Huron East (provincial electoral district)

For the federal electoral district, see Huron East.

Huron East was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It existed from 1875 to 1908 and consisted of the eastern areas of Huron County.

Huron East

Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	1875
District abolished	1908
First contested	1875
Last contested	1905

It was consistently represented by Liberals.^[1][2]

Members of Provincial Parliament

Huron East
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Huron North
3rd	1875–1879		Thomas Gibson	Liberal
4th	1879–1883
5th	1883–1886
6th	1886–1890
7th	1890–1894
8th	1894–1898
9th	1898–1902		Archibald Hislop	Liberal
10th	1902–1905
11th	1805–1908
Riding dissolved into Huron North and Huron Centre

Election results

v t e 1875 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Thomas Gibson	1,530	52.92
	Conservative	F. Vannorman	1,361	47.08
Turnout			2,891	70.89
Eligible voters			4,078
	Liberal pickup new district.
Source: Elections Ontario[3]

v t e 1879 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Gibson	1,924	50.74	−2.18
	Conservative	Mr. Holmes	1,868	49.26	+2.18
Total valid votes			3,792	68.76	−2.13
Eligible voters			5,515
	Liberal hold		Swing		−2.18
Source: Elections Ontario[4]

References

1. "Thomas Gibson | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org. 1871-03-21. Retrieved 2025-01-27.
2. "Archibald Hislop, MPP". ontla.on.ca. Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Archived from the original on December 23, 2010. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
3. "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1875. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
4. "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1879. Retrieved April 19, 2024.