1867 Canadian federal election

none September 2023 1867 Canadian federal election Canada 1867-official parliamentary Popular no no no 1867 08 07 1867 09 20 1st Canadian Parliament#Members of Parliament 1872 Canadian federal election 1872 180 seats in the House of Commons 91 361,028https://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=ele&dir=turn&document=index&lang=e Voter Turnout at Federal Elections and Referendums Elections Canada live https://web.archive.org/web/20191023032844/https://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?dir=turn&document=index&lang=e&section=ele 2019-10-23 2019-11-10 74.3%Elections Canada reported a 73.1% voter turnout. John A. Macdonald CU1114535.jpg 300 150 200 56 37 CA Conservative (historical) nohash John A. Macdonald CA Conservative (historical) name & CA Liberal-Conservative name Kingston 100LIBCON 93,909 35.0% George Brown.jpg 250 150 200 50 45 CA Liberal nohash George Brown (unofficial) CA Liberal name Ran in Ontario South (lost) 62 60,818 22.7% Joehowe.JPG 180 150 200 0 5 CA Anti-Confederation nohash Joseph Howe CA Anti-Confederation name Hants 18 21,239 7.9% 1867 Canadian General Election.svg 470px Popular vote by electoral riding. (Because seats are awarded by the popular vote in each riding, the provincial popular vote does not necessarily translate to more seats.) Prime Minister John A. Macdonald Conservative Prime Minister after election John A. Macdonald Conservative July 1, 1867 1867 1867 The 1867 Canadian federal election was held from August 7 to September 20, 1867, and was the first federal election in Canada following post-Confederation. It was held to elect members representing electoral districts in the provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario and Quebec to the House of Commons of the 1st Canadian Parliament. The provinces of Manitoba (1870) and British Columbia (1871) were created during the term of the 1st Parliament of Canada and were not part of this election. Sir John A. Macdonald had been sworn in as prime minister by the Governor General, Lord Monck, when the new Canadian nation was founded on 1 July 1867. As leader of the Conservative Party of Canada (known as the Liberal-Conservative Party until 1873), he led his party in this election and continued as Prime Minister of Canada when the Conservatives won a majority of the seats in the election, including majorities of the seats (and votes) in the new provinces of Ontario and Quebec. The Liberal Party of Canada won the second most seats overall, including a majority of the seats (and votes) in the province of New Brunswick. The Liberals did not have a party leader in the election. George Brown, who was the leader of the Liberal Party of Ontario, was considered the "elder statesman" of the national party. Brown ran concurrently for seats in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario and the House of Commons of Canada, and might well have been Prime Minister in the unlikely event that the Liberals prevailed over the Conservatives in the national election. Brown failed to win a seat in either body, and the national Liberals remained officially leaderless until 1873. The Anti-Confederation Party, led by Joseph Howe, won the third most seats overall, based solely on a majority of seats (and votes) in the province of Nova Scotia. Their main desire was the reversal of the decision to join Confederation, which was unpopular in that province. The goals of the Anti-Confederation Members of Parliament (MPs) were openly supported by five of the Liberal MPs of New Brunswick. The Anti-Confederation MPs sat with the Liberal caucus. The government in Britain refused to allow Nova Scotia to secede. After that, most of the Anti-Confederation MPs (11 of 18) moved to the majority Conservatives. Election rules The first Canadian election took place without a uniform set of election laws to govern the election of members to the House of Commons,LeDuc Pammett