Victoria South was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1867 at the time of confederation. In 1886 the riding was reconfigured with Victoria North to form Victoria East and Victoria West ridings. It was re-established in 1914 and finally abolished in 1933 before the 1934 election.
 Ontario electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Ontario |
| District created | 1867 |
| District abolished | 1933 |
| First contested | 1867 |
| Last contested | 1929 |
Members of Provincial Parliament edit
| Victoria South | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| 1st | 1867–1871 | Thomas Matchett | Liberal | |
| 2nd | 1871–1874 | Samuel Wood | ||
| 3rd | 1875–1879 | |||
| 4th | 1879–1883 | |||
| 5th | 1883–1886 | Duncan John McIntyre | ||
| Victoria East and Victoria West, 1886-1914 | ||||
| 14th | 1914–1919 | John Carew | Conservative | |
| 15th | 1919–1923 | Frederick George Sandy | United Farmers | |
| 16th | 1923–1926 | Robert John Patterson | Conservative | |
| 17th | 1926–1929 | Frederick George Sandy | Liberal Progressive | |
| 18th | 1929–1934 | Wellesley Wilson Staples | Conservative | |
| Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[1] | ||||
| Merged into Victoria before the 1934 election | ||||
Election results edit
| 1867 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Thomas Matchett | Acclaimed | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[2] | ||||||||
| 1871 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Samuel Wood | 1,046 | 60.05 | |||||
| Liberal | Thomas Matchett | 696 | 39.95 | |||||
| Turnout | 1,742 | 59.97 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 2,905 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | ||||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[3] | ||||||||
| 1875 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Samuel Wood | 1,326 | 56.38 | −43.62 | ||||
| Conservative | W. Cottingham | 1,026 | 43.62 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 2,352 | 68.29 | +8.33 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 3,444 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | −43.62 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[4] | ||||||||
| Ontario provincial by-election, 1875 Ministerial by-election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Samuel Wood | 1,304 | 51.50 | −4.88 | ||||
| Independent | A. Hudspeth | 1,228 | 48.50 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 2,532 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | −4.88 | ||||||
| Source: History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario[5]: 376 | ||||||||
References edit
- ^ For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
- For Thomas Matchett's Legislative Assembly information see "Thomas Matchett, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Samuel Wood's Legislative Assembly information see "Samuel Wood, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Duncan John McIntyre's Legislative Assembly information see "Duncan John McIntyre, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For John Carew's Legislative Assembly information see "John Carew, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Frederick George Sandy's Legislative Assembly information see "Frederick George Sandy, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Robert John Patterson's Legislative Assembly information see "Robert John Patterson, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Wellesley Wilson Staples's Legislative Assembly information see "Wellesley Wilson Staples, 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.
- ^ Lewis, Roderick (1968). Centennial Edition of a History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario, 1867–1968. OCLC 1052682.