Dufferin (provincial electoral district)
 Ontario electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Ontario |
| District created | 1875 |
| District abolished | 1934 |
| First contested | 1875 |
| Last contested | 1929 |
Dufferin was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1875 and was abolished into Dufferin–Simcoe before the 1934 election.
Members of Provincial Parliament
[edit]| Dufferin | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| 3rd | 1875–1879 | John Barr | Conservative | |
| 4th | 1879–1883 | William Jelly | ||
| 5th | 1883–1886 | Robert McGhee | ||
| 6th | 1886–1890 | Falkner Cornwall Stewart | ||
| 7th | 1890–1894 | John Barr | ||
| 8th | 1894–1898 | William Dynes | Patrons of Industry | |
| 9th | 1898–1902 | John Barr | Conservative | |
| 10th | 1902–1904 | |||
| 11th | 1905–1907 | Frederick William Lewis | ||
| 1907–1908 | Charles Robert McKeown | |||
| 12th | 1908–1911 | |||
| 13th | 1911–1914 | |||
| 14th | 1914–1919 | |||
| 15th | 1919–1923 | Thomas Kerr Slack | United Farmers | |
| 16th | 1923–1926 | Charles Robert McKeown | Conservative | |
| 17th | 1926–1929 | Thomas Kerr Slack | Progressive | |
| 18th | 1929–1934 | |||
| Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[1] | ||||
| Merged into Dufferin–Simcoe before the 1934 election | ||||
Election results
[edit]| 1929 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive | Thomas Kerr Slack | 3,778 | 50.30 | –8.57 | ||||
| Conservative | George Harold Campbell | 3,733 | 49.70 | +8.57 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 7,511 | 99.40 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 45 | 0.60 | +0.15 | |||||
| Turnout | 7,556 | 76.42 | +2.70 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 9,887 | |||||||
| Progressive hold | Swing | –8.57 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[2][3] | ||||||||
| 1926 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive | Thomas Kerr Slack | 4,478 | 58.87 | +10.34 | ||||
| Conservative | Charles Robert McKeown | 3,129 | 41.13 | –10.34 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 7,607 | 99.56 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 34 | 0.45 | –1.47 | |||||
| Turnout | 7,641 | 73.73 | +0.76 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 10,364 | |||||||
| Progressive gain from Conservative | Swing | – | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[4][5] | ||||||||
| 1923 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | Charles Robert McKeown | 3,898 | 51.47 | +4.97 | ||||
| United Farmers | Thomas Kerr Slack | 3,675 | 48.53 | –4.97 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 7,573 | 98.08 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 148 | 1.92 | +1.89 | |||||
| Turnout | 7,721 | 72.97 | –4.74 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 10,581 | |||||||
| Conservative gain from United Farmers | Swing | +4.97 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[6][7] | ||||||||
| 1919 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| United Farmers | Thomas Kerr Slack | 4,117 | 53.50 | – | ||||
| Conservative | John Reburn | 3,579 | 46.50 | –10.98 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 7,696 | 99.97 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 2 | 0.03 | –0.28 | |||||
| Turnout | 7,698 | 77.71 | +2.01 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 9,906 | |||||||
| United Farmers gain from Conservative | Swing | – | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[8][9] | ||||||||
| 1914 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | Charles Robert McKeown | 2,094 | 57.48 | +3.52 | ||||
| Temperance | James Ritchie Bell | 1,549 | 42.52 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 3,643 | 99.70 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 11 | 0.30 | –0.10 | |||||
| Turnout | 3,654 | 75.70 | +13.60 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 4,827 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +1.76 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[10][11] | ||||||||
| 1911 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | Charles Robert McKeown | 1,880 | 53.96 | +3.49 | ||||
| Conservative-Temperance | Robert John Woods | 1,604 | 46.04 | –3.49 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 3,484 | 99.60 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 14 | 0.40 | –0.05 | |||||
| Turnout | 3,498 | 62.10 | –22.27 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 5,633 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +3.49 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[12][13] | ||||||||
| 1908 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | Charles Robert McKeown | 2,229 | 50.48 | –0.75 | ||||
| Progressive | Robert John Woods | 2,187 | 49.52 | +0.75 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 4,416 | 99.55 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 20 | 0.45 | +0.45 | |||||
| Turnout | 4,436 | 84.37 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 5,258 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | –0.75 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[14][15] | ||||||||
| Ontario provincial by-election, July 24, 1907 Death of Frederick William Lewis | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | Charles Robert McKeown | 1,943 | 51.23 | –2.65 | ||||
| Progressive | Robert John Woods | 1,850 | 48.77 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 3,793 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | – | |||||||
| Turnout | 3,793 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | ||||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | –1.33 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[16] | ||||||||
| 1905 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | Frederick William Lewis | 2,027 | 53.88 | –17.52 | ||||
| Prohibitionist | W. A. Wansborough | 1,735 | 46.12 | +17.52 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 3,762 | 99.97 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 1 | 0.03 | –0.48 | |||||
| Turnout | 3,763 | 65.39 | +14.61 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 5,755 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | –17.52 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[17][18] | ||||||||
