1879 Ontario general election

Canadian provincial election September 2023 1879 Ontario general election Ontario 1868 parliamentary no no no 1875 Ontario general election 1875 3rd Legislative Assembly of Ontario 1883 Ontario general election 1883 elected members 88 seats in the 4th Legislative Assembly of Ontario 45 seats were needed for a majority June 5, 1879 150x150px ON Liberal nohash Oliver Mowat 1872 ON Liberal name Oxford North 50 57 7 150x150px ON Conservative nohash William Ralph Meredith 1879 ON Conservative name London 34 29 5 Premier Premier after election Oliver Mowat ON Liberal name Oliver Mowat ON Liberal name The 1879 Ontario general election was the fourth general election held in the province of Ontario, Canada. It was held on June 5, 1879, to elect the 88 members of the 4th Legislative Assembly ("MLAs"). The Ontario Liberal Party, led by Oliver Mowat, won a third term in government with a larger majority in the legislature. The Ontario Conservative Party, led by William Ralph Meredith, continued to lose seats. Results Elections to the 4th Parliament of Ontario (1879) https://results.elections.on.ca/en/data-explorer?fromYear=1867&toYear=2021&electionType=GE&electionId=65&levelOfDetail=election 1879 general election results Elections Ontario November 11, 2023 |- ! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party ! rowspan=2 | Party leader ! colspan=4 | MLAs ! colspan=4 | Votes |- ! Candidates !1875 !1879 !± !# ! ± !% ! ± (pp) ON Liberal row-name |style="text-align:left;"|Oliver Mowat | 81 || 50 || 57 || 7 || 119,148 || 28,339 || 48.07% || 0.52 ON Conservative row-name |rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|William Ralph Meredith | 87 || 34 || 29 || 5 || 118,513 || 31,693 || 47.82% || 2.35 ON Liberal-Conservative row-name | – || 1 || – || 1 || – || 1,553 || – || 0.81 ON Independent Conservative row-name | || 2 || 2 || 2 || || 2,111 || 18 || 0.85% || 0.26 ON Independent Liberal row-name | || – || 1 || – || 1 || – || 1,125 || – || 0.59 ON Independent row-name | || 19 || – || – || – || 8,085 || 1,328 || 3.26% || 0.28 |- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total |189||88 ! " colspan="2"|88 ! " colspan="2"|247,857 ! " colspan="2"| 100.00% |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Voter turnout | 247,857 | 56,891 | 63.22 | 4.06 |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Registered electors | 392,085 | 108,229 | colspan="2"| |- | style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2" colspan="3" |Acclamations | style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" |ON Liberal colour&name ||1 |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" |ON Conservative colour&name ||1 |} + Seats and popular vote by party Party Seats Votes Change (pp)ON Liberal colour&name 57 88 ON Liberal 175 48.07 175 darkgrey 0.52 -5 1em background:greenON Conservative colour&name 29 88 ON Conservative 175 47.82 175 darkgrey 2.35 -5 1em background:greenON Other colour&name 2 88 ON Independent 175 4.11 175 darkgrey -2.87 -5 1em background:red Synopsis of results + Results by riding - 1879 Ontario general election Riding Winning party Turnout VotesNameorder is as given in EO reports 