Grey North (provincial electoral district)

This article is about the provincial electoral district. For the federal electoral district, see Grey North.

Grey North was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1867 at the time of confederation. It was renamed and redistributed in 1967 as the riding of Grey-Bruce before being abolished in 1986 before the 1987 election. The riding represented Grey County.

Grey North

Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	1867
District abolished	1987
First contested	1867
Last contested	1985

Members of Provincial Parliament

Grey North
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
1st	1867–1871		Thomas Scott	Conservative
2nd	1871–1875
	1875–1875		David Creighton	Conservative
3rd	1875–1879
4th	1879–1883
5th	1883–1886
6th	1886–1890
7th	1890–1894		James Cleland	Liberal
8th	1894–1898
9th	1898–1902		George Milward Boyd	Conservative
10th	1902–1905		Alexander Grant MacKay	Liberal
11th	1905–1908
12th	1908–1911
13th	1911–1913
	1913–1914		Colin Stewart Cameron	Conservative
14th	1914–1919
15th	1919–1923		David James Taylor	United Farmers
16th	1923–1926
17th	1926–1929			Progressive
18th	1929–1934			Liberal–Progressive
	1934–1934		Roland Patterson	Liberal–Progressive
19th	1934–1937
20th	1937–1943
21st	1943–1945
22nd	1945–1948		Mac Phillips	Progressive Conservative
23rd	1948–1951
24th	1951–1955
25th	1955–1959
26th	1959–1963
27th	1963–1967		Eddie Sargent	Liberal
Riding renamed to Grey-Bruce in 1967
28th	1967–1971		Eddie Sargent	Liberal
29th	1971–1975
30th	1975–1977
31st	1977–1981
32nd	1981–1985
33rd	1985–1987
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly
Merged into Grey riding after 1987

Election results

1867 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Thomas Scott	1,430	55.17
	Liberal	John Cooper	1,162	44.83
Total valid votes			2,592	74.63
Eligible voters			3,473
	Conservative pickup new district.
Source: Elections Ontario

1871 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Scott	1,339	58.42	+3.25
	Liberal	Mr. Patterson	953	41.58	−3.25
Turnout			2,292	50.22	−24.41
Eligible voters			4,564
	Conservative hold		Swing		+3.25
Source: Elections Ontario

1875 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Scott	1,431	53.40	−5.03
	Liberal	C. McFayden	1,249	46.60	+5.03
Turnout			2,680	67.59	+17.37
Eligible voters			3,965
Election voided
Source: Elections Ontario

Ontario provincial by-election, November 1875 Previous election voided
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Creighton	1,262	51.87	−6.55
	Independent	R. McKnight	1,171	48.13
Total valid votes			2,433
	Conservative hold		Swing		−6.55
Source: History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario

1879 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Creighton	1,660	50.27	−1.60
	Liberal	Mr. Doyle	1,642	49.73
Total valid votes			3,302	60.98
Eligible voters			5,415
	Conservative hold		Swing		−1.60
Source: Elections Ontario

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