Ontario electoral district | |
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Defunct federal electoral district | |
Legislature | House of Commons |
District created | 1867 |
District abolished | 1924 |
First contested | 1867 |
Last contested | 1921 |
Ontario South was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1925. It was located in the province of Ontario. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867.
The South riding consisted initially of the Townships of Whitby and East Whitby, Pickering, the Town of Whitby and the Village of Oshawa.
In 1882, the Township of Reach and the village of Port Perry were added to the riding.
The electoral district was abolished in 1924 when it was merged into Ontario riding.
This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:
Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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1st | 1867–1872 | Thomas Nicholson Gibbs | Liberal–Conservative | |
2nd | 1872–1873 | |||
1873–1874 | ||||
3rd | 1874–1876 | Malcolm Cameron | Liberal | |
1876–1878 | Thomas Nicholson Gibbs | Liberal–Conservative | ||
4th | 1878–1882 | Francis Wayland Glen | Liberal | |
5th | 1882–1887 | |||
6th | 1887–1891 | William Smith | Conservative | |
7th | 1891–1892 | James Ironside Davidson | Liberal | |
1892–1896 | William Smith | Conservative | ||
8th | 1896–1900 | Leonard Burnett | Liberal | |
9th | 1900–1904 | William Ross | ||
10th | 1904–1908 | Peter Christie | Conservative | |
11th | 1908–1911 | Frederick Luther Fowke | Liberal | |
12th | 1911–1917 | William Smith | Conservative | |
13th | 1917–1921 | Government (Unionist) | ||
14th | 1921–1925 | Lawson Omar Clifford | Liberal | |
Riding dissolved into Ontario |
1867 Canadian federal election: South riding of Ontario | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
Liberal-Conservative | Thomas Nicholson Gibbs | 1,292 | ||||
Liberal | George Brown | 1,223 |
1872 Canadian federal election: South riding of Ontario | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
Liberal-Conservative | Thomas Nicholson Gibbs | 1,466 | ||||
Unknown | P. White Trueman | 1,373 | ||||
Unknown | Mr. White |
Note: Newspaper for the time recorded the name of Gibbs' opponent as Truman P. White. [1]
By-election: On Mr. Gibbs being appointed Secretary of State for the Provinces and Superintendent General of Indian Affairs, 7 July 1873: South riding of Ontario | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
Liberal-Conservative | Thomas Nicholson Gibbs | acclaimed |
1874 Canadian federal election: South riding of Ontario | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
Liberal | Malcolm Cameron | 1,639 | ||||
Liberal-Conservative | Thomas Nicholson Gibbs | 1,488 |
By-election: On Mr. Cameron's death, 5 July 1876: South riding of Ontario | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
Liberal-Conservative | Thomas Nicholson Gibbs | 1,665 | ||||
Unknown | James D. Edgar | 1,627 |
1878 Canadian federal election: South riding of Ontario | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
Liberal | Francis Wayland Glen | 1,867 | ||||
Liberal-Conservative | Thomas Nicholson Gibbs | 1,661 |
1882 Canadian federal election: South riding of Ontario | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
Liberal | Francis Wayland Glen | 1,668 | ||||
Conservative | William Smith | 1,618 |
1887 Canadian federal election: South riding of Ontario | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
Conservative | William Smith | 2,118 | ||||
Liberal | Francis Rae | 1,931 |
1891 Canadian federal election: South riding of Ontario | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
Liberal | James Ironside Davidson | 2,042 | ||||
Conservative | William Smith | 2,009 |
By-election: On election being declared void, 20 February 1892: South riding of Ontario | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
Conservative | William Smith | acclaimed |
1896 Canadian federal election: South riding of Ontario | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
Liberal | Leonard Burnett | 2,165 | ||||
Conservative | William Smith | 2,021 |
1900 Canadian federal election: South riding of Ontario | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
Liberal | William Ross | 1,970 | ||||
Conservative | William Smith | 1,876 |
1904 Canadian federal election: South riding of Ontario | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
Conservative | Peter Christie | 2,544 | ||||
Liberal | William Ross | 2,439 |
1908 Canadian federal election: South riding of Ontario | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
Liberal | Fred Luther Fowke | 2,939 | ||||
Conservative | Peter Christie | 2,696 |
1911 Canadian federal election: South riding of Ontario | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
Conservative | William Smith | 2,917 | ||||
Liberal | Frederick Luther Fowke | 2,547 |
1917 Canadian federal election: South riding of Ontario | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
Government | William Smith | 5,205 | ||||
Opposition | W. E. N. Sinclair | 2,682 |
1921 Canadian federal election: South riding of Ontario | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
Liberal | Lawson Omar Clifford | 5,102 | ||||
Conservative | William Smith | 4,923 | ||||
Progressive | Frank Mackenzie Chapman | 3,102 |
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