Cardwell was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1867 at the time of confederation and was abolished in 1907 before the 1908 election.
 Ontario electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Ontario |
| District created | 1867 |
| District abolished | 1907 |
| First contested | 1867 |
| Last contested | 1905 |
Members of Provincial Parliament edit
| Cardwell | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| 1st | 1867–1871 | Thomas Swinarton | Conservative | |
| 2nd | 1871–1874 | George McManus | Cons-Liberal | |
| 3rd | 1875–1879 | John Flesher | Conservative | |
| 4th | 1879–1883 | Charles Robinson | Liberal | |
| 5th | 1883–1886 | William Henry Hammell | Conservative | |
| 6th | 1886–1890 | |||
| 7th | 1890–1894 | |||
| 8th | 1894–1898 | Edward Alfred Little | Cons-PPA | |
| 9th | 1898–1902 | Conservative | ||
| 10th | 1902–1904 | |||
| 11th | 1905–1906 | |||
| 1906–1908 | Alexander Ferguson | Conservative | ||
| Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[1] | ||||
| Merged into Simcoe South before the 1908 election | ||||
Election results edit
| 1867 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Conservative | Thomas Swinarton | 1,151 | 52.37 | |||||
| Liberal | George McManus | 1,047 | 47.63 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 2,198 | 84.96 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 2,587 | |||||||
| Conservative pickup new district. | ||||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[2] | ||||||||
| 1871 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal–Conservative | George McManus | 1,116 | 63.16 | |||||
| Liberal | Mr. Cumberland | 651 | 36.84 | −10.79 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,767 | 67.14 | −17.82 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 2,632 | |||||||
| Liberal–Conservative gain from Conservative | Swing | +5.40 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[3] | ||||||||
| 1875 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | John Flesher | 1,208 | 52.80 | |||||
| Liberal | T.O. Bowls | 1,080 | 47.20 | +10.36 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,288 | 66.82 | −0.31 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 3,424 | |||||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal–Conservative | Swing | −5.18 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[4] | ||||||||
| 1879 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Charles Robinson | 1,261 | 50.60 | +3.40 | ||||
| Conservative | John Flesher | 1,231 | 49.40 | −3.40 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 2,492 | 70.94 | +4.11 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 3,513 | |||||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +3.40 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[5] | ||||||||
References edit
- ^ For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
- For Thomas Swinarton's Legislative Assembly information see "Thomas Swinarton, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For George McManus's Legislative Assembly information see "George McManus, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For John Flesher's Legislative Assembly information see "John Flesher, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Charles Robinson's Legislative Assembly information see "Charles Robinson, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For William Henry Hammell's Legislative Assembly information see "William Henry Hammell, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Edward Alfred Little's Legislative Assembly information see "Edward Alfred Little, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Alexander Ferguson's Legislative Assembly information see "Alexander Ferguson, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- ^ "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1867. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
- ^ "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1871. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
- ^ "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1875. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
- ^ "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1879. Retrieved April 17, 2024.