Wentworth North (provincial electoral district)

This article is about the provincial electoral district. For the federal electoral district, see Wentworth North.

Wentworth North was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1867 at the time of confederation and was abolished in 1933 before the 1934 election. It was re-established in 1967 and then abolished a second time in 1996 before the 1999 election.

Wentworth North

Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	1867
District abolished	1933
District re-created	1967
District re-abolished	1996
First contested	1867
Last contested	1995

Members of Provincial Parliament

Wentworth North
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
1st	1867–1871		Robert Christie	Liberal
2nd	1871–1874
3rd	1875–1875		Thomas Stock	Conservative
	1875–1879		James McMahon	Liberal
4th	1879–1883
5th	1883–1886
6th	1886–1890
7th	1890–1894
8th	1894–1898		John Ira Flatt	Liberal
9th	1898–1902		Thomas Atkins Wardell	Conservative
10th	1902–1904		Robert Adam Thompson	Liberal
11th	1905–1908
12th	1908–1911		Gordon Crooks Wilson	Conservative
13th	1911–1914		James McQueen	Liberal
14th	1914–1919		Arthur Frederick Rykert	Conservative
15th	1919–1923		Frank Campbell Biggs	United Farmers
16th	1923–1926
17th	1926–1929		Alex Laurence Shaver	Conservative
18th	1929–1934
Riding merged into Wentworth before 1934 election
Riding re-established in 1967
28th	1967–1971		Ray Connell	Progressive Conservative
29th	1971–1975		Donald Ewen	Progressive Conservative
30th	1975–1977		Eric Cunningham	Liberal
31st	1977–1981
32nd	1981–1984
	1984–1985		Ann Sloat	Progressive Conservative
33rd	1985–1987		Chris Ward	Liberal
34th	1987–1990
35th	1990–1995		Donald Abel	New Democratic
36th	1995–1999		Toni Skarica	Progressive Conservative
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly
Merged into Wentworth-Burlington before 1999 election

Election results

1867 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Robert Christie	1,139	50.44
	Conservative	Mr. Miller	1,119	49.56
Total valid votes			2,258	79.93
Eligible voters			2,825
	Liberal pickup new district.
Source: Elections Ontario

1871 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert Christie	1,071	57.24	+6.80
	Conservative	Mr. Wood	800	42.76	−6.80
Turnout			1,871	70.95	−8.98
Eligible voters			2,637
	Liberal hold		Swing		+6.80
Source: Elections Ontario

1875 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Stock	1,222	50.48	+7.72
	Liberal	Robert Christie	1,199	49.52	−7.72
Total valid votes			2,421	73.72	+2.77
Eligible voters			3,284
Election voided
Source: Elections Ontario

Ontario provincial by-election, November 1875 Previous election voided
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James McMahon	1,142	52.92	−4.32
	Independent	Mr. Miller	1,016	47.08
Total valid votes			2,158
	Liberal hold		Swing		−4.32
Source: History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario

1879 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James McMahon	1,223	85.41	+32.49
	Conservative	Mr. McMonies	209	14.59
Total valid votes			1,432	38.23
Eligible voters			3,746
	Liberal hold		Swing		+32.49
Source: Elections Ontario