Northumberland (Ontario provincial electoral district)

Northumberland
Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Ontario
District created1926
District abolished2007
First contested1926
Last contested2003

Northumberland was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1926 from the merger of Northumberland East and Northumberland West. It was abolished in 2007 when it was merged into the new riding of Northumberland—Quinte West.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Northumberland
Assembly Years Member Party
Created from Northumberland East and Northumberland West ridings in 1926
17th  1926–1929     William George Robertson Liberal
18th  1929–1934     Frederick John McArthur Conservative
19th  1934–1937     Harold Norman Carr Liberal
20th  1937–1943
21st  1943–1945     Bill Goodfellow Progressive Conservative
22nd  1945–1948
23rd  1948–1951
24th  1951–1955
25th  1955–1959
26th  1959–1963
27th  1963–1967 Russell Rowe
28th  1967–1971
29th  1971–1975
30th  1975–1977
31st  1977–1981
32nd  1981–1985 Howard Sheppard
33rd  1985–1987
34th  1987–1990     Joan Fawcett Liberal
35th  1990–1995
36th  1995–1999     Doug Galt Progressive Conservative
37th  1999–2003
38th  2003–2007     Lou Rinaldi Liberal
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[1]
Merged into Northumberland—Quinte West before the 2007 election

Election results

1999 Ontario general election: Northumberland
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Progressive Conservative Doug Galt 20,535 45.99 . $65,930
Liberal Carolyn Campbell 19,632 43.97 . $52,373
New Democratic Murray Weppler 2,820 6.32 . $15,249
Green Tom Lawson 1,194 2.67 . $4,419
Family Coalition Jim Psihogios 370 0.83 . $600
Natural Law Pascale Levert 99 0.22 . $0
Total valid votes 44,650 100.00
Rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 303
Turnout 44,953 61.19
Electors on the lists 73,464
Sources: Official Results, Elections Ontario and 1999 Annual and Election Returns, Elections Ontario.
2003 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Lou Rinaldi 20,382 45.05 +1.08
Progressive Conservative Doug Galt 17,816 39.37 -6.62
New Democratic Murray Weppler 5,210 11.51 +5.19
Green Derrick J. Kelly 1,839 4.06 +1.39

References

  1. ^ For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
    • For William George Robertson's Legislative Assembly information see "William George Robertson, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
    • For Frederick John McArthur's Legislative Assembly information see "Frederick John McArthur, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
    • For Harold Norman Carr's Legislative Assembly information see "Harold Norman Carr, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
    • For Bill Goodfellow's Legislative Assembly information see "Bill Goodfellow, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
    • For Russell Rowe's Legislative Assembly information see "Russell Rowe, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
    • For Howard Sheppard's Legislative Assembly information see "Howard Sheppard, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
    • For Joan Fawcett's Legislative Assembly information see "Joan Fawcett, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
    • For Doug Galt's Legislative Assembly information see "Doug Galt, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
    • For Lou Rinaldi's Legislative Assembly information see "Lou Rinaldi, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.