Victoria North was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1867 at the time of confederation and was abolished in 1933 before the 1934 election.
 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
edit| Victoria North | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| 1st | 1867–1871 | Alexander Peter Cockburn | Liberal | |
| 2nd | 1871–1874 | Duncan McRae | Conservative | |
| 3rd | 1875–1875 | John David Smith | Liberal | |
| 1875–1879 | Duncan McRae | Conservative | ||
| 4th | 1879–1883 | Samuel Stanley Peck | Liberal | |
| 5th | 1883–1886 | John Fell | Conservative | |
| Victoria East and Victoria West, 1890-1914 | ||||
| 14th | 1914–1919 | Robert Mercer Mason | Conservative | |
| 15th | 1919–1923 | Edgar Watson | United Farmers | |
| 16th | 1923–1926 | James Raglan Mark | Conservative | |
| 17th | 1926–1929 | William Newman | Liberal | |
| 18th | 1929–1934 | |||
| Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[1] | ||||
| Merged into Victoria riding before the 1934 election | ||||
Election results
edit| 1867 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Alexander Peter Cockburn | 676 | 62.42 | |||||
| Conservative | Joseph Staples | 407 | 37.58 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 1,083 | 79.87 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 1,356 | |||||||
| Liberal pickup new district. | ||||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[2] | ||||||||
| 1871 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | Duncan McRae | 518 | 54.76 | +17.18 | ||||
| Liberal | Dalton Ullyott | 428 | 45.24 | −17.18 | ||||
| Turnout | 946 | 61.55 | −18.32 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 1,537 | |||||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +17.18 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[3] | ||||||||
| 1875 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | John David Smith | 724 | 50.14 | +4.90 | ||||
| Conservative | Duncan McRae | 720 | 49.86 | −4.90 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 1,444 | 68.60 | +7.05 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 2,105 | |||||||
| Election voided | ||||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[4] | ||||||||
| Ontario provincial by-election, September 29, 1875 Previous election voided | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | Duncan McRae | 837 | 53.79 | −0.97 | ||||
| Liberal | P.H. Clark | 719 | 46.21 | +0.97 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 1,556 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −0.97 | ||||||
| Source: History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario[5]: 374 | ||||||||
| 1879 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Samuel Stanley Peck | 1,217 | 56.34 | +10.13 | ||||
| Conservative | John Fell | 943 | 43.66 | −10.13 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 2,160 | 65.04 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 3,321 | |||||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +10.13 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[6] | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
- For Alexander Peter Cockburn's Legislative Assembly information see "Alexander Peter Cockburn, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Duncan McRae's Legislative Assembly information see "Duncan McRae, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For John David Smith's Legislative Assembly information see "John David Smith, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Samuel Stanley Peck's Legislative Assembly information see "Samuel Stanley Peck, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For John Fell's Legislative Assembly information see "John Fell, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Robert Mercer Mason's Legislative Assembly information see "Robert Mercer Mason, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Edgar Watson's Legislative Assembly information see "Edgar Watson, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For James Raglan Mark's Legislative Assembly information see "James Raglan Mark, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For William Newman's Legislative Assembly information see "William Newman, 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.