Huron North (provincial electoral district)
Huron North was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It existed from 1867 to 1874, and again from 1908 to 1934, when it was abolished into Huron—Bruce.[1] It consisted of the northern areas of Huron County.
| Ontario electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Ontario |
| District created | 1867 |
| District abolished | 1929 |
| First contested | 1867 |
| Last contested | 1929 |
Members of Provincial Parliament
| Huron North | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| Riding created | ||||
| 1st | 1867–1871 | William Torrance Hays | Conservative | |
| 2nd | 1871–1874 | Thomas Gibson | Liberal | |
| Riding dissolved into Huron East, Huron South and Huron West | ||||
| Riding created from Huron East and Huron West | ||||
| 12th | 1908–1911 | Armstrong Musgrove | Conservative | |
| 13th | 1911–1914 | |||
| 14th | 1914–1919 | |||
| 15th | 1919–1923 | John Joynt | Conservative | |
| 16th | 1923–1926 | |||
| 17th | 1926–1929 | Charles Alexander Robertson | Liberal | |
| 18th | 1929–1934 | |||
| Riding dissolved into Huron—Bruce and Huron | ||||
Election results
| 1867 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Conservative | William Torrance Hays | 2,030 | 50.80 | |||||
| Liberal | Thomas Gibson | 1,966 | 49.20 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 3,996 | 72.48 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 5,513 | |||||||
| Conservative pickup new district. | ||||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[2] | ||||||||
| 1871 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Thomas Gibson | 2,259 | 55.86 | +6.66 | ||||
| Conservative | William Torrance Hays | 1,785 | 44.14 | −6.66 | ||||
| Turnout | 4,044 | 68.67 | −3.81 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 5,889 | |||||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +6.66 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[3] | ||||||||
References
- "Charles Robertson | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org. 1934-06-19. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
- "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1867. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
- "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1871. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
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