Peel (provincial electoral district)

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Peel (1867-1967)
Peel North & Peel South (1967-1975)
Flag of Ontario.svg Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created1867
District abolished1975
First contested 1867
Last contested 1971

Peel was a provincial riding in Central Ontario, Canada. It elected one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. It was created in 1867 for the area west of Toronto and York County, west of Halton County/Trafalgar Township, going north from Lake Ontario to Caledon / Albion (ending at the boundaries with Dufferin and Simcoe Counties). After 1967 Peel was split into two as Peel North and Peel South.

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Members of Provincial Parliament: Peel (1867-1967)

Peel
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Riding created
1st  1867–1871   John Coyne Conservative
2nd  1871–1873
 1873–1874   Kenneth Chisholm Liberal
3rd  1875–1879
4th  1879–1883
5th  1883–1886
6th  1886–1890
7th  1890–1893
7th  1893–1894 John Smith
8th  1894–1898
9th  1898–1902
10th  1902–1905
11th  1905–1908
12th  1908–1911   Samuel Charters Conservative
13th  1911–1913
 1913–1914 James Fallis
14th  1914–1916
 1916–1919  William James Lowe Liberal
15th  1919–1923   Thomas Laird Kennedy Conservative
16th  1923–1926
17th  1926–1929
18th  1929–1934
19th  1934–1937   Duncan Marshall Liberal
20th  1937–1943   Thomas Laird Kennedy Progressive Conservative
21st  1943–1945
22nd  1945–1948
23rd  1948–1951
24th  1951–1955
25th  1955–1959
26th  1959–1962 Bill Davis
27th  1963–1967
Riding split into Peel North and Peel South
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly [1]

Election results

1867 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative John Coyne 1,11851.05
Liberal R. Smith1,07248.95
Total valid votes2,19082.11
Eligible voters2,667
Conservative pickup new district.
Source: Elections Ontario [2]
1871 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Coyne 1,11851.36+0.30
Liberal Mr. Bowles1,05948.64−0.30
Independent Mr. Capreol0– 
Turnout2,17775.91−6.20
Eligible voters2,868
Conservative hold Swing +0.30
Source: Elections Ontario [3]
Ontario provincial by-election, December 29, 1873
Death of John Coyne
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Kenneth Chisholm 1,32455.17+6.52
Conservative S. White1,07644.83−6.52
Total valid votes2,400100.0  +10.24
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +6.52
Source: History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario [4] : 284 
1875 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Kenneth Chisholm 1,34951.98−3.18
Conservative J.W. Beynon1,24648.02+3.18
Total valid votes2,59572.95
Eligible voters3,557
Liberal hold Swing −3.18
Source: Elections Ontario [5]
1879 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Kenneth Chisholm 1,51952.69+0.70
Conservative Mr. McCulla1,36447.31−0.70
Total valid votes2,88376.09+3.13
Eligible voters3,789
Liberal hold Swing +0.70
Source: Elections Ontario [6]

Members of Provincial Parliament: Peel North (1967-1975)

Peel North
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
28th  1967–1971   Bill Davis Progressive Conservative
29th  1971–1975
Riding dissolved into Brampton and Mississauga North
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly [1]

Members of Provincial Parliament: Peel South (1967-1975)

Peel South
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
28th  1967–1971   Douglas Kennedy Progressive Conservative
29th  1971–1975
Riding dissolved into Mississauga South
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly [1]

Sources

  1. 1 2 3 For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
    • For John Coyne's Legislative Assembly information see "John Coyne, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2015.
    • For Kenneth Chisholm's Legislative Assembly information see "Kenneth Chisholm, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2015.
    • For John Smith's Legislative Assembly information see "John Smith, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2015.
    • For Samuel Charters's Legislative Assembly information see "Samuel Charters, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2015.
    • For James Robinson Fallis's Legislative Assembly information see "James Robinson Fallis, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2015.
    • For William Lowe's Legislative Assembly information see "William James Lowe, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2015.
    • For Duncan Marshall's Legislative Assembly information see "Duncan McLean Marshall, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2015.
    • For Bill Davis's Legislative Assembly information see "William Grenville Davis, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2015.
    • For Douglas Kennedy's Legislative Assembly information see "Robert Douglas Kennedy, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2015. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-12-10.
  2. ↑ "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1867. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1871. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
  4. ↑ Lewis, Roderick (1968). Centennial Edition of a History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario, 1867–1968 . OCLC   1052682.
  5. ↑ "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1875. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
  6. ↑ "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1879. Retrieved April 19, 2024.

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