Essex South (provincial electoral district)

For other uses, see Essex South (disambiguation).

Essex South

Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	1875
District abolished	1996
First contested	1875
Last contested	1995

Essex South was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1875 when the riding of Essex was split into Essex North and Essex South. It was abolished in 1996 before the 1999 election.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Essex South
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Essex in 1875
3rd	1875–1879		Lewis Wigle	Conservative
4th	1879–1882
	1882–1883		William Balfour	Liberal
5th	1883–1886
6th	1886–1890
7th	1890–1894
8th	1894–1896
	1896–1898		John Allan Auld	Liberal
9th	1898–1902
10th	1902–1905
11th	1905–1908
12th	1908–1911		Charles Anderson	Conservative
13th	1911–1914
14th	1914–1919		Lambert Peter Wigle	Liberal
15th	1919–1923		Milton C. Fox	United Farmers
16th	1923–1926		Adolphus T. Armstrong	Conservative
17th	1926–1929		Charles George Fletcher	Liberal
18th	1929–1934		Austin Burton Smith	Conservative
19th	1934–1937		Lambert Peter Wigle	Liberal
20th	1937–1943		Charles George Fletcher	Liberal
21st	1943–1945		William Murdoch	Progressive Conservative
22nd	1945–1948
23rd	1948–1951
24th	1951–1955
25th	1955–1959
26th	1959–1963
27th	1963–1967		Donald Paterson	Liberal
28th	1967–1971
29th	1971–1975
30th	1975–1977		Remo Mancini	Liberal
31st	1977–1981
32nd	1981–1985
33rd	1985–1987
34th	1987–1990
35th	1990–1993
	1993–1995		Bruce Crozier	Liberal
36th	1995–1999
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly
Merged into Essex riding before the 1999 election

Election results

1875 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Lewis Wigle	1,014	51.19
	Liberal	J.C. Iler	967	48.81
Turnout			1,981	69.61
Eligible voters			2,846
Election voided
Source: Elections Ontario

Ontario provincial by-election, September 1875 Previous election voided
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Lewis Wigle	1,310	58.53
	Liberal	J.C. Iler	928	41.47
Total valid votes			2,238
	Conservative pickup new district.
Source: History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario

1879 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lewis Wigle	1,418	52.93	−5.60
	Liberal	William Balfour	1,261	47.07	5.60
Total valid votes			2,679	74.29
Eligible voters			3,606
	Conservative hold		Swing		−5.60
Source: Elections Ontario