Ontario North (provincial electoral district)

This article is about the provincial electoral district. For the federal electoral district, see Ontario North.

Ontario North

Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	1867
District abolished	1933
First contested	1867
Last contested	1929

Ontario North was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1867 at the time of confederation and was abolished in 1933 before the 1934 election.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Ontario North
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
1st	1867–1871		Thomas Paxton	Liberal
2nd	1871–1874
3rd	1875–1879
4th	1879–1881
	1881–1883		Frank Madill	Conservative
5th	1883–1886		Isaac James Gould	Liberal
6th	1886–1890
7th	1890–1894		James Glendinning	Conservative
8th	1894–1898		Thomas William Chapple	Liberal
9th	1898–1902		William Hoyle	Conservative
10th	1902–1904
11th	1905–1908
12th	1908–1911
13th	1911–1914
14th	1914–1918
	1919–1919		John Wesley Widdifield	United Farmers
15th	1919–1923
16th	1923–1926
17th	1926–1929
18th	1929–1934		James Blanchard	Conservative
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly [1]
Merged into Ontario before the 1934 election

Election results

v t e 1867 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Thomas Paxton	1,694	58.70
	Conservative	Mr. Gillespie	1,192	41.30
Total valid votes			2,886	79.26
Eligible voters			3,641
	Liberal pickup new district.
Source: Elections Ontario [2]

v t e 1871 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Paxton	1,279	73.80	+15.11
	Conservative	Mr. Wright	446	25.74	−15.57
	Independent	Mr. Wheeler	8	0.46
Turnout			1,733	44.11	−35.15
Eligible voters			3,929
	Liberal hold		Swing		+15.34
Source: Elections Ontario [3]

v t e 1875 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Paxton	1,858	51.84	−21.96
	Conservative	P. McRae	1,726	48.16	+22.42
Total valid votes			3,584	68.24	+24.13
Eligible voters			5,252
Election voided
Source: Elections Ontario [4]

v t e Ontario provincial by-election, January 27, 1876 Previous election voided
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Paxton	1,635	53.00	−20.80
	Conservative	P. McRae	1,450	47.00	+21.27
Total valid votes			3,085
	Liberal hold		Swing		−21.04
Source: History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario [5] : 255

v t e 1879 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Paxton	2,244	52.21	−0.79
	Conservative	Mr. Gillespie	2,054	47.79	+0.79
Total valid votes			4,298	63.85
Eligible voters			6,731
	Liberal hold		Swing		−0.79
Source: Elections Ontario [6]

References

1. For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
   • For Thomas Paxton's Legislative Assembly information see "Thomas Paxton, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
   • For Frank Madill's Legislative Assembly information see "Frank Madill, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
   • For Isaac James Gould's Legislative Assembly information see "Isaac James Gould, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
   • For James Glendinning's Legislative Assembly information see "James Glendinning, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
   • For Thomas William Chapple's Legislative Assembly information see "Thomas William Chapple, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
   • For William Hoyle's Legislative Assembly information see "William Hoyle, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
   • For John Wesley Widdifield's Legislative Assembly information see "John Wesley Widdifield, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
   • For James Blanchard's Legislative Assembly information see "James Blanchard, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
2. "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1867. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
3. "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1871. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
4. "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1875. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
5. Lewis, Roderick (1968). Centennial Edition of a History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario, 1867–1968 . OCLC   1052682.
6. "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1879. Retrieved April 19, 2024.