1871 Ontario general election

Canadian provincial election September 2023 1871 Ontario general election Ontario 1868 parliamentary no no no 1867 Ontario general election 1867 1st Legislative Assembly of Ontario 1875 Ontario general election 1875 elected members 82 seats in the 2nd Legislative Assembly of Ontario 42 seats were needed for a majority March 21, 1871 150x150px ON Liberal nohash Edward Blake ON Liberal name Bruce South 41 43 2 150x150px ON Conservative nohash John Sandfield Macdonald ON Liberal-Conservative name Cornwall 41 38 3 Premier Premier after election John Sandfield Macdonald ON Conservative name Edward Blake ON Liberal name The 1871 Ontario general election was the second general election held in the province of Ontario, Canada. It was held on March 21, 1871, to elect the 82 Members of the 2nd Parliament of Ontario ("MPPs").1871 General Election https://results.elections.on.ca/en/data-explorer?fromYear=1867&toYear=2021&electionId=7&levelOfDetail=election Elections Ontario January 3, 2021 While it is generally accepted that that the Ontario Liberals led by Edward Blake secured a slim edge over the incumbent Conservatives led by Premier John Sandfield Macdonald, such an understanding was partially developed with the benefit of hindsight on a period during which the Liberals' ousted the Sandfield Macdonald ministry, commenced the building of a far more expansive administration, and within a year carried out an orderly transition of its party and the government leadership while largely remained stable and united. In the months following the election however, the incumbent government did not concede it has lost control of the legislature and continued to govern without convening the new parliament. Challenges to the election of a dozen members further muddied the situation and provided additional fodder for Sandfield Macdonald to resist convening the new parliament for eight months and to disregard multiple votes of no confidence.1871-12-20 Mr Sandfield Macdonald's Position https://books.google.com/books?id=JaYHAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA1&article_id=1457,109200 The Morning Chronicle (Halifax, NS) 1 The impasse was resolved on December 19 that year after his Treasurer resigned from cabinet and voted with the opposition.1871-12-16 Mr. Wood's Resignation: The Ministry Breaking Up The Globe (1844-1936) 2 Neither the outgoing nor the incoming premier remained on the scene for long. The rapid decline of Premier Sandfield Macdonald's health was evident throughout that year. His ministry's demise at the year's end foretold his own in just five months. Matthew Crooks Cameron, his principal lieutenant in government and his most ardent defender in the legislature, assumed leadership of the Conservative Party and of the opposition. Premier Blake served only ten months, resigning in October 1972 to devote his attention to leading the national Liberal Party. He and George Brown convinced their former reform colleague Oliver Mowat to return to politics to succeed him, a move that secured his own legacy as founding head of a 34-year continuous Liberal rule. The partisan makeup of the new parliament was not remotely as straight forward as the numbers suggest, as candidates' partisan affiliations were not formally registered as they are in modern days. While partisan affiliations were generally more clearly defined than during the 1867 election, there remained candidates who made use of party labels of past affiliations that did not reflect their political allegiance in practice, or were elected without having declared their allegiance. Significant changes to the rules of engagement As attorney general Sandfield Macdonald delivered in 1868 An Act respecting