Wellington East (Canadian electoral district)
Former provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada
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Wellington East was a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada. From 1886 to 1926 it elected members to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.
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 the Legislative Assembly
| Wellington East | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| Wellington Centre | ||||
| 1st | 1867–1871 | Alexander David Ferrier | Conservative | |
| 2nd | 1871–1874 | Charles Clarke | Liberal | |
| 3rd | 1875–1879 | |||
| 4th | 1879–1883 | |||
| 5th | 1883–1886 | |||
| Wellington East | ||||
| 6th | 1886–1890 | Charles Clarke | Liberal | |
| 7th | 1890–1891 | |||
| 1891–1894 | James Kirkwood | |||
| 8th | 1894–1898 | John Craig | ||
| 9th | 1898–1898 | |||
| 1899–1902 | John Morison Gibson | |||
| 10th | 1902–1904 | |||
| 11th | 1904–1908 | James J. Craig | Conservative | |
| 12th | 1908–1911 | |||
| 13th | 1911–1914 | Udney Richardson | Liberal | |
| 14th | 1914–1919 | |||
| 15th | 1919–1920 | Albert Hellyer | United Farmers | |
| 1920–1923 | William Raney | |||
| 16th | 1923–1926 | |||
| Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[1] | ||||
| Merged into Wellington Northeast before the 1926 election | ||||
Election results
| 1867 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Conservative | Alexander David Ferrier | 1,106 | 44.36 | |||||
| Liberal | J.S. Armstrong | 1,048 | 42.04 | |||||
| Independent | J. Loghrin | 339 | 13.60 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 2,493 | 79.24 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 3,146 | |||||||
| Conservative pickup new district. | ||||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[2] | ||||||||
| 1871 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Charles Clarke | 1,465 | 64.94 | +22.90 | ||||
| Conservative | Mr. McLaren | 791 | 35.06 | −9.30 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,256 | 58.89 | −20.35 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 3,831 | |||||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +16.10 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[3] | ||||||||
| 1875 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Charles Clarke | Acclaimed | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[4] | ||||||||
| 1879 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Charles Clarke | 1,405 | 65.35 | |||||
| Conservative | Mr. Roberts | 745 | 34.65 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 2,150 | 50.05 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 4,296 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | ||||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[5] | ||||||||
