 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]
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| 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 | ||||
| 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] | ||||||||
| 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] | ||||||||
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