Essex_South_(provincial_electoral_district)
Essex South (provincial electoral district)
Provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada
For other uses, see Essex South (disambiguation).
Essex South was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1875 when the riding of Essex was split into Essex North and Essex South. It was abolished in 1996 before the 1999 election.
Quick Facts Ontario electoral district, Defunct provincial electoral district ...
 Ontario electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Ontario |
| District created | 1875 |
| District abolished | 1996 |
| First contested | 1875 |
| Last contested | 1995 |
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More information Assembly, Years ...
| Essex South | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| Riding created from Essex in 1875 | ||||
| 3rd | 1875–1879 | Lewis Wigle | Conservative | |
| 4th | 1879–1882 | |||
| 1882–1883 | William Balfour | Liberal | ||
| 5th | 1883–1886 | |||
| 6th | 1886–1890 | |||
| 7th | 1890–1894 | |||
| 8th | 1894–1896 | |||
| 1896–1898 | John Allan Auld | Liberal | ||
| 9th | 1898–1902 | |||
| 10th | 1902–1905 | |||
| 11th | 1905–1908 | |||
| 12th | 1908–1911 | Charles Anderson | Conservative | |
| 13th | 1911–1914 | |||
| 14th | 1914–1919 | Lambert Peter Wigle | Liberal | |
| 15th | 1919–1923 | Milton C. Fox | United Farmers | |
| 16th | 1923–1926 | Adolphus T. Armstrong | Conservative | |
| 17th | 1926–1929 | Charles George Fletcher | Liberal | |
| 18th | 1929–1934 | Austin Burton Smith | Conservative | |
| 19th | 1934–1937 | Lambert Peter Wigle | Liberal | |
| 20th | 1937–1943 | Charles George Fletcher | Liberal | |
| 21st | 1943–1945 | William Murdoch | Progressive Conservative | |
| 22nd | 1945–1948 | |||
| 23rd | 1948–1951 | |||
| 24th | 1951–1955 | |||
| 25th | 1955–1959 | |||
| 26th | 1959–1963 | |||
| 27th | 1963–1967 | Donald Paterson | Liberal | |
| 28th | 1967–1971 | |||
| 29th | 1971–1975 | |||
| 30th | 1975–1977 | Remo Mancini | Liberal | |
| 31st | 1977–1981 | |||
| 32nd | 1981–1985 | |||
| 33rd | 1985–1987 | |||
| 34th | 1987–1990 | |||
| 35th | 1990–1993 | |||
| 1993–1995 | Bruce Crozier | Liberal | ||
| 36th | 1995–1999 | |||
| Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[1] | ||||
| Merged into Essex riding before the 1999 election | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
| 1875 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Conservative | Lewis Wigle | 1,014 | 51.19 | |||||
| Liberal | J.C. Iler | 967 | 48.81 | |||||
| Turnout | 1,981 | 69.61 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 2,846 | |||||||
| Election voided | ||||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[2] | ||||||||
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| Ontario provincial by-election, September 1875 Previous election voided | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Conservative | Lewis Wigle | 1,310 | 58.53 | |||||
| Liberal | J.C. Iler | 928 | 41.47 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 2,238 | |||||||
| Conservative pickup new district. | ||||||||
| Source: History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario[3]: 81 | ||||||||
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| 1879 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | Lewis Wigle | 1,418 | 52.93 | −5.60 | ||||
| Liberal | William Balfour | 1,261 | 47.07 | +5.60 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 2,679 | 74.29 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 3,606 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −5.60 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[4] | ||||||||
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- For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
- For Lewis Wigle's Legislative Assembly information see "Lewis Wigle, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
- For William Balfour's Legislative Assembly information see "William Balfour, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
- For John Allen Auld's Legislative Assembly information see "John Allen Auld, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
- For Charles N. Anderson's Legislative Assembly information see "Charles N. Anderson, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
- For Lambert Peter Wigle's Legislative Assembly information see "Lambert Peter Wigle, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
- For Milton C. Fox's Legislative Assembly information see "Milton C. Fox, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
- For Adolphus T. Armstrong's Legislative Assembly information see "Adolphus T. Armstrong, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
- For Charles George Fletcher's Legislative Assembly information see "Charles George Fletcher, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
- For Austin Burton Smith's Legislative Assembly information see "Austin Burton Smith, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
- For William Murdoch's Legislative Assembly information see "William Murdoch, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
- For Donald Paterson's Legislative Assembly information see "Donald Paterson, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
- For Remo Mancini's Legislative Assembly information see "Remo Mancini, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
- For Bruce Crozier's Legislative Assembly information see "Bruce Crozier, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
- "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1875. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
- "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1879. Retrieved April 19, 2024.