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Ontario South
Former federal electoral district of Canada
This article is about the federal electoral district. For the provincial electoral district, see Ontario South (provincial electoral district).
Ontario South was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1925. It was located in the province of Ontario. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867.
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| Defunct federal electoral district | |
| Legislature | House of Commons |
| District created | 1867 |
| District abolished | 1924 |
| First contested | 1867 |
| Last contested | 1921 |
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The South riding consisted initially of the Townships of Whitby and East Whitby, Pickering, the Town of Whitby and the Village of Oshawa.
In 1882, the Township of Reach and the village of Port Perry were added to the riding.
The electoral district was abolished in 1924 when it was merged into Ontario riding.
This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:
More information Parliament, Years ...
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1867–1872 | Thomas Nicholson Gibbs | Liberal–Conservative | |
| 2nd | 1872–1873 | |||
| 1873–1874 | ||||
| 3rd | 1874–1876 | Malcolm Cameron | Liberal | |
| 1876–1878 | Thomas Nicholson Gibbs | Liberal–Conservative | ||
| 4th | 1878–1882 | Francis Wayland Glen | Liberal | |
| 5th | 1882–1887 | |||
| 6th | 1887–1891 | William Smith | Conservative | |
| 7th | 1891–1892 | James Ironside Davidson | Liberal | |
| 1892–1896 | William Smith | Conservative | ||
| 8th | 1896–1900 | Leonard Burnett | Liberal | |
| 9th | 1900–1904 | William Ross | ||
| 10th | 1904–1908 | Peter Christie | Conservative | |
| 11th | 1908–1911 | Frederick Luther Fowke | Liberal | |
| 12th | 1911–1917 | William Smith | Conservative | |
| 13th | 1917–1921 | Government (Unionist) | ||
| 14th | 1921–1925 | Lawson Omar Clifford | Liberal | |
| Riding dissolved into Ontario | ||||
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More information 1867 Canadian federal election: South riding of Ontario, Party ...
| 1867 Canadian federal election: South riding of Ontario | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
| Liberal-Conservative | Thomas Nicholson Gibbs | 1,292 | ||||
| Liberal | George Brown | 1,223 | ||||
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More information 1872 Canadian federal election: South riding of Ontario, Party ...
| 1872 Canadian federal election: South riding of Ontario | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
| Liberal-Conservative | Thomas Nicholson Gibbs | 1,466 | ||||
| Unknown | P. White Trueman | 1,373 | ||||
| Unknown | Mr. White | |||||
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Note: Newspaper for the time recorded the name of Gibbs' opponent as Truman P. White.[1]
More information By-election: On Mr. Gibbs being appointed Secretary of State for the Provinces and Superintendent General of Indian Affairs, 7 July 1873: South riding of Ontario, Party ...
| By-election: On Mr. Gibbs being appointed Secretary of State for the Provinces and Superintendent General of Indian Affairs, 7 July 1873: South riding of Ontario | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
| Liberal-Conservative | Thomas Nicholson Gibbs | acclaimed | ||||
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More information 1874 Canadian federal election: South riding of Ontario, Party ...
| 1874 Canadian federal election: South riding of Ontario | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
| Liberal | Malcolm Cameron | 1,639 | ||||
| Liberal-Conservative | Thomas Nicholson Gibbs | 1,488 | ||||
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More information By-election: On Mr. Cameron's death, 5 July 1876: South riding of Ontario, Party ...
| By-election: On Mr. Cameron's death, 5 July 1876: South riding of Ontario | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
| Liberal-Conservative | Thomas Nicholson Gibbs | 1,665 | ||||
| Unknown | James D. Edgar | 1,627 | ||||
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More information 1878 Canadian federal election: South riding of Ontario, Party ...
| 1878 Canadian federal election: South riding of Ontario | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
| Liberal | Francis Wayland Glen | 1,867 | ||||
| Liberal-Conservative | Thomas Nicholson Gibbs | 1,661 | ||||
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More information 1882 Canadian federal election: South riding of Ontario, Party ...
| 1882 Canadian federal election: South riding of Ontario | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
| Liberal | Francis Wayland Glen | 1,668 | ||||
| Conservative | William Smith | 1,618 | ||||
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More information 1887 Canadian federal election: South riding of Ontario, Party ...
| 1887 Canadian federal election: South riding of Ontario | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
| Conservative | William Smith | 2,118 | ||||
| Liberal | Francis Rae | 1,931 | ||||
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More information 1891 Canadian federal election: South riding of Ontario, Party ...
| 1891 Canadian federal election: South riding of Ontario | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
| Liberal | James Ironside Davidson | 2,042 | ||||
| Conservative | William Smith | 2,009 | ||||
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More information By-election: On election being declared void, 20 February 1892: South riding of Ontario, Party ...
| By-election: On election being declared void, 20 February 1892: South riding of Ontario | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
| Conservative | William Smith | acclaimed | ||||
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More information 1896 Canadian federal election: South riding of Ontario, Party ...
| 1896 Canadian federal election: South riding of Ontario | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
| Liberal | Leonard Burnett | 2,165 | ||||
| Conservative | William Smith | 2,021 | ||||
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More information 1900 Canadian federal election: South riding of Ontario, Party ...
| 1900 Canadian federal election: South riding of Ontario | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
| Liberal | William Ross | 1,970 | ||||
| Conservative | William Smith | 1,876 | ||||
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More information 1904 Canadian federal election: South riding of Ontario, Party ...
| 1904 Canadian federal election: South riding of Ontario | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
| Conservative | Peter Christie | 2,544 | ||||
| Liberal | William Ross | 2,439 | ||||
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More information 1908 Canadian federal election: South riding of Ontario, Party ...
| 1908 Canadian federal election: South riding of Ontario | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
| Liberal | Fred Luther Fowke | 2,939 | ||||
| Conservative | Peter Christie | 2,696 | ||||
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More information 1911 Canadian federal election: South riding of Ontario, Party ...
| 1911 Canadian federal election: South riding of Ontario | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
| Conservative | William Smith | 2,917 | ||||
| Liberal | Frederick Luther Fowke | 2,547 | ||||
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More information 1917 Canadian federal election: South riding of Ontario, Party ...
| 1917 Canadian federal election: South riding of Ontario | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
| Government | William Smith | 5,205 | ||||
| Opposition | W. E. N. Sinclair | 2,682 | ||||
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More information 1921 Canadian federal election: South riding of Ontario, Party ...
| 1921 Canadian federal election: South riding of Ontario | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
| Liberal | Lawson Omar Clifford | 5,102 | ||||
| Conservative | William Smith | 4,923 | ||||
| Progressive | Frank Mackenzie Chapman | 3,102 | ||||
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- ""Election Meeting"". Ontario Reformer. 19 July 1872. Retrieved May 10, 2019.
- Website of the Parliament of Canada