Elections of Members of the Legislative AssemblyAn Act respecting Elections of Members of the Legislative Assembly 1868 21 32 Vic https://archive.org/details/statutesofprovi186869onta/page/56/mode/2up, the province's first statute that comprehensively consolidated and codified elections law. The statute instituted the key requirement to hold balloting for general elections on the same day throughout the province. It also considerably broadened the franchise. He also delivered, at the eve the election call, the Controverted Elections Act of 1871,The Controverted Elections Act of 1871 34 Vic (1870-71) 3 https://archive.org/details/statutesofprovi187071onta/page/n15/mode/2up which consolidated an array of challenges to election conducts under corrupt practices, and depoliticised the adjudication process by transferring the power to adjudicate such challenges from parliamentary committees to the Court of Queen's Bench (predecessor of Ontario's superior court). This new regime end up playing a big role in ending his government. While not a formal change to any legislation, both majors party held candidate nomination conventions with increased formality and managed the process with much firmer hands. The result of local nomination conventions of both parties received greater formal coverage in the press. Accordingly, while there remained no formal requirements for formal registration or declaration of candidates' partisan affiliations and no restrictions on usage, the identity of the two main parties' candidate were easier to discern than in the 1867 election. However, they also provided informal support to selected candidates not endorsed by them for various strategic reasons. Furthermore, certain candidates campaigned with labels of past affiliations but were not aligned with the party while other candidates downplay the party they are affiliated with. This was the last election where sitting members of the federal parliament were not prevented from nomination or election. Before the federal election in the following year however, the Parliament of Canada would legislate the elimination of dual mandates by disallowing nominations of sitting provincial legislators in federal election contests.An Act to compel Members of a Local Legislature in any Province where dual representation is not allowed, to resign their Seats before becoming Candidates in any Seats in the Dominion Parliament S.C. 1872 15 https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015074701130?urlappend=%3Bseq=176%3Bownerid=13510798893443469-200 This pending would impact both parties by removing six members elected in this election from the legislature, including the incumbent Liberal Premier and Treasurer, and two Conservative former cabinet members. Results in summary The results, as reported in formal records compiled in years by the Legislative Assembly and made available to the public (and in more recent years also reproduced by Elections Ontario) were as follows. center Elections to the 2nd Parliament of Ontario (1871) https://results.elections.on.ca/en/data-explorer?fromYear=1867&toYear=2021&electionId=7&levelOfDetail=election 1871 general election results Elections Ontario November 11, 2023 |- ! