Middlesex West (provincial electoral district)
 Ontario electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Ontario |
| District created | 1867 |
| District abolished | 1933 |
| First contested | 1867 |
| Last contested | 1929 |
Middlesex West was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1867 at the time of confederation. It was renamed Middlesex South in 1933 before the 1934 election.
Members of Provincial Parliament
[edit]| Middlesex West | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| 1st | 1867–1871 | Nathaniel Currie | Conservative | |
| 2nd | 1871–1871 | Alexander Mackenzie | Liberal | |
| 1872–1875 | John Watterworth | Liberal | ||
| 3rd | 1875–1879 | |||
| 4th | 1879–1883 | |||
| 5th | 1883–1883 | Alexander Johnston | Conservative | |
| 1883–1886 | George William Ross | Liberal | ||
| 6th | 1886–1890 | |||
| 7th | 1890–1894 | |||
| 8th | 1894–1898 | |||
| 9th | 1898–1902 | |||
| 10th | 1902–1905 | |||
| 11th | 1905–1907 | |||
| 1907–1908 | Duncan Campbell Ross | Liberal | ||
| 12th | 1908–1911 | John Campbell Elliott | Liberal | |
| 13th | 1911–1914 | |||
| 14th | 1914–1919 | |||
| 15th | 1919–1923 | John Giles Lethbridge | United Farmers | |
| 16th | 1923–1926 | |||
| 17th | 1926–1929 | |||
| 18th | 1929–1934 | Lloyd William Morgan Freele | Conservative | |
| Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[1] | ||||
| Renamed Middlesex South riding after 1934 | ||||
Election results
[edit]| 1867 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Conservative | Nathaniel Currie | 1,100 | 52.08 | |||||
| Liberal | Mr. Campbell | 1,012 | 47.92 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 2,112 | 87.45 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 2,415 | |||||||
| Conservative pickup new district. | ||||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[2] | ||||||||
| 1871 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Alexander Mackenzie | 1,362 | 58.81 | +10.89 | ||||
| Conservative | Nathaniel Currie | 954 | 41.19 | −10.89 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,316 | 77.17 | −10.28 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 3,001 | |||||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +10.89 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[3] | ||||||||
| Ontario provincial by-election, January 1872 Ministerial by-election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Alexander Mackenzie | Acclaimed | ||||||
| Source: History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario[4]: 220 | ||||||||
| Ontario provincial by-election, September 1872 Resignation of Alexander Mackenzie | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | John Watterworth | 1,311 | 51.94 | |||||
| Independent | J.D. Dewan | 1,213 | 48.06 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 2,524 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal hold | ||||||||
| Source: History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario[4]: 220 | ||||||||
| 1875 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | John Watterworth | 1,415 | 54.30 | +2.36 | ||||
| Conservative | Nathaniel Currie | 1,191 | 45.70 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 2,606 | 71.36 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 3,652 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +2.36 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[5] | ||||||||
| 1879 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | John Watterworth | 1,575 | 50.82 | −3.47 | ||||
| Conservative | Mr. Richardson | 1,524 | 49.18 | +3.47 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 3,099 | 69.80 | −1.56 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 4,440 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | −3.47 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[6] | ||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
- For Nathaniel Currie's Legislative Assembly information see "Nathaniel Currie, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
- For Alexander Mackenzie's Legislative Assembly information see "Alexander Mackenzie, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
- For John Watterworth's Legislative Assembly information see "John Watterworth, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
- For Alexander Johnston's Legislative Assembly information see "Alexander Johnston, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
- For George William Ross's Legislative Assembly information see "George William Ross, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
- For Duncan Campbell Ross's Legislative Assembly information see "Duncan Campbell Ross, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
- For John Campbell Elliott's Legislative Assembly information see "John Campbell Elliott, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
- For John Giles Lethbridge's Legislative Assembly information see "John Giles Lethbridge, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
- For Lloyd William Morgan Freele's Legislative Assembly information see "Lloyd William Morgan Freele, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
- ^ "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1867. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
- ^ "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1871. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
- ^ a b 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.