Wellington West (provincial electoral district)
Provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada
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Wellington West was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1871 and was abolished in 1925 before the 1926 election.
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Ontario
District created1871
District abolished1925
First contested1871
 Ontario electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Ontario |
| District created | 1871 |
| District abolished | 1925 |
| First contested | 1871 |
| Last contested | 1923 |
Members of Provincial Parliament
| Wellington West | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| 2nd | 1871–1874 | Robert McKim | Liberal | |
| 3rd | 1875–1879 | |||
| 4th | 1879–1883 | |||
| 5th | 1883–1886 | |||
| 6th | 1886–1890 | Absalom Shade Allan | Liberal | |
| 7th | 1890–1894 | |||
| 8th | 1894–1896 | George Tucker | Protestant Protective Association | |
| 1896–1898 | James Tucker | Conservative | ||
| 9th | 1898–1902 | |||
| 10th | 1902–1904 | |||
| 11th | 1905–1908 | |||
| 12th | 1908–1911 | James McEwing | Liberal | |
| 13th | 1911–1914 | William Clarke Chambers | Conservative | |
| 14th | 1914–1919 | |||
| 15th | 1919–1923 | Robert Neil McArthur | United Farmers | |
| 16th | 1923–1926 | William Clarke Chambers | Conservative | |
| Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[1] | ||||
| Merged into Wellington Northeast before the 1926 election | ||||
Election results
| 1875 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Conservative | John McGowan | 1,553 | 51.63 | |||||
| Liberal | Robert McKim | 1,455 | 48.37 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 3,008 | 73.82 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 4,075 | |||||||
| Election voided | ||||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[2] | ||||||||
| Ontario provincial by-election, October 1875 Previous election voided | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Conservative | John McGowan | 1,238 | 50.57 | |||||
| Liberal | Robert McKim | 1,210 | 49.43 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 2,448 | |||||||
| Conservative pickup new district. | ||||||||
| Source: History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario[3]: 403 | ||||||||
| 1879 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Robert McKim | 2,026 | 56.00 | +6.57 | ||||
| Conservative | John McGowan | 1,592 | 44.00 | −6.57 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 3,618 | 64.61 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 5,600 | |||||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +6.57 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[4] | ||||||||