Hamilton was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1867 at the time of confederation. In 1894 it was split into two ridings called Hamilton East and Hamilton West.
 Ontario electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Ontario |
| District created | 1867 |
| District abolished | 1894 |
| First contested | 1867 |
| Last contested | 1890 |
Members of Provincial Parliament
edit| Hamilton | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| 1st | 1867–1871 | James Williams | Liberal | |
| 2nd | 1871–1874 | |||
| 3rd | 1875–1879 | |||
| 4th | 1879–1883 | John Gibson | Liberal | |
| 5th | 1883–1886 | |||
| 6th | 1886–1890 | |||
| 7th | 1890–1891 | Thomas Henry Stinson | Conservative | |
| 1891–1894 | John Gibson | Liberal | ||
| Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[1] | ||||
| Split into two ridings called Hamilton East and Hamilton West in 1894. | ||||
Election results
edit| 1867 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | James Miller Williams | 1,193 | 53.88 | |||||
| Conservative | Mr. O'Reily | 1,021 | 46.12 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 2,214 | 58.23 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 3,802 | |||||||
| Liberal pickup new district. | ||||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[2] | ||||||||
| 1871 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | James Miller Williams | 1,294 | 54.23 | +0.35 | ||||
| Conservative | Mr. Brown | 1,092 | 45.77 | −0.35 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,386 | 60.54 | +2.31 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 3,941 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +0.35 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[3] | ||||||||
| 1875 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | James Miller Williams | Acclaimed | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[4] | ||||||||
| 1879 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | John Morison Gibson | 2,240 | 50.70 | |||||
| Conservative | Mr. Murray | 2,178 | 49.30 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 4,418 | 59.07 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 7,479 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | ||||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[5] | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
- For James Williams's Legislative Assembly information see "James Miller Williams, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For John Gibson's Legislative Assembly information see "John Morison Gibson, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Thomas Stinson's Legislative Assembly information see "Thomas Henry Stinson, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For John Gibson's Legislative Assembly information see "John Gibson, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- ^ "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1867. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
- ^ "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1871. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
- ^ "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1875. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
- ^ "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1879. Retrieved April 19, 2024.