Bothwell (Canadian provincial electoral district)

Bothwell
Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	1867
District abolished	1875
First contested	1867
Last contested	1871

District created1867

District abolished1875

First contested1867

Bothwell was a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1867 at the time of Confederation and was abolished in 1874 and redistributed between Kent East, Lambton East, and Lambton West.^[1] Bothwell was represented by Liberal Archibald McKellar for its entire existence.^[1]

Bothwell
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
1st	1867–1871		Archibald McKellar	Liberal
2nd	1871–1875		Archibald McKellar	Liberal
Bothwell Split into Kent West and Kent East

v t e Ontario provincial by-election, January 1872 Ministerial by-election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Archibald McKellar	Acclaimed
Source: History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario^[2]^: 16

v t e 1871 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Archibald McKellar	1,304	55.02	+3.57
	Conservative	Mr. Kerby	1,066	44.98	−3.57
Turnout			2,370	72.17	−10.99
Eligible voters			3,284
	Liberal hold		Swing		+3.57
Source: Elections Ontario^[3]

v t e 1867 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Archibald McKellar	1,242	51.45
	Conservative	Mr. Kirby	1,172	48.55
Total valid votes			2,414	83.16
Eligible voters			2,903
	Liberal pickup new district.
Source: Elections Ontario^[4]

Electoral history