Grey East (provincial electoral district)
Provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada
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Grey East was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1875 for eastern portions of Grey North and Grey South. It was renamed and redistributed in 1886 as the riding of Grey Centre before being abolished in 1925 before the 1926 election.
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Ontario
District created1874
District abolished1925
First contested1875
 Ontario electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Ontario |
| District created | 1874 |
| District abolished | 1925 |
| First contested | 1875 |
| Last contested | 1923 |
Members of Provincial Parliament
| Grey East | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| 3rd | 1875–1879 | Abram William Lauder | Conservative | |
| 4th | 1879–1883 | |||
| 5th | 1883–1884 | |||
| 1884–1886 | Neil McColman | Conservative | ||
| Riding renamed to Grey Centre in 1886 | ||||
| 6th | 1886–1890 | Joseph Rorke | Conservative | |
| 7th | 1890–1894 | |||
| 8th | 1894–1898 | Thomas Gamey | Patron-PPA | |
| 9th | 1898–1919 | Isaac Benson Lucas | Conservative | |
| 10th | 1902–1905 | |||
| 11th | 1905–1908 | |||
| 12th | 1908–1911 | |||
| 13th | 1911–1914 | |||
| 14th | 1914–1919 | |||
| 15th | 1919–1923 | Dougall Carmichael | United Farmers | |
| 16th | 1923–1926 | |||
| Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[1] | ||||
| Merged into Grey North and Grey South ridings after 1925 | ||||
Election results
| 1875 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Conservative | Abram William Lauder | 1,297 | 67.55 | |||||
| Liberal | W. Brown | 623 | 32.45 | |||||
| Turnout | 1,920 | 53.42 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 3,594 | |||||||
| Conservative pickup new district. | ||||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[2] | ||||||||
| 1879 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | Abram William Lauder | 1,294 | 55.70 | −11.85 | ||||
| Independent | Mr. Myles | 728 | 31.34 | |||||
| Conservative | Joseph Rorke | 301 | 12.96 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 2,323 | 49.64 | −3.79 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 4,680 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −11.85 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[3] | ||||||||
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