| 1902 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | John Barr | 2,242 | 71.40 | +15.41 | ||||
| Prohibitionist | W. T. Bailey | 898 | 28.60 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 3,140 | 99.49 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 16 | 0.51 | +0.26 | |||||
| Turnout | 3,156 | 50.78 | –15.00 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 6,215 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +7.71 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[19][20] | ||||||||
| 1898 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | John Barr | 2,660 | 55.99 | +13.04 | ||||
| Independent | William Dynes | 2,091 | 44.01 | –13.04 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 4,751 | 99.75 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 12 | 0.25 | –0.37 | |||||
| Turnout | 4,763 | 65.78 | –5.50 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 7,241 | |||||||
| Conservative gain from Patrons of Industry | Swing | +13.04 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[21][22] | ||||||||
| 1894 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Patrons of Industry | William Dynes | 2,465 | 57.05 | – | ||||
| Conservative | John Barr | 1,856 | 42.95 | –11.75 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 4,321 | 99.38 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 27 | 0.62 | +0.09 | |||||
| Turnout | 4,348 | 71.28 | +31.10 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 6,100 | |||||||
| Patrons of Industry gain from Conservative Equal Rights | Swing | +5.87 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[23][24] | ||||||||
| 1890 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative Equal Rights | John Barr | 1,333 | 54.70 | – | ||||
| Liberal | W. J. Bailey | 603 | 24.74 | – | ||||
| Equal Rights | Mr. Gaviller | 501 | 20.56 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 2,437 | 99.47 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 13 | 0.53 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 2,450 | 40.18 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 6,097 | |||||||
| Conservative Equal Rights gain from Conservative | Swing | +0.00 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[25][26] | ||||||||
| 1886 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | Falkner Cornwall Stewart | acclaimed | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[27][28] | ||||||||
| 1883 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | Robert McGhee | 1,051 | 47.13 | –33.93 | ||||
| Independent Conservative | William Jelly | 682 | 30.58 | –18.90 | ||||
| Independent Conservative | J. Reed | 497 | 22.29 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 2,230 | 99.38 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 14 | 0.62 | +0.62 | |||||
| Turnout | 2,244 | 50.18 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 4,472 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | –7.51 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[29][30] | ||||||||
| Ontario provincial by-election, January 9, 1880 Void Election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | William Jelly | 1,207 | 49.49 | –5.83 | ||||
| Conservative | T. Jull | 770 | 31.57 | –23.75 | ||||
| Unknown | Robert McGhee | 456 | 18.70 | –25.98 | ||||
| Unknown | Mr. Lawrence | 6 | 0.25 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 2,439 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | – | |||||||
| Turnout | 2,439 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | ||||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +8.96 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[31] | ||||||||
| 1879 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | John Barr | 1,357 | 55.32 | +2.93 | ||||
| Independent | Robert McGhee | 1,096 | 44.68 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 2,453 | 58.18 | −8.05 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 4,216 | |||||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal–Conservative | Swing | +2.93 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[32][33] | ||||||||
| 1875 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal–Conservative | John Barr | 982 | 46.06 | |||||
| Conservative | M. McCarthy | 727 | 34.10 | |||||
| Conservative | T. Armstrong | 390 | 18.29 | |||||
| Liberal | W. Parsons | 33 | 1.55 | |||||
| Turnout | 2,132 | 66.23 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 3,219 | |||||||
| Liberal–Conservative pickup new district. | ||||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[34][35] | ||||||||
References
[edit]- ↑ For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
- For John Barr's Legislative Assembly information see "John Barr, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For William Jelly's Legislative Assembly information see "William Jelly, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Robert McGhee's Legislative Assembly information see "Robert McGhee, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Falkner Cornwall Stewart's Legislative Assembly information see "Falkner Cornwall Stewart, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For William Dynes's Legislative Assembly information see "William Dynes, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For John Roaf Barber's Legislative Assembly information see "John Roaf Barber, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Frederick William Lewis's Legislative Assembly information see "Frederick William Lewis, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Thomas Kerr Stack's Legislative Assembly information see "Thomas Kerr Stack, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Charles Robert McKeown's Legislative Assembly information see "Charles Robert McKeown, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- ↑ "1929 General Election - Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. Retrieved September 11, 2026.
- ↑ "Sessional Paper No. 3 - Return from the Records of the General Election to the Legislative Assembly in 1929". Ontario Sessional Papers, 1930: Vol. LXII - Part II (Report). Toronto: King's Printer. 1930.
- ↑ "1926 General Election - Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. Retrieved September 11, 2026.
