Lennox (provincial electoral district)
Former provincial electoral riding in Ontario, Canada
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Lennox 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
| Lennox | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| 1st | 1867–1871 | John Stevenson | Conservative | |
| 2nd | 1871–1874 | John Thomas Grange | ||
| 3rd | 1875–1879 | |||
| 4th | 1879–1883 | George Douglas Hawley | Liberal | |
| 5th | 1883–1885 | Alexander Hall Roe | Conservative | |
| 1885–1886 | George Douglas Hawley | Liberal | ||
| 6th | 1886–1890 | Walter William Meacham | Conservative | |
| 7th | 1890–1894 | |||
| 8th | 1894–1898 | |||
| 9th | 1898–1902 | Bowen Ebenezer Aylsworth | Liberal | |
| 10th | 1902–1904 | Thomas George Carscallen | Conservative | |
| 11th | 1905–1908 | |||
| 12th | 1908–1911 | |||
| 13th | 1911–1914 | |||
| 14th | 1914–1917 | |||
| 1918–1919 | Reginald Amherst Fowler | |||
| 15th | 1919–1923 | |||
| 16th | 1923–1923 | John Perry Vrooman | Liberal | |
| 1923–1926 | Charles Wesley Hambly | Conservative | ||
| Combined with Frontenac to form Frontenac-Lennox | ||||
| 17th | 1926–1929 | Edward Ming | Liberal | |
| 18th | 1929–1934 | Charles Wesley Hambly | Conservative | |
| Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[1] | ||||
| Merged into Prince Edward—Lennox before the 1934 election | ||||
Election results
| 1867 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Conservative | John Stevenson | 1,222 | 53.29 | |||||
| Liberal | T.W. Casey | 826 | 36.02 | |||||
| Independent | B.C. Davy | 245 | 10.68 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 2,293 | 66.35 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 3,456 | |||||||
| Conservative pickup new district. | ||||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[2] | ||||||||
| 1871 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | John Thomas Grange | 1,183 | 56.41 | +3.12 | ||||
| Conservative | John Stevenson | 914 | 43.59 | −9.71 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,097 | 62.95 | −3.40 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 3,331 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +6.41 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[3] | ||||||||
| 1875 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Independent Conservative | John Thomas Grange | 1,065 | 54.36 | −2.05 | ||||
| Liberal | T.W. Casey | 510 | 26.03 | |||||
| Independent | P.D. Booth | 384 | 19.60 | |||||
| Turnout | 1,959 | 53.47 | −9.49 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 3,664 | |||||||
| Independent Conservative hold | Swing | −2.05 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[4] | ||||||||
| 1879 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | George Douglas Hawley | 1,231 | 50.20 | +24.17 | ||||
| Conservative | Mr. Ker | 1,221 | 49.80 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 2,452 | 62.71 | +9.24 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 3,910 | |||||||
| Liberal gain from Independent Conservative | Swing | +24.17 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[5] | ||||||||