The 1867 Ontario general election was the first general election held in the newly created Province of Ontario, Canada. Previously, the territory was known as Canada West, a part of the Province of Canada. The election was held on September 3, 1867, to elect the 82 members of the 1st Legislative Assembly (MLAs).[1] The dates of the election in 1867 varied from August 20 to September 26.
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82 seats in the 1st Legislative Assembly of Ontario 42 seats were needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 73.86%[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Conservative Party, led by John Sandfield Macdonald, and the Ontario Liberal Party, led by Archibald McKellar, each won 41 seats. A coalition government was formed under the leadership of Macdonald.
Votes were recorded orally. Voter eligibility was only 13% of the population.[2]
Results
editPolitical party | Party leader | Candidates | Seats | Votes | ||
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Conservative | John Sandfield Macdonald | 78 | 41 | 80,111 | 50.28% | |
Liberal | Archibald McKellar | 80 | 41 | 77,689 | 48.76% | |
Independent | 15 | – | 1,523 | 0.96% | ||
Total | 173 | 82 | 159,323 | 100.00% | ||
Registered electors | 215,722 | |||||
Acclamations | █ Conservative | 2 | ||||
█ Liberal | 4 | |||||
Other candidates receiving nil votes[a 1] | █ Independent | 1 |
- ^ one in Lanark South
Synopsis of results
editRiding | Winning party | Turnout | Votes | ||||||||
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Name[a 1] | Party | Votes | Share | Margin # |
Margin % |
Con | Lib | Ind | Total | ||
Addington | Con | 1,554 | 73.72% | 1,003 | 47.58% | 75.94% | 1,554 | 551 | 3 | 2,108 | |
Algoma | Con | 351 | 67.89% | 224 | 43.33% | 60.19% | 351 | 127 | 39 | 517 | |
Bothwell | Lib | 1,242 | 51.45% | 70 | 2.90% | 83.16% | 1,172 | 1,242 | – | 2,414 | |
Brant North | Lib | 706 | 53.16% | 84 | 6.33% | 72.69% | 622 | 706 | – | 1,328 | |
Brant South | Con | 1,268 | 54.37% | 204 | 8.75% | 71.45% | 1,268 | 1,064 | – | 2,332 | |
Brockville and Elizabethtown | Con | 630 | 51.05% | 26 | 2.11% | 75.38% | 630 | 604 | – | 1,234 | |
Bruce North | Lib | acclaimed | |||||||||
Bruce South | Lib | 1,726 | 50.10% | 7 | 0.20% | 84.83% | 1,719 | 1,726 | – | 3,445 | |
Cardwell | Con | 1,151 | 52.37% | 104 | 4.73% | 84.96% | 1,151 | 1,047 | – | 2,198 | |
Carleton | Lib | 987 | 47.29% | 48 | 2.30% | 88.13% | 939 | 987 | 161 | 2,087 | |
Cornwall | Con | 479 | 64.73% | 218 | 29.46% | 72.27% | 479 | 261 | – | 740 | |
Dundas | Lib | 1,162 | 53.57% | 155 | 7.15% | 79.42% | 1,007 | 1,162 | – | 2,169 | |
Durham East | Con | 1,208 | 95.19% | 1,147 | 90.39% | 43.88% | 1,208 | 61 | – | 1,269 | |
Durham West | Lib | 1,473 | 68.80% | 805 | 37.60% | 77.43% | 668 | 1,473 | – | 2,141 | |
Elgin East | Con | 1,431 | 50.44% | 25 | 0.88% | 75.47% | 1,431 | 1,406 | – | 2,837 | |
Elgin West | Con | 909 | 52.27% | 79 | 4.54% | 85.16% | 909 | 830 | – | 1,739 | |
Essex | Con | 1,566 | 53.69% | 215 | 7.37% | 75.41% | 1,566 | 1,351 | – | 2,917 | |
Frontenac | Con | 1,186 | 62.49% | 476 | 25.08% | 73.91% | 1,186 | 710 | 2 | 1,898 | |