McKenzie Turcotte 2010 63 an interim measure until Parliament could pass its own election laws, which did not come until 1885.Elections Canada 2021 58 Instead, the election was contested under the rules set by each individual province prior to Confederation, and future elections were to be contested under provincial rules until a time when federal parliament set their own rules. Because of this, rules governing having the right to voting were inconsistent, as was the method of casting a ballot.LeDuc Pammett McKenzie Turcotte 2010 63 The BNA Act did stipulate that in the district of Algoma any male British subject of 21 years of age or older, "being a householder," would have the right to vote. The election took place over a six-week period from August 7 to September 20, with electoral district polls closing at different dates throughout the period.Elections Canada 2021 61 Under the system each electoral district was required to be polled in one day, but the day did not have to be the same across all electoral districts. The exception to the extended polling period (often called "polling circuits") being Nova Scotia which abolished the practice of polling different districts on different days after excessive violence was reported in the 1843 election.Garner 1969 28 The election in Kamouraska, Quebec was delayed due to rioting. Halifax was a two-member riding at the time of the election. The City of Saint John and the County of Saint John was represented by just one district. Franchise The basic general requirement to vote across provinces was the requirement to be a male British subject 21 years of age or older. Voting was conducted in Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia through oral vote which required an eligible elector to declare their choice.Elections Canada 2021 61 New Brunswick had adopted a form of secret ballot in 1855,Elections Canada 2021 61 where electors write the name of a candidate on a piece of paper and deposit the vote in a ballot box.LeDuc Pammett McKenzie Turcotte 2010 63 In all provinces, women and government employees including civil servants, judges, police and prosecutors were not permitted to vote.LeDuc Pammett McKenzie Turcotte 2010 63 Indigenous individuals who met property criteria were excluded from voting eligibility in most provinces if they received a benefit paid by the government.LeDuc Pammett McKenzie Turcotte 2010 63 The Ontario elections laws were updated in 1866, with electors required to meet a property qualification of being an owner or tenant with a property value listed on the assessment roll of $600 in a city, $400 in a town, $300 in an incorporated village, and $100 in a township or police village.Garner 1969 116An Act Respecting Municipal Institutions of Upper Canada 1866 LI 81 https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.9_00925_16/172 LeDuc Pammett McKenzie Turcotte 2010 63The value of property required to be eligible to vote for a member of parliament is listed as $200 in an urban area and $100 in a rural area by Elections Canada A History of the Vote in Canada, however that number provided in the publication is a general amount for the period from 1867 to 1885 before federal law was passed governing franchise.Elections Canada 2021 67 Furthermore, urban residents must prove an annual income of at least $250.Elections Canada 2021 67 An estimated 16.5 per cent of the population of Ontario was enfranchised for the 1867 election.LeDuc Pammett McKenzie Turcotte 2010 63 In Quebec, the property qualification for being an owner was $300 in urban areas and $200 in rural areas, and a tenant required a rent of $30 in an urban area or $20 in a rural area.Elections Canada 2021 67Garner 1969 114 Nova Scotia's election laws were passed in 1863, and had a property qualification for owners or tenants of $150, and enfranchised persons with $300 of personal property.Garner 1969 35Elections Canada 2021 67An Act to Regulate the Election of