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Partisan Affiliation ! rowspan=2 | Party leader ! colspan=4 | Seats ! colspan=4 | Votes 8 Conservatives and 7 Liberals were elected by acclamation and thus received no votes |- ! style=width:2.5em | Candi-dates !! style=width:2.5em | 1867 !! style=width:2.5em | 1871 !! style=width:2.5em | ± ! style=width:5em |Votes !! style=width:5em | ± !! style=width:3em | % !! style=width:3em | ± (%) ON Liberal row-name | style="text-align:left;"| Edward Blake | 76 || 41 || 43 || 2 | 68,366 || 9,323 || 52.30% || 3.54 ON Liberal-Conservative row-name |style="text-align:left;"| John Sandfield Macdonald | 73 || 41 || 38 || 3 || 59,926 || 20,185 || 45.85% || 4.44 ON Conservative-Liberal row-name | (label only) || 1 || – || 1 || n/a || 1,116 || n/a || 0.85% || n/a ON Others row-name | || 9 || – || – || – || 1,303 || n/a || 1.00% || n/a |- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total | 159 || 82 ! " colspan="2"| 82 ! " colspan="2"| 130,711 ! " colspan="2"| 100.00% |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Voter turnout | 130,711 | 28,612 | 62.93 | 10.93 |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Registered electors | 207,717 | 8,005 | colspan="2"| |} Partisan affiliations were not recorded in contemporaneous formal elections record. Affiliations presented are the party affiliations as recorded in various resources maintained by the Legislative Assembly, which were not all compiled contemporaneously. Even contemporaneous affiliations data were a mixture of both formal undisputed declaration (made by the candidates or the parties), assessments by third parties such as the press, and presumptions from other events such as acceptance of specific offices. Such data inevitably contains some uncertainties, time lags, or inaccuracies, reflecting the lesser formality and permanence in partisan affiliation in that era. 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It claimed to commend the confidence of new parliament, but avoided testing that confidence by delaying the convocation of the new parliament seven times.March 1872 Proclamations https://www.ola.org/sites/default/files/common/pdf/FSOB%20and%20Journals/2-1-Journals.pdf Journals of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario 5 (2nd parliament, 1st session). vii to xiii While its reasoning were less than credible, the government was able to resisted calls for its resignation by leaning on uncertainties provided through a combination of factors. Partisan allegiance not all certain The room to dispute the overall election outcome stemmed from the uncertainty of political affiliation for some of the elected members, and from the fact that elected members' claimed political party affiliations were not the exclusive determining factor, and in some cases not even the main determining factor for their partisan allegiance. After all, the incumbent Conservative government was led by a former Liberal chosen by the national party leader in part to help legitimize the party's claim as a coalition. In the months following the election, the press focused their analysis not on the elected members' professed partisan affiliations, but classified members as "ministerialists" committed to sustain the incumbent ministry versus those opposing the government. Known partisan affiliation were considered along with other factors such as family ties and previous behaviour, with the allegiances of certain members subject to extensive commentary and speculation. Unlike modern day election coverage, only a small number of outlets provided their summary tally of the likely strength of the two sides. The following are a few samples of reported tally. The early tallies reported 81 seats as the election for Algoma was held later on in May that year. The last tally reported in December that year took into account of seven vacancies caused by resignations and invalidations. Ministerialists Opposition Independent(or unknown) Electionundetermined Total Toronto Leader, 22 March 1871, p. 1 43 34 9 1 81The Globe (Toronto), 23 March 1871, p. 2 32 41 7 1 81Ottawa Free Press, 23 March 1871, p. 2 32 41 7 1 81Sarnia Observer, 24 March 1871, p. 1 33 43 5 81The Globe (Toronto), 6 December 1871, p. 