Simcoe South 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
edit| Simcoe South | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| 1st | 1867–1871 | Thomas Roberts Ferguson | Conservative | |
| 2nd | 1871–1873 | |||
| 1874–1874 | D'Arcy Boulton | |||
| 3rd | 1875–1875 | |||
| 1875–1878 | William McDougall | Liberal | ||
| 1878–1879 | William James Parkhill | Conservative | ||
| 4th | 1879–1883 | |||
| 5th | 1883–1886 | George Prevost McKay | ||
| Abolished in 1886, reestablished in 1908 | ||||
| 12th | 1908–1911 | Alexander Ferguson | Conservative | |
| 13th | 1911–1914 | |||
| 14th | 1914–1919 | |||
| 15th | 1919–1923 | Edgar James Evans | United Farmers | |
| 16th | 1923–1926 | William Earl Rowe | Conservative | |
| Renamed Simcoe Southwest before the 1926 election | ||||
| 17th | 1926–1929 | John Henry Mitchell | Liberal–Progressive | |
| 18th | 1929–1934 | James Edgar Jamieson | Conservative | |
| Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[1] | ||||
| Merged into Simcoe Centre and Simcoe East before the 1934 election | ||||
Election results
edit| 1867 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | Thomas Roberts Ferguson | Acclaimed | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[2] | ||||||||
| 1871 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | Thomas Roberts Ferguson | Acclaimed | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[3] | ||||||||
| Ontario provincial by-election, January 1874 Resignation of Thomas Roberts Ferguson | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Conservative | D'Arcy Boulton | 1,622 | 54.12 | |||||
| Independent | T. Saunders | 1,375 | 45.88 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 2,997 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Conservative hold | ||||||||
| Source: History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario[4]: 352 | ||||||||
| 1875 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | D'Arcy Boulton | 1,057 | 58.17 | 4.05 | ||||
| Liberal | R. Snelling | 760 | 41.83 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 1,817 | 67.15 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 2,706 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | 4.05 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[5] | ||||||||
| Ontario provincial by-election, June 1875 Death of D'Arcy Boulton | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Independent Liberal | William McDougall | 817 | 60.30 | |||||
| Independent | G. Dinwoody | 538 | 39.70 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 1,355 | |||||||
| Independent Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | – | ||||||
| Source: History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario[4]: 352 | ||||||||
| Ontario provincial by-election, October 1878 Resignation of William McDougall | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Elected | |||||
| Conservative | William James Parkhill | Unknown | 
| |||||
| Independent | J.H.W. Wilson | Unknown | ||||||
| Conservative gain from Independent Liberal | ||||||||
| Source: History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario[4]: 352 | ||||||||
| 1879 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | William James Parkhill | Acclaimed | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[6] | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
- For Thomas Roberts Ferguson's Legislative Assembly information see "Thomas Roberts Ferguson, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For D'Arcy Boulton's Legislative Assembly information see "D'Arcy Boulton, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For William McDougall's Legislative Assembly information see "William McDougall, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For William James Parkhill's Legislative Assembly information see "William James Parkhill, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For George Prevost McKay's Legislative Assembly information see "George Prevost McKay, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Alexander Ferguson's Legislative Assembly information see "Alexander Ferguson, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Edgar James Evans's Legislative Assembly information see "Edgar James Evans, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For William Earl Rowe's Legislative Assembly information see "William Earl Rowe, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For John Henry Mitchell's Legislative Assembly information see "John Henry Mitchell, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For James Edgar Jamieson's Legislative Assembly information see "James Edgar Jamieson, 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.
- ^ a b c 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.