Simcoe East (provincial electoral district)
Provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada
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Simcoe East was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1875 and was abolished in 1996 before the 1999 election.
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Ontario
District created1875
District abolished1999
First contested1875
 Ontario electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Ontario |
| District created | 1875 |
| District abolished | 1999 |
| First contested | 1875 |
| Last contested | 1995 |
Members of Provincial Parliament
| Simcoe East | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| 3rd | 1875–1879 | John Kean | Conservative | |
| 4th | 1879–1882 | Herman Henry Cook | Liberal | |
| 1882–1883 | Charles Alfred Drury | |||
| 5th | 1883–1886 | |||
| 6th | 1886–1890 | |||
| 7th | 1890–1894 | Andrew Miscampbell | Conservative | |
| 8th | 1894–1898 | |||
| 9th | 1898–1902 | |||
| 10th | 1902–1904 | James Brockett Tudhope | Liberal | |
| 11th | 1905–1908 | |||
| 12th | 1908–1911 | |||
| 13th | 1911–1914 | James Irwin Hartt | Conservative | |
| 14th | 1914–1919 | |||
| 15th | 1919–1923 | John Benjamin Johnston | United Farmers | |
| 16th | 1923–1926 | William Finlayson | Conservative | |
| 17th | 1926–1929 | |||
| 18th | 1929–1934 | |||
| 19th | 1934–1937 | Garnet Edward Tanner | Liberal | |
| 20th | 1937–1939 | William Finlayson | Conservative | |
| 1939–1943 | George Alexander Drew | |||
| 21st | 1943–1945 | John Duncan McPhee | Progressive Conservative | |
| 22nd | 1945–1948 | |||
| 23rd | 1948–1951 | |||
| 24th | 1951–1953 | |||
| 1954–1955 | Lloyd Averall Letherby | |||
| 25th | 1955–1959 | |||
| 26th | 1959–1963 | |||
| 27th | 1963–1967 | |||
| 28th | 1967–1971 | Gordon Elsworth Smith | ||
| 29th | 1971–1975 | |||
| 30th | 1975–1977 | |||
| 31st | 1977–1981 | |||
| 32nd | 1981–1985 | Al McLean | ||
| 33rd | 1985–1987 | |||
| 34th | 1987–1990 | |||
| 35th | 1990–1995 | |||
| 36th | 1995–1999 | |||
| Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[1] | ||||
| Merged into Simcoe—Grey before the 1999 election | ||||
Election results
| 1875 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Conservative | John Kean | 1,133 | 54.00 | |||||
| Liberal | H.M. Sutherland | 965 | 46.00 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 2,098 | 73.90 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 2,839 | |||||||
| Conservative pickup new district. | ||||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[2] | ||||||||
| 1879 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Hermon Henry Cook | 1,324 | 56.82 | +10.83 | ||||
| Conservative | H. Steele | 1,006 | 43.18 | −10.83 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 2,330 | 61.72 | −12.18 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 3,775 | |||||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +10.83 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[3] | ||||||||