The 2nd Parliament of Ontario was in session from March 21, 1871 until December 23, 1874, just prior to the 1875 general election. The majority party was the Ontario Liberal Party led by Edward Blake; Oliver Mowat replaced Blake as premier in October 1872. An act was passed in 1872 which prohibited a member from holding a seat in the Legislative Assembly while holding a seat in the Dominion Parliament, a so-called "dual mandate". There was 88 members in the 2nd legislature.
| Riding | Member | Party |
|---|---|---|
| Addington | Hammel Madden Deroche | Liberal |
| Algoma | Frederick William Cumberland | Conservative |
| Bothwell | Archibald McKellar | Liberal |
| Brant North | Hugh Finlayson | Liberal |
| Brant South | Edmund Burke Wood | Conservative |
| Arthur Sturgis Hardy (1873) | Liberal | |
| Brockville and Elizabethtown | William Fitzsimmons | Conservative |
| Bruce North | Donald Sinclair | Liberal |
| Bruce South | Edward Blake | Liberal |
| Rupert Mearse Wells (1872) | Liberal | |
| Cardwell | George McManus | Conservative-Liberal |
| Carleton | George William Monk | Conservative |
| Cornwall | John Sandfield MacDonald | Conservative |
| John Goodall Snetsinger (1872) | Liberal | |
| Dundas | Simon S. Cook | Liberal |
| Durham East | Arthur Trefusis Heneage Williams | Conservative |
| Durham West | Edward Blake | Liberal |
| John McLeod (1872) | Liberal | |
| Elgin East | John Henry Wilson | Liberal |
| Elgin West | Thomas Hodgins | Liberal |
| Essex | Albert Prince | Liberal |
| Frontenac | Delino Dexter Calvin | Conservative |
| Glengarry | James Craig | Conservative |
| Grenville South | Mcneil Clarke | Conservative |
| Christopher Finlay Fraser (1872) | Liberal | |
| Grey North | Thomas Scott | Conservative |
| Grey South | Abram William Lauder | Conservative |
| Haldimand | Jacob Baxter | Liberal |
| Halton | William Barber | Liberal |
| Hamilton | James Miller Williams | Liberal |
| Hastings East | Henry Corby | Conservative |
| Hastings North | George Henry Boulter | Conservative |
| Hastings West | Ketchum Graham | Conservative |
| Huron North | Thomas Gibson | Liberal |
| Huron South | Robert Gibbons | Liberal |
| Archibald Bishop (1873) | Liberal | |
| Kent | James Dawson | Liberal |
| Kingston | William Robinson | Conservative |
| Lambton | Timothy Blair Pardee | Liberal |
| Lanark North | Daniel Galbraith | Liberal |
| William Clyde Caldwell (1872) | Liberal | |
| Lanark South | Abraham Code | Conservative |
| Leeds North and Grenville North | Henry Merrick | Conservative |
| Leeds South | Herbert Stone MacDonald | Conservative |
| John Godkin Giles (1873) | Conservative | |
| Lennox | John Thomas Grange | Conservative |
| Lincoln | John Charles Rykert | Conservative |
| London | John Carling | Conservative |
| William Ralph Meredith (1872) | Conservative | |
| Middlesex East | Richard Tooley | Conservative |
| Middlesex North | James Sinclair Smith | Liberal |
| Middlesex West | Alexander Mackenzie | Liberal |
| John Watterworth (1872) | Liberal | |
| Monck | Lachlin McCallum | Conservative |
| Henry Ryan Haney (1872) | Liberal | |
| Niagara | Stephen Richards | Conservative |
| Norfolk North | John Fitzgerald Clarke | Liberal |
| Norfolk South | Simpson McCall | Liberal |
| Northumberland East | William Wilson Webb | Liberal |
| Northumberland West | Alexander Fraser | Liberal |
| Charles Gifford (1872) | Conservative | |
| Ontario North | Thomas Paxton | Liberal |
| Ontario South | Abram Farewell | Liberal |
| Ottawa | Richard William Scott | Conservative |
| Daniel John O'Donoghue (1874) | Labour/Liberal | |
| Oxford North | George Perry | Liberal |
| Oliver Mowat (1872) | Liberal | |
| Oxford South | Adam Oliver | Liberal |
| Peel | John Coyne | Conservative |
| Kenneth Chisholm (1873) | Liberal | |
| Perth North | Andrew Monteith | Conservative |
| Thomas Mayne Daly (1874) | Conservative | |
| Perth South | Thomas B. Guest | Conservative |
| Peterborough East | George Read | Conservative |
| Peterborough West | Thomas McCulloch Fairbairn | Liberal |
| William Hepburn Scott (1874) | Conservative | |
| Prescott | George Wellesley Hamilton | Conservative |
| Prince Edward | James Simeon McCuaig | Conservative |
| Gideon Striker | Liberal | |
| Renfrew North | Thomas Deacon | Conservative |
| Renfrew South | Eric Harrington | Conservative |
| Russell | William Craig | Conservative |
| Simcoe North | William Davis Ardagh | Conservative |
| Simcoe South | Thomas Roberts Ferguson | Conservative |
| D'Arcy Edward Boulton (1873) | Conservative | |
| Stormont | William Colquhoun | Conservative |
| James Bethune (1872) | Liberal | |
| Toronto East | Matthew Crooks Cameron | Conservative |
| Toronto West | Adam Crooks | Liberal |
| Victoria North | Duncan McRae | Conservative |
| Victoria South | Samuel Casey Wood | Liberal |
| Waterloo North | Moses Springer | Liberal |
| Waterloo South | Isaac Clemens | Liberal |
| Welland | James George Currie | Liberal |
| Wellington Centre | Charles Clarke | Liberal |
| Wellington North | Robert McKim | Liberal |
| John McGowan (1874) | Conservative | |
| Wellington South | Peter Gow | Liberal |
| Wentworth North | Robert Christie | Liberal |
| Wentworth South | William Sexton | Liberal |
| York East | Hugh Powell Crosby | Liberal |
| York North | Alfred Boultbee | Conservative |
| York West | Peter Patterson | Liberal |
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