Huron South (provincial electoral district)
 Ontario electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Ontario |
| District created | 1867 |
| District abolished | 1929 |
| First contested | 1867 |
| Last contested | 1929 |
Huron South was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It existed from 1867 to 1934, when it was abolished into Huron and Huron—Bruce. It consisted of the southern areas of Huron County.[1]
Members of Provincial Parliament
[edit]| Huron South | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| Riding created | ||||
| 1st | 1867–1868 | Robert Gibbons | Conservative | |
| 1st | 1868–1871 | Isaac Carling | Conservative | |
| 2nd | 1871–1874 | Archibald Bishop | Liberal | |
| 3rd | 1875–1879 | |||
| 4th | 1879–1883 | |||
| 5th | 1883–1886 | |||
| 6th | 1886–1890 | |||
| 7th | 1890–1894 | |||
| 8th | 1894–1898 | Murdo Young McLean | Liberal | |
| 9th | 1898–1902 | Henry Eilber | Conservative | |
| 10th | 1902–1904 | |||
| 11th | 1902–1904 | |||
| 12th | 1908–1911 | |||
| 13th | 1911–1914 | |||
| 14th | 1914–1919 | |||
| 15th | 1919–1923 | Andrew Hicks | United Farmers | |
| 16th | 1923–1926 | Nelson William Trewartha | Conservative | |
| 17th | 1926–1929 | William George Medd | Progressive | |
| 18th | 1929–1934 | |||
| Riding dissolved into Huron | ||||
Election results
[edit]| 1867 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Robert Gibbons | 1,558 | 50.16 | |||||
| Conservative | Isaac Carling | 1,548 | 49.84 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 3,106 | 82.00 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 3,788 | |||||||
| Liberal pickup new district. | ||||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[2] | ||||||||
| 1871 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Robert Gibbons | 1,561 | 53.55 | +3.39 | ||||
| Conservative | Isaac Carling | 1,354 | 46.45 | −3.39 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,915 | 71.64 | −10.36 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 4,069 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +3.39 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[3] | ||||||||
| Ontario provincial by-election, October 1873 Resignation of Robert Gibbons | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Archibald Bishop | 1,424 | 50.25 | −3.30 | ||||
| Conservative | G. Case | 1,410 | 49.75 | +3.30 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 2,834 | 100.0 | −2.78 | |||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | −3.30 | ||||||
| Source: History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario[4]: 154 | ||||||||
| 1875 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Archibald Bishop | 1,440 | 51.39 | +1.14 | ||||
| Conservative | G. Case | 1,362 | 48.61 | −1.14 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,802 | 72.53 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 3,863 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +1.14 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[5] | ||||||||
| 1879 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Archibald Bishop | 1,893 | 52.21 | +0.81 | ||||
| Conservative | Mr. Jackson | 1,733 | 47.79 | −0.81 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 3,626 | 70.75 | −1.78 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 5,125 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +0.81 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[6] | ||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "William Medd | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org. 1926-12-01. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
- ^ "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.