Durham East (federal electoral district)

This article is about the former federal electoral district. For the defunct provincial electoral district, see Durham East (provincial electoral district). For the pre-Confederation electoral district, see Durham (Province of Canada electoral district).

Durham East was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1904. It was located in the province of Ontario. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867 which divided the county of Durham into two ridings: Durham West and Durham East.

Map of the Durham East riding, circa 1895.

The East Riding of Durham was abolished in 1903 when it was merged into Durham riding.

Election results

1867 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Francis H. Burton	1,134
	Unknown	F. Beamish	451

1872 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Lewis Ross	1,357
	Unknown	Mr. Kirchhoffer	1,117

1874 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Lewis Ross	1,373
	Unknown	Mr. Beamish	722

1882 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	WILLIAMS, Arthur T.H.	1,638
	Liberal	ROSS, Lewis	1,257

On Mr. Williams' death, 4 July 1885:

By-election on 24 August 1885
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	WARD, Henry Alfred	acclaimed

1887 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	WARD, Henry Alfred	1,667
	Independent Liberal	FALLIS, John	1,275

1891 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	CRAIG, Thomas Dixon	1,746
	Equal Rights	GRANDY, Samuel	1,685

1896 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	CRAIG, Thomas Dixon	1,767
	McCarthyite	MCCLEAN, Milliam	1,598

1900 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	WARD, Henry Alfred	1,661
	Liberal	POWERS, Dr. L.B.	1,450

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament