Norfolk North (provincial electoral district)
Former provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada
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Norfolk North was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1867 at the time of confederation and was abolished in 1925 before the 1926 election.
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Ontario
District created1867
District abolished1925
First contested1867
 Ontario electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Ontario |
| District created | 1867 |
| District abolished | 1925 |
| First contested | 1867 |
| Last contested | 1923 |
Members of Provincial Parliament
| Norfolk North | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| 1st | 1867–1871 | James Wilson | Conservative | |
| 2nd | 1871–1874 | John Fitzgerald Clarke | Liberal | |
| 3rd | 1875–1879 | |||
| 4th | 1879–1883 | John Bailey Freeman | ||
| 5th | 1883–1886 | |||
| 6th | 1886–1890 | |||
| 7th | 1890–1890 | |||
| 1891–1894 | Edwin Clarendon Carpenter | |||
| 8th | 1894–1898 | |||
| 9th | 1898–1902 | |||
| 10th | 1902–1903 | Frederick Snider | Conservative | |
| 1903–1904 | Archibald Little | Liberal | ||
| 11th | 1905–1908 | Thomas Robert Atkinson | ||
| 12th | 1908–1911 | Hugh Paterson Innes | Conservative | |
| 13th | 1911–1914 | Thomas Robert Atkinson | Liberal | |
| 14th | 1914–1919 | |||
| 15th | 1919–1923 | George David Sewell | United Farmers | |
| 16th | 1923–1926 | |||
| Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[1] | ||||
| Merged into Norfolk before the 1926 election | ||||
Election results
| 1867 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Conservative | James Wilson | 987 | 50.05 | |||||
| Liberal | M.H. Foley | 985 | 49.95 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 1,972 | 83.84 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 2,352 | |||||||
| Conservative pickup new district. | ||||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[2] | ||||||||
| 1871 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | John Fitzgerald Clarke | 1,122 | 56.78 | +6.83 | ||||
| Conservative | James Wilson | 854 | 43.22 | −6.83 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,976 | 74.43 | −9.41 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 2,655 | |||||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +6.83 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[3] | ||||||||
| 1875 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | John Fitzgerald Clarke | 1,417 | 52.19 | −4.59 | ||||
| Conservative | J. McKnight | 1,298 | 47.81 | +4.59 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 2,715 | 75.77 | +1.35 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 3,583 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | −4.59 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[4] | ||||||||
| 1879 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | John Bailey Freeman | 1,490 | 52.12 | −0.08 | ||||
| Conservative | James Wilson | 1,369 | 47.88 | +0.08 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 2,859 | 71.55 | −4.23 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 3,996 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | −0.08 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[5] | ||||||||