Kent West (provincial electoral district)

Kent West
Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	1875
District abolished	1967
First contested	1875
Last contested	1963
Demographics
Census division(s)	Kent County
Census subdivision(s)	Blenheim, Chatham, Dover, Harwich, Raleigh, Romney, Tilbury, Tilbury East

Kent West was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1875 when the riding of Bothwell was split into the ridings of Kent East and Kent West. It was abolished in 1966 before the 1967 election when the ridings of Kent East and Kent West were merged to form the riding of Kent.

Members of Provincial Parliament edit

Kent West
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
3rd	1875–1879		Alexander Coutts	Conservative
4th	1879–1883		Edward Robinson	Liberal
5th	1883–1886		James Clancy	Conservative
6th	1886–1890
7th	1890–1894
8th	1894–1898		Thomas Letson Pardo	Liberal
9th	1898–1902
10th	1902–1904
11th	1905–1908		Archibald McCoig
12th	1908–1911		George William Sulman	Conservative
13th	1911–1914
14th	1914–1919
15th	1919–1923		Robert Livingstone Brackin	Liberal
16th	1923–1926		Robert Livingstone Brackin	Liberal
17th	1926–1929		Archibald Clement Calder	Conservative
18th	1929–1934		Archibald Clement Calder	Conservative
19th	1934–1937		Arthur St. Clair Gordon	Liberal
20th	1937–1943
21st	1943–1945
22nd	1945–1948		George Parry	Progressive Conservative
23rd	1948–1951
24th	1951–1955
25th	1955–1959
26th	1959–1963
27th	1963–1967		Darcy McKeough
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly^[1]
*Merged into Kent before the 1967 election*

Election results edit

v t e 1875 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Alexander Coutts	1,440	52.67
	Liberal	S. White	1,294	47.33
Turnout			2,734	58.64
Eligible voters			4,662
	Conservative pickup new district.
Source: Elections Ontario^[2]

v t e 1879 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Edward Robinson	1,343	52.69	+5.36
	Conservative	Alexander Coutts	1,206	47.31	−5.36
Total valid votes			2,549	46.87	−11.77
Eligible voters			5,438
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+5.36
Source:+link Elections Ontario^[3]

References edit

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For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
- For Alexander Coutts's Legislative Assembly information see "Alexander Coutts, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Edward Robinson's Legislative Assembly information see "Edward Robinson, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For James Clancy's Legislative Assembly information see "James Clancy, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Thomas Letson Pardo's Legislative Assembly information see "Thomas Letson Pardo, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Archibald McCoig's Legislative Assembly information see "Archibald McCoig, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For George William Sulman's Legislative Assembly information see "George William Sulman, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Robert Livingstone Brackin's Legislative Assembly information see "Robert Livingstone Brackin, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Archibald Clement Calder's Legislative Assembly information see "Archibald Clement Calder, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Arthur St. Clair Gordon's Legislative Assembly information see "Arthur St. Clair Gordon, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For George Parry's Legislative Assembly information see "George Parry, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Darcy McKeough's Legislative Assembly information see "Darcy McKeough, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
^ "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1875. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
^ "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1879. Retrieved April 19, 2024.

[1] For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
For Alexander Coutts's Legislative Assembly information see "Alexander Coutts, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.

For Edward Robinson's Legislative Assembly information see "Edward Robinson, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.

For James Clancy's Legislative Assembly information see "James Clancy, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.

For Thomas Letson Pardo's Legislative Assembly information see "Thomas Letson Pardo, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.

For Archibald McCoig's Legislative Assembly information see "Archibald McCoig, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.

For George William Sulman's Legislative Assembly information see "George William Sulman, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.

For Robert Livingstone Brackin's Legislative Assembly information see "Robert Livingstone Brackin, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.

For Archibald Clement Calder's Legislative Assembly information see "Archibald Clement Calder, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.

For Arthur St. Clair Gordon's Legislative Assembly information see "Arthur St. Clair Gordon, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.

For George Parry's Legislative Assembly information see "George Parry, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.

For Darcy McKeough's Legislative Assembly information see "Darcy McKeough, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.

[2] For Alexander Coutts's Legislative Assembly information see "Alexander Coutts, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.

[3] For Edward Robinson's Legislative Assembly information see "Edward Robinson, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.

[4] For James Clancy's Legislative Assembly information see "James Clancy, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.

[5] For Thomas Letson Pardo's Legislative Assembly information see "Thomas Letson Pardo, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.

[6] For Archibald McCoig's Legislative Assembly information see "Archibald McCoig, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.

[7] For George William Sulman's Legislative Assembly information see "George William Sulman, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.

[8] For Robert Livingstone Brackin's Legislative Assembly information see "Robert Livingstone Brackin, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.

[9] For Archibald Clement Calder's Legislative Assembly information see "Archibald Clement Calder, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.

[10] For Arthur St. Clair Gordon's Legislative Assembly information see "Arthur St. Clair Gordon, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.

[11] For George Parry's Legislative Assembly information see "George Parry, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.

[12] For Darcy McKeough's Legislative Assembly information see "Darcy McKeough, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.

[2] "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1875. Retrieved April 6, 2024.

[ElectionsOnt1879-3] "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1879. Retrieved April 19, 2024.

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