Addington (federal electoral district)

This article is about the former federal electoral district. For the provincial electoral district, see Addington (provincial electoral district). For the pre-Confederation electoral district, see Lennox and Addington (Province of Canada electoral district).

Addington

Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1867
District abolished	1904
First contested	1867
Last contested	1900
Demographics
Population (1891) [1]	24,151
Census division(s)	Addington
Census subdivision(s)	Ashby, Camden, Portland, Sheffield, Hinchinbrooke, Kaladar, Kennebec, Olden, Oso, Angelsea, Barrie, Clarendon, Palmerston, Effingham, Abinger, Miller, Canonto, Denbigh, Loughborough, Bedford

Addington was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1904. The electoral district was created in the British North America Act 1867. ^[2]

The County of Addington consisted of the Townships of Camden, Portland, Sheffield, Hinchinbrooke, Kaladar, Kennebec, Olden, Oso, Angelsea, Barrie, Clarendon, Palmerston, Effingham, Abinger, Miller, Canonto, Denbigh, Loughborough, and Bedford.

In 1882, the township of Ashby was added to the riding.

The electoral district was abolished in 1904 when it was merged into Lennox and Addington riding.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
1st	1867–1872		James Lapum	Conservative
2nd	1872–1874		Schuyler Shibley	Liberal–Conservative
3rd	1874–1878			Conservative
4th	1878–1882		John McRory
5th	1882–1887		John William Bell
6th	1887–1891
7th	1891–1896		George Walker Wesley Dawson	Liberal
8th	1896–1900		John William Bell	Conservative
9th	1900–1901
	1902–1904		Melzar Avery
Riding dissolved into Lennox and Addington

Election results

v t e 1867 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	James Lapum	1,120	52.98
	Liberal–Conservative	Schuyler Shibley	991	46.88
	Unknown	Henry Smith	2	0.09
	Unknown	Mr. Price	1	0.05
	Unknown	D. Cameron	0	0.00
	Unknown	Mr. Ham	0	0.00
	Unknown	Mr. Lott	0	0.00
Total valid votes			2,114	76.37
Eligible voters			2,768
Source: 1867 Return of the Elections to House of Commons [3]

Result by municipality ^[4]

Municipality	Shibley	Lapum	Price	Smith	Total vote	Eligible voters
Portland Township	194	107	0	0	301	385
Camden Township	284	567	0	2	853	1,092
Olden Township	1	17	0	0	18	29
Loughborough Township	188	62	0	0	250	314
Seffield Township	117	156	1	0	274	318
Kennebec Township	7	10	0	0	17	22
Barrie Township	16	26	0	0	42	78
Kaladar and Anglesea Townships	35	20	0	0	55	88
Oso Township	2	19	0	0	21	28
Denbigh, Abinger and Ashby Townships	4	11	0	0	15	22
Newburgh	33	76	0	0	109	164
Bedford and Palmerston Townships	40	26	0	0	66	110
Hinchinbrooke Township	60	21	0	0	81	94
Clarendon and Miller Townships	10	2	0	0	12	24
Total	991	1,120	1	2	2,114	2,768

v t e 1872 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal–Conservative	Schuyler Shibley	1,495	64.0
	Conservative	James Lapum	849	36.0
Source: Canadian Elections Database [5]

v t e 1874 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Schuyler Shibley	1,275	56.0
	Unknown	David John Waggoner	982	44.0
Source: Canadian Elections Database [6]

On Mr. Shibley being unseated, on petition, 21 September 1874:

By-election on 28 October 1874
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	Schuyler Shibley	1,263
	Unknown	David John Waggoner	920

v t e 1878 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John McRory	1,656	57.0
	Liberal–Conservative	Schuyler Shibley	1,244	43.0
Source: Canadian Elections Database [7]

v t e 1882 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John William Bell	1,659	59.0
	Unknown	J.B. Aylsworth	1,157	41.0

v t e 1887 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John William Bell	1,927	56.0
	Liberal	Henry T. Shibley	1,537	44.0

v t e 1891 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	George Walker Wesley Dawson	2,307	51.0
	Conservative	John William Bell	2,246	49.0

v t e 1896 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John W. Bell	2,587	51.0
	Liberal	Geo. W. W. Dawson	2,500	49.0

v t e 1900 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John W. Bell	2,442	56.0
	Liberal	Wm. A. Martin	1,913	44.0

On Mr. Bell's death, 5 July 1901:

By-election on 15 January 1902
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Melzar Avery	2,505
	Liberal	F. S. Wartman	2,121

See also

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

References

1. "Electoral Atlas of the Dominion of Canada (1895)" (PDF). Library and Archives of Canada. 25 September 2019. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
2. "Addington, Ontario (1867-08-06 - 1904-09-19)". Library of Parliament. 25 September 2019. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
3. Langevin, Edouard J. (1868), Return of the Elections to House of Commons, Ottawa: Hunter, Rose & Company
4. Langevin, Edouard J. (1868), Return of the Elections to House of Commons, Ottawa: Hunter, Rose & Company
5. Sayers, Anthony M. "1872 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 3 February 2024.
6. Sayers, Anthony M. "1874 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 22 January 2024.
7. Sayers, Anthony M. "1878 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 22 January 2024.

External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament