Haldimand was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1867 at the time of confederation and was abolished in 1933 before the 1934 election.
 Ontario electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Ontario |
| District created | 1867 |
| District abolished | 1934 |
| First contested | 1867 |
| Last contested | 1929 |
Members of Provincial Parliament edit
| Haldimand | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| 1st | 1867–1871 | Jacob Baxter | Liberal | |
| 2nd | 1871–1874 | |||
| 3rd | 1875–1879 | |||
| 4th | 1879–1883 | |||
| 5th | 1883–1886 | |||
| 6th | 1886–1890 | |||
| 7th | 1890–1894 | |||
| 8th | 1894–1898 | |||
| 9th | 1898–1902 | Joseph William Holmes | ||
| 10th | 1902–1904 | |||
| 11th | 1905–1908 | Jacob Kohler | ||
| 12th | 1908–1911 | |||
| 13th | 1911–1914 | Christian Kohler | ||
| 14th | 1914–1919 | William Jaques | Conservative | |
| 15th | 1919–1923 | Warren Stringer | United Farmers | |
| 16th | 1923–1926 | Richard Nixon Berry | Conservative | |
| 17th | 1926–1929 | Robert Francis Miller | Liberal | |
| 18th | 1929–1934 | Richard Nixon Berry | Conservative | |
| Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[1] | ||||
| Merged into Haldimand—Norfolk before the 1934 election | ||||
Election results edit
| 1867 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Jacob Baxter | 1,377 | 56.43 | |||||
| Conservative | Mr. Hurssell | 1,063 | 43.57 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 2,440 | 78.36 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 3,114 | |||||||
| Liberal pickup new district. | ||||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[2] | ||||||||
| 1871 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Jacob Baxter | 1,212 | 60.78 | +4.35 | ||||
| Conservative | Mr. Amsden | 782 | 39.22 | −4.35 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,994 | 59.90 | −18.46 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 3,329 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +4.35 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[3] | ||||||||
| 1875 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Jacob Baxter | 1,476 | 53.87 | −6.91 | ||||
| Conservative | R. Waldbrook | 1,264 | 46.13 | +6.91 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,740 | 75.84 | +15.94 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 3,613 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | −6.91 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[4] | ||||||||
| 1879 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Jacob Baxter | 1,612 | 51.01 | −2.86 | ||||
| Conservative | Mr. Thompson | 1,548 | 48.99 | +2.86 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 3,160 | 76.44 | +0.60 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 4,134 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | −2.86 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[5] | ||||||||
References edit
- ^ For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
- For Jacob Baxter's Legislative Assembly information see "Jacob Baxter, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
- For Joseph William Holmes's Legislative Assembly information see "Joseph William Holmes, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
- For Jacob Kohler's Legislative Assembly information see "Jacob Kohler, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
- For Christian Kohler's Legislative Assembly information see "Christian Kohler, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
- For William Jaques's Legislative Assembly information see "William Jaques, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
- For Warren Stringer's Legislative Assembly information see "Warren Stringer, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
- For Richard Nixon Berry's Legislative Assembly information see "Richard Nixon Berry, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
- For Robert Francis Miller's Legislative Assembly information see "Robert Francis Miller, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
- ^ "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 19, 2024.