London (provincial electoral district)
 Ontario electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Ontario |
| District created | 1867 |
| District abolished | 1953 |
| First contested | 1867 |
| Last contested | 1951 |
London was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1867 at the time of confederation and was abolished in 1925 before the 1926 election. It was re-established in 1934 and existed until 1955 when it was abolished again.
Members of Provincial Parliament
[edit]| London | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| 1st | 1867–1871 | John Carling | Conservative | |
| 2nd | 1871–1872 | |||
| 1872–1874 | William Ralph Meredith | |||
| 3rd | 1875–1879 | |||
| 4th | 1879–1883 | |||
| 5th | 1883–1886 | |||
| 6th | 1886–1890 | |||
| 7th | 1890–1894 | |||
| 8th | 1894–1898 | Thomas Saunders Hobbs | Liberal | |
| 9th | 1898–1902 | Francis Baxter Leys | ||
| 10th | 1902–1904 | Adam Beck | Conservative | |
| 11th | 1905–1908 | |||
| 12th | 1908–1911 | |||
| 13th | 1911–1914 | |||
| 14th | 1914–1919 | |||
| 15th | 1919–1923 | Hugh Allan Stevenson | United Farmers | |
| 16th | 1923–1925 | Adam Beck | Conservative | |
| Split into London North and London South before the 1926 election | ||||
| 19th | 1934–1937 | Archibald Stuart Duncan | Liberal | |
| 20th | 1937–1943 | |||
| 21st | 1943–1945 | William Gourlay Webster | Progressive Conservative | |
| 22nd | 1945–1948 | |||
| 23rd | 1948–1951 | Campbell Calder | Liberal | |
| 24th | 1951–1955 | John Robarts | Progressive Conservative | |
| Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[1] | ||||
| Split into London North and London South before the 1955 election | ||||
Election results
[edit]| 1867 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Conservative | John Carling | 948 | 61.00 | |||||
| Liberal | J. Durand | 606 | 39.00 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 1,554 | 56.00 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 2,775 | |||||||
| Conservative pickup new district. | ||||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[2] | ||||||||
| 1871 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | John Carling | 985 | 63.84 | +2.83 | ||||
| Liberal | Mr. Cornish | 558 | 36.16 | −2.83 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,543 | 57.06 | +1.06 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 2,704 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +2.83 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[3] | ||||||||
| Ontario provincial by-election, September 4, 1872 Resignation of John Carling | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | William Ralph Meredith | 932 | 51.12 | −12.71 | ||||
| Liberal | J. Durand | 891 | 48.88 | +12.71 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 1,823 | 100.0 | +18.15 | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −12.71 | ||||||
| Source: History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario[4]: 202 | ||||||||
| 1875 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | William Ralph Meredith | 1,311 | 52.84 | +1.72 | ||||
| Liberal | J. Durand | 1,170 | 47.16 | −1.72 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,481 | 60.39 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 4,108 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +1.72 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[5] | ||||||||
| 1879 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | William Ralph Meredith | 1,578 | 58.25 | +5.41 | ||||
| Liberal | Mr. Magee | 1,131 | 41.75 | −5.41 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 2,709 | 55.24 | −5.15 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 4,904 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +5.41 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[6] | ||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
- For John Carling's Legislative Assembly information see "John Carling, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For William Ralph Meredith's Legislative Assembly information see "William Ralph Meredith, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Thomas Saunders Hobbs's Legislative Assembly information see "Thomas Saunders Hobbs, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Francis Baxter Leys's Legislative Assembly information see "Francis Baxter Leys, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Adam Beck's Legislative Assembly information see "Adam Beck, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Hugh Allan Stevenson's Legislative Assembly information see "Hugh Allan Stevenson, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Archibald Stuart Duncan's Legislative Assembly information see "Archibald Stuart Duncan, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For William Gourlay Webster's Legislative Assembly information see "William Gourlay Webster, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Campbell Calder's Legislative Assembly information see "Campbell Calder, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For John Robarts's Legislative Assembly information see "John Robarts, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- ^ "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.