Ontario North

This article is about the federal electoral district. For the provincial electoral district, see Ontario North (provincial electoral district).

This article is about the former federal electoral district. For the region, see Northern Ontario.

Ontario North

Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1867
District abolished	1924
First contested	1867
Last contested	1921

Ontario North was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1925. It was located in the province of Ontario. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867.

The North Riding of Ontario initially consisted of the Townships of Reach, Uxbridge, Brock, Scott, Thorah, Mara, Rama and Scugog. In 1882, it was redefined to exclude the townships of Reach and Uxbridge, and to include the townships of Morrison, Ryde, Draper, Oakley, Macaulay, Maclean and Ridout and the villages of Bracebridge and Cannington. In 1892, "North Ontario" was defined to exclude the township of Scugog, and to include the village of Beaverton. In 1903, it was redefined to consist of the townships of Brock, Mara, Rama, Scott, Thora and Uxbridge, the town of Uxbridge, and the villages of Beaverton and Cannington.

The electoral district was abolished in 1924 when it was merged into Muskoka—Ontario riding.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
1st	1867–1872		John Hall Thompson	Liberal
2nd	1872–1874		William Henry Gibbs	Conservative
3rd	1874–1876		Adam Gordon	Liberal
	1876–1878		William Henry Gibbs	Conservative
4th	1878–1880		George Wheler	Liberal
	1880–1882
5th	1882–1887		Alexander Peter Cockburn
6th	1887–1891		Frank Madill	Conservative
7th	1891–1895
	1895–1896		John Alexander McGillivray
8th	1896–1897
	1897–1900		Duncan Graham	Independent
9th	1900–1903		Angus McLeod	Conservative
	1903–1904		George Davidson Grant	Liberal
10th	1904–1908
11th	1908–1911		Samuel Simpson Sharpe	Conservative
12th	1911–1917
13th	1917–1919			Government (Unionist)
	1919–1921		Robert Henry Halbert	Independent
14th	1921–1925			Progressive
Riding dissolved into Muskoka—Ontario

Election history

1867 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Hall Thompson	1,628
	Liberal	Matthew Crooks Cameron	1,362
Eligible voters			3,674
Source: Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1871

By-election on Mr. Gordon's death, July 1876
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	William Henry Gibbs	1,891
	Independent	George Currie	1,804

By-election on Mr. Wheeler being unseated on petition, 28 August 1880
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	George Wheler	2,271
	Conservative	William Henry Gibbs	2,113

1891 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Frank Madill	2,206
	Liberal	P. Cockburn	1,952

By-election on Mr. Madill's death, 12 December 1895
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Alexander McGillivray	acclaimed

By-election on election being declared void, 4 February 1897
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Duncan Graham	2,414
	Conservative	Angus McLeod	2,397

By-election on Mr. McLeod's death, 10 March 1903
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	George D. Grant	2,465
	Independent	G. E. Foster	2,265

1904 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	George D. Grant	2,161
	Conservative	George A. Proctor	2,023

1917 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Government (Unionist)	Samuel Simpson Sharpe	3,123
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	Frederick Hogg	1,568

By-election on Mr. Sharpe's death, 9 December 1919
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Robert Henry Halbert	3,662
	Progressive	Neil D. Mackinnon	3,477

1921 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	Robert Henry Halbert	3,919
	Conservative	Neil Donald McKinnon	3,772

See also

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

External links

• Website of the Parliament of Canada