Muskoka (provincial electoral district)

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

Muskoka was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It existed in various incarnations and names throughout its existence. It started as Muskoka-Parry Sound in 1875 and then changed to Muskoka in 1886. In 1934 it changed to Muskoka-Ontario and lasted until 1955 when it changed back to Muskoka. In 1987 it changed again to Muskoka-Georgian Bay. It was eliminated by redistribution in 1999, and its territories went to the new ridings of Parry Sound—Muskoka (66%) and Simcoe North (34%).

Muskoka

Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	1875
District abolished	1996
First contested	1875
Last contested	1995

Members of Provincial Parliament

Muskoka
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Muskoka and Parry Sound
3rd	1875–1879		John Classon Miller	Liberal
4th	1879–1882
	1882–1883		James Whitney Bettes
5th	1883–1884		Frederick G. Fauquier	Conservative
	1884–1886		Jacob William Dill	Liberal
Riding split into two ridings: Muskoka and Parry Sound
6th	1886–1890		George Marter	Conservative
7th	1890–1894
8th	1894–1898		George Edward Langford
9th	1898–1902		Samuel Bridgeland	Liberal
10th	1902–1903
	1903–1904		Arthur Arnold Mahaffy	Conservative
11th	1905–1908
12th	1908–1911
13th	1911–1912
	1912–1914		Samuel Henry Armstrong
14th	1914–1916
	1916–1919		George Ecclestone
15th	1919–1923
16th	1923–1926
17th	1926–1929
18th	1929–1934
Muskoka–Ontario
19th	1934–1937		James Francis Kelly	Liberal–Progressive
20th	1937–1943			Liberal
21st	1943–1945
22nd	1945–1948		George Arthur Welsh	Progressive Conservative
23rd	1948–1951
Muskoka
24th	1951–1955		Robert Boyer	Progressive Conservative
25th	1955–1959
26th	1959–1963
27th	1963–1967
28th	1967–1971
29th	1971–1975		Frank Miller
30th	1975–1977
31st	1977–1981
32nd	1981–1985
33rd	1985–1987
Muskoka–Georgian Bay
34th	1987–1990		Ken Black	Liberal
35th	1990–1995		Dan Waters	New Democratic
36th	1995–1999		Bill Grimmett	Progressive Conservative
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly
Merged into the ridings of Parry Sound—Muskoka and Simcoe North before the 1999 election

Election results

1875 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	John Classon Miller	839	58.63
	Conservative	J. Long	592	41.37
Total valid votes			1,431	65.52
Eligible voters			2,184
	Liberal pickup new district.
Source: Elections Ontario

1879 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Classon Miller	1,704	57.98	−0.65
	Conservative	Mr. Boys	1,235	42.02	+0.65
Total valid votes			2,939	74.90	+9.38
Eligible voters			3,924
	Liberal hold		Swing		−0.65
Source: Elections Ontario