Peterborough West (provincial electoral district)
Peterborough West was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1867 at the time of confederation and was abolished in 1926. In 1926, Peterborough West and Peterborough East were redistributed into two ridings Peterborough City and Peterborough County. This lasted until 1934 when both ridings were merged into one riding called Peterborough.
| 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
| Peterborough West | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| 1st | 1867–1871 | John Carnegie | Conservative | |
| 2nd | 1871–1874 | Thomas McCulloch Fairbairn | Liberal | |
| 3rd | 1875–1875 | George Albertus Cox | ||
| 1875–1879 | William Hepburn Scott | Conservative | ||
| 4th | 1879–1882 | |||
| 1882–1883 | Robert Kincaid | |||
| 5th | 1883–1886 | John Carnegie | ||
| 6th | 1886–1890 | James Robert Stratton | Liberal | |
| 7th | 1890–1894 | |||
| 8th | 1894–1898 | |||
| 9th | 1898–1902 | |||
| 10th | 1902–1904 | |||
| 11th | 1905–1908 | Thomas Evans Bradburn | Conservative | |
| 12th | 1908–1911 | |||
| 13th | 1911–1914 | Edward Armour Peck | ||
| 14th | 1914–1919 | George Alexander Gillespie | Liberal | |
| 15th | 1919–1923 | Thomas Tooms | Labour | |
| 16th | 1923–1926 | William Herbert Bradburn | Conservative | |
| Peterborough City | ||||
| 17th | 1926–1929 | William Herbert Bradburn | Conservative | |
| 18th | 1929–1934 | James Fordyce Strickland | ||
| Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[1] | ||||
| Merged into Peterborough riding before the 1934 election | ||||
Election results
| 1867 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Conservative | John Carnegie | 670 | 50.68 | |||||
| Liberal | J. Walton | 652 | 49.32 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 1,322 | 78.50 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 1,684 | |||||||
| Conservative pickup new district. | ||||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[2] | ||||||||
| 1871 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Thomas McCulloch Fairbairn | 648 | 52.13 | +2.81 | ||||
| Conservative | John Carnegie | 595 | 47.87 | −2.81 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,243 | 69.91 | −8.59 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 1,778 | |||||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.81 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[3] | ||||||||
| Ontario provincial by-election, July 30, 1874 Death of Thomas McCulloch Fairbairn | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | William Hepburn Scott | 438 | 50.34 | +2.48 | ||||
| Independent | Mr. Dumble | 432 | 49.66 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 870 | 100.0 | −30.01 | |||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +2.48 | ||||||
| Source: History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario[4]: 304 | ||||||||
| 1875 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | George Albertus Cox | 970 | 51.19 | |||||
| Conservative | William Hepburn Scott | 925 | 48.81 | −1.53 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 1,895 | 71.27 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 2,659 | |||||||
| Election voided | ||||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[5] | ||||||||
| Ontario provincial by-election, October 1875 Previous election voided | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | William Hepburn Scott | 995 | 50.03 | −0.32 | ||||
| Liberal | George Albertus Cox | 994 | 49.97 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 1,989 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −0.32 | ||||||
| Source: History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario[4]: 304 | ||||||||
| 1879 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | William Hepburn Scott | 1,130 | 52.68 | +2.66 | ||||
| Liberal | Mr. Elliot | 878 | 40.93 | −9.04 | ||||
| Independent | Mr. Hogan | 137 | 6.39 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 2,145 | 55.99 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 3,831 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +5.85 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[6] | ||||||||
References
- For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
- For John Carnegie's Legislative Assembly information see "John Carnegie, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Thomas McCulloch Fairbairn's Legislative Assembly information see "Thomas McCulloch Fairbairn, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For William Hepburn Scott's Legislative Assembly information see "William Hepburn Scott, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For George A. Cox's Legislative Assembly information see "George A. Cox, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For William Hepburn Scott's Legislative Assembly information see "William Hepburn Scott, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Robert Kincaid's Legislative Assembly information see "Robert Kincaid, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For James Robert Stratton's Legislative Assembly information see "James Robert Stratton, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Thomas Evans Bradburn's Legislative Assembly information see "Thomas Evans Bradburn, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Edward Armour Peck's Legislative Assembly information see "Edward Armour Peck, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For George Alex Gillespie's Legislative Assembly information see "George Alex Gillespie, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Thomas Tooms's Legislative Assembly information see "Thomas Tooms, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For William Herbert Bradburn's Legislative Assembly information see "William Herbert Bradburn, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For James Fordyce Strickland's Legislative Assembly information see "James Fordyce Strickland, 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.
- Lewis, Roderick (1968). Centennial Edition of a History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario, 1867–1968. OCLC 1052682.
- "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1875. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
- "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1879. Retrieved April 19, 2024.
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