2 29 40 6 7 82 Elections challenged and invalided The election of elevens members were challenged under the newly adopted Controverted Elections Act of 1871. This prompted the incumbent ministry to delay the convening of parliament repeatedly over right months in the hopes that such challenges would results in its improved standing in the new parliament. Its standing was weakened rather than improved by the process however. While the election of members on both side of the aisle were challenged, the elections of five Conservatives but only one Liberal were invalidated. All six unseated members stood in the subsequent byelections and all but one were returned in the resulting byelections. However, since writs for byelection could only be moved while the legislature was in session, these six seats were vacant when parliament finally met for a number of weeks. Double return Liberal leader Edward Blake was re-elected in Bruce South and also in Durham West (where he was the MP), but would only be able to cast one vote in each division (vote) to take place in parliament. This effectively reduced the opposition Liberal rank by one until a replacement could be elected through a byelection. At that time, resignations could only take effect when the parliament was in session. Delayed transition of power 2nd Parliament of Ontario Government defeat Synopsis of results + Results by riding - 1871 Ontario general election Riding Winning party Turnout VotesNameorder is as given in EO reports 1867Party Votes Share Margin#Margin% Lib Con CL Conservative-Liberal Ind Independent Total   Addington Con Lib 809 50.82% 26 1.63% 59.31% 809 783 – – 1,592 Algoma Con Conacclaimed Bothwell Lib Lib 1,304 55.02% 238 10.04% 72.17% 1,304 1,066 – – 2,370 Brant North Lib Lib 740 60.26% 252 20.52% 60.73% 740 488 – – 1,228 Brant South Con Con 1,172 52.70% 120 5.40% 66.55% 1,052 1,172 – – 2,224 Brockville and Elizabethtown Con Con 620 50.28% 7 0.57% 66.33% 613 620 – – 1,233 Bruce North Lib Libacclaimed Bruce South Lib Lib 2,082 55.21% 393 10.42% 79.79% 2,082Edward Blake was elected in two ridings. 1,689 – – 3,771 Cardwell Con CL 1,116 63.16% 465 26.32% 67.14% 651 – 1,116 – 1,767 Carleton Lib Con 822 50.31% 10 0.61% 63.46% 812 822 – – 1,634 Cornwall Con Conacclaimed Dundas Lib Lib 1,216 56.09% 264 12.18% 76.28% 1,216 952 – – 2,168 Durham East Con Conacclaimed Durham West Lib Libacclaimed Elgin East Con Lib 1,442 53.11% 169 6.22% 63.82% 1,442 1,273 – – 2,715 Elgin West Con Lib 969 55.69% 198 11.38% 76.55% 969 771 – – 1,740 Essex Con Lib 1,204 51.23% 418 17.79% 50.95% 1,204 786 – 360 2,350 Frontenac Con Conacclaimed Glengarry Con Con 962 52.89% 105 5.77% 72.30% 857 962 – – 1,819 Grenville South Con Con 797 51.22% 38 2.44% 76.42% 759 797 – – 1,556 Grey North Con Con 1,339 58.42% 386 16.84% 50.22% 953 1,339 – – 2,292 Grey South Con Con 1,625 59.92% 538 19.84% 61.83% 1,087 1,625 – – 2,712 Haldimand Lib Lib 1,212 60.78% 430 21.56% 59.90% 1,212 782 – – 1,994 Halton Lib Lib 1,194 55.98% 255 11.95% 57.51% 1,194 939 – – 2,133 Hamilton Lib Lib 1,294 54.23% 202 8.47% 60.54% 1,294 1,092 – – 2,386 Hastings East Con Con 186 88.57% 162 77.14% 10.10% 24 186 – – 210 Hastings North Con Con 604 86.04% 506 72.08% 41.29% 98 604 – – 702 Hastings West Con Conacclaimed Huron North Con Lib 2,259 55.86% 474 11.72% 68.67% 2,259 1,785 – – 4,044 Huron South Lib Lib 1,561 53.55% 207 7.10% 71.64% 1,561 1,354 – – 2,915 Kent Lib Lib 1,382 53.55% 183 7.09% 61.15% 1,382 1,199 – – 2,581 Kingston Con Con 607 50.04% 21 1.73% 58.21% 586 607 – 20 1,213 Lambton Lib Libacclaimed Lanark North Lib Libacclaimed Lanark South Con Con 816 42.88% 150 7.88% 66.10% 666 816 – 421 1,903 Leeds North and Grenville North Lib Con 723 61.01% 261 22.03% 52.71% 462 723 – – 1,185 