- ↑ "Sessional Paper No. 25 - Return from the Records of the General Election to the Legislative Assembly in 1926". Ontario Sessional Papers, 1927: Vol. LIX - Part V (Report). Toronto: King's Printer. 1928.
- ↑ "1923 General Election - Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. Retrieved September 11, 2026.
- ↑ "Sessional Paper No. 47 - Return from the Records of the General Election to the Legislative Assembly in 1923". Ontario Sessional Papers, 1924: Vol. LVI - Part VI (Report). Toronto: King's Printer. 1924.
- ↑ "1919 General Election - Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. Retrieved September 11, 2026.
- ↑ "Sessional Paper No. 51 - Return from the Records of the General Election to the Legislative Assembly in 1919". Ontario Sessional Papers, 1920: Vol. LII - Part VIII (Report). Toronto: King's Printer. 1919.
- ↑ "1914 General Election - Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. Retrieved September 11, 2026.
- ↑ "Sessional Paper No. 50 - Return from the records of the General Election to the Legislative Assembly in 1914". Ontario Sessional Papers, 1915: Vol. XLVII - Part XII (Report). Toronto: King's Printer. 1915.
- ↑ "1911 General Election - Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. Retrieved September 11, 2026.
- ↑ "Sessional Paper No. 49 - Return from the records of the General Election to the Legislative Assembly in 1911". Ontario Sessional Papers, 1912: Vol. XLIV - Part XIII (Report). Toronto: King's Printer. 1912.
- ↑ "1908 General Election - Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. Retrieved September 11, 2026.
- ↑ "Sessional Paper No. 46 - Return from the records of the General Election to the Legislative Assembly in 1908". Ontario Sessional Papers, 1909: Vol. XIL - Part X (Report). Toronto: King's Printer. 1908.
- ↑ Lewis, Roderick (1968). Centennial edition of a history of the electoral districts, legislatures and ministries of the province of Ontario, 1867-1968. Queen's Printer.
- ↑ "1905 General Election - Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. Retrieved September 11, 2026.
- ↑ "Sessional Paper No. 46 - Return from the records of the General Election to the Legislative Assembly in 1905". Ontario Sessional Papers, 1905: Vol. XXXVII - Part X (Report). Toronto: King's Printer. 1905.
- ↑ "1902 General Election - Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. Retrieved September 11, 2026.
- ↑ "Sessional Paper No. 46 - Return from the records of the General Election to the Legislative Assembly in 1902". Ontario Sessional Papers, 1903: Vol. XXXV - Part IX (Report). Toronto: King's Printer. 1902.
- ↑ "1898 General Election - Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. Retrieved September 11, 2026.
- ↑ "Sessional Paper No. 1 - Return from the records of the General Election to the Legislative Assembly in 1898". Ontario Sessional Papers, 1898-99: Vol. XXXI - Part I (Report). Toronto: King's Printer. 1898.
- ↑ "1894 General Election - Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. Retrieved September 11, 2026.
- ↑ "Sessional Paper No. 1 - Return from the records of the General Election to the Legislative Assembly in 1894". Ontario Sessional Papers, 1895: Vol. XXVII - Part I (Report). Toronto: King's Printer. 1895.
- ↑ "1890 General Election - Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. Retrieved September 11, 2026.
- ↑ "Sessional Paper No. 1 - Return from the records of the General Election to the Legislative Assembly in 1890". Ontario Sessional Papers, 1891: Vol. XXIII - Part I (Report). Toronto: King's Printer. 1891.
- ↑ "1886 General Election - Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. Retrieved September 11, 2026.
- ↑ "Sessional Paper No. 13 - Return from the records of the General Election to the Legislative Assembly in 1886". Ontario Sessional Papers, 1887: Vol. XIX - Part III (Report). Toronto: King's Printer. 1887.
- ↑ "1883 General Election - Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. Retrieved September 11, 2026.
- ↑ "Sessional Paper No. 1 - Return from the records of the General Election to the Legislative Assembly in 1883". Ontario Sessional Papers, 1884: Vol. XVI - Part I (Report). Toronto: King's Printer. 1884.
- ↑ Lewis, Roderick (1968). Centennial edition of a history of the electoral districts, legislatures and ministries of the province of Ontario, 1867-1968. Queen's Printer.
- ↑ "1879 General Election - Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. Retrieved September 11, 2026.
- ↑ "Sessional Paper No. 19 - Return from the records of the General Election to the Legislative Assembly in 1879". Ontario Sessional Papers, 1880: Vol. XIL - Part III (Report). Toronto: King's Printer. 1880.
- ↑ "1875 General Election - Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. Retrieved September 11, 2026.
- ↑ Wood, S.C. (1876). "Sessional Paper No. 59 - Return from the records of the General Election to the Legislative Assembly in 1875". Ontario Sessional Papers, 1875-76: Vol. VIII - Part IV (Report). Toronto: King's Printer.