Members to Serve in the General Assembly 1863 28 https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.9_00925_16/172 while New Brunswick had a property qualification for owners of $100 and an annual income of $400, but also gave the vote to anyone who owned real or personal property with a total value of $400 or more.Elections Canada 2021 67Garner 1969 71 Electoral system, Representation by population The number of members in each province in Confederation was set by the Constitution Act, 1867 on the principle of representation by population.Elections Canada 2021 78 The Act provided Quebec a minimum of 65 seats, and seat allotment for the remainder of the country was based by dividing the population of Quebec by 65 and then using it as a base to determine the number of seats for each of the other provinces.Elections Canada 2021 79 The Act also specified that redistribution and boundary reviews should occur after each 10 year census.Elections Canada 2021 79BNA Act, 1867 https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr/csj-sjc/constitution/lawreg-loireg/p1t11.html Thus there were 181 MPs in the first House of Commons – 82 from Ontario, 65 from Quebec, 19 from Nova Scotia, and 15 from New Brunswick. Each was elected in a single-member district, except there were two elected in the Halifax riding.The BNA Act https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr/csj-sjc/constitution/lawreg-loireg/p1t11.html Each voter could cast one vote as under first past the post, except Halifax voters who cast up to two votes (Plurality block voting).Parliamentary Guide 1969, p. 333-334 Results 500px center|300pxPartyParty leader# ofcandidatesElectedPopular vote#% CA PC rowConservativeSir John A. Macdonald837164,17923.92% CA PC rowLiberal-ConservativeLIBCON Though Liberal-Conservatives were identifying themselves as such, these MPs (29 MPs) and those identifying as Conservatives (71 MPs) were both led by Sir John A. Macdonald (himself a Liberal-Conservative) and sat together in the House of Commons forming a 100 MPs majority.322929,73011.08% CA Liberal rowLiberalnone (unofficially, George Brown)666260,81822.67% CA Anti-Confederation rowAnti-ConfederationAnti-Confederates sat with the Liberal Party in the House of Commons.Joseph Howe201821,2397.92% CA Independent rowIndependents1-1,7560.65% CA Independent rowIndependent Liberal1-1,0480.39% CA Independent rowUnknown140-89,54733.37% Vacant – 1–0––Total343180268,317100%Source: https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/ElectionsRidings/Elections/Profile?election=1867-08-07 Profile – 1867-08-07 Parlinfo live https://web.archive.org/web/20191110201822/https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/ElectionsRidings/Elections/Profile?election=1867-08-07 2019-11-10 2019-11-10 Acclamations The following MPs were acclaimed: Ontario: 3 Conservative, 3 Liberal-Conservatives, 9 Liberals Quebec: 14 Conservatives, 5 Liberal-Conservatives, 4 Liberals New Brunswick: 1 Conservative, 3 Liberals Nova Scotia: 4 Anti-Confederates Vacancy The election in Kamouraska, Quebec, was cancelled due to rioting at the polling places. No member was elected for the riding until a by-election in 1869.Library of Parliament – History of Federal Ridings since 1867: Kamouraska. Results by province Party name Ontario Quebec  NB   NS  Total CA PC row Conservative Seats33361171 CA PC row Vote26.2%28.5%  13.8%23.2% CA PC row Liberal-Conservative Seats16112-29 CA PC row Vote12.5%12.3%11.1%3.5%11.1% CA Liberal row Liberal Seats331712 62 CA Liberal row Vote23.7%25.2%49.5% 22.7% CA Anti-Confederation rowAnti-ConfederationSeats   1818 CA Anti-Confederation row Vote   58.2%7.9% CA Independent row Unknown Seats----- CA Independent row Vote35.6%34.1%39.3%23.06%34% CA Independent row Independent Seats-   - CA Independent row Vote1.3%   0.7% CA Independent row Independent Liberal Seats-      - CA Independent row Vote0.7%      0.4%Total seats 82 64 15 19 180 By district Nova Scotia Western Nova Scotia Electoral DistrictCandidates Incumbent  Winner  Runner up  OtherAnnapolisWilliam Hallett Ray (A Conf) 1,171 Avard Longley (Cons.) 1,016 William Hallett Ray, Avard Longley & George WhitmanColchesterArchibald McLelan (A Conf.) 1,649Adams George Archibald (Lib.