1875Party Votes Share Margin#Margin% Lib Con I-Con Independent Conservative Ind Independent Total   Addington Lib Lib 1,531 50.75% 45 1.49% 66.76% 1,531 1,486 – – 3,017 Algoma Lib Lib 1,081 53.86% 155 7.72% 96.58% 1,081 926 – – 2,007 Brant North Lib Lib 990 60.37% 340 20.73% 66.80% 990 650 – – 1,640 Brant South Lib Lib 1,622 56.87% 392 13.74% 60.93% 1,622 1,230 – – 2,852 Brockville Lib Lib 1,379 52.14% 113 4.27% 60.33% 1,379 1,266 – – 2,645 Bruce North Lib Lib 1,686 56.77% 402 13.54% 63.41% 1,686 1,284 – – 2,970 Bruce South Lib Lib 2,866 50.62% 70 1.24% 72.67% 2,866 2,796 – – 5,662 Cardwell Con Lib 1,261 50.60% 30 1.20% 70.94% 1,261 1,231 – – 2,492 Carleton Con Con 2,074 79.74% 1,547 59.48% 55.47% 527 2,074 – – 2,601 Cornwall Con Libacclaimed Dufferin Con Con 1,357 55.32% 261 10.64% 58.18% – 1,357 – 1,096 2,453 Dundas Con Con 1,674 51.24% 81 2.48% 77.29% 1,593 1,674 – – 3,267 Durham East Con Con 1,292 52.33% 200 8.10% 55.58% – 1,292 – 1,177 2,469 Durham West Lib Lib 1,467 52.66% 148 5.31% 72.89% 1,467 1,319 – – 2,786 Elgin East Lib Lib 2,275 51.49% 132 2.99% 66.71% 2,275 2,143 – – 4,418 Elgin West Con Lib 1,257 50.22% 11 0.44% 70.27% 1,257 1,246 – – 2,503 Essex North Con Con 1,062 56.04% 229 12.08% 42.68% 833 1,062 – – 1,895 Essex South Con Con 1,418 52.93% 157 5.86% 74.29% 1,261 1,418 – – 2,679 Frontenac Con Con 710 45.57% 204 13.09% 55.86% 506 710 – 342 1,558 Glengarry I-Lib Con 1,331 50.78% 41 1.56% 74.31% 1,290 1,331 – – 2,621 Grenville South Lib Con 1,205 53.01% 137 6.03% 70.20% 1,068 1,205 – – 2,273 Grey East Con Con 1,294 55.70% 566 24.37% 49.64% – 1,595the incumbent Abram William Lauder was reelected – 728 2,323 Grey North Con Con 1,660 50.27% 18 0.55% 60.98% 1,642 1,660 – – 3,302 Grey South Lib Lib 1,694 61.49% 633 22.98% 73.72% 1,694 1,061 – – 2,755 Haldimand Lib Lib 1,612 51.01% 64 2.03% 76.44% 1,612 1,548 – – 3,160 Halton Lib Lib 1,765 50.46% 32 0.91% 66.63% 1,765 1,733 – – 3,498 Hamilton Lib Lib 2,240 50.70% 62 1.40% 59.07% 2,240 2,178 – – 4,418 Hastings East I-Con I-Con 1,204 51.52% 71 3.04% 67.82% – 1,133 1,204 – 2,337 Hastings North Con Con 1,081 51.35% 57 2.71% 63.27% – 1,081 – 1,024 2,105 Hastings West Con Con 1,402 56.60% 327 13.20% 68.92% 1,075 1,402 – – 2,477 Huron East Lib Lib 1,924 50.74% 56 1.48% 68.76% 1,924 1,868 – – 3,792 Huron South Lib Lib 1,893 52.21% 160 4.41% 70.75% 1,893 1,733 – – 3,626 Huron West Lib Lib 2,064 55.57% 414 11.15% 62.70% 2,064 1,650 – – 3,714 Kent East Lib Lib 1,774 54.91% 317 9.81% 58.60% 1,774 1,457 – – 3,231 Kent West Con Lib 1,343 52.69% 137 5.37% 46.87% 1,343 1,206 – – 2,549 Kingston Con Con 955 55.82% 199 11.63% 59.53% 756 955 – – 1,711 Lambton East Lib Lib 1,840 50.88% 64 1.77% 73.23% 1,840 1,776 – – 3,616 Lambton West Lib Lib 1,759 53.47% 228 6.93% 63.24% 1,759 1,531 – – 3,290 Lanark North Con Lib 1,309 56.04% 282 12.07% 73.44% 1,309 1,027 – – 2,336 Lanark South Con I-Con 907 49.64% 53 2.90% 56.60% – 854 907 66 1,827 Leeds North and Grenville North Con Con 1,084 59.53% 347 19.06% 64.90% 737 1,084 – – 1,821 Leeds South Con Con 1,362 56.92% 331 13.83% 57.41% – 1,362 – 1,031 2,393 Lennox I-Con Lib 1,231 50.20% 10 0.41% 62.71% 1,231 1,221 – – 2,452 Lincoln Lib Lib 2,222 50.79% 69 1.58% 68.25% 