Dufferin (provincial electoral district)
Provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada
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Dufferin was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1875 and was abolished into Dufferin–Simcoe before the 1934 election.
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Ontario
District created1875
District abolished1934
First contested1875
 Ontario electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Ontario |
| District created | 1875 |
| District abolished | 1934 |
| First contested | 1875 |
| Last contested | 1929 |
Members of Provincial Parliament
| Dufferin | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| 3rd | 1875–1879 | John Barr | Conservative | |
| 4th | 1879–1883 | William Jelly | ||
| 5th | 1883–1886 | Robert McGhee | ||
| 6th | 1886–1890 | Falkner Cornwall Stewart | ||
| 7th | 1890–1894 | John Barr | ||
| 8th | 1894–1898 | William Dynes | Patrons of Industry | |
| 9th | 1898–1902 | John Barr | Conservative | |
| 10th | 1902–1904 | |||
| 11th | 1905–1907 | Frederick William Lewis | ||
| 1907–1908 | Charles Robert McKeown | |||
| 12th | 1908–1911 | |||
| 13th | 1911–1914 | |||
| 14th | 1914–1919 | |||
| 15th | 1919–1923 | Thomas Kerr Slack | United Farmers | |
| 16th | 1923–1926 | Charles Robert McKeown | Conservative | |
| 17th | 1926–1929 | Thomas Kerr Slack | Progressive | |
| 18th | 1929–1934 | |||
| Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[1] | ||||
| Merged into Dufferin–Simcoe before the 1934 election | ||||
Election results
| 1875 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal–Conservative | John Barr | 982 | 46.06 | |||||
| Conservative | M. McCarthy | 727 | 34.10 | |||||
| Conservative | T. Armstrong | 390 | 18.29 | |||||
| Liberal | W. Parsons | 33 | 1.55 | |||||
| Turnout | 2,132 | 66.23 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 3,219 | |||||||
| Liberal–Conservative pickup new district. | ||||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[2] | ||||||||
| 1879 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | John Barr | 1,357 | 55.32 | +2.93 | ||||
| Independent | Robert McGhee | 1,096 | 44.68 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 2,453 | 58.18 | −8.05 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 4,216 | |||||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal–Conservative | Swing | +2.93 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[3] | ||||||||