Dufferin (provincial electoral district)

This article is about the provincial electoral district. For the federal electoral district, see Dufferin (federal electoral district).

Dufferin was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1875 and was abolished into Dufferin–Simcoe before the 1934 election.

Dufferin

Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	1875
District abolished	1934
First contested	1875
Last contested	1929

Members of Provincial Parliament

Dufferin
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
3rd	1875–1879		John Barr	Conservative
4th	1879–1883		William Jelly
5th	1883–1886		Robert McGhee
6th	1886–1890		Falkner Cornwall Stewart
7th	1890–1894		John Barr
8th	1894–1898		William Dynes	Patrons of Industry
9th	1898–1902		John Barr	Conservative
10th	1902–1904
11th	1905–1907		Frederick William Lewis
	1907–1908		Charles Robert McKeown
12th	1908–1911
13th	1911–1914
14th	1914–1919
15th	1919–1923		Thomas Kerr Slack	United Farmers
16th	1923–1926		Charles Robert McKeown	Conservative
17th	1926–1929		Thomas Kerr Slack	Progressive
18th	1929–1934
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly
Merged into Dufferin–Simcoe before the 1934 election

Election results

1875 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal–Conservative	John Barr	982	46.06
	Conservative	M. McCarthy	727	34.10
	Conservative	T. Armstrong	390	18.29
	Liberal	W. Parsons	33	1.55
Turnout			2,132	66.23
Eligible voters			3,219
	Liberal–Conservative pickup new district.
Source: Elections Ontario

1879 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Barr	1,357	55.32	+2.93
	Independent	Robert McGhee	1,096	44.68
Total valid votes			2,453	58.18	−8.05
Eligible voters			4,216
	Conservative gain from Liberal–Conservative		Swing		+2.93
Source: Elections Ontario