Lanark North (provincial electoral district)
Electoral district in Ontario, Canada
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Lanark North was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1867 at the time of confederation and was abolished in 1933 before the 1934 election.
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Ontario
District created1867
District abolished1933
First contested1867
 Ontario electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Ontario |
| District created | 1867 |
| District abolished | 1933 |
| First contested | 1867 |
| Last contested | 1929 |
Members of Provincial Parliament
| Lanark North | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| 1st | 1867–1871 | Daniel Galbraith | Liberal | |
| 2nd | 1871–1872 | |||
| 1872–1874 | William Clyde Caldwell | |||
| 3rd | 1875–1879 | William Mostyn | Conservative | |
| 4th | 1879–1883 | William Clyde Caldwell | Liberal | |
| 5th | 1883–1886 | |||
| 6th | 1886–1888 | Daniel Hilliard | ||
| 1888–1890 | William Clyde Caldwell | |||
| 7th | 1890–1894 | |||
| 8th | 1894–1898 | Richard Franklin Preston | Conservative | |
| 9th | 1898–1902 | William Clyde Caldwell | Liberal | |
| 10th | 1902–1905 | |||
| 11th | 1905–1908 | Richard Franklin Preston | Conservative | |
| 12th | 1908–1911 | |||
| 13th | 1911–1914 | |||
| 14th | 1914–1919 | |||
| 15th | 1919–1923 | Hiram McCreary | United Farmers | |
| 16th | 1923–1926 | Thomas Alfred Thompson | Conservative | |
| 17th | 1926–1928 | |||
| 18th | 1929–1934 | John Alexander Craig | ||
| Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[1] | ||||
| Merged into Lanark before 1934 election | ||||
Election results
| 1867 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Daniel Galbraith | Acclaimed | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[2] | ||||||||
| 1871 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Daniel Galbraith | Acclaimed | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[3] | ||||||||
| Ontario provincial by-election, August 1872 Resignation of Daniel Galbraith | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | William Clyde Caldwell | 619 | 51.80 | |||||
| Conservative | Bennett Rosamond | 576 | 48.20 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 1,195 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal hold | ||||||||
| Source: History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario[4]: 185 | ||||||||
| 1875 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | William Mostyn | 913 | 50.72 | +2.52 | ||||
| Liberal | William Clyde Caldwell | 887 | 49.28 | −2.52 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,800 | 80.07 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 2,248 | |||||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +2.52 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[5] | ||||||||
| 1879 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | William Clyde Caldwell | 1,309 | 56.04 | +6.76 | ||||
| Conservative | William Mostyn | 1,027 | 43.96 | −6.76 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 2,336 | 73.44 | −6.64 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 3,181 | |||||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +6.76 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[6] | ||||||||