Ottawa (Ontario provincial electoral district)

Ottawa was the name of a provincial electoral district that elected one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Canada from 1867 to 1894 and two members from 1894 to 1908.

Ottawa

Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	1867
District abolished	1908
First contested	1867
Last contested	1905
Demographics
Census division(s)	Carleton County
Census subdivision(s)	Ottawa, Ottawa East (1894-1908); Hintonburg (1894-1908); Nepean Township (1894-1908)

The riding was created when Ontario became a province in 1867, initially consisting solely of the City of Ottawa. It was expanded in the 1894 redistribution to include the villages of Ottawa East and Hintonburg, the unincorporated community of Mechanicsville and that part of the Township of Nepean located in Lots 36, 37, 38 in Concession A of Ottawa Front (mostly the area around the Bayswater community, today the area east of Parkdale Avenue and north of Carling Avenue). The riding was abolished in the 1908 redistribution into Ottawa East and Ottawa West.

When the Ottawa district had two members, 1894-1908, each voter could cast up to two votes (Block Voting).

Members of Provincial Parliament

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
1st	1867–1871		Richard William Scott	Liberal
2nd	1871–1874
	1874–1874		Daniel John O'Donoghue
3rd	1875–1879
4th	1879–1883		Patrick Baskerville	Conservative
5th	1883–1886
6th	1886–1890		Erskine Henry Bronson	Liberal
7th	1890–1894

Assembly	Years	Member		Party	Member		Party
Two members
8th	1894–1898		George O. O'Keefe	Liberal		Erskine Henry Bronson	Liberal
9th	1898–1902		Charles Berkeley Powell	Conservative		Alexander Lumsden
10th	1902–1904					Dennis Murphy	Conservative
11th	1905–1908		George Samuel May	Liberal		Donald Joseph McDougal	Liberal

Election results

1867–1890

1867 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Richard William Scott	810	68.76
	Conservative	Henry J. Friel	368	31.24
Total valid votes			1,178	41.49
Eligible voters			2,839
	Liberal pickup new district.
Source: Elections Ontario

1871 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Richard William Scott	574	76.33	7.57
	Conservative	G.H. Preston	178	23.67	−7.57
Turnout			752	27.68	−13.81
Eligible voters			2,717
	Liberal hold		Swing		7.57
Source: Elections Ontario

Ontario provincial by-election, January 1872 Ministerial by-election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Richard William Scott	Acclaimed
Source: History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario

Ontario provincial by-election, January 18, 1874 Resignation of Richard William Scott
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Daniel John O'Donoghue	882	69.72
	Independent	R. Nagle	285	22.53
	Independent	T.M. Blasdell	91	7.19
	Independent	G.H. Preston	7	0.55
Total valid votes			1,265	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing
Source: History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario

1875 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Daniel John O'Donoghue	852	35.35	−34.37
	Liberal	J. P. Featherston	800	33.20	−36.53
	Conservative	John O'Connor	758	31.45
Total valid votes			2,410	54.25
Eligible voters			4,442
	Liberal hold		Swing		−34.37
Source: Elections Ontario

1879 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patrick Baskerville	1,064	39.72	8.26
	Independent	George Samuel May	1,000	37.33
	Liberal	Daniel John O'Donoghue	606	22.62	−45.93
	Independent	Mr. St. Jean	5	0.19
	Independent	W.D. O'Keefe	4	0.15
Total valid votes			2,679	47.99	−6.26
Eligible voters			5,582
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		8.26
Source: Elections Ontario

1883 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Patrick Baskerville	1,363	48.49
	Liberal	W. D. O'Keefe	835	29.70
	Independent	F. McDougall	513	21.81
Total valid votes			2,811	100.00

1886 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Erskine Henry Bronson	1,815	53.97
	Conservative	Patrick Baskerville	1,538	45.73
	Independent	John Clancy	10	0.30
Total valid votes			3,363	100.00

1890 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Erskine Henry Bronson	3,379	63.24
	Conservative (Equal Rights)	D. Donaldson	1,964	36.76
Total valid votes			5,343	100.00

1894–1905 (two members elected)

1894 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal	George O. O'Keefe	3,381	29.99	Y
	Liberal	Erskine Henry Bronson	3,316	29.41	Y
	Conservative	Taylor McVeitty	2,616	23.20
	Independent	A. F. McIntyre	1,923	17.06
	Independent	T. H. Beck	39	0.35

1898 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal	Alexander Lumsden	4,793	28.68	Y
	Conservative	Charles Berkeley Powell	4,548	25.49	Y
	Liberal	George O. O'Keefe	4,539	25.44
	Conservative	B. Slattery	3,964	22.21

1902 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Conservative	Dennis Murphy	5,964	27.15	Y
	Conservative	Charles Berkeley Powell	5,633	26.50	Y
	Liberal	S. Bingham	5,153	24.25
	Liberal	Alexander Lumsden	4,698	22.10

1905 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal	Donald Joseph McDougal	6,053	26.06	Y
	Liberal	George Samuel May	5,904	25.42	Y
	Conservative	Dennis Murphy	5,675	24.43
	Conservative	Ross	5,596	24.09

References

• Centennial Edition of a History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario 1867-1967