Leeds South Con Conacclaimed Lennox Con Con 1,183 56.41% 269 12.83% 62.95% – 2,097the incumbent John Stevenson received 914 votes – – 2,097 Lincoln Con Conacclaimed London Con Con 985 63.84% 427 27.67% 57.06% 558 985 – – 1,543 Middlesex East Lib Con 1,622 51.41% 89 2.82% 74.92% 1,533 1,622 – – 3,155 Middlesex North Lib Lib 1,286 56.58% 299 13.15% 69.34% 1,286 987 – – 2,273 Middlesex West Con Lib 1,362 58.81% 408 17.62% 77.17% 1,362 954 – – 2,316 Monck Con Con 931 50.13% 5 0.27% 66.35% 926 931 – – 1,857 Niagara Con Con 277 62.25% 109 24.49% 56.98% 168 277 – – 445 Norfolk North Con Lib 1,122 56.78% 268 13.56% 74.43% 1,122 854James Wilson (incumbent in Norfolk North) campaigned and lost in two ridings – – 1,976 Norfolk South Lib Lib 1,009 53.30% 125 6.60% 71.73% 1,009 884 – – 1,893 Northumberland East Lib Lib 694 37.70% 30 1.63% 53.22% 694 664 – 483 1,841 Northumberland West Lib Lib 1,013 50.90% 36 1.81% 67.48% 1,013 977 – – 1,990 Ontario North Lib Lib 1,279 73.80% 833 48.07% 44.11% 1,279 446 – – 1,733 Ontario South Lib Lib 1,180 52.17% 98 4.33% 65.81% 1,180 1,082 – – 2,262 Ottawa Lib Lib 574 76.33% 396 52.66% 27.68% 574 178 – – 752 Oxford North Lib Libacclaimed Oxford South Lib Lib 1,430 57.78% 385 15.56% 65.86% 1,430 1,045 – – 2,475 Peel Con Con 1,118 51.36% 59 2.71% 75.91% 1,059 1,118 – – 2,177 Perth North Con Con 1,630 57.88% 444 15.77% 68.20% 1,186 1,630 – – 2,816 Perth South Lib Con 1,302 50.60% 31 1.20% 71.99% 1,271 1,302 – – 2,573 Peterborough East Con Con 779 61.68% 299 23.67% 60.55% 480 779 – 4 1,263 Peterborough West Con Lib 648 52.13% 53 4.26% 69.91% 648 595 – – 1,243 Prescott Lib Con 853 54.26% 134 8.52% 75.61% 719 853 – – 1,572 Prince Edward Lib Lib 1,522 52.23% 130 4.46% 78.19% 1,522 1,392William Anderson had been elected as a Liberal in an 1870 byelection – – 2,914 Renfrew North Con Con 640 56.74% 152 13.48% 74.31% 488 640 – – 1,128 Renfrew South Lib Con 448 63.46% 190 26.91% 59.88% 258 448 – – 706 Russell Con Con 773 51.29% 46 3.05% 56.15% 727 773 – 7 1,507 Simcoe North Lib Con 1,354 44.39% 313 10.26% 69.41% 1,696the incumbent William Lount received 655 votes 1,354 – – 3,050 Simcoe South Con Conacclaimed Stormont Con Con 705 50.18% 5 0.36% 74.34% 700 705 – – 1,405 Toronto East Con Con 1,232 52.56% 120 5.12% 52.26% 1,112 1,232 – – 2,344 Toronto West Con Lib 1,487 53.05% 171 6.10% 51.84% 1,487 1,316 – – 2,803 Victoria North Lib Con 518 54.76% 90 9.51% 61.55% 428 518 – – 946 Victoria South Lib Lib 1,046 60.05% 350 20.09% 59.97% 1,742the incumbent Thomas Matchett received 696 votes – – – 1,742 Waterloo North Lib Libacclaimed Waterloo South Lib Lib 1,215 60.27% 414 20.54% 69.42% 1,215 801 – – 2,016 Welland Lib Lib 1,182 53.12% 139 6.25% 61.08% 2,225the incumbent William Beatty received 1,043 votes – – – 2,225 Wellington Centre Con Lib 1,465 64.94% 674 29.88% 58.89% 1,465 791 – – 2,256 Wellington North Lib Lib 1,531 63.53% 652 27.05% 59.40% 1,531 879 – – 2,410 Wellington South Lib Libacclaimed Wentworth North Lib Lib 1,071 57.24% 271 14.48% 70.95% 1,071 800 – – 1,871 Wentworth South Lib Lib 957 66.97% 485 33.94% 56.08% 957 472 – – 1,429 York East Lib Lib 791 70.19% 455 40.37% 36.52% 791 336 – – 1,127 York North Lib Con 1,306 50.10% 5 0.19% 66.64% 1,301 1,306 – – 2,607 York West Con Lib 865 56.32% 194 12.63% 62.54% 865 671 – – 1,536 #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 ON Liberal row-name 7 2 34 43ON Conservative row-name 8 29 1 38ON Conservative-Liberal row-name 1 1 Total15 32 35 82 + Candidates ranked 1st to 3rd place, by party Parties Accl 1st 2nd 3rdON Liberal colour&name7 36 32 1ON Conservative colour&name8 30 35 ON Conservative-Liberal colour&name 1 ON Independent colour&name 7 + Resulting composition of the 2nd Legislative Assembly of Ontario Source