-Cons.) 1,289 Archibald McLelan, William Blackwood, Adams George Archibald & Francis R. ParkerCumberlandCharles Tupper (Cons.) 1,368William Annand (A Conf.) 1,271 Charles Tupper, Alexander Macfarlane & Robert Donkin DigbyAlfred William Savary (A Conf) 792 John Chipman Wade (Cons) 497 William Mehan 362 John Chipman Wade, Mathurin Robicheau, Colin Campbell HalifaxAlfred Gilpin Jones (A Conf) 2,381 Patrick Power (A Conf) 2,367 John Tobin 2,158 Samuel Leonard Shannon 2,154 John Tobin, Samuel Leonard Shannon, Henry Pryor, William Annand & Henry BalcomHantsJoseph Howe (A Conf) 1,530 James W. King 956 Ezra Churchill, William Dawson Lawrence, James W. King & Lewis W. Hill KingsWilliam Henry Chipman (A Conf.) 1,472J. N. Coleman 659 Charles C. Hamilton, Caleb Rand Bill, Daniel Charles Moore & Edward L. Brown LunenburgEdmund Mortimer McDonald (A Conf) 1,557 Henry Kaulback 905 Henry S. Jost, Henry Kaulback & Abraham HebbQueensJames F. Forbes (A Conf) 844 John Campbell 271 John Campbell, Andrew Cowie & Charles AllisonShelburneThomas Coffin (A Conf) Accl. Thomas Coffin, John Locke & Robert Robertson YarmouthThomas Killam (A Conf) 1,225 George Stayley Brown 666 Thomas Killam, George Stayley Brown & Isaac Hatfield Eastern Nova Scotia Electoral DistrictCandidates Incumbent  Winner  Runner up  OtherAntigonishHugh McDonald (A Conf) 1,238 William Alexander Henry (Cons.) 390 William Alexander Henry & John McKinnonCape BretonJames McKeagney (A Conf.) Accl. Thomas Caldwell & John George BourinotGuysboroughStewart Campbell (A Conf.) Accl. William O. Heffernan & Stewart CampbellInvernessHugh Cameron (A Conf) 1,186 Samuel McDonnell (Cons.) 601 Hiram Blanchard, Peter Smyth & Samuel McDonnellPictouJames William Carmichael (A Conf) 2,011 James McDonald (Cons.) 1,653 James Fraser, James McDonald, Donald Fraser & Alexander MacKay RichmondWilliam Joseph Croke (A Conf) 545 Donovan 279 Isaac LeVesconte & William MillerVictoriaWilliam Ross (A Conf.) Accl. William Ross & Charles James Campbell New Brunswick Northern New Brunswick Electoral DistrictCandidates Incumbent  Winner  Runner up  OtherGloucesterTimothy Anglin (Lib) 1,061 John Meahan 671 Robert Young & John Meahan KentAuguste Renaud (Lib) 876 Lestock P. W. DesBrisay 757Owen McInerney485Robert Barry Cutler4 William Shand Caie & Owen McInerneyNorthumberlandJohn Mercer Johnson (Lib) 1,226 Thomas F. Gillespie 757 John Mercer Johnson, Edward Williston, Richard Sutton, George KerrRestigoucheJohn McMillan (Lib) 370 John Phillips 259 John McMillan & Alexander C. DesBrisayVictoriaJohn Costigan (Lib-Cons) 778 William Blackwood Beveridge 549James Workman 16 James Tibbetts 0 Benjamin Beveridge & Vital Hébert Southern New Brunswick Electoral DistrictCandidates Incumbent  Winner  Runner up  OtherAlbertJohn Wallace (Lib) 778 Henry J. Stevens 714 Abner Reid McClelan & John LewisCarletonCharles Connell (Lib) acclaimed Charles Connell & William LindsayCharlotteJohn Bolton (Lib) 1,214 Robert Thompson 918 John McAdam, James G. Stevens, Francis Hibbard, James Watson ChandlerCity and County of St. JohnJohn Hamilton Gray (Cons) acclaimed Charles Nelson Skinner, John Hamilton Gray, Robert Duncan Wilmot, James QuintonCity of St. JohnSamuel Leonard Tilley (Lib-Cons) 1,402 John Wilson 610 Samuel Leonard Tilley & Andrew Rainsford WetmoreKing'sGeorge Ryan (Lib) 1,303 George Otty 1,083 George Ryan, William P. Flewelling, John Flewelling Queen'sJohn Ferris (Lib) acclaimed John Ferris, Robert Thorne BabbitSunburyCharles Burpee (Lib) 664 William E. Perley 425 John Glasier & William E. PerleyWestmorlandAlbert James Smith (Lib) 2,207 Israël Landry 454 Albert James Smith, Bliss Botsford, Angus McQueen, Amand LandryYorkCharles