Northumberland_East_(provincial_electoral_district)

Northumberland East
Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	1867
District abolished	1925
First contested	1867
Last contested	1923

Northumberland East (provincial electoral district)

Provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada

Northumberland East was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1867 at the time of confederation and was abolished in 1925 before the 1926 election. It was merged with Northumberland West to form Northumberland.

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Northumberland East
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
1st	1867–1871		John Eyre	Liberal
2nd	1871–1874		William Wilson Webb
3rd	1875–1879		James Marshall Ferris
4th	1879–1883
5th	1883–1886
6th	1886–1887		William Arnson Willoughby	Conservative
	1888–1888		Richard Clarke	Liberal
	1888–1890		William Arnson Willoughby	Conservative
7th	1890–1894
8th	1894–1898
9th	1898–1902		John Henry Douglas	Liberal
10th	1902–1904		William Arnson Willoughby	Conservative
11th	1905–1908		William Arnson Willoughby	Conservative
12th	1908–1911		Samuel Greerson Nesbitt	Conservative
13th	1911–1914
14th	1914–1919
15th	1919–1923		Wesley Montgomery	United Farmers
16th	1923–1926		James Belford	Conservative
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly^[1]
*Merged into Northumberland before the 1926 election*

v t e 1867 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	John Eyre	1,492	64.56
	Conservative	G.S. Burrell	817	35.35
	Independent	Mr. Cummings	1	0.04
	Independent	Mr. Humphries	1	0.04
Total valid votes			2,311	66.97
Eligible voters			3,451
	Liberal pickup new district.
Source: Elections Ontario^[2]

v t e 1871 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Wilson Webb	694	37.70	−26.86
	Conservative	John Eyre	664	36.07	+0.71
	Independent	Mr. Meyers	483	26.24
Turnout			1,841	53.22	−13.75
Eligible voters			3,459
	Liberal hold		Swing		−13.79
Source: Elections Ontario^[3]

v t e 1875 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Marshall Ferris	1,551	48.27	+10.58
	Conservative	E. Cochrane	1,448	45.07	+9.00
	Liberal	William Wilson Webb	214	6.66	−31.04
Total valid votes			3,213	74.62	+21.39
Eligible voters			4,306
Election voided
Source: Elections Ontario^[4]

v t e Ontario provincial by-election, November 1875 Previous election voided
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Marshall Ferris	1,709	52.46	+14.76
	Conservative	E. Cochrane	1,549	47.54	+11.48
Total valid votes			3,258
	Liberal hold		Swing		+1.64
Source: History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario^[5]^: 248

Northumberland East (provincial electoral district)