PartyLibConCLTotalSeats retained Incumbents returned 19 16 35Returned by acclamation7 8 15Open seats held 3 3Ouster of incumbents changing allegiance4 4Defeat of incumbent by same-party candidate2 1 3Byelection loss reversed 1 1Seats changing hands Incumbents defeated8 7 15Open seats gained3 2 1 6Total43 38 1 82 Members elected by region and riding Party designations are as follows: #EA6D6A Liberal #9999FF Conservative #DCDCDC Conservative-Liberal Midwestern Ontario #EA6D6A Brant North: Hugh Finlayson #9999FF Brant South: Edmund Burke Wood #EA6D6A Bruce North: Donald Sinclair #EA6D6A Bruce South: Edward Blake #9999FF Grey North: Thomas Scott #9999FF Grey South: Abram William LauderElection declared void because of corrupt practices. Writ for new election issued. Lauder was returned in the subsequent byelection. #EA6D6A Haldimand: Jacob Baxter #EA6D6A Huron North: Thomas Gibson #EA6D6A Huron South: Robert Gibbons #EA6D6A Norfolk North: John Fitzgerald Clarke #EA6D6A Norfolk South: Simpson McCall #EA6D6A Oxford North: George Perry #EA6D6A Oxford South: Adam Oliver #9999FF Perth North: Andrew Monteith #9999FF Perth South: Thomas B. Guest #EA6D6A Waterloo North: Moses Springer #EA6D6A Waterloo South: Isaac Clemens #EA6D6A Wellington Centre: Charles Clarke #EA6D6A Wellington North: Robert McKim #EA6D6A Wellington South: Peter Gow Southwestern Ontario #EA6D6A Bothwell: Archibald McKellar #EA6D6A Elgin East: John Henry Wilson #EA6D6A Elgin West: Thomas Hodgins #EA6D6A Essex: Albert Prince #EA6D6A Kent: James Dawson #EA6D6A Lambton: Timothy Blair Pardee #9999FF London: John Carling #9999FF Middlesex East: Richard Tooley #EA6D6A Middlesex North: James Sinclair Smith #EA6D6A Middlesex West: Alexander Mackenzie Northern Ontario #9999FF Algoma: Frederick William Cumberland Peel/Simcoe/Durham/Ontario #DCDCDC Cardwell: George McManus #9999FF Durham East: Arthur Trefusis Heneage Williams #EA6D6A Durham West: Edward BlakeDeclined the seat in favour of sitting for Bruce South John McLeod (Liberal) won the subsequent byelection. #EA6D6A Ontario North: Thomas Paxton #EA6D6A Ontario South: Charles Godfrey #9999FF Peel: John Coyne #9999FF Simcoe North: William Davis ArdaghElection declared void because of corrupt practices. Writ for new election issued. Ardagh was returned in the subsequent byelection. #9999FF Simcoe South: Thomas Roberts Ferguson York/Toronto #9999FF Toronto East: Matthew Crooks Cameron #EA6D6A Toronto West: Adam Crooks #EA6D6A York East: Hugh Powell Crosby #9999FF York North: Alfred Boultbee #EA6D6A York West: Peter Patterson Wentworth/Halton/Niagara #EA6D6A Halton: William Barber #EA6D6A Hamilton: James Miller Williams #9999FF Lincoln: John Charles Rykert #9999FF Monck: Lachlin McCallum #9999FF Niagara: Stephen Richards #EA6D6A Welland: James George Currie #EA6D6A Wentworth North: Robert Christie #EA6D6A Wentworth South: William Sexton Ottawa Valley #9999FF Carleton: George William MonkElection declared void because of corrupt practices. Writ for new election issued. 1872 Journals of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario https://archive.org/details/journalsoflegis05ontauoft/page/n21/mode/2up Toronto Legislative Assembly of Ontario 5–15 Monk was returned in the subsequent byelection. #EA6D6A Lanark North: Daniel Galbraith #9999FF Lanark South: Abraham Code #EA6D6A Ottawa: Richard William Scott #9999FF Prescott: George Wellesley HamiltonElection declared void because of corrupt practices. Writ for new election issued. Hamilton was returned in the subsequent byelection. #9999FF Renfrew North: Thomas Deacon #9999FF Renfrew South: Eric Harrington #9999FF Russell: William Craig Saint Lawrence Valley #9999FF Brockville and Elizabethtown: William Fitzsimmons #9999FF