Kingston (provincial electoral district)

This article is about the provincial electoral district. For the federal electoral district, see Kingston (federal electoral district).

Kingston

Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	1867
District abolished	1966
First contested	1867
Last contested	1963

Kingston was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1867 at the time of confederation and was abolished in 1966 before the 1967 election.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Kingston
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
1st	1867–1871		Maxwell W. Strange	Conservative
2nd	1871–1874		William Robinson	Conservative
3rd	1875–1879
4th	1879–1883		James Henry Metcalfe	Conservative
5th	1883–1886
6th	1886–1890
7th	1890–1892
	1892–1894		William Harty	Liberal
8th	1894–1895		Edward H. Smythe	Conservative
	1895–1898		William Harty	Liberal
9th	1898–1901
	1901–1902		Edward John Barker Pense	Liberal
10th	1902–1904
11th	1905–1908
12th	1908–1911		William Folger Nickle	Conservative
13th	1911–1914		Arthur Edward Ross	Conservative
14th	1914–1919
15th	1919–1922
	1922–1923		William Folger Nickle	Conservative
16th	1923–1926
17th	1926–1929		Thomas Ashmore Kidd	Conservative
18th	1929–1934
19th	1934–1937
20th	1937–1943
21st	1943–1945		Harry Allan Stewart	Progressive Conservative
22nd	1945–1948
23rd	1948–1951
24th	1951–1955		William McAdam Nickle	Progressive Conservative
25th	1955–1959
26th	1959–1963
27th	1963–1967		Syl Apps	Progressive Conservative
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly
Merged into Kingston and the Islands before the 1967 election

Election results

1867 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Maxwell W. Strange	705	84.63
	Liberal	John Stewart	128	15.37
Total valid votes			833	37.14
Eligible voters			2,243
	Conservative pickup new district.
Source: Elections Ontario

1871 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Robinson	607	50.04	−34.59
	Liberal	Mr. Breden	586	48.31	+32.94
	Independent	John Stewart	20	1.65
Turnout			1,213	58.21	+21.07
Eligible voters			2,084
	Conservative hold		Swing		−33.77
Source: Elections Ontario

1875 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Robinson	935	54.17	+4.13
	Liberal–Conservative	James McCammon	791	45.83
Turnout			1,726	64.55	+6.34
Eligible voters			2,674
	Conservative hold		Swing		+4.13
Source: Elections Ontario

1879 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Henry Metcalfe	955	55.82	+1.64
	Liberal	William Robinson	756	44.18
Total valid votes			1,711	59.53	−5.01
Eligible voters			2,874
	Conservative hold		Swing		+1.64
Source: Elections Ontario

1963 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Charles Joseph Apps	10,092	49.11
	Liberal	William Mills	9,068	44.13
	New Democratic	Lavada Pinder	1,389	6.75
Total valid votes			20,549	100.0
Eligible voters			30,294