Elgin (provincial electoral district)

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Elgin
Flag of Ontario.svg Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created1934
District abolished1996
First contested 1934
Last contested 1995

Elgin was a provincial riding in Ontario, Canada, that was created for the 1934 election. It was abolished prior to the 1999 election. It was merged into the riding of Elgin-Middlesex.

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Members of Provincial Parliament

Elgin
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Created in 1934 from Elgin East and Elgin West
19th  1934–1937   Mitchell Hepburn [nb 1] Liberal
20th  1937–1943
21st  1943–1945  Independent-Liberal
22nd  1945–1948   Fletcher Stewart Thomas Progressive Conservative
23rd  1948–1951
24th  1951–1955
25th  1955–1957
 1957–1959 Ron McNeil
26th  1959–1963
27th  1963–1967
28th  1967–1971
29th  1971–1975
30th  1975–1977
31st  1977–1981
32nd  1981–1985
33rd  1985–1987
34th  1987–1990   Marietta Roberts Liberal
35th  1990–1993   Peter North New Democratic
 1993–1995   Independent
36th  1995–1999
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly [1]
Merged into Elgin—Middlesex—London before the 1999 election

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Notes

  1. In 1938, the title of Member of the Legislative Assembly was officially changed to Member of Provincial Parliament. Previously, it was unofficially used in the media and in the Legislature.

Citations

  1. For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
    • For Mitchell Hepburn's Legislative Assembly information see "Mitchell Hepburn, MPP". Parliamentary History. Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016. Archived from the original on 2013-06-28. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
    • For Fletcher Stewart Thomas's Legislative Assembly information see "Fletcher Stewart Thomas, MPP". Parliamentary History. Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
    • For Ron McNeil's Legislative Assembly information see "Ron McNeil, MPP". Parliamentary History. Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
    • For Marietta Roberts's Legislative Assembly information see "Marietta Roberts, MPP". Parliamentary History. Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
    • For Peter North's Legislative Assembly information see "Peter North, MPP". Parliamentary History. Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.