Dufferin_(provincial_electoral_district)
Dufferin (provincial electoral district)
Provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada
This article is about the provincial electoral district. For the federal electoral district, see Dufferin (federal electoral district).
Dufferin was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1875 and was abolished into Dufferin–Simcoe before the 1934 election.
Quick Facts Ontario electoral district, Defunct provincial electoral district ...
 Ontario electoral district | |
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| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Ontario |
| District created | 1875 |
| District abolished | 1934 |
| First contested | 1875 |
| Last contested | 1929 |
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More information Assembly, Years ...
| Dufferin | ||||
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| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| 3rd | 1875–1879 | John Barr | Conservative | |
| 4th | 1879–1883 | William Jelly | ||
| 5th | 1883–1886 | Robert McGhee | ||
| 6th | 1886–1890 | Falkner Cornwall Stewart | ||
| 7th | 1890–1894 | John Barr | ||
| 8th | 1894–1898 | William Dynes | Patrons of Industry | |
| 9th | 1898–1902 | John Barr | Conservative | |
| 10th | 1902–1904 | |||
| 11th | 1905–1907 | Frederick William Lewis | ||
| 1907–1908 | Charles Robert McKeown | |||
| 12th | 1908–1911 | |||
| 13th | 1911–1914 | |||
| 14th | 1914–1919 | |||
| 15th | 1919–1923 | Thomas Kerr Slack | United Farmers | |
| 16th | 1923–1926 | Charles Robert McKeown | Conservative | |
| 17th | 1926–1929 | Thomas Kerr Slack | Progressive | |
| 18th | 1929–1934 | |||
| Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[1] | ||||
| Merged into Dufferin–Simcoe before the 1934 election | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
| 1875 Ontario general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal–Conservative | John Barr | 982 | 46.06 | |||||
| Conservative | M. McCarthy | 727 | 34.10 | |||||
| Conservative | T. Armstrong | 390 | 18.29 | |||||
| Liberal | W. Parsons | 33 | 1.55 | |||||
| Turnout | 2,132 | 66.23 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 3,219 | |||||||
| Liberal–Conservative pickup new district. | ||||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[2] | ||||||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
| 1879 Ontario general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | John Barr | 1,357 | 55.32 | +2.93 | ||||
| Independent | Robert McGhee | 1,096 | 44.68 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 2,453 | 58.18 | −8.05 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 4,216 | |||||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal–Conservative | Swing | +2.93 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[3] | ||||||||
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- For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
- For John Barr's Legislative Assembly information see "John Barr, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For William Jelly's Legislative Assembly information see "William Jelly, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Robert McGhee's Legislative Assembly information see "Robert McGhee, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Falkner Cornwall Stewart's Legislative Assembly information see "Falkner Cornwall Stewart, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For William Dynes's Legislative Assembly information see "William Dynes, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For John Roaf Barber's Legislative Assembly information see "John Roaf Barber, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Frederick William Lewis's Legislative Assembly information see "Frederick William Lewis, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Thomas Kerr Stack's Legislative Assembly information see "Thomas Kerr Stack, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Charles Robert McKeown's Legislative Assembly information see "Charles Robert McKeown, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1875. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
- "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1879. Retrieved April 19, 2024.