of the election trial were still in progress through November 1875.^[25]^[29]^[30]
Northumberland East	Ferris	Retained seat.
Ontario North	Paxton	Retained seat - charges dismissed, upheld on appeal, although the original election was still void and required byelection.
Ontario South	Brown	Retained seat - charges dismissed, case appealed, seat retained.^[31]
Oxford South	Oliver	Unseated - lost byelection 25 August 1875
Peel	Chisholm	Retained seat.
Perth North	Hay	Retained seat.
Peterborough East	O'Sullivan	Retained seat - although initially unseated in election trial on 2 August 1875.^[10]
Peterborough West	Cox	Unseated - 2 August 1875.^[10]
Russell	Baker	Retained seat - charges dismissed, byelection called in which Russell won.^[32]^[33]
Simcoe East	Kean	Retained seat.
Simcoe West	Long	Retained seat.
Toronto East	Cameron	Retained seat.
Toronto West	Bell	Retained seat.
Victoria North	Smith	Unseated.
Welland	Currie	Retained seat - Currie won byelection.^[34]
Wellington West	McGowan	Unseated - byelection called, McGowan regained seat.^[35]^[36]
Wentworth North	Stock	Unseated - 8-year ban from office.^[16]

Source:"What have they gained by it? / Election appeals".The Globe. Toronto, Ontario. 27 September 1875. p. 2..

Notes

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^Toronto West

References

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^39 Victoria, 3. 26; R.S.O. 1877, c. 181
^"Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario". Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Archived fromthe original on 1 August 2014. Retrieved29 August 2014.
^"Cornwall Election Case / The Election Voided Through Bribery by Agents".The Globe. 9 June 1875. p. 1., courts ordered byelection
^""News Summary" and "The Cornwall Election / Mr. Snetsinger Returned"".The Globe. 19 July 1875. p. 1.
^Scott was banned for 8 years from holding any municipal or provincial office, or from voting in a provincial election."North Wentworth and North Grey".The Globe. 28 September 1875. p. 2.
^^a ^b"The Halton Election Trial".The Globe. 17 May 1875. p. 2.
^Lyon was voted Reform candidate for this riding on 4 October 1875."Halton Reform Convention".The Globe. 11 October 1875. p. 3.
^"South Oxford Election Trial / Mr Oliver Unseated".The Globe. 16 July 1875. p. 1.
^"South Oxford".The Globe. 12 August 1875. p. 2.; new election called in August 1875.
^^a ^b ^c ^d"The Peterborough Election Trials / Dr O'Sullivan unseated in the East and Mr Cox in the West".The Globe. 3 August 1875. p. 1.
^"Ontario Legislature".The Globe. 1 October 1878. p. 2.
^"North Victoria Election Case / Conclusion of the Judgment".The Globe. 20 August 1875. p. 1.
^"South Victoria / Triumphant return of Hon. S.C. Wood".The Globe. 16 August 1875. p. 2.
^"Galt / Death of Mr. Fleming MPP".The Globe. 22 January 1877. p. 1.
^"South Waterloo Election / Recount of the Vote".The Globe. 7 March 1877. p. 1.
^^a ^b ^cStock was banned for 8 years from holding any municipal or provincial office, or from voting in a provincial election."North Wentworth and North Grey".The Globe. 28 September 1875. p. 2.
^"East Elgin Petition".The Globe. 13 May 1875. p. 2.
^"Legal Intelligence ... Before the Chancellor".The Globe. 14 July 1875. p. 2.
^"South Essex Election Trial / Respondent Unseated for Corrupt Practice of an Agent".The Globe. 14 July 1875. p. 4.
^"Windsor".The Globe. 15 July 1875. p. 1., noting Wigle's appeal
^"West Elgin".The Globe. 28 June 1875. p. 4.
^"West Elgin Election Case".The Globe. 9 June 1875. p. 2., reporting the judgement leaving Hodgins with majority of 6 votes.
^"South Grey Election Trial / Petition Dismissed".The Globe. 3 July 1875. p. 8.
^"The West Hastings Election Trial".The Globe. 19 June 1875. p. 8.
^^a ^b"Election Trials - Muskoka and Lincoln".The Globe. 18 September 1875. p. 4.
^"Legal Intelligence... Election Trial".The Globe. 28 September 1875. p. 2.
^"Monck Election Trial / Dr Haney Unseated".The Globe. 14 May 1875. p. 4.
^"Monck Elections".The Globe. 23 June 1875. p. 2., Dr Haney (Reform) re-elected.
^"Muskoka / Mr. Miller Called on to take his Seat".The Globe. 29 November 1875. p. 1.
^"The Muskoka Election Trial".The Globe. 12 August 1875. p. 2., reporting that 12 of 15 charges in the election trial were dismissed at that point.
^"South Ontario Election Court / Third Day".The Globe. 14 May 1875. p. 4.
^"Russel Election".The Globe. 5 June 1875. p. 1.
^"Russel Election".The Globe. 13 August 1875. p. 1.
^"Local Elections (editorial)".The Globe. 5 July 1875. p. 2.
^"West Wellington Election Case".The Globe. 28 June 1875. p. 4.
^"North Wellington / Return of Mr. McGowan".The Globe. 28 September 1875. p. 1., despite the title (Ontario had no North Wellington riding), the article referred to the byelection in which McGowan won.

External links

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Ontario Legislative Assembly official website Archived 16 March 2007 at theWayback Machine. Retrieved 9 March 2007

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