Cornwall: John Sandfield MacDonald #EA6D6A Dundas: Simon S. Cook #9999FF Glengarry: James Craig #9999FF Grenville South: Mcneil Clarke #9999FF Kingston: William Robinson #9999FF Leeds North and Grenville North: Henry Merrick #9999FF Leeds South: Herbert Stone MacDonald #9999FF Stormont: William ColquhounElection declared void because of corrupt practices. Writ for new election issued. James Bethune (Liberal) won the subsequent byelection. Southeastern Ontario #EA6D6A Addington: Hammel Madden Deroche #9999FF Frontenac: Delino Dexter Calvin #9999FF Hastings East: Henry Corby #9999FF Hastings North: George Henry Boulter #9999FF Hastings West: Ketchum Graham #9999FF Lennox: John Thomas Grange #EA6D6A Northumberland East: William Wilson Webb #EA6D6A Northumberland West: Alexander Fraser #9999FF Peterborough East: George Read #EA6D6A Peterborough West: Thomas McCulloch Fairbairn #EA6D6A Prince Edward: Gideon StrikerElection declared void because of corrupt practices. Writ for new election issued. James Simeon McCuaig (Conservative) won the subsequent byelection. #9999FF Victoria North: Duncan McRae #EA6D6A Victoria South: Samuel Casey Wood a Byelections Electoral District Member initially elected/ outgoing member Reason for vacancy (subsequent election)Byelection heldMember elected in byelectionredirectChanged party; aAcclaimedCarleton George William MonkElection voided by court January 1872 George William Monk Grey South Abram William Lauder Abram William Lauder Prescott George Wellesley Hamilton George Wellesley Hamilton Gideon Striker Gideon Striker Simcoe North William Davis Ardagh William Davis Ardagh Stormont William Colquhoun redirect James Bethune Durham West Edward Blake Elected in two electoral districts n/a John McLeod Bothwell Archibald McKellarMinisterial by-election (Blake ministry) a Archibald McKellarOttawaRichard William Scott a Richard William Scott Toronto West Adam Crooks Adam Crooks Wellington South Peter Gow a Peter GowNorthumberland WestAlexander FraserResignation (December 12, 1971)n/a redirect Charles Gifford Grenville South Mcneil Clarke Died in office (February 29, 1872) n/a March 30, 1872 redirectChristopher Finlay Fraser Cornwall John Sandfield MacDonald Died in office (June 1, 1872) n/a July 16, 1872 John Goodall Snetsinger Bruce South Edward BlakeSought re-election as MP (in 1872 federal election) September 1872 Rupert Mearse Wells London John Carling William Ralph Meredith Middlesex West Alexander MackenzieRe-elected in Lambton John Watterworth Monck Lachlin McCallum redirect Henry Ryan Haney Grenville South Christopher Finlay Fraser Election voided by court October 16, 1872 Christopher Finlay FraserLambton Timothy Blair PardeeMinisterial by-election (Mowat ministry) November 1872 aTimothy Blair Pardee Oxford North George Perry Resignation (for seatless party leader)aOliver Mowat Brant South Edmund Burke Wood Sought election as MP Sought federal seat for Durham West May 2, 1873 Arthur Sturgis Hardy Grenville South Christopher Finlay Fraser Ministerial by-election (Mowat ministry) December 1873 aChristopher Finlay Fraser Wellington North Robert McKim Sought election as MP Sought federal seat for Wellington Centre February 1874 George Turner Orton a See also Politics of Ontario List of Ontario political parties Premier of Ontario Leader of the Opposition (Ontario) Notes and references Notes References Further reading 1872 Ontario Sessional Papers, 1871-72: Vol. IV - Part II Sessional Paper No. 39 - Return from the records of the General Election to the Legislative Assembly in 1871 https://archive.org/details/n02ontariosession04ontauoft/page/n488 Toronto King's Printer 1871 Category:1871 elections in Canada Category:March 1871 in Canada Category:1871 in Ontario