Elgin West (provincial electoral district)

Elgin West
Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	1867
District abolished	1933
First contested	1867
Last contested	1929

Elgin West 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. After the 1875 election, Malcolm Munroe was declared the winner by 10 votes. The runner-up and incumbent Thomas Hodgins, petitioned for a recount and after analysis, he was found to have won by 8 votes. Therefore Hodgins regained his seat. Munroe's tenure was so short that he never served in the legislature.^[1]^[2]

Members of Provincial Parliament

Elgin West
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
1st	1867–1871		Nicol McColl	Conservative
2nd	1871–1874		Thomas Hodgins	Liberal
3rd	1875–1875		Malcolm Munroe^{[note 1]}	Conservative
	1875–1878		Thomas Hodgins	Liberal
	1878–1879		David McLaws
4th	1879–1883		John Cascaden
5th	1883–1886		John Cascaden
6th	1886–1890		Andrew B. Ingram	Conservative
7th	1890–1894		Dugald McColl	Conservative
8th	1894–1898		Donald Macnish	Patrons of Industry
9th	1898–1899		Findlay George MacDiarmid	Conservative
	1899–1899		Donald Macnish	Liberal
	1899–1902		Findlay George MacDiarmid	Conservative
10th	1902–1904
11th	1905–1908
12th	1908–1911
13th	1911–1914
14th	1914–1919
15th	1919–1923		Peter Gow Cameron	United Farmers
16th	1923–1926		Findlay George MacDiarmid	Conservative
17th	1926–1929		Findlay George MacDiarmid
18th	1929–1934		Charles Edmund Raven
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly^[3]
*Merged into Elgin before 1934 election*

Election results

v t e 1867 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Nicol McColl	909	52.27
	Liberal	S. McCall	830	47.73
Total valid votes			1,739	85.16
Eligible voters			2,042
	Conservative pickup new district.
Source: Elections Ontario^[4]

v t e 1871 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Hodgins	969	55.69	+7.96
	Conservative	Mr. Price	771	44.31	−7.96
Turnout			1,740	76.55	−8.61
Eligible voters			2,273
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+7.96
Source: Elections Ontario^[5]

v t e 1875 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Malcolm Munroe	1,101	50.23	+5.92
	Liberal	Thomas Hodgins	1,091	49.77	−5.92
Turnout			2,192	78.01	+1.46
Eligible voters			2,810
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+5.92
Source: Elections Ontario^[6]

v t e Ontario provincial by-election, September 1878 Resignation of Thomas Hodgins
Party	Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Liberal	David McLaws	Unknown	Y
	Conservative	Mr. Conn.	Unknown
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing
Source: History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario^[7]^: 72

v t e 1879 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	John Cascaden	1,257	50.22
	Conservative	T.W. Crothers	1,246	49.78
Total valid votes			2,503	70.27
Eligible voters			3,562
	Liberal hold		Swing		–
Source: Elections Ontario^[8]

References

Notes

^ Munroe was removed following an electoral appeal shortly after the 1875 election and never served in the legislature. Thomas Hodgins who was runner-up in the election was given the seat.

Citations

^ "The Canada Law Journal - Google Books". Retrieved 2013-04-12 – via Google Books.
^ "Reports of the Decisions of the Judges for the Trial of Election Petitions ... - Thomas Hodgins - Google Books". 2009-05-30. Retrieved 2013-04-12 – via Google Books.
^
For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
- For Nicol McColl's Legislative Assembly information see "Nicol McColl, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
- For Thomas Hodgins's Legislative Assembly information see "Thomas Hodgins, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
- For David McLaws's Legislative Assembly information see "David McLaws, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
- For John Cascaden's Legislative Assembly information see "John Cascaden, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
- For Andrew B. Ingram's Legislative Assembly information see "Andrew B. Ingram, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
- For Dugald McColl's Legislative Assembly information see "Dugald McColl, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
- For Donald Macnish's Legislative Assembly information see "Donald Macnish, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
- For Findlay George MacDiarmid's Legislative Assembly information see "Findlay George MacDiarmid, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
- For Peter Gow Cameron's Legislative Assembly information see "Peter Gow Cameron, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
- For Charles Edmund Raven's Legislative Assembly information see "Charles Edmund Raven, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
^ "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.
^ Lewis, Roderick (1968). Centennial Edition of a History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario, 1867–1968. OCLC 1052682.
^ "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1879. Retrieved April 19, 2024.