Wellington West was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1871 and was abolished in 1925 before the 1926 election.
 Ontario electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Ontario |
| District created | 1871 |
| District abolished | 1925 |
| First contested | 1871 |
| Last contested | 1923 |
Members of Provincial Parliament
edit| Wellington West | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| 2nd | 1871–1874 | Robert McKim | Liberal | |
| 3rd | 1875–1879 | |||
| 4th | 1879–1883 | |||
| 5th | 1883–1886 | |||
| 6th | 1886–1890 | Absalom Shade Allan | Liberal | |
| 7th | 1890–1894 | |||
| 8th | 1894–1896 | George Tucker | Protestant Protective Association | |
| 1896–1898 | James Tucker | Conservative | ||
| 9th | 1898–1902 | |||
| 10th | 1902–1904 | |||
| 11th | 1905–1908 | |||
| 12th | 1908–1911 | James McEwing | Liberal | |
| 13th | 1911–1914 | William Clarke Chambers | Conservative | |
| 14th | 1914–1919 | |||
| 15th | 1919–1923 | Robert Neil McArthur | United Farmers | |
| 16th | 1923–1926 | William Clarke Chambers | Conservative | |
| Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[1] | ||||
| Merged into Wellington Northeast before the 1926 election | ||||
Election results
edit| 1875 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Conservative | John McGowan | 1,553 | 51.63 | |||||
| Liberal | Robert McKim | 1,455 | 48.37 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 3,008 | 73.82 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 4,075 | |||||||
| Election voided | ||||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[2] | ||||||||
| Ontario provincial by-election, October 1875 Previous election voided | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Conservative | John McGowan | 1,238 | 50.57 | |||||
| Liberal | Robert McKim | 1,210 | 49.43 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 2,448 | |||||||
| Conservative pickup new district. | ||||||||
| Source: History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario[3]: 403 | ||||||||
| 1879 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Robert McKim | 2,026 | 56.00 | +6.57 | ||||
| Conservative | John McGowan | 1,592 | 44.00 | −6.57 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 3,618 | 64.61 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 5,600 | |||||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +6.57 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[4] | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
- For Robert McKim's Legislative Assembly information see "Robert McKim, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Absalom Shade Allan's Legislative Assembly information see "Absalom Shade Allan, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For George Tucker's Legislative Assembly information see "George Tucker, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For James Tucker's Legislative Assembly information see "James Tucker, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For James McEwing's Legislative Assembly information see "James McEwing, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For William Clarke Chambers's Legislative Assembly information see "William Clarke Chambers, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Robert Neil McArthur's Legislative Assembly information see "Robert Neil McArthur, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- ^ "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.