| Ontario provincial by-election, September 1878: Essex North Resignation of James Colebrooke Patterson | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | Solomon White | 687 | 99.85 | +38.30 | ||||
| Independent | Mr. Rankin | 1 | 0.15 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 688 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +38.30 | ||||||
| Source: History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario[1]: 77 | ||||||||