Glengarry | Con | 1,149 | 56.71% | 272 | 13.43% | 82.59% | 1,149 | 877 | – | 2,026 | |
Grenville South | Con | 849 | 53.46% | 110 | 6.93% | 80.90% | 849 | 739 | – | 1,588 | |
Grey North | Con | 1,430 | 55.17% | 268 | 10.34% | 74.63% | 1,430 | 1,162 | – | 2,592 | |
Grey South | Con | 1,675 | 53.23% | 203 | 6.45% | 80.86% | 1,675 | 1,472 | – | 3,147 | |
Haldimand | Lib | 1,377 | 56.43% | 314 | 12.87% | 78.36% | 1,063 | 1,377 | – | 2,440 | |
Halton | Lib | 1,556 | 56.62% | 364 | 13.25% | 76.70% | 1,192 | 1,556 | – | 2,748 | |
Hamilton | Lib | 1,193 | 53.88% | 172 | 7.77% | 58.23% | 1,021 | 1,193 | – | 2,214 | |
Hastings East | Con | 908 | 57.65% | 241 | 15.30% | 75.21% | 908 | 667 | – | 1,575 | |
Hastings North | Con | 970 | 63.73% | 418 | 27.46% | 69.31% | 970 | 552 | – | 1,522 | |
Hastings West | Con | 940 | 72.92% | 591 | 45.85% | 54.50% | 940 | 349 | – | 1,289 | |
Huron North | Con | 2,030 | 50.80% | 64 | 1.60% | 72.48% | 2,030 | 1,966 | – | 3,996 | |
Huron South | Lib | 1,558 | 50.16% | 10 | 0.32% | 82.00% | 1,548 | 1,558 | – | 3,106 | |
Kent | Lib | 1,486 | 51.14% | 66 | 2.27% | 77.99% | 1,420 | 1,486 | – | 2,906 | |
Kingston | Con | 705 | 84.63% | 577 | 69.27% | 37.14% | 705 | 128 | – | 833 | |
Lambton | Lib | 2,107 | 65.80% | 1,012 | 31.61% | 75.41% | 1,095 | 2,107 | – | 3,202 | |
Lanark North | Lib | acclaimed | |||||||||
Lanark South | Con | 1,294 | 62.00% | 503 | 24.10% | 70.53% | 1,294 | 791 | 2 | 2,087 | |
Leeds North and Grenville North | Lib | 962 | 56.19% | 212 | 12.38% | 78.28% | 750 | 962 | – | 1,712 | |
Leeds South | Con | 1,380 | 50.13% | 7 | 0.25% | 83.96% | 1,380 | 1,373 | – | 2,753 | |
Lennox | Con | 1,222 | 53.29% | 396 | 17.27% | 66.35% | 1,222 | 826 | 245 | 2,293 | |
Lincoln | Con | acclaimed | |||||||||
London | Con | 948 | 61.00% | 342 | 22.01% | 56.00% | 948 | 606 | – | 1,554 | |
Middlesex East | Lib | 1,821 | 50.42% | 30 | 0.83% | 86.62% | 1,791 | 1,821 | – | 3,612 | |
Middlesex North | Lib | 1,084 | 43.69% | 38 | 1.53% | 84.79% | 1,046 | 1,084 | 351 | 2,481 | |
Middlesex West | Con | 1,100 | 52.08% | 88 | 4.17% | 87.45% | 1,100 | 1,012 | – | 2,112 | |
Monck | Con | 1,118 | 56.10% | 243 | 12.19% | 78.59% | 1,118 | 875 | – | 1,993 | |
Niagara | Con | 302 | 54.32% | 48 | 8.63% | 76.48% | 302 | 254 | – | 556 | |
Norfolk North | Con | 987 | 50.05% | 2 | 0.10% | 83.84% | 987 | 985 | – | 1,972 | |
Norfolk South | Lib | 975 | 50.47% | 18 | 0.93% | 78.06% | 957 | 975 | – | 1,932 | |
Northumberland East | Lib | 1,492 | 64.56% | 675 | 29.21% | 66.97% | 817 | 1,492 | 2 | 2,311 | |
Northumberland West | Lib | acclaimed | |||||||||
Ontario North | Lib | 1,694 | 58.70% | 502 | 17.39% | 79.26% | 1,192 | 1,694 | – | 2,886 | |
Ontario South | Lib | 1,367 | 56.35% | 308 | 12.70% | 83.60% | 1,059 | 1,367 | – | 2,426 | |
Ottawa | Lib | 810 | 68.76% | 442 | 37.52% | 41.49% | 368 | 810 | – | 1,178 | |
Oxford North | Lib | 1,187 | 55.36% | 230 | 10.73% | 58.34% | 957 | 1,187 | – | 2,144 | |
Oxford South | Lib | 1,399 | 54.52% | 232 | 9.04% | 74.64% | 1,167 | 1,399 | – | 2,566 | |
Peel | Con | 1,118 | 51.05% | 46 | 2.10% | 82.11% | 1,118 | 1,072 | – | 2,190 | |