Fisher (Lib) acclaimed Hiram Dow, Charles Fisher, Alexander Thompson, John Adolphus Beckwith Quebec Eastern Quebec Electoral DistrictCandidates Incumbent  Winner  Runner up  OtherBonaventureThéodore Robitaille (Cons) 1,018 M. Tremblay 444Théodore Robitaille (Bleu) DorchesterHector Louis Langevin (Cons) acclaimed Hector Louis Langevin (Bleu) GaspéPierre-Étienne Fortin (Cons) acclaimed John Le Boutillier (Bleu) Kamouraska No election due to rioting Jean-Charles Chapais (Bleu) LévisJoseph-Goderic Blanchet (Lib-Cons) acclaimed Joseph-Goderic Blanchet (Bleu)L'IsletBarthélemy Pouliot (Cons) 464 Louis-Bonaventure Caron 40 Louis-Bonaventure Caron (Rouge) MontmagnyJoseph-Octave Beaubien (Cons) acclaimed Joseph-Octave Beaubien (Bleu)RimouskiGeorge Sylvain (Cons) 1,152 Augustin Michaud 697George Sylvain (Bleu)TémiscouataCharles Bertrand (Cons) acclaimed Jean-Baptiste Pouliot (Rouge) Quebec City area and Saguenay Electoral DistrictCandidates Incumbent  Winner  Runner up  OtherCharlevoixSimon-Xavier Cimon (Cons) 999 Adolphe Gagnon 911Adolphe Gagnon (Rouge) Chicoutimi—SaguenayPierre-Alexis Tremblay (Liberal) acclaimed Pierre-Alexis Tremblay (Liberal)MontmorencyJoseph-Édouard Cauchon (Cons) acclaimed Joseph-Édouard Cauchon (Bleu) Quebec CountyPierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau (Cons) acclaimed François Évanturel (Liberal) Quebec EastPierre-Gabriel Huot (Liberal) acclaimed Pierre-Gabriel Huot (Rouge) Quebec WestThomas McGreevy (Lib-Cons) acclaimed Charles Joseph Alleyn (Cons) Quebec-CentreGeorges-Honoré Simard (Cons) 1,291 P. Garneau 5Blanchet 2Isidore Thibaudeau (Rouge) Central Quebec Electoral DistrictCandidates Incumbent  Winner  Runner up OtherBerthierAnselme-Homère Pâquet (Lib) 1,131 L. Trachemontagne 1,095Anselme-Homère Pâquet (Rouge)ChamplainJohn Jones Ross (Cons) 1,449 M. Martineau 305John Jones Ross (Bleu)JolietteFrançois Benjamin Godin (Lib) 918 Louis François Georges Baby (Cons) 862Hippolite Cornellier (Bleu)L'AssomptionLouis Archambeault (Lib-Cons) 898 Pierre-Urgel Archambault 665Louis Archambeault (Rouge)LotbinièreHenri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière (Lib) acclaimed Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière (Rouge)MaskinongéGeorge Caron (Cons) 702 Moïse Houde 564Moïse Houde (Rouge)MontcalmJoseph Dufresne (Cons) acclaimed Joseph Dufresne (Bleu)NicoletJoseph Gaudet (Cons) 1,070 M. Rousseau 499Joseph Gaudet (Bleu)PortneufJean-Docile Brousseau (Cons) 1,027 I. P. Dery 718Dubord 1Jean-Docile Brousseau (Lib-Cons)Saint MauriceLouis-Léon Lesieur Désaulniers (Cons) acclaimed Charles Gérin-Lajoie (Rouge)Three RiversLouis-Charles Boucher de Niverville (Cons) 277 C. B. Genest 143 Louis-Charles Boucher de Niverville (Bleu)YamaskaMoïse Fortier (Lib) 797 Joseph Albert Norbert Provencher (Cons) 760 Moïse Fortier (Rouge) Eastern Townships Electoral DistrictCandidates Incumbent  Winner  Runner up  OtherBagotPierre-Samuel Gendron (Cons) 1,156 Maurice Laframboise 889Maurice Laframboise (Rouge) BeauceChristian Pozer (Lib) 1,180 Henri Elzéar Taschereau 629Henri Elzéar Taschereau (Bleu) BellechasseLouis-Napoléon Casault (Cons) 983 Édouard Rémillard 671Édouard Rémillard (Rouge) BromeChristopher Dunkin (Cons) acclaimed Christopher Dunkin (Cons) ComptonJohn Henry Pope (Lib-Cons) acclaimed John Henry Pope (Cons) Drummond—ArthabaskaLouis-Adélard Senécal (Cons) 1,135 M. Houle 1,111 Jean-Baptiste-Éric Dorion (Rouge) MéganticGeorge Irvine (Cons) 1,000 P. O. Triganne 733George Irvine (Cons)MissisquoiBrown Chamberlin (Cons) 1,190 Philip Henry Moore 497James O'Halloran (Rouge)Richmond—WolfeWilliam Hoste Webb (Cons) 1,137 Beique 903William Hoste Webb (Cons)SheffordLucius Seth Huntington (Lib) 1,317 Parmelee 991Lucius Seth Huntington (Rouge)Sherbrooke (Town of)Alexander Tilloch Galt (Lib-Cons) acclaimed Alexander Tilloch Galt (Lib-Cons)StansteadCharles Carroll Colby (Lib-Cons) 814 Albert Knight 616 Albert Knight (Cons) Montérégie Est Electoral DistrictCandidates Incumbent  