Peterborough West (provincial electoral district)

This article is about the former provincial electoral district. For the former federal electoral district, see Peterborough West. For the pre-Confederation electoral district, see Northumberland North (Province of Canada electoral district).

Peterborough West was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1867 at the time of confederation and was abolished in 1926. In 1926, Peterborough West and Peterborough East were redistributed into two ridings Peterborough City and Peterborough County. This lasted until 1934 when both ridings were merged into one riding called Peterborough.

Peterborough West

Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	1867
District abolished	1933
First contested	1867
Last contested	1929

Members of Provincial Parliament

Peterborough West
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
1st	1867–1871		John Carnegie	Conservative
2nd	1871–1874		Thomas McCulloch Fairbairn	Liberal
3rd	1875–1875		George Albertus Cox
	1875–1879		William Hepburn Scott	Conservative
4th	1879–1882
	1882–1883		Robert Kincaid
5th	1883–1886		John Carnegie
6th	1886–1890		James Robert Stratton	Liberal
7th	1890–1894
8th	1894–1898
9th	1898–1902
10th	1902–1904
11th	1905–1908		Thomas Evans Bradburn	Conservative
12th	1908–1911
13th	1911–1914		Edward Armour Peck
14th	1914–1919		George Alexander Gillespie	Liberal
15th	1919–1923		Thomas Tooms	Labour
16th	1923–1926		William Herbert Bradburn	Conservative
Peterborough City
17th	1926–1929		William Herbert Bradburn	Conservative
18th	1929–1934		James Fordyce Strickland
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly
Merged into Peterborough riding before the 1934 election

Election results

1867 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Carnegie	670	50.68
	Liberal	J. Walton	652	49.32
Total valid votes			1,322	78.50
Eligible voters			1,684
	Conservative pickup new district.
Source: Elections Ontario

1871 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas McCulloch Fairbairn	648	52.13	+2.81
	Conservative	John Carnegie	595	47.87	−2.81
Turnout			1,243	69.91	−8.59
Eligible voters			1,778
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+2.81
Source: Elections Ontario

Ontario provincial by-election, July 30, 1874 Death of Thomas McCulloch Fairbairn
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Hepburn Scott	438	50.34	+2.48
	Independent	Mr. Dumble	432	49.66
Total valid votes			870	100.0	−30.01
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+2.48
Source: History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario

1875 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Albertus Cox	970	51.19
	Conservative	William Hepburn Scott	925	48.81	−1.53
Total valid votes			1,895	71.27
Eligible voters			2,659
Election voided
Source: Elections Ontario

Ontario provincial by-election, October 1875 Previous election voided
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Hepburn Scott	995	50.03	−0.32
	Liberal	George Albertus Cox	994	49.97
Total valid votes			1,989
	Conservative hold		Swing		−0.32
Source: History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario

1879 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Hepburn Scott	1,130	52.68	+2.66
	Liberal	Mr. Elliot	878	40.93	−9.04
	Independent	Mr. Hogan	137	6.39
Total valid votes			2,145	55.99
Eligible voters			3,831
	Conservative hold		Swing		+5.85
Source: Elections Ontario