Ottawa (Ontario provincial electoral district)

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Ottawa
Flag of Ontario.svg Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created1867
District abolished1908
First contested 1867
Last contested 1905
Demographics
Census division(s) Carleton County
Census subdivision(s) Ottawa, Ottawa East (1894-1908); Hintonburg (1894-1908); Nepean Township (1894-1908)

Ottawa was the name of a provincial electoral district that elected one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Canada from 1867 to 1894 and two members from 1894 to 1908.

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The riding was created when Ontario became a province in 1867, initially consisting solely of the City of Ottawa. It was expanded in the 1894 redistribution to include the villages of Ottawa East and Hintonburg, the unincorporated community of Mechanicsville and that part of the Township of Nepean located in Lots 36, 37, 38 in Concession A of Ottawa Front (mostly the area around the Bayswater community, [1] today the area east of Parkdale Avenue and north of Carling Avenue). The riding was abolished in the 1908 redistribution into Ottawa East and Ottawa West.

When the Ottawa district had two members, 1894-1908, each voter could cast up to two votes (Block Voting).

Members of Provincial Parliament

AssemblyYearsMemberParty
1st  1867–1871   Richard William Scott Liberal
2nd  1871–1874
 1874–1874 Daniel John O'Donoghue
3rd  1875–1879
4th  1879–1883   Patrick Baskerville Conservative
5th  1883–1886
6th  1886–1890   Erskine Henry Bronson Liberal
7th  1890–1894
AssemblyYearsMemberPartyMemberParty
Two members
8th 1894–1898   George O. O'Keefe Liberal    Erskine Henry Bronson Liberal
9th 1898–1902   Charles Berkeley Powell Conservative Alexander Lumsden
10th 1902–1904   Dennis Murphy Conservative
11th 1905–1908   George Samuel May Liberal    Donald Joseph McDougal Liberal

Election results

1867–1890

1867 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Richard William Scott 81068.76
Conservative Henry J. Friel 36831.24
Total valid votes1,17841.49
Eligible voters2,839
Liberal pickup new district.
Source: Elections Ontario [2]
1871 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Richard William Scott 57476.33+7.57
Conservative G.H. Preston17823.677.57
Turnout75227.6813.81
Eligible voters2,717
Liberal hold Swing +7.57
Source: Elections Ontario [3]
Ontario provincial by-election, January 1872
Ministerial by-election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Richard William Scott Acclaimed
Source: History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario [4] :262
Ontario provincial by-election, January 18, 1874
Resignation of Richard William Scott
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Daniel John O'Donoghue 88269.72
Independent R. Nagle28522.53
Independent T.M. Blasdell917.19
Independent G.H. Preston70.55
Total valid votes1,265100.0  
Liberal hold Swing  
Source: History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario [4] :262
1875 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Daniel John O'Donoghue 85235.3534.37
Liberal J. P. Featherston 80033.2036.53
Conservative John O'Connor 75831.45 
Total valid votes2,41054.25
Eligible voters4,442
Liberal hold Swing 34.37
Source: Elections Ontario [5]
1879 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Patrick Baskerville 1,06439.72+8.26
Independent George Samuel May 1,00037.33 
Liberal Daniel John O'Donoghue 60622.6245.93
Independent Mr. St. Jean50.19 
Independent W.D. O'Keefe40.15 
Total valid votes2,67947.996.26
Eligible voters5,582
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +8.26
Source: Elections Ontario [6]
1883 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Patrick Baskerville 1,36348.49
Liberal W. D. O'Keefe83529.70
Independent F. McDougall51321.81
Total valid votes2,811100.00
1886 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Erskine Henry Bronson 1,81553.97
Conservative Patrick Baskerville 1,53845.73
Independent John Clancy100.30
Total valid votes3,363100.00
1890 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Erskine Henry Bronson 3,37963.24
  Conservative (Equal Rights)D. Donaldson1,96436.76
Total valid votes5,343100.00

1894–1905 (two members elected)

1894 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%Elected
Liberal George O. O'Keefe 3,38129.99Green check.svgY
Liberal Erskine Henry Bronson 3,31629.41Green check.svgY
Conservative Taylor McVeitty2,61623.20
Independent A. F. McIntyre1,92317.06
Independent T. H. Beck390.35
1898 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%Elected
Liberal Alexander Lumsden 4,79328.68Green check.svgY
Conservative Charles Berkeley Powell 4,54825.49Green check.svgY
Liberal George O. O'Keefe 4,53925.44
Conservative B. Slattery3,96422.21
1902 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%Elected
Conservative Dennis Murphy 5,96427.15Green check.svgY
Conservative Charles Berkeley Powell 5,63326.50Green check.svgY
Liberal S. Bingham5,15324.25
Liberal Alexander Lumsden 4,69822.10
1905 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%Elected
Liberal Donald Joseph McDougal 6,05326.06Green check.svgY
Liberal George Samuel May 5,90425.42Green check.svgY
Conservative Dennis Murphy 5,67524.43
Conservative Ross5,59624.09

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