Winner  Runner up  OtherChamblyPierre Basile Benoit (Cons) 691 V. P. W. Dorion 526Charles Boucher de Boucherville (Bleu) IbervilleFrançois Béchard (Lib) 1,035 Alexandre Dufresne 504Alexandre Dufresne (Rouge)RichelieuThomas McCarthy (Cons) 777 Joseph-Xavier Perrault 625P. Gélinas 450Joseph-Xavier Perrault (Rouge)RouvilleGuillaume Cheval dit St-Jacques (Lib) 1,236 Joseph-Napoléon Poulin 824Joseph-Napoléon Poulin (Bleu)St. HyacintheAlexandre-Édouard Kierzkowski (Lib) 1,107 Rémi Raymond 929Rémi Raymond (Bleu)St. John'sFrançois Bourassa (Lib) 696 Charles Laberge 600François Bourassa (Rouge)VerchèresFélix Geoffrion (Lib) 831 L. H. Massuee 740Félix Geoffrion (Rouge) Vallée-du-Haut-Saint-Laurent Electoral DistrictCandidates Incumbent  Winner  Runner up  OtherBeauharnoisMichael Cayley (Cons) 724 Paul Denis 691Paul Denis (Bleu) ChâteauguayLuther Hamilton Holton (Lib) 1,013 Thomas Kennedy Ramsay 586Luther Hamilton Holton (Rouge)HuntingdonJohn Rose (Lib-Cons) 1,280 W. H. Kerr 468Robert Brown Somerville (Ind)LaprairieAlfred Pinsonneault (Cons) 750 M. Normandeau 293Alfred Pinsonneault (Bleu)NapiervilleSixte Coupal dit la Reine (Lib) 878 M. Laviolette 344Sixte Coupal dit la Reine (Rouge)SoulangesLuc-Hyacinthe Masson (Cons) 729 M. Guindon 470William Duckett (Cons)VaudreuilDonald McMillan (Cons) acclaimed Antoine Chartier de Lotbinière Harwood (Cons) Hochelaga Archipelago Electoral DistrictCandidates Incumbent  Winner  Runner up  OtherHochelagaAntoine-Aimé Dorion (Lib) 1,312 J. Lanouette 1,289Antoine-Aimé Dorion (Rouge) Jacques CartierGuillaume Gamelin Gaucher (Cons) 659 M. Brunet 542Guillaume Gamelin Gaucher (Bleu)LavalJoseph-Hyacinthe Bellerose (Cons) acclaimed Joseph-Hyacinthe Bellerose (Bleu)Montreal CentreThomas Workman (Lib) acclaimed John Rose (Cons)Montreal EastGeorge-Étienne Cartier (Lib-Cons) 2,431 M. Lanctot (Lib) 2,085George-Étienne Cartier (Bleu)Montreal WestThomas D'Arcy McGee (Lib-Cons) 2,675 Bernard Devlin (Lib) 2,478Thomas D'Arcy McGee (Cons) Laurentides & Outaouais Electoral DistrictCandidates Incumbent  Winner  Runner up  OtherArgenteuilJohn Abbott (Lib-Cons) 693 B. Hutchins 595John Abbott (Lib) Ottawa (County of)Alonzo Wright (Lib-Cons) acclaimed Alonzo Wright (Cons) PontiacEdmund Heath (Cons) acclaimed John Poupore (Bleu) TerrebonneLouis-Rodrigue Masson (Cons) acclaimed Louis Labrèche-Viger (Lib) Two MountainsJean-Baptiste Daoust (Cons) acclaimed Jean-Baptiste Daoust (Reformer) Ontario Ottawa Valley Electoral DistrictCandidates Incumbent  Winner  Runner up  OtherCarletonJohn Holmes (Lib-Cons) 1,087 John Rochester (Cons) 1,006William Frederick Powell (Cons) Lanark NorthWilliam McDougall (Lib-Cons) acclaimed William McDougall (Reformer) Lanark SouthAlexander Morris (Cons) acclaimed Alexander Morris (Cons) Ottawa (City of)Joseph Merrill Currier (Lib-Cons) 974 Alexander Gibb 25Edward McGillivray 5 E. Martineau 1 Moss Kent Dickinson 0 Philip Thompson 0Joseph Merrill Currier (Cons) PrescottAlbert Hagar (Lib) 1,205 Thomas Higginson 130 Thomas Higginson (Cons) Renfrew NorthJohn Rankin (Cons) 613 Thomas Murray 527 Robert McIntyre (Reformer) RenfrewRenfrew SouthDaniel McLachlin (Lib) acclaimed RussellJames Alexander Grant (Cons) 1,293 Robert Bell 695 Robert Bell (Cons) St. Lawrence Valley Electoral DistrictCandidates Incumbent  Winner  Runner up  OtherAddingtonJames Lapum (Cons) 1,120 Schuyler Shibley (Lib-Cons) 991Henry Smith 2 Price 1 D. Cameron 0 Hamm 0 Lott 0 New districtBrockvilleJames Crawford (Cons) 690 Fitzwilliam Henry Chambers 521 Fitzwilliam Henry Chambers (Reformer)CornwallJohn Sandfield Macdonald (Lib) 451 Mattice 295 John Sandfield Macdonald (Reformer)DundasJohn Sylvester Ross (Lib-Cons) acclaimed John Sylvester Ross (Cons)FrontenacThomas Kirkpatrick (Cons) 1,242 J. Carruthers 693 William Ferguson (Cons)GlengarryDonald Alexander Macdonald (Lib) acclaimed Donald Alexander Macdonald (Reformer)Grenville SouthWalter Shanly (Cons) 899 William Patrick 730 Walter Shanly (Lib-Cons) GrenvilleKingstonJohn