Peterborough East (provincial electoral district)
Former provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada
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Peterborough East was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1867 at the time of confederation and was abolished in 1926. In 1926, Peterborough East and Peterborough West were redistributed into two ridings Peterborough City and Peterborough County. This lasted until 1934 when both ridings were merged into one riding called Peterborough.
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
| Peterborough East | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| 1st | 1867–1871 | George Read | Conservative | |
| 2nd | 1871–1874 | |||
| 3rd | 1875–1879 | John C. O'Sullivan | ||
| 4th | 1879–1883 | Thomas Blezard | Liberal | |
| 5th | 1883–1886 | |||
| 6th | 1886–1890 | |||
| 7th | 1890–1894 | |||
| 8th | 1894–1898 | |||
| 9th | 1898–1902 | |||
| 10th | 1902–1904 | William A. Anderson | ||
| 11th | 1905–1908 | |||
| 12th | 1908–1911 | James Thompson | Conservative | |
| 13th | 1911–1914 | |||
| 14th | 1914–1919 | |||
| 15th | 1919–1923 | Ernest Nicholls McDonald | United Farmers | |
| 16th | 1923–1926 | Thomas Dalton Johnston | Conservative | |
| Peterborough County | ||||
| 17th | 1926–1929 | William Alfred Anderson | Liberal | |
| 18th | 1929–1934 | Thomas Percival Lancaster | Conservative | |
| Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[1] | ||||
| Merged into Peterborough before the 1934 election | ||||
Election results
| 1867 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Conservative | George Read | 996 | 62.52 | |||||
| Liberal | E. Ingram | 597 | 37.48 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 1,593 | 80.82 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 1,971 | |||||||
| Conservative pickup new district. | ||||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[2] | ||||||||
| 1871 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | George Read | 779 | 61.68 | −0.84 | ||||
| Liberal | Mr. O'Donohoe | 480 | 38.00 | +0.53 | ||||
| Independent | Mr. Pearce | 4 | 0.32 | |||||
| Turnout | 1,263 | 60.55 | −20.27 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 2,086 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −0.69 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[3] | ||||||||
| 1875 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | John C. O'Sullivan | 759 | 52.13 | −9.55 | ||||
| Liberal | James Stratton | 697 | 47.87 | +9.87 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 1,456 | 67.47 | +6.92 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 2,158 | |||||||
| Election voided | ||||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[4] | ||||||||
| Ontario provincial by-election, September 1875 Previous election voided | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | John C. O'Sullivan | 722 | 50.60 | −11.08 | ||||
| Independent | J. Hogan | 365 | 25.58 | |||||
| Independent | W. Sargent | 340 | 23.83 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 1,427 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −11.08 | ||||||
| Source: History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario[5]: 302 | ||||||||
| 1879 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Thomas Blezard | 1,078 | 53.21 | |||||
| Conservative | W.H. Calcutt | 948 | 46.79 | −3.80 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 2,026 | 65.38 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 3,099 | |||||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +1.90 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[6] | ||||||||