Northumberland East (provincial electoral district)

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

Northumberland East 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 West to form Northumberland.

Northumberland East

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

Members of Provincial Parliament

Northumberland East
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
1st	1867–1871		John Eyre	Liberal
2nd	1871–1874		William Wilson Webb
3rd	1875–1879		James Marshall Ferris
4th	1879–1883
5th	1883–1886
6th	1886–1887		William Arnson Willoughby	Conservative
	1888–1888		Richard Clarke	Liberal
	1888–1890		William Arnson Willoughby	Conservative
7th	1890–1894
8th	1894–1898
9th	1898–1902		John Henry Douglas	Liberal
10th	1902–1904		William Arnson Willoughby	Conservative
11th	1905–1908
12th	1908–1911		Samuel Greerson Nesbitt	Conservative
13th	1911–1914
14th	1914–1919
15th	1919–1923		Wesley Montgomery	United Farmers
16th	1923–1926		James Belford	Conservative
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[1]
Merged into Northumberland before the 1926 election

Election results

v t e 1867 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	John Eyre	1,492	64.56
	Conservative	G.S. Burrell	817	35.35
	Independent	Mr. Cummings	1	0.04
	Independent	Mr. Humphries	1	0.04
Total valid votes			2,311	66.97
Eligible voters			3,451
	Liberal pickup new district.
Source: Elections Ontario[2]

v t e 1871 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Wilson Webb	694	37.70	−26.86
	Conservative	John Eyre	664	36.07	+0.71
	Independent	Mr. Meyers	483	26.24
Turnout			1,841	53.22	−13.75
Eligible voters			3,459
	Liberal hold		Swing		−13.79
Source: Elections Ontario[3]

v t e 1875 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Marshall Ferris	1,551	48.27	+10.58
	Conservative	E. Cochrane	1,448	45.07	+9.00
	Liberal	William Wilson Webb	214	6.66	−31.04
Total valid votes			3,213	74.62	+21.39
Eligible voters			4,306
Election voided
Source: Elections Ontario[4]

v t e Ontario provincial by-election, November 1875 Previous election voided
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Marshall Ferris	1,709	52.46	+14.76
	Conservative	E. Cochrane	1,549	47.54	+11.48
Total valid votes			3,258
	Liberal hold		Swing		+1.64
Source: History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario[5]: 248

v t e 1879 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Marshall Ferris	1,887	50.64	−1.81
	Conservative	E. Cochrane	1,839	49.36	+1.81
Total valid votes			3,726	71.32
Eligible voters			5,224
	Liberal hold		Swing		−1.81
Source: Elections Ontario[6]

References

1. For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:

   • For John Eyre's Legislative Assembly information see "John Eyre, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
   • For William Wilson Webb's Legislative Assembly information see "William Wilson Webb, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
   • For James Marshall Ferris's Legislative Assembly information see "James Marshall Ferris, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
   • For William Arnson Willoughby's Legislative Assembly information see "William Arnson Willoughby, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
   • For Richard Clarke's Legislative Assembly information see "Richard Clarke, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
   • For John Henry Douglas's Legislative Assembly information see "John Henry Douglas, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
   • For Samuel Greerson Nesbitt's Legislative Assembly information see "Samuel Greerson Nesbitt, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
   • For Wesley Montgomery's Legislative Assembly information see "Wesley Montgomery, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
   • For James Belford's Legislative Assembly information see "James Franklin Beatty Belford, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
2. "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1867. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
3. "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1871. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
4. "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1875. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
5. Lewis, Roderick (1968). Centennial Edition of a History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario, 1867–1968. OCLC 1052682.
6. "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1879. Retrieved April 19, 2024.