2,222 2,153 – – 4,375 London Con Con 1,578 58.25% 447 16.50% 55.24% 1,131 1,578 – – 2,709 Middlesex East Con Con 2,546 51.86% 183 3.73% 66.82% 2,363 2,546 – – 4,909 Middlesex North Con Lib 1,917 53.22% 232 6.44% 72.87% 1,917 1,685 – – 3,602 Middlesex West Lib Lib 1,575 50.82% 51 1.65% 69.80% 1,575 1,524 – – 3,099 Monck Lib Lib 1,486 52.64% 149 5.28% 81.42% 1,486 1,337 – – 2,823 Muskoka and Parry Sound Lib Lib 1,704 57.98% 469 15.96% 74.90% 1,704 1,235 – – 2,939 Norfolk North Lib Lib 1,490 52.12% 121 4.23% 71.55% 1,490 1,369 – – 2,859 Norfolk South Con Con 1,386 50.36% 20 0.73% 76.23% 1,366 1,386 – – 2,752 Northumberland East Lib Lib 1,887 50.64% 48 1.29% 71.32% 1,887 1,839 – – 3,726 Northumberland West Lib Lib 1,333 50.40% 21 0.79% 65.54% 1,333 1,312 – – 2,645 Ontario North Lib Lib 2,244 52.21% 190 4.42% 63.85% 2,244 2,054 – – 4,298 Ontario South Con Lib 1,721 56.24% 382 12.48% 60.59% 1,721 1,339 – – 3,060 Ottawa Lib Con 1,064 39.72% 64 2.39% 47.99% 606 1,064 – 1,009 2,679 Oxford North Lib Lib 1,731 75.10% 1,157 50.20% 41.71% 1,731 574 – – 2,305 Oxford South Lib Lib 1,775 66.73% 940 35.34% 48.33% 1,775 – – 885 2,660 Peel Lib Lib 1,519 52.69% 155 5.38% 76.09% 1,519 1,364 – – 2,883 Perth North Lib Lib 2,396 50.18% 17 0.36% 67.44% 2,396 2,379 – – 4,775 Perth South Lib Lib 1,759 55.00% 320 10.01% 65.67% 1,759 1,439 – – 3,198 Peterborough East Con Lib 1,078 53.21% 130 6.42% 65.38% 1,078 948 – – 2,026 Peterborough West Lib Con 1,130 52.68% 252 11.75% 55.99% 878 1,130 – 137 2,145 Prescott Con Con 900 47.62% 278 14.71% 58.77% 622 900 – 368 1,890 Prince Edward Lib Lib 1,894 50.47% 35 0.93% 73.78% 1,894 1,859 – – 3,753 Renfrew North Con Lib 1,066 52.56% 104 5.13% 72.07% 1,066 962 – – 2,028 Renfrew South Lib Lib 837 54.28% 132 8.56% 67.72% 837 705 – – 1,542 Russell Con Lib 696 37.30% 27 1.45% 38.86% 975 669 – 222 1,866 Simcoe East Con Lib 1,324 56.82% 318 13.65% 61.72% 1,324 1,006 – – 2,330 Simcoe South Con Conacclaimed Simcoe West Con Con 1,483 51.10% 64 2.21% 55.06% 1,419 1,483 – – 2,902 Stormont Lib Con 950 50.29% 11 0.58% 71.47% 939 950 – – 1,889 Toronto East Con Con 2,132 50.68% 57 1.35% 51.12% 2,075 2,132 – – 4,207 Toronto West Con Con 2,324 50.74% 68 1.48% 45.24% 2,256 2,324 – – 4,580 Victoria North Lib Lib 1,217 56.34% 274 12.69% 65.04% 1,217 943 – – 2,160 Victoria South Lib Lib 1,644 51.81% 115 3.62% 68.27% 1,644 1,529 – – 3,173 Waterloo North Lib Lib 1,351 53.29% 167 6.59% 71.37% 1,351 1,184 – – 2,535 Waterloo South Lib Lib 1,699 57.38% 437 14.76% 72.06% 1,699 1,262 – – 2,961 Welland Lib Con 1,966 50.97% 75 1.94% 66.49% 1,891 1,966 – – 3,857 Wellington Centre Lib Lib 1,405 65.35% 660 30.70% 50.05% 1,405 745 – – 2,150 Wellington South Lib Lib 1,430 52.15% 118 4.30% 65.83% 1,430 1,312 – – 2,742 Wellington West L-Con Lib 2,026 56.00% 434 12.00% 64.61% 2,026 1,592 – – 3,618 Wentworth North Con Lib 1,223 85.41% 1,014 70.81% 38.23% 1,223 209 – – 1,432 Wentworth South Lib Con 1,231 50.02% 1 0.04% 66.19% 1,230 1,231 – – 2,461 York East Lib Lib 1,825 53.58% 244 7.16% 58.93% 1,825 1,581 – – 3,406 York North Lib Lib 2,200 56.54% 509 13.08% 68.77% 2,200 1,691 – – 3,891 York West Lib Lib 1,268 51.21% 60 2.42% 63.16% 1,268 1,208 – – 2,476 a #B9E5B9 silver = open