Simcoe South (provincial electoral district)

Provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Simcoe South 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

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Simcoe South
Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	1867
District abolished	1933
First contested	1867
Last contested	1929

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Members of Provincial Parliament

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Simcoe South
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
1st	1867–1871		Thomas Roberts Ferguson	Conservative
2nd	1871–1873		Thomas Roberts Ferguson
2nd	1874–1874		D'Arcy Boulton
3rd	1875–1875		D'Arcy Boulton
	1875–1878		William McDougall	Liberal
	1878–1879		William James Parkhill	Conservative
4th	1879–1883		William James Parkhill
5th	1883–1886		George Prevost McKay
Distributed to Simcoe Centre, East, & West in 1886. Reestablished from Cardwell in 1908 as Simcoe South
12th	1908–1911		Alexander Ferguson	Conservative
13th	1911–1914
14th	1914–1919
15th	1919–1923		Edgar James Evans	United Farmers
16th	1923–1926		William Earl Rowe	Conservative
Merged with Simcoe West to became Simcoe Southwest
17th	1926–1929		John Henry Mitchell^[a]	Liberal
18th	1929–1934		James Edgar Jamieson	Conservative
Redistributed to Simcoe Centre and Simcoe East in 1934.
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly^[3]

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Election results

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v t e 1867 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Thomas Roberts Ferguson	Acclaimed
Source: Elections Ontario^[4]

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v t e 1871 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Thomas Roberts Ferguson	Acclaimed
Source: Elections Ontario^[5]

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v t e Ontario provincial by-election, January 1874 Resignation of Thomas Roberts Ferguson
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	D'Arcy Boulton	1,622	54.12
	Independent	T. Saunders	1,375	45.88
Total valid votes			2,997	100.0
	Conservative hold		Swing
Source: History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario^[6]^: 352

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v t e 1875 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D'Arcy Boulton	1,057	58.17	+4.05
	Liberal	R. Snelling	760	41.83
Total valid votes			1,817	67.15
Eligible voters			2,706
	Conservative hold		Swing		+4.05
Source: Elections Ontario^[7]

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v t e Ontario provincial by-election, June 1875 Death of D'Arcy Boulton
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Liberal	William McDougall	817	60.30
	Independent	G. Dinwoody	538	39.70
Total valid votes			1,355
	Independent Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		–
Source: History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario^[6]^: 352

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v t e Ontario provincial by-election, October 1878 Resignation of William McDougall
Party	Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Conservative	William James Parkhill	Unknown	Y
	Independent	J.H.W. Wilson	Unknown
	Conservative gain from Independent Liberal		Swing
Source: History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario^[6]^: 352

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v t e 1879 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	William James Parkhill	Acclaimed
Source: Elections Ontario^[8]

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1920s

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1926 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Henry Mitchell	5,779	52.03	+8.40
	Conservative	James Edgar Jamieson	5,327	47.97	-8.40
Total valid votes			11,106
Rejected and declined			67
Turnout			11,173	68.41	+5.31
Eligible voters			16,332
	Liberal gain		Swing		+8.40
Vote tallies from: Elections Ontario Data Explorer^[9] Changes and swing calculated by adding the vote tallies from the two merged EDs, and with the sum of tallies of all opposition candidates. Elections Ontario records mislabeled the results for Simcoe South as Simcoe West, and Simcoe West as St Catharines. Correct tallies were used and verified against contemporanious press reports. Legislative Assembly and Elections Ontario records errorneously identify Mitchell as Liberal-Progressive. Mitchell made numerous unequivocal statements confirming his Liberal affiliation early in his term.^[10]^[11]

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1929 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Edgar Jamieson	6,213	54.44	+6.47
	Liberal	John Henry Mitchell	5,200	45.56	-6.47
Total valid votes			11,413
Rejected and declined			58
Turnout			11,471	69.56	+1.15
Eligible voters			16,490
	Conservative gain		Swing		+6.47

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References

[a]
Legislative Assembly and Elections Ontario records errorneously identify Mitchell as Liberal-Progressive. Mitchell made numerous unequivocal statement confirming his Liberal affiliation early in his term.^[1]^[2]

[1]
"HE'S NOT A DESERTER WAS ALWAYS LIBERAL; Did Not Seek Election to the Legislature as a Fusion Candidate". Toronto Daily Star. 1927-01-14. p. 15.
[2]
"Debate dragging in house, budget off until next week, eight new members heard in maiden effort yesterday". Toronto Daily Star. 1927-02-16. p. 4.
[3]
For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
For Thomas Roberts Ferguson's Legislative Assembly information see "Thomas Roberts Ferguson, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.

For D'Arcy Boulton's Legislative Assembly information see "D'Arcy Boulton, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.

For William McDougall's Legislative Assembly information see "William McDougall, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.

For William James Parkhill's Legislative Assembly information see "William James Parkhill, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.

For George Prevost McKay's Legislative Assembly information see "George Prevost McKay, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.

For Alexander Ferguson's Legislative Assembly information see "Alexander Ferguson, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.

For Edgar James Evans's Legislative Assembly information see "Edgar James Evans, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.

For William Earl Rowe's Legislative Assembly information see "William Earl Rowe, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.

For John Henry Mitchell's Legislative Assembly information see "John Henry Mitchell, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.

For James Edgar Jamieson's Legislative Assembly information see "James Edgar Jamieson, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
[4]
"Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1867. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
[5]
"Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1871. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
[6]
Lewis, Roderick (1968). Centennial Edition of a History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario, 1867–1968. OCLC 1052682.
[7]
"Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1875. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
[8]
"Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1879. Retrieved April 19, 2024.
[9]
"Data Explorer". Elections Ontario.
[10]
"HE'S NOT A DESERTER WAS ALWAYS LIBERAL; Did Not Seek Election to the Legislature as a Fusion Candidate". Toronto Daily Star. 1927-01-14. p. 15.
[11]
"Debate dragging in house, budget off until next week, eight new members heard in maiden effort yesterday". Toronto Daily Star. 1927-02-16. p. 4.

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