Ottawa (County of) (electoral district)
Former federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada
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Ottawa (County of) (French: Ottawa (Compté d')) was a federal electoral district in Quebec in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1892. It was based in the Outaouais region of Quebec, across the Ottawa River from the city of Ottawa, Ontario.
 Quebec electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal electoral district | |
| Legislature | House of Commons |
| District created | 1867 |
| District abolished | 1892 |
| First contested | 1867 |
| Last contested | 1891 |
The electoral district was created by the British North America Act, 1867, based on the former electoral district of Ottawa in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada. The district was redistributed into the new electoral districts of Wright and Labelle in 1892.
Members of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada
This riding elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada:
- Philemon Wright (1830–1834)
- Theodore Davis (1832–1834) (second member added)
- James Blackburn & Baxter Bowman (1834–1838)
Members of Parliament
This riding elected the following members of Parliament:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| County of Ottawa | ||||
| 1st | 1867–1872 | Alonzo Wright | Liberal–Conservative | |
| 2nd | 1872–1874 | |||
| 3rd | 1874–1878 | |||
| 4th | 1878–1882 | |||
| 5th | 1882–1887 | |||
| 6th | 1887–1891 | |||
| 7th | 1891–1896 | Charles Ramsay Devlin | Liberal | |
| Riding dissolved into Wright and Labelle | ||||
Election results
| 1867 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal–Conservative | Alonzo Wright | acclaimed | ||||||
| Source: Canadian Elections Database[1] | ||||||||
| 1872 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal–Conservative | Alonzo Wright | acclaimed | ||||||
| Source: Canadian Elections Database[2] | ||||||||
| 1874 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal–Conservative | Alonzo Wright | 2,569 | ||||||
| Unknown | F. S. MacKay | 716 | ||||||
| Source: lop.parl.ca | ||||||||
| 1878 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal–Conservative | Alonzo Wright | 3,025 | ||||||
| Unknown | J. A. Cameron | 1,385 | ||||||
| 1882 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal–Conservative | Alonzo Wright | acclaimed | ||||||
| 1887 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal–Conservative | Alonzo Wright | 2,630 | ||||||
| Liberal | A. S. C. Papineau | 1,784 | ||||||
| 1891 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Charles Ramsay Devlin | 2,993 | ||||||
| Conservative | J. M. McDougall | 2,579 | ||||||