Northumberland West 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 East 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 West | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| 1st | 1867–1871 | Alexander Fraser | Liberal | |
| 2nd | 1871–1871 | |||
| 1872–1874 | Charles Gifford | Conservative | ||
| 3rd | 1875–1879 | William Hargraft | Liberal | |
| 4th | 1879–1883 | John Collard Field | Liberal | |
| 5th | 1883–1886 | Robert Mulholland | Conservative | |
| 6th | 1886–1890 | Corelli Collard Field | Liberal | |
| 7th | 1890–1894 | |||
| 8th | 1894–1898 | |||
| 9th | 1898–1902 | Samuel Clarke | ||
| 10th | 1902–1904 | |||
| 11th | 1905–1908 | |||
| 12th | 1908–1911 | |||
| 13th | 1911–1914 | |||
| 14th | 1914–1919 | |||
| 15th | 1919–1923 | |||
| 16th | 1923–1926 | |||
| 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 | Alexander Fraser | Acclaimed | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[2] | ||||||||
| 1871 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Alexander Fraser | 1,013 | 50.90 | |||||
| Conservative | Charles Gifford | 977 | 49.10 | |||||
| Turnout | 1,990 | 67.48 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 2,949 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | ||||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[3] | ||||||||
| Ontario provincial by-election, January 1872 Resignation of Alexander Fraser | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | Charles Gifford | 1,167 | 52.21 | +3.12 | ||||
| Independent | J. Fisher | 1,068 | 47.79 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 2,235 | 100.0 | +12.31 | |||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +3.12 | ||||||
| Source: History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario[4]: 251 | ||||||||
| 1875 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | William Hargraft | 1,251 | 52.59 | |||||
| Conservative | Charles Gifford | 1,128 | 47.41 | −4.80 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 2,379 | 70.78 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 3,361 | |||||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.40 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[5] | ||||||||
| 1879 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | John Collard Field | 1,333 | 50.40 | −2.19 | ||||
| Conservative | G. Guillet | 1,312 | 49.60 | +2.19 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 2,645 | 65.54 | −5.25 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 4,036 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | −2.19 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[6] | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
- For Alexander Fraser's Legislative Assembly information see "Alexander Fraser, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Charles Gifford's Legislative Assembly information see "Charles Gifford, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For William Hargraft's Legislative Assembly information see "William Hargraft, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For John Collard Field's Legislative Assembly information see "John Collard Field, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Robert Mulholland's Legislative Assembly information see "Robert Mulholland, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Corelli Collard Field's Legislative Assembly information see "Corelli Collard Field, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Samuel Clarke's Legislative Assembly information see "Samuel Clarke, 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.
- ^ 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. 1875. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
- ^ "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1879. Retrieved April 19, 2024.