Dundas (federal electoral district)

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Dundas
Flag of Ontario.svg Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created 1867
District abolished1924
First contested 1867
Last contested 1921

Dundas was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1925. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867.

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It consisted initially of Dundas County. In 1914, it was expanded to include the townships of Finch and Osnabruck, and the village of Finch.

The electoral district was abolished in 1924 when it was merged into Grenville—Dundas riding.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

ParliamentYearsMemberParty
1st  1867–1872   John Sylvester Ross Liberal–Conservative
2nd  1872–1874   William Gibson Independent Liberal
3rd  1874–1878
4th  1878–1882   John Sylvester Ross Liberal–Conservative
5th  1882–1887   Charles Erastus Hickey Conservative
6th  1887–1891
7th  1891–1896 Hugo Homer Ross
8th  1896–1900 Andrew Broder
9th  1900–1904
10th  1904–1908
11th  1908–1911
12th  1911–1917
13th  1917–1921   Orren D. Casselman Government (Unionist)
14th  1921–1925   Preston Elliott Progressive
Riding dissolved into Grenville—Dundas

Election results

1867 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal–Conservative John Sylvester Ross acclaimed
1872 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Independent Liberal William Gibson 1,350
Liberal–Conservative John Sylvester Ross 1,262
1874 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Independent Liberal William Gibson 1,389
UnknownH. G. Merkley1,316
1878 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal–Conservative John Sylvester Ross 1,727
UnknownA. J. LaFlamme1,548
1882 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Charles Erastus Hickey 1,719
UnknownT. F. Chamberlain1,630
1887 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Charles E. Hickey 2,079
Liberal Adam Johnston1,960
1891 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Hugo H. Ross 2,086
Liberal Adam Johnston2,026
1896 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Andrew Broder 1,932
Liberal Adam Johnston1,870
McCarthyite James P. Fox494
1900 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Andrew Broder 2,376
Liberal Adam Johnston2,118
1904 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Andrew Broder 2,366
Liberal Theodore F. Chamberlain1,945
1908 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Andrew Broder 2,308
Liberal Wesley Byron Lawson1,848
1911 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Andrew Broder 2,262
Liberal John Alexander Campbell1,618
1917 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Government (Unionist) Orren D. Casselman 4,236
Opposition (Laurier Liberals) Alexander W. MacIntyre2,806
1921 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Progressive Preston Elliott 5,732
Conservative Orren D. Casselman 5,499

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