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.

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
{{legend|#9999FF|Addington: John Abbott Pringle}} {{legend|#9999FF|Algoma—Manitoulin: John Arthur Fullerton}} {{legend|#EEDDAA|Beaches: Reid Scott}} {{legend|#FF6347|Bellwoods: Albert Alexander MacLeod}} {{legend|#EEDDAA|Bracondale: Harry Lindley Walters}} {{legend|#EA6D6A|Brant: Harry Corwin Nixon}} {{legend|#EA6D6A|Brantford: George Gordon}} {{legend|#EA6D6A|Bruce: T. Kenzie Foster}} {{legend|#9999FF|Carleton: Donald Hugo Morrow}} {{legend|#9999FF|Cochrane North: John Carrère}} {{legend|#EEDDAA|Cochrane South: Bill Grummett}} {{legend|#EEDDAA|Dovercourt: George Eamon Park}} {{legend|#9999FF|Dufferin—Simcoe: Alfred Wallace Downer}} {{legend|#9999FF|Durham: John Weir Foote}} {{legend|#9999FF|Eglinton: Leslie Blackwell}} {{legend|#9999FF|Elgin: Fletcher Stewart Thomas}} {{legend|#EEDDAA|Essex North: Gordon Bennett Ellis}} {{legend|#9999FF|Essex South: William Murdoch}} {{legend|#EA6D6A|Fort William: Charles Winnans Cox}} {{legend|#9999FF|Glengarry: Osie Villeneuve}} {{legend|#9999FF|Grenville—Dundas: George Holmes Challies}} {{legend|#9999FF|Grey North: Mac Phillips}} {{legend|#EA6D6A|Grey South: Farquhar Robert Oliver}} {{legend|#9999FF|Haldimand—Norfolk: Charles Hammond Martin}} {{legend|#9999FF|Halton: Stanley Hall}} {{legend|#EEDDAA|Hamilton Centre: Robert Desmond Thornberry}} {{legend|#EEDDAA|Hamilton East: John Lawrence Dowling}} {{legend|#9999FF|Hamilton—Wentworth: Russell Temple Kelley}} {{legend|#9999FF|Hastings East: Roscoe Robson}} {{legend|#9999FF|Hastings West: Elmer Sandercock}}

{{legend|#EEDDAA|High Park: William Horace Temple}} {{legend|#9999FF|Huron: Thomas Pryde}} {{legend|#9999FF|Huron—Bruce: John William Hanna}} {{legend|#9999FF|Kenora: James George White}} {{legend|#EA6D6A|Kent East: Edward B. McMillan}} {{legend|#9999FF|Kent West: George Parry}} {{legend|#9999FF|Kingston: Harry Allan Stewart}} {{legend|#9999FF|Lambton East: Charles Janes}} {{legend|#9999FF|Lambton West: Bryan Cathcart}} {{legend|#9999FF|Lanark: George Henry Doucett}} {{legend|#9999FF|Leeds: Walter Bain Reynolds}} {{legend|#9999FF|Lincoln: Charles Daley}} {{legend|#EA6D6A|London: Campbell Calder}} {{legend|#9999FF|Middlesex North: Thomas Patrick}} {{legend|#9999FF|Middlesex South: Harry Allen}} {{legend|#9999FF|Muskoka—Ontario: George Arthur Welsh}} {{legend|#EA6D6A|Niagara Falls: William Houck}} {{legend|#9999FF|Nipissing: William Bruce Harvey}} {{legend|#9999FF|Northumberland: Bill Goodfellow}} {{legend|#EEDDAA|Ontario: Tommy Thomas}} {{legend|#EA6D6A|Ottawa East: Aurele Chartrand}} {{legend|#9999FF|Ottawa South: George Harrison Dunbar}} {{legend|#9999FF|Oxford: Thomas Dent}} {{legend|#EEDDAA|Parkdale: Lloyd Fell}} {{legend|#9999FF|Parry Sound: Charles Cragg}} {{legend|#9999FF|Peel: Thomas Laird Kennedy}} {{legend|#9999FF|Perth: J. Fred Edwards}} {{legend|#9999FF|Peterborough: Harold Scott}} {{legend|#EEDDAA|Port Arthur: Frederick Oliver Robinson}} {{legend|#9999FF|Prescott: Louis-Pierre Cécile}}

{{legend|#EA6D6A|Prince Edward—Lennox: John Donald Baxter}} {{legend|#EEBBBB|Rainy River: James Melvin Newman}} {{legend|#9999FF|Renfrew North: Stanley Joseph Hunt}} {{legend|#9999FF|Renfrew South: James Shannon Dempsey}} {{legend|#EEDDAA|Riverdale: Leslie Emery Wismer}} {{legend|#9999FF|Russell: Joseph Daniel Nault}} {{legend|#FF6347|St. Andrew: Joseph Baruch Salsberg}} {{legend|#EEDDAA|St. David: William Dennison}} {{legend|#9999FF|St. George: Dana Porter}} {{legend|#9999FF|St. Patrick: Charles Edward Rea}} {{legend|#EEDDAA|Sault Ste. Marie: George Isaac Harvey}} {{legend|#9999FF|Simcoe Centre: George Johnston}} {{legend|#9999FF|Simcoe East: John Duncan McPhee}} {{legend|#9999FF|Stormont: John Lawrence McDonald}} {{legend|#9999FF|Sudbury: Welland Gemmell}} {{legend|#EEDDAA|Timiskaming: Calvin Howard Taylor}} {{legend|#9999FF|Victoria: Leslie Frost}} {{legend|#EA6D6A|Waterloo North: John G. Brown}} {{legend|#EEDDAA|Waterloo South: Theodore Henry Isley}} {{legend|#EA6D6A|Welland: Harold William Walker}} {{legend|#EA6D6A|Wellington North: Ross Atkinson McEwing}} {{legend|#9999FF|Wellington South: William Ernest Hamilton}} {{legend|#EEDDAA|Wentworth: Joseph Lees Easton}} {{legend|#9999FF|Windsor—Sandwich: William Griesinger}} {{legend|#9999FF|Windsor—Walkerville: M.C. Davies}} {{legend|#EEDDAA|Woodbine: Bertram Elijah Leavens}} {{legend|#EEDDAA|York East: Agnes Macphail}} {{legend|#9999FF|York North: Lex MacKenzie}} {{legend|#EEDDAA|York South: Ted Jolliffe}} {{legend|#EEDDAA|York West: Charles Hibbert Millard}}