Elgin East (federal electoral district)

This article is about the federal electoral district. For the provincial electoral district, see Elgin East (provincial electoral district). Federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada

Elgin East
Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1867
District abolished	1924
First contested	1867
Last contested	1921

Elgin East was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1925. It was located in the province of Ontario. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867 which divided the county of Elgin into two ridings: Elgin East and Elgin West based on a traditional division.

In 1882, the East Riding of the county of Elgin was defined as consisting of the townships of Yarmouth, Malahide and Bayham, the villages of Port Stanley, Aylmer and Vienna, and the city of St. Thomas.

In 1903, the riding was redefined to exclude the township of Malahide and the city of St. Thomas, and to include the townships of Dorchester