Perth North | Con | 1,568 | 57.58% | 413 | 15.17% | 72.81% | 1,568 | 1,155 | – | 2,723 | |
Perth South | Lib | 1,552 | 56.56% | 360 | 13.12% | 80.16% | 1,192 | 1,552 | – | 2,744 | |
Peterborough East | Con | 996 | 62.52% | 399 | 25.05% | 80.82% | 996 | 597 | – | 1,593 | |
Peterborough West | Con | 670 | 50.68% | 18 | 1.36% | 78.50% | 670 | 652 | – | 1,322 | |
Prescott | Lib | 838 | 50.67% | 22 | 1.33% | 82.78% | 816 | 838 | – | 1,654 | |
Prince Edward | Lib | 1,605 | 58.66% | 474 | 17.32% | 76.53% | 1,131 | 1,605 | – | 2,736 | |
Renfrew North | Con | 802 | 71.74% | 487 | 43.56% | 80.26% | 802 | 315 | 1 | 1,118 | |
Renfrew South | Lib | 543 | 63.96% | 237 | 27.92% | 71.17% | 306 | 543 | – | 849 | |
Russell | Con | 1,287 | 65.33% | 818 | 41.52% | 68.95% | 1,287 | 469 | 214 | 1,970 | |
Simcoe North | Lib | 1,431 | 52.40% | 131 | 4.80% | 81.91% | 1,300 | 1,431 | – | 2,731 | |
Simcoe South | Con | acclaimed | |||||||||
Stormont | Con | 793 | 55.65% | 161 | 11.30% | 81.15% | 793 | 632 | – | 1,425 | |
Toronto East | Con | 1,178 | 56.28% | 264 | 12.61% | 49.80% | 1,178 | 914 | 1 | 2,093 | |
Toronto West | Con | 1,439 | 57.26% | 365 | 14.52% | 52.94% | 1,439 | 1,074 | – | 2,513 | |
Victoria North | Lib | 676 | 62.42% | 269 | 24.84% | 79.87% | 407 | 676 | – | 1,083 | |
Victoria South | Lib | acclaimed | |||||||||
Waterloo North | Lib | 908 | 50.67% | 24 | 1.34% | 71.68% | 884 | 908 | – | 1,792 | |
Waterloo South | Lib | 1,309 | 57.59% | 345 | 15.18% | 81.59% | 964 | 1,309 | – | 2,273 | |
Welland | Lib | 1,298 | 54.22% | 202 | 8.44% | 68.52% | 1,096 | 1,298 | – | 2,394 | |
Wellington Centre | Con | 1,106 | 44.36% | 58 | 2.33% | 79.24% | 1,106 | 1,048 | 339 | 2,493 | |
Wellington North | Lib | 1,434 | 51.29% | 72 | 2.58% | 81.04% | 1,362 | 1,434 | – | 2,796 | |
Wellington South | Lib | 940 | 58.42% | 271 | 16.84% | 74.56% | 669 | 940 | – | 1,609 | |
Wentworth North | Lib | 1,139 | 50.44% | 20 | 0.89% | 79.93% | 1,119 | 1,139 | – | 2,258 | |
Wentworth South | Lib | 1,002 | 50.07% | 3 | 0.15% | 83.24% | 999 | 1,002 | – | 2,001 | |
York East | Lib | 1,193 | 58.25% | 338 | 16.50% | 72.37% | 855 | 1,193 | – | 2,048 | |
York North | Lib | 1,369 | 54.20% | 212 | 8.39% | 73.90% | 1,157 | 1,369 | – | 2,526 | |
York West | Con | 587 | 46.44% | 73 | 5.78% | 56.71% | 587 | 514 | 163 | 1,264 |
- ^ order is as given in EO reports
- = elected by acclamation
- = turnout is above provincial average
- = was a member of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada
- = was a member of the Legislative Council of the Province of Canada
- = multiple candidates
MLAs elected by region and riding
editParty designations are as follows:
Liberal
Conservative
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- ^ a b c d also an MP in the House of Commons of Canada
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d "1867 General Election". Elections Ontario. Elections Ontario. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
- ^ "Ontario's 40th general election represents 100 years". Orléans Star. September 27, 2011. Archived from the original on May 31, 2012. Retrieved December 19, 2012.