seat #F5F5DC silver = turnout is above provincial average #DCDCDC silver = winning candidate was in previous Legislature #EABB94 silver = incumbent had switched allegiance #FFFF00 silver = previously incumbent in another riding #EEBBBB silver = not incumbent; was previously elected to the Legislature #87CEFA silver = incumbency arose from byelection gain #DCD0FF silver = other incumbents renominated #FFA07A silver = previously an MP in the House of Commons of Canada #F0E68C silver = multiple candidates Analysis + Party candidates in 2nd place Party in 1st place Party in 2nd place TotalAccl Acclamation Lib Con IndON Liberal row-name 1 55 1 57ON Conservative row-name 1 22 6 29ON Independent Conservative row-name 2 Total 22 57 7 88 + Candidates ranked 1st to 5th place, by party Parties Accl 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5thON Liberal colour&name1 56 22 2 ON Conservative colour&name1 28 57 1 ON Independent Conservative colour&name 2 ON Independent colour&name 7 6 5 1 + Resulting composition of the 2nd Legislative Assembly of Ontario Source PartyLibConI-ConTotalSeats retained Incumbents returned 30 17 1 48Returned by acclamation 1 1Open seats held13 3 16Ouster of incumbent changing allegiance 1 1Seats changing hands Incumbents defeated8 3 11Open seats gained4 3 1 8Byelection gains held2 1 3Total57 29 2 88 MLAs elected by region and riding Party designations are as follows: #EA6D6A Liberal #9999FF Conservative #DCDCDC Independent Conservative Northern Ontario #EA6D6A Algoma: Robert Adam Lyon Ottawa Valley #9999FF Carleton: George William Monk #EA6D6A Lanark North: William Clyde Caldwell #DCDCDC Lanark South: William Lees (I-Con Independent Conservative) #9999FF Ottawa: Patrick Baskerville #9999FF Prescott: William Harkin #EA6D6A Renfrew North: Thomas Deacon #EA6D6A Renfrew South: Thomas Murray #EA6D6A Russell: Ira MorganOverturned on petition to the court, because of ballot papers improperly rejected. 1880 List of Sessional Papers (Vol. XII Part III) Sessional Paper No. 19 https://archive.org/details/n03ontariosession12ontauoft/page/54/mode/2up Toronto Legislative Assembly of Ontario 53–54 Adam Jacob Baker (Conservative) was declared elected. 1880 Journals of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario https://archive.org/details/journalsoflegisl13ontauoft/page/n15/mode/2up Toronto Legislative Assembly of Ontario 7–10 Saint Lawrence Valley #EA6D6A Brockville: Christopher Finlay Fraser #EA6D6A Cornwall: William Mack #9999FF Dundas: Andrew Broder #9999FF Glengarry: Donald Macmaster #9999FF Grenville South: Frederick John French #9999FF Kingston: James Henry Metcalfe #9999FF Leeds North and Grenville North: Henry Merrick #9999FF Leeds South: William Richardson #9999FF Stormont: Joseph KerrElection declared void because of corrupt practices. Writ for new election issued. Kerr was returned in the subsequent byelection. Central Ontario #EA6D6A Addington: Hammel Madden Deroche #9999FF Durham East: John Rosevear #EA6D6A Durham West: James Wellington McLaughlin #9999FF Frontenac: Delino Dexter Calvin #DCDCDC Hastings East: Nathaniel Stephen Appleby (I-Con Independent Conservative) #9999FF Hastings North: George Henry Boulter #9999FF Hastings West: Alexander RobertsonElection declared void because of corrupt practices. Writ for new election issued. Robertson was returned in the subsequent byelection. #EA6D6A Lennox: George Douglas Hawley #EA6D6A Northumberland East: James Marshall Ferris #EA6D6A Northumberland West: John Collard Field #EA6D6A Peterborough East: Thomas Blezard #9999FF Peterborough West: William Hepburn Scott #EA6D6A Prince Edward: Gideon Striker #EA6D6A Victoria North: Samuel Stanley Peck #EA6D6A Victoria South: Samuel Casey Wood Georgian Bay #EA6D6A Bruce North: Donald Sinclair #9999FF Grey North: David Creighton #EA6D6A Muskoka and Parry Sound: John Classon Miller #EA6D6A Simcoe East: Herman Henry Cook #9999FF Simcoe South: William James Parkhill #9999FF Simcoe West: Thomas Long Wentworth/Halton/Niagara #EA6D6A Halton: David Robertson #EA6D6A Hamilton: John Morison Gibson #EA6D6A Lincoln: Sylvester Neelon #EA6D6A Monck: Richard Harcourt #9999FF Welland: Daniel Near #EA6D6A Wentworth North: James McMahon #9999FF Wentworth South: Franklin CarpenterOverturned on petition to the court. Nicholas Awrey (Liberal) was declared elected. Midwestern Ontario #EA6D6A Brant North: James Young #EA6D6A Brant South: Arthur Sturgis Hardy #EA6D6A Bruce South: Rupert Mearse Wells #9999FF Dufferin: John BarrElection declared void because of corrupt practices. Writ for new election issued, but Barr would decline to stand for reelection. William Jelly would succeed in the ensuing race. #9999FF Grey East: Abram William Lauder #EA6D6A Grey South: James Hill Hunter #EA6D6A Haldimand: Jacob Baxter #EA6D6A Huron East: Thomas Gibson #EA6D6A Huron South: Archibald Bishop #EA6D6A Huron West: Alexander McLagan Ross #EA6D6A Norfolk North: John Bailey Freeman #9999FF Norfolk South: William Morgan #EA6D6A Oxford North: Oliver Mowat #EA6D6A Oxford South: Adam Crooks #EA6D6A Perth North: David Davidson Hay #EA6D6A Perth South: Thomas Ballantyne #EA6D6A Waterloo North: Moses Springer #EA6D6A Waterloo South: James Livingston #EA6D6A Wellington Centre: Charles Clarke #EA6D6A Wellington South: James Laidlaw #EA6D6A Wellington West: Robert McKim Southwestern Ontario #EA6D6A Elgin East: Thomas McIntyre Nairn #EA6D6A Elgin West: John Cascaden #9999FF Essex North: Solomon White #9999FF Essex South: Lewis Wigle #EA6D6A Kent East: Daniel McCraney #EA6D6A Kent West: Edward Robinson #EA6D6A Lambton East: Peter Graham #EA6D6A Lambton West: Timothy Blair Pardee #9999FF London: William Ralph Meredith #9999FF Middlesex East: Richard Tooley #EA6D6A Middlesex North: John Waters #EA6D6A Middlesex West: John Watterworth Peel/York/Ontario #EA6D6A Cardwell: Charles Robinson #EA6D6A Ontario North: Thomas Paxton #EA6D6A Ontario South: John Dryden #EA6D6A Peel: Kenneth Chisholm #9999FF Toronto East: Alexander Morris #9999FF Toronto West: Robert Bell #EA6D6A York East: George Badgerow #EA6D6A York North: Joseph Henry Widdifield #EA6D6A York West: Peter Patterson a See also Politics of Ontario List of Ontario political parties Premier of Ontario Leader of the Opposition (Ontario) Notes and references Notes References 1879 Category:1879 elections in Canada Category:1879 in Ontario Category:June 1879 in Canada