Wellington East was a provincial electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. From 1886 to 1926 it elected members to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.
 Ontario electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Ontario |
| District created | 1867 |
| District abolished | 1925 |
| First contested | 1867 |
| Last contested | 1923 |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
edit| Wellington East | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| Wellington Centre | ||||
| 1st | 1867–1871 | Alexander David Ferrier | Conservative | |
| 2nd | 1871–1874 | Charles Clarke | Liberal | |
| 3rd | 1875–1879 | |||
| 4th | 1879–1883 | |||
| 5th | 1883–1886 | |||
| Wellington East | ||||
| 6th | 1886–1890 | Charles Clarke | Liberal | |
| 7th | 1890–1891 | |||
| 1891–1894 | James Kirkwood | |||
| 8th | 1894–1898 | John Craig | ||
| 9th | 1898–1898 | |||
| 1899–1902 | John Morison Gibson | |||
| 10th | 1902–1904 | |||
| 11th | 1904–1908 | James J. Craig | Conservative | |
| 12th | 1908–1911 | |||
| 13th | 1911–1914 | Udney Richardson | Liberal | |
| 14th | 1914–1919 | |||
| 15th | 1919–1920 | Albert Hellyer | United Farmers | |
| 1920–1923 | William Raney | |||
| 16th | 1923–1926 | |||
| Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[1] | ||||
| Merged into Wellington Northeast before the 1926 election | ||||
Election results
edit| 1867 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Conservative | Alexander David Ferrier | 1,106 | 44.36 | |||||
| Liberal | J.S. Armstrong | 1,048 | 42.04 | |||||
| Independent | J. Loghrin | 339 | 13.60 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 2,493 | 79.24 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 3,146 | |||||||
| Conservative pickup new district. | ||||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[2] | ||||||||
| 1871 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Charles Clarke | 1,465 | 64.94 | +22.90 | ||||
| Conservative | Mr. McLaren | 791 | 35.06 | −9.30 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,256 | 58.89 | −20.35 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 3,831 | |||||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +16.10 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[3] | ||||||||
| 1875 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Charles Clarke | Acclaimed | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[4] | ||||||||
| 1879 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Charles Clarke | 1,405 | 65.35 | |||||
| Conservative | Mr. Roberts | 745 | 34.65 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 2,150 | 50.05 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 4,296 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | ||||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[5] | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
- For Alexander David Ferrier's Legislative Assembly information see "Alexander David Ferrier, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Charles Clarke's Legislative Assembly information see "Charles Clarke, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Charles Clarke's Legislative Assembly information see "Charles Clarke, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For James Kirkwood's Legislative Assembly information see "James Kirkwood, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For John Craig's Legislative Assembly information see "John Craig, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For John Morison Gibson's Legislative Assembly information see "John Morison Gibson, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For James J. Craig's Legislative Assembly information see "James J. Craig, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Udney Richardson's Legislative Assembly information see "Udney Richardson, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Albert Hellyer's Legislative Assembly information see "Albert Hellyer, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For William Raney's Legislative Assembly information see "William Raney, 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.
- ^ "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1879. Retrieved April 19, 2024.