Brockville (provincial electoral district)
Brockville was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1867 at the time of confederation and was abolished in 1933 before the 1934 election.
| Ontario electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Ontario |
| District created | 1867 |
| District abolished | 1933 |
| First contested | 1867 |
| Last contested | 1929 |
Members of Provincial Parliament
| Brockville | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| Brockville and Elizabethtown | ||||
| 1st | 1867–1871 | William Fitzsimmons | Conservative | |
| 2nd | 1871–1875 | |||
| Brockville | ||||
| 3rd | 1875–1879 | Wilmot Howard Cole | Liberal | |
| 4th | 1879–1883 | Christopher Finlay Fraser | ||
| 5th | 1883–1886 | |||
| 6th | 1886–1890 | |||
| 7th | 1890–1894 | |||
| 8th | 1894–1898 | George Augustus Dana | ||
| 9th | 1898–1902 | George Perry Graham | ||
| 10th | 1902–1904 | |||
| 11th | 1905–1907 | |||
| 1907–1908 | Albert Edward Donovan | Conservative | ||
| 12th | 1908–1911 | |||
| 13th | 1911–1914 | |||
| 14th | 1914–1919 | |||
| 15th | 1919–1923 | Donald McAlpine | Liberal | |
| 16th | 1923–1926 | Hezekiah Allan Clark | Conservative | |
| 17th | 1926–1929 | |||
| 18th | 1929–1934 | |||
| Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[1] | ||||
| Merged into Leeds before 1934 election | ||||
Election results
| 1867 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Conservative | William Fitzsimmons | 630 | 51.05 | |||||
| Liberal | Christopher Finlay Fraser | 604 | 48.95 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 1,234 | 75.38 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 1,637 | |||||||
| Conservative pickup new district. | ||||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[2] | ||||||||
| 1871 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | William Fitzsimmons | 620 | 50.28 | −0.77 | ||||
| Liberal | Mr. Buell | 613 | 49.72 | +0.77 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,233 | 66.33 | −9.05 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 1,859 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −0.77 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[3] | ||||||||
| 1875 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Wilmot Howard Cole | 1,247 | 51.51 | +1.79 | ||||
| Conservative | William Fitzsimmons | 1,174 | 48.49 | −1.79 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,421 | 71.35 | +5.03 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 3,393 | |||||||
| Liberal notional gain from Conservative | Swing | +1.79 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[4] | ||||||||
| 1879 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Christopher Finlay Fraser | 1,379 | 52.14 | +0.63 | ||||
| Conservative | D. Mansell | 1,266 | 47.86 | −0.63 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 2,645 | 60.33 | −11.02 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 4,384 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +0.63 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[5] | ||||||||
References
- For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
- For William Fitzsimmons's Legislative Assembly information see "William Fitzsimmons, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Wilmot Howard Cole's Legislative Assembly information see "Wilmot Howard Cole, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Christopher Finlay Fraser's Legislative Assembly information see "Christopher Finlay Fraser, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For George Augustus Dana's Legislative Assembly information see "George Augustus Dana, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For George Perry Graham's Legislative Assembly information see "George Perry Graham, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Albert Edward Donovan's Legislative Assembly information see "Albert Edward Donovan, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Donald McAlpine's Legislative Assembly information see "Donald McAlpine, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Hezekiah Allan Clark's Legislative Assembly information see "Hezekiah Allan Clark, 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 17, 2024.
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