Dundas was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1867 at the time of confederation and was abolished in 1933 before the 1934 election. It was redistributed into the riding of Grenville-Dundas.
 Ontario electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Ontario |
| District created | 1867 |
| District abolished | 1933 |
| First contested | 1867 |
| Last contested | 1929 |
Members of Provincial Parliament
edit| Dundas | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| 1st | 1867–1871 | Simon S. Cook | Liberal | |
| 2nd | 1871–1874 | |||
| 3rd | 1875–1879 | Andrew Broder | Conservative | |
| 4th | 1879–1883 | |||
| 5th | 1883–1886 | |||
| 6th | 1886–1887 | Theodore F. Chamberlain | Liberal | |
| 1888–1890 | James Whitney (politician) | Conservative | ||
| 7th | 1890–1894 | |||
| 8th | 1894–1898 | |||
| 9th | 1898–1902 | |||
| 10th | 1902–1904 | |||
| 11th | 1905–1908 | |||
| 12th | 1908–1911 | |||
| 13th | 1911–1914 | |||
| 14th | 1914–1919 | Irwin Foster Hilliard | Conservative | |
| 15th | 1919–1923 | William H. Casselman | United Farmers | |
| 16th | 1923–1926 | Aaron Sweet | Conservative | |
| 17th | 1926–1929 | George Smyth | Prohibitionist | |
| 18th | 1929–1934 | George Holmes Challies | Conservative | |
| Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[1] | ||||
| Merged into Grenville—Dundas before the 1934 election | ||||
Election results
edit| 1867 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Simon S. Cook | 1,162 | 53.57 | |||||
| Conservative | Mr. Doran | 1,007 | 46.43 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 2,169 | 79.42 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 2,731 | |||||||
| Liberal pickup new district. | ||||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[2] | ||||||||
| 1871 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Simon S. Cook | 1,216 | 56.09 | +2.52 | ||||
| Conservative | Mr. McDonald | 952 | 43.91 | −2.52 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,168 | 76.28 | −3.14 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 2,842 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +2.52 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[3] | ||||||||
| 1875 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | Andrew Broder | 1,458 | 51.67 | +7.75 | ||||
| Liberal | Simon S. Cook | 1,364 | 48.33 | −7.75 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,822 | 74.99 | −1.29 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 3,763 | |||||||
| Election voided | ||||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[4] | ||||||||
| Ontario provincial by-election, September 1875 Previous election voided | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | Andrew Broder | 1,505 | 54.16 | +10.24 | ||||
| Independent | Mr. Rose | 1,274 | 45.84 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 2,779 | |||||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +10.24 | ||||||
| Source: History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario[5]: 58 | ||||||||
| 1879 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | Andrew Broder | 1,674 | 51.24 | −2.92 | ||||
| Liberal | Theodore F. Chamberlain | 1,593 | 48.76 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 3,267 | 77.29 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 4,227 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −2.92 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[6] | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
- For Simon S. Cook's Legislative Assembly information see "Simon S. Cook, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Andrew Broder's Legislative Assembly information see "Andrew Broder, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Theodore F. Chamberlain's Legislative Assembly information see "Theodore F. Chamberlain, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For James Whitney's Legislative Assembly information see "James Whitney, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017. Archived from the original on 2014-03-13. Retrieved 2017-01-27.
- For Irwin Foster Hilliard's Legislative Assembly information see "Irwin Foster Hilliard, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For William H. Casselman's Legislative Assembly information see "William H. Casselman, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Aaron Sweet's Legislative Assembly information see "Aaron Sweet, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For George Smyth's Legislative Assembly information see "George Smyth, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For George Holmes Challies's Legislative Assembly information see "George Holmes Challies, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- ^ "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1867. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
- ^ "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1871. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
- ^ "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1875. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
- ^ Lewis, Roderick (1968). Centennial Edition of a History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario, 1867–1968. OCLC 1052682.
- ^ "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1879. Retrieved April 19, 2024.