A. Macdonald (Lib-Cons) 735 John Stewart 142 John A. Macdonald (Lib-Cons)Leeds North and Grenville NorthFrancis Jones (Cons) 923 G. Montgomery 857 Francis Jones (Reformer) North Leeds and GrenvilleLeeds SouthJohn Willoughby Crawford (Cons) 1,393 Albert Norton Richards 1,364 Albert Norton Richards (Reformer)LennoxRichard John Cartwright (Cons) 1,268 John Thomas Grange 1,122 Richard John Cartwright (Cons) Lennox and AddingtonStormontSamuel Ault (Lib-Cons) 955 Sinclair 363 Samuel Ault (Reformer) Central Ontario Electoral DistrictCandidates Incumbent  Winner  Runner up  OtherHastings EastRobert Read (Cons) 1,110 J. J. Farley 457 New districtHastings NorthMackenzie Bowell (Cons) 928 Thomas Campbell Wallbridge 636McLean 1 Thomas Campbell Wallbridge (Reformer)Hastings WestJames Brown (Cons) 773 Holden 313 Lewis Wallbridge (Reformer) South HastingsNorthumberland EastJoseph Keeler (Lib-Cons) 1,607 Kenneth McKenzie 827 Meyers 0 James Lyons Biggar (Reformer)Northumberland WestJames Cockburn (Cons) acclaimed James Cockburn (Lib-Cons)Peterborough EastPeregrine Maitland Grover (Cons) 956 James Anderson 644 Frederick W. Haultain (Cons) PeterboroughPeterborough WestCharles Perry (Cons) 681 J. Gordon 652 Prince EdwardWalter Ross (Lib) 1,779 James Simeon McCuaig (Cons) 942 Walter Ross (Reformer)Victoria NorthJohn Morison (Lib) 687 Hector Cameron 403 James Dunsford (Reformer) VictoriaVictoria SouthGeorge Kempt (Lib) 1,001 Hector Cameron 801 Greater Toronto Area Electoral DistrictCandidates Incumbent  Winner  Runner up  OtherDurham East Francis Henry Burton (Cons.) 1,134 F. Beamish 451John Shuter Smith (Reformer) Durham West Edward Blake (Cons.) 1,337 J. Milne 931Henry Munro (Reformer) Halton John White (Lib.) 1,422 George King Chisholm 1,289John White (Reformer) Ontario North John Hall Thompson (Lib.) 1,628Matthew Crooks Cameron (Lib.) 1,362Matthew Crooks Cameron (Cons.) Ontario South Thomas Nicholson Gibbs (Lib.-Cons.) 1,292George Brown 1,223Thomas Nicholson Gibbs (Reformer) Peel John Hillyard Cameron (Cons.) 1,138Wally Barber 1,076John Hillyard Cameron (Cons.)Toronto East James Beaty Sr. (Cons.) 1,113William Thomas Aikins 980Allen 1 Alexander Mortimer Smith (Reformer)Toronto West Robert Alexander Harrison (Cons.) 1,477John Macdonald (Ind. Lib.) 1,048John Macdonald (Reformer)York East James Metcalfe (Lib.) 1,174T. A. Milne 937 Amos Wright (Reformer)York North James Pearson Wells (Lib.) Acclaimed James Pearson Wells (Reformer)York West William Pearce Howland (Lib.-Cons.) 810J. S. Hubertus 297David Blain 0 William Pearce Howland (Reformer) Georgian Bay Electoral DistrictCandidates Incumbent  Winner  Runner up  OtherAlgoma Wemyss Mackenzie Simpson (Cons.) 250 William Beatty 241A. MacDonell 38 New districtBruce NorthAlexander Sproat (Cons) 862 R. Douglas 852 New districtBruce SouthFrancis Hurdon (Cons) 1,777 W. Rastall 1,624Hall 5 New districtCardwellThomas Roberts Ferguson (Cons) 1,155 Philips 1,078 New districtGrey NorthGeorge Snider (Lib) 1,399 D'Arcy Boulton 1,143 George Jackson (Cons)GreyGrey SouthGeorge Jackson (Cons) 1,560 R. Dalgleish 1,547 Simcoe NorthThomas David McConkey (Lib) Acclaimed Thomas David McConkey (Reformer)Simcoe SouthWilliam Carruthers Little (Lib-Cons) 1,411 Thomas Saunders 1,055 Thomas Roberts Ferguson (Cons) Niagara Peninsula Electoral DistrictCandidates Incumbent  Winner  Runner up  OtherBrant NorthJohn Young Bown (Lib-Cons) 672J. D. Clement 670John Young Bown (Lib-Cons) East BrantBrant SouthEdmund Burke Wood (Lib) 1,257H. B. Leeming 1,090Edmund Burke Wood (Reformer) West BrantHaldimandDavid Thompson (Lib) 1,391R. McKinnon 1,022David Thompson (Reformer)HamiltonCharles Magill (Lib) Acclaimed Charles Magill (Lib)LincolnJames Rea Benson (Lib-Cons) Acclaimed William McGiverin (Reformer)MonckLachlin McCallum (Lib-Cons) 1,126Fraser 871 New districtNiagaraAngus Morrison (Cons) 300William Alexander Thomson 250Angus Morrison (Reformer) Niagara (town)Norfolk NorthAquila Walsh (Cons) 1,026Duncombe 