Northumberland East was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1867 at the time of confederation and was abolished in 1925 before the 1926 election. It was merged with Northumberland West to form Northumberland.
 Ontario electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Ontario |
| District created | 1867 |
| District abolished | 1925 |
| First contested | 1867 |
| Last contested | 1923 |
Members of Provincial Parliament
edit| Northumberland East | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| 1st | 1867–1871 | John Eyre | Liberal | |
| 2nd | 1871–1874 | William Wilson Webb | ||
| 3rd | 1875–1879 | James Marshall Ferris | ||
| 4th | 1879–1883 | |||
| 5th | 1883–1886 | |||
| 6th | 1886–1887 | William Arnson Willoughby | Conservative | |
| 1888–1888 | Richard Clarke | Liberal | ||
| 1888–1890 | William Arnson Willoughby | Conservative | ||
| 7th | 1890–1894 | |||
| 8th | 1894–1898 | |||
| 9th | 1898–1902 | John Henry Douglas | Liberal | |
| 10th | 1902–1904 | William Arnson Willoughby | Conservative | |
| 11th | 1905–1908 | |||
| 12th | 1908–1911 | Samuel Greerson Nesbitt | Conservative | |
| 13th | 1911–1914 | |||
| 14th | 1914–1919 | |||
| 15th | 1919–1923 | Wesley Montgomery | United Farmers | |
| 16th | 1923–1926 | James Belford | Conservative | |
| Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[1] | ||||
| Merged into Northumberland before the 1926 election | ||||
Election results
edit| 1867 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | John Eyre | 1,492 | 64.56 | |||||
| Conservative | G.S. Burrell | 817 | 35.35 | |||||
| Independent | Mr. Cummings | 1 | 0.04 | |||||
| Independent | Mr. Humphries | 1 | 0.04 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 2,311 | 66.97 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 3,451 | |||||||
| Liberal pickup new district. | ||||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[2] | ||||||||
| 1871 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | William Wilson Webb | 694 | 37.70 | −26.86 | ||||
| Conservative | John Eyre | 664 | 36.07 | +0.71 | ||||
| Independent | Mr. Meyers | 483 | 26.24 | |||||
| Turnout | 1,841 | 53.22 | −13.75 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 3,459 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | −13.79 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[3] | ||||||||
| 1875 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | James Marshall Ferris | 1,551 | 48.27 | +10.58 | ||||
| Conservative | E. Cochrane | 1,448 | 45.07 | +9.00 | ||||
| Liberal | William Wilson Webb | 214 | 6.66 | −31.04 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 3,213 | 74.62 | +21.39 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 4,306 | |||||||
| Election voided | ||||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[4] | ||||||||
| Ontario provincial by-election, November 1875 Previous election voided | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | James Marshall Ferris | 1,709 | 52.46 | +14.76 | ||||
| Conservative | E. Cochrane | 1,549 | 47.54 | +11.48 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 3,258 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +1.64 | ||||||
| Source: History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario[5]: 248 | ||||||||
| 1879 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | James Marshall Ferris | 1,887 | 50.64 | −1.81 | ||||
| Conservative | E. Cochrane | 1,839 | 49.36 | +1.81 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 3,726 | 71.32 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 5,224 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | −1.81 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[6] | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
- For John Eyre's Legislative Assembly information see "John Eyre, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For William Wilson Webb's Legislative Assembly information see "William Wilson Webb, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For James Marshall Ferris's Legislative Assembly information see "James Marshall Ferris, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For William Arnson Willoughby's Legislative Assembly information see "William Arnson Willoughby, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Richard Clarke's Legislative Assembly information see "Richard Clarke, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For John Henry Douglas's Legislative Assembly information see "John Henry Douglas, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Samuel Greerson Nesbitt's Legislative Assembly information see "Samuel Greerson Nesbitt, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Wesley Montgomery's Legislative Assembly information see "Wesley Montgomery, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For James Belford's Legislative Assembly information see "James Franklin Beatty Belford, 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.