Huron West (provincial electoral district)

For the federal electoral district, see Huron West.

Huron West

Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	1875
District abolished	1908
First contested	1875
Last contested	1905

Huron West was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It existed from 1875 to 1908 and consisted of the western areas of Huron County.

It was consistently represented by Liberals. ^[1]

Members of Provincial Parliament

Huron West
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Huron North
3rd	1875–1879		Alexander Ross	Liberal
4th	1879–1883
5th	1883–1886
6th	1886–1890
7th	1890–1894		James Thompson Garrow	Liberal
8th	1894–1898
9th	1898–1902
10th	1902–1905		Malcolm Graeme Cameron	Liberal
11th	1805–1908
Riding dissolved into Huron North and Huron Centre

Election results

v t e 1875 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Alexander Ross	1,595	51.48
	Conservative	J. Davison	1,503	48.52
Turnout			3,098	68.59
Eligible voters			4,517
	Liberal pickup new district.
Source: Elections Ontario [2]

v t e 1879 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alexander Ross	2,064	55.57	+4.09
	Conservative	P. Kelly	1,650	44.43	−4.09
Total valid votes			3,714	62.70	−5.88
Eligible voters			5,923
	Liberal hold		Swing		+4.09
Source: Elections Ontario [3]

References

1. "James Thompson Garrow | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org. 1898-12-08. Retrieved 2025-01-27.
2. "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1875. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
3. "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1879. Retrieved April 19, 2024.