Victoria North (federal electoral district)

This article is about the federal electoral district. For the provincial electoral district, see Victoria North (provincial electoral district).

Victoria North was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1904. It was located in the province of Ontario. It was created by the British North America Act 1867, which divided the County of Victoria divided into two ridings: the South and North Ridings.

The North Riding initially consisted of the Townships of Anson, Bexley, Carden, Dalton, Digby, Eldon, Fenelon, Hindon, Laxton, Lutterworth, Macaulay and Drapper, Sommerville, and Morrison, Muskoka, Monck and Watt (taken from the County of Simcoe), and any other surveyed townships lying to the north of the North Riding.

In 1872, it was redefined to exclude townships included in the electoral district of Muskoka. In 1882, it was redefined to consist of the townships of Eldon, Fenelon, Somerville, Carden, Dalton, Bexley, Laxton, Digby, Longford, Lutterworth, Anson, Hindon, Galway, Snowdon, Minden, Stanhope, Sherbourne and McClintock, and the village of Fenelon Falls.

The electoral district was abolished in 1903 when it was amalgamated into Victoria electoral district.

Electoral history

v t e 1867 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Morison	687
	Unknown	Hector Cameron	403

v t e 1872 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Joseph Staples	629
	Liberal	John Morison	541
Source: Canadian Elections Database [1]

v t e 1874 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Maclennan	564
	Conservative	Hector Cameron	560
Source: lop.parl.ca

By-election: On election being declared void, 22 December 1874: Victoria North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Maclennan	604
	Conservative	Hector Cameron	601

This by-election was declared void, and Mr. Cameron was declared elected on 17 September 1875.

v t e 1878 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hector Cameron	917
	Liberal	James Maclennan	741

v t e 1882 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hector Cameron	1,063
	Unknown	G.G. Keith	773

v t e 1887 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Augustus Barron	1,442
	Conservative	Hector Cameron	1,141

v t e 1891 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Augustus Barron	1,614	53.34
	Liberal-Conservative	Sam Hughes	1,412	46.66

By-election: On Mr. Barron being unseated on petition, 11 February 1892: Victoria North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal-Conservative	Samuel Hughes	elected
	Liberal	John Augustus Barron

v t e 1896 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal-Conservative	Samuel Hughes	1,715
	Liberal	R.J. McLaughlin	1,464
	McCarthyite	J.H. Delemere	338

v t e 1900 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal-Conservative	Samuel Hughes	1,546
	Liberal	John McKay	1,417

See also

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

References

1. Sayers, Anthony M. "1872 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 3 February 2024.

External links

• Website of the Parliament of Canada