990 Aquila Walsh (Cons)NorfolkNorfolk SouthPeter Lawson (Lib) 1,050N. O. Walker 969WellandThomas Clark Street (Cons) Acclaimed Thomas Clark Street (Cons) Wentworth NorthJames McMonies (Lib) 1,154Alexander Brown 1,093 James McMonies (Reform) Wentworth SouthJoseph Rymal (Lib) 1,015Thomas Robertson 988 Joseph Rymal (Reform) Midwestern Ontario Electoral DistrictCandidates Incumbent  Winner  Runner up  OtherHuron NorthJoseph Whitehead (Lib) 1,940 J. Holmes 1,318 Sloan 675 James Dickson (Reform)Huron & BruceHuron SouthMalcolm Colin Cameron (Lib) 1,624 G. H. Ritchie 1,453D. L. Sills 1 Oxford NorthThomas Oliver (Lib) Acclaimed Thomas Oliver (Reformer)Oxford SouthEbenezer Vining Bodwell (Lib) Acclaimed George Brown (Reformer)Perth NorthJames Redford (Lib) 1,515 Thomas Mayne Daly Sr. (Lib-Cons) 1,307 Robert MacFarlane (Reform)PerthPerth SouthRobert MacFarlane (Lib) 1,490 T. B. Guest 1,393 Waterloo NorthIsaac Erb Bowman (Lib) Acclaimed Isaac Erb Bowman (Reformer)Waterloo SouthJames Young (Lib) 1,324 James Cowan 958 James Cowan (Reformer)Wellington CentreThomas Sutherland Parker (Lib) Acclaimed Thomas Sutherland Parker (Reform)North WellingtonWellington NorthGeorge Alexander Drew (Lib-Cons) 1,493 Michael Hamilton Foley 1,271 Wellington SouthDavid Stirton (Lib) 963 F. W. Stone 652 David Stirton (Reformer) Southwestern Ontario Electoral DistrictCandidates Incumbent  Winner  Runner up  OtherBothwell David Mills (Lib) 1,333David Glass (Cons) 1,224 New districtElgin East Thomas William Dobbie (Cons) 1,492Leonidas Burwell 1,382 Leonidas Burwell (Reformer)Elgin West John H. Munroe (Cons) 970C. McDougall 766John Scoble (Reformer)Essex John O'Connor (Cons) 1,439Arthur Rankin 1,432Arthur Rankin (Reformer)Kent Rufus Stephenson (Cons) 1,524Archibald McKellar 1,427Archibald McKellar (Reformer)Lambton Alexander Mackenzie (Lib) 1,999Alexander Vidal (Cons) 1,311Alexander Mackenzie (Reformer)London John Carling (Lib-Cons) 1,114James Peacock 266 John Carling (Lib-Cons)Middlesex East Crowell Willson (Lib-Cons) 1,896D. McFie 1,756 Crowell Willson (Reformer)Middlesex North Thomas Scatcherd (Lib) 1,605Watson 874 Thomas Scatcherd (Reformer)West MiddlesexMiddlesex West Angus Peter McDonald (Cons) 1,063G. Billington 1,044 See also Canada Politics a list of the MPs elected in the 1867 election, and in by-elections prior to 1872 1st Canadian Parliament List of elections in the Province of Canada 1st Canadian Parliament References Notes Citations Further reading Dutil Patrice A. Ballots and Brawls: The 1867 Canadian General Election 2025 UBC Press Vancouver 978-0-774-87139-6 Elections Canada A History of the Vote in Canada. 2021 Elections Canada Gatineau, Quebec 978-0-660-37056-9 Third https://www.elections.ca/res/his/WEB_EC%2091135%20History%20of%20the%20Vote_Third%20edition_EN.pdf Garner John The Franchise and Politics in British North America, 1755-1867 1969 University of Toronto Press Ottawa 978-0-8020-3219-5 https://archive.org/details/franchisepolitic0000garn registration Gwyn Richard J. John A.: The Man who made us: the life and times of John A. Macdonald 2007 Random House Canada Toronto 978-0-679-31475-2 https://archive.org/details/johnamanwhomadeu0000gwyn_c1q4 registration LeDuc Lawrence Pammett Jon H. McKenzie Judith L. Turcotte André Dynasties and Interludes: Past and Present in Canadian Electoral Politics 2010 Dundurn Press Toronto 978-1-55488-886-3 https://archive.org/details/dynastiesinterlu0000unse registration Langevin Edouard J. Return on the Elections to the House of Commons of Canada 1868 Queen's Printer Ottawa https://www.google.ca/books/edition/Return_on_the_General_Election_for_the_H/jycWAAAAYAAJ External links https://archive.today/20131112221940/http://ftp2.cits.rncan.gc.ca/pub/geott/atlas/archives/english/5thedition/peopleandsociety/politicalgeography/mcr4093.jpg Map of electoral districts coloured for each party el Ridings and candidates Federal 1867 Category:August 1867 in Canada Category:September 1867 in Canada