Ontario South (provincial electoral district)

This article is about the provincial electoral district. For the federal electoral district, see Ontario South.

Ontario South was a provincial electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. Created in 1867 at the time of Confederation, it was abolished in 1933 before the 1934 election. It was briefly recreated in 1967 and abolished again in 1975. It was last contested in 1971.

Ontario South

Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	1867
District abolished	1933
District re-created	1967
District re-abolished	1975
First contested	1867
Last contested	1971

Members of the Provincial Parliament

Ontario South
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
1st	1867–1871		William McGill	Liberal
2nd	1871–1874		Abram Farewell	Liberal
3rd	1875–1879		Nicholas W. Brown	Conservative
4th	1879–1883		John Dryden	Liberal
5th	1883–1886
6th	1886–1890
7th	1890–1894
8th	1894–1898
9th	1898–1898		Charles Calder	Conservative
	1898–1902		John Dryden	Liberal
10th	1902–1904
11th	1905–1908		Charles Calder	Conservative
12th	1908–1911
13th	1911–1914		W. E. N. Sinclair	Liberal
14th	1914–1919		Charles Calder	Conservative
15th	1919–1923		W. E. N. Sinclair	Liberal
16th	1923–1926
17th	1926–1929
18th	1929–1934
Merged into Ontario before the 1934 election
Re-established from the southern part of Ontario before the 1967 election
28th	1967–1971		Bill Newman	Progressive Conservative
29th	1971–1975
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[1]
Merged into Durham—York before the 1975 election

Election results

v t e 1867 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	William McGill	1,367	56.35
	Conservative	D. Tucker	1,059	43.65
Total valid votes			2,426	83.60
Eligible voters			2,902
	Liberal pickup new district.
Source: Elections Ontario[2]

v t e 1871 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Abram Farewell	1,180	52.17	−4.18
	Conservative	William McGill	1,082	47.83	+4.18
Turnout			2,262	65.81	−17.79
Eligible voters			3,437
	Liberal hold		Swing		−4.18
Source: Elections Ontario[3]

v t e 1875 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nicholas W. Brown	1,614	50.52	+2.68
	Liberal	Abram Farewell	1,581	49.48	−2.68
Total valid votes			3,195	72.91	+7.10
Eligible voters			4,382
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+2.68
Source: Elections Ontario[4]

v t e 1879 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Dryden	1,721	56.24	+6.76
	Conservative	Nicholas W. Brown	1,339	43.76	−6.76
Total valid votes			3,060	60.59	−12.32
Eligible voters			5,050
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+6.76
Source: Elections Ontario[5]

References

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

   • For William McGill's Legislative Assembly information see "William McGill, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
   • For Abram Farewell's Legislative Assembly information see "Abram Farewell, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
   • For Nicholas W. Brown's Legislative Assembly information see "Nicholas W. Brown, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
   • For John Dryden's Legislative Assembly information see "John Dryden, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
   • For Charles Calder's Legislative Assembly information see "Charles Calder, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
   • For W. E. N. Sinclair's Legislative Assembly information see "W. E. N. Sinclair, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
   • For Bill Newman's Legislative Assembly information see "Bill Newman, 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. "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1879. Retrieved April 19, 2024.