Northumberland West (provincial electoral district)

This article is about the provincial electoral district. For the federal electoral district, see Northumberland West.

Northumberland West

Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	1867
District abolished	1925
First contested	1867
Last contested	1923

Northumberland West was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1867 at the time of confederation and was abolished in 1925 before the 1926 election. It was merged with Northumberland East to form Northumberland.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Northumberland West
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
1st	1867–1871		Alexander Fraser	Liberal
2nd	1871–1871
	1872–1874		Charles Gifford	Conservative
3rd	1875–1879		William Hargraft	Liberal
4th	1879–1883		John Collard Field	Liberal
5th	1883–1886		Robert Mulholland	Conservative
6th	1886–1890		Corelli Collard Field	Liberal
7th	1890–1894
8th	1894–1898
9th	1898–1902		Samuel Clarke
10th	1902–1904
11th	1905–1908
12th	1908–1911
13th	1911–1914
14th	1914–1919
15th	1919–1923
16th	1923–1926
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly
Merged into Northumberland before the 1926 election

Election results

1867 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Alexander Fraser	Acclaimed
Source: Elections Ontario

1871 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Alexander Fraser	1,013	50.90
	Conservative	Charles Gifford	977	49.10
Turnout			1,990	67.48
Eligible voters			2,949
	Liberal hold		Swing		–
Source: Elections Ontario

Ontario provincial by-election, January 1872 Resignation of Alexander Fraser
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Gifford	1,167	52.21	3.12
	Independent	J. Fisher	1,068	47.79
Total valid votes			2,235	100.0	12.31
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		3.12
Source: History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario

1875 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Hargraft	1,251	52.59
	Conservative	Charles Gifford	1,128	47.41	−4.80
Total valid votes			2,379	70.78
Eligible voters			3,361
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		2.40
Source: Elections Ontario

1879 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Collard Field	1,333	50.40	−2.19
	Conservative	G. Guillet	1,312	49.60	2.19
Total valid votes			2,645	65.54	−5.25
Eligible voters			4,036
	Liberal hold		Swing		−2.19
Source: Elections Ontario