Waterloo North (provincial electoral district)

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Waterloo North was a provincial electoral district represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from Confederation in 1867 until 1999.

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It was abolished in 1999 when provincial ridings were defined to have the same borders as federal ridings, and most of its area was incorporated into the riding of Kitchener—Waterloo.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Waterloo North
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
1st  1867–1871   Moses Springer Liberal
2nd  1871–1875
3rd  1875–1879
4th  1879–1881
 1881–1883 Elias Weber Bingeman Snider
5th  1883–1886
6th  1886–1890
7th  1890–1894
8th  1894–1898 Alexander Black Robertson
9th  1898–1899   Henry George Lackner Conservative
 1899–1902   Louis Jacob Breithaupt Liberal
10th  1902–1905   Henry George Lackner Conservative
11th  1905–1908
12th  1908–1911
12th  1911–1912
 1912–1914 Charles Henry Mills
14th  1914–1919
15th  1919–1923   Nicholas Asmussen Independent Liberal
16th  1923–1926   William George Weichel Conservative
17th  1926–1929
18th  1929–1934   Sydney Charles Tweed Liberal
19th  1934–1937 Nicholas Asmussen
20th  1937–1943 Justus Albert Smith
21st  1943–1945   John Henry Cook Co-operative Commonwealth
22nd  1945–1948   Joseph Ignatino Meinzinger Liberal–Labour
23rd  1948–1951   John G. Brown Liberal
24th  1951–1955   Stanley Francis Leavine Progressive Conservative
25th  1955–1959   John Wintermeyer Liberal
26th  1959–1963
27th  1963–1967   Keith Butler Progressive Conservative
28th  1967–1971   Edward R. Good Liberal
29th  1971–1975
30th  1975–1977
31st  1977–1981 Herb Epp
32nd  1981–1985
33rd  1985–1987
34th  1987–1990
35th  1990–1995   Elizabeth Witmer Progressive Conservative
36th  1995–1999
Dissolved into Kitchener—Waterloo

Election results

1867 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Moses Springer 90850.67
Conservative Mr. Zoeger88449.33
Total valid votes1,79271.68
Eligible voters2,500
Liberal pickup new district.
Source: Elections Ontario [1]
1871 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Moses Springer Acclaimed
Source: Elections Ontario [2]
1977 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Herbert Epp 13,556-
Progressive Conservative Bob Gramlow8,016-
New Democratic Mary Jane Mewhinney2,809
1981 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Herbert Epp 12,843-
Progressive Conservative Bob Labbett9,606-
New Democratic Bob Needham3,672
1985 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Herbert Epp 16,458-
Progressive Conservative Lynne Woolstencroft 9,149-
New Democratic Richard Gerson4,534
1987 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Herbert Epp 16,792-
Progressive Conservative Elizabeth Witmer 8,681-
New Democratic Richard Hastings 5,785-
Libertarian Ian O'Neill 818
1990 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Elizabeth Witmer 14,552-
New Democratic Hugh Miller 11,298-
Liberal Andrew Telegdi 9,441-
Family Coalition Ted Kryn2,946-
Libertarian Rita Huschka-Sprague646
1995 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Elizabeth Witmer 20,73140.89-
Liberal Bob Byron8,27920.13-
New Democratic Hugh Miller6,86915.84-
Family Coalition Sandra Kryn1,7143.95-
Independent Blaine P. Watson2750.63

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References

  1. "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1867. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
  2. "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1871. Retrieved March 31, 2024.

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