Kent East (provincial electoral district)

Not to be confused with Kent East (UK Parliament constituency).

Kent East was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1875 when the riding of Bothwell was split into the ridings of Kent East and Kent West. It was abolished in 1966 before the 1967 election when the ridings of Kent East and Kent West were merged to form the riding of Kent.

Kent East

Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	1875
District abolished	1967
First contested	1875
Last contested	1963
Demographics
Census division(s)	Kent County
Census subdivision(s)	Bothwell, Camden, Chatham Township, Dresden, Howard, Orford, Ridgetown, Thamesville, Wallaceburg, Zone

Members of Provincial Parliament

Bothwell
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
1st	1867–1871		Archibald McKellar	Liberal
2nd	1871–1875
Bothwell Split into Kent West and Kent East
Kent East
3rd	1875–1875		Archibald McKellar	Liberal
	1875–1879		Daniel McCraney
4th	1879–1883
5th	1883–1885
	1885–1886		Robert Ferguson	Liberal
6th	1886–1890
7th	1890–1894
8th	1894–1898
9th	1898–1901
	1901–1902		John Lee
10th	1902–1904
11th	1905–1908		Philip Henry Bowyer	Conservative
12th	1908–1911
13th	1911–1914		Walter Renwick Ferguson	Liberal
14th	1914–1919
15th	1919–1920		James B. Clark	United Farmers
	1920–1923		Manning Doherty
16th	1923–1926
17th	1926–1929		Christopher Gardiner	Progressive
18th	1929–1933		Philip James Henry	Conservative
	1934–1934		Douglas Munro Campbell	Liberal
19th	1934–1937
20th	1937–1943
21st	1943–1945		Wesley Gardiner Thompson	Progressive Conservative
22nd	1945–1948
23rd	1948–1951		Edward B. McMillan	Liberal
24th	1951–1955		Andrew Thomas Ward	Progressive Conservative
25th	1955–1959		Jack Spence	Liberal
26th	1959–1963
27th	1963–1967
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly
Merged into Kent before the 1967 election

Election results

Bothwell (1867–1875)

1867 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Archibald McKellar	1,242	51.45
	Conservative	Mr. Kirby	1,172	48.55
Total valid votes			2,414	83.16
Eligible voters			2,903
	Liberal pickup new district.
Source: Elections Ontario

1871 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Archibald McKellar	1,304	55.02	+3.57
	Conservative	Mr. Kerby	1,066	44.98	−3.57
Turnout			2,370	72.17	−10.99
Eligible voters			3,284
	Liberal hold		Swing		+3.57
Source: Elections Ontario

Ontario provincial by-election, January 1872 Ministerial by-election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Archibald McKellar	Acclaimed
Source: History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario

Kent East (1875–1967)

1875 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Archibald McKellar	1,425	51.76
	Conservative	J.G. Laird	1,328	48.24
Turnout			2,753	66.27
Eligible voters			4,154
	Liberal pickup new district.
Source: Elections Ontario

Ontario provincial by-election, September 1875 Resignation of Archibald McKellar
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Daniel McCraney	1,509	52.87	+1.11
	Conservative	J.G. Laird	1,345	47.13	−1.11
Total valid votes			2,854
	Liberal hold		Swing		+1.11
Source: History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario

1879 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Daniel McCraney	1,774	54.91	+2.03
	Conservative	Mr. Trevice	1,457	45.09	−2.03
Total valid votes			3,231	58.60
Eligible voters			5,514
	Liberal hold		Swing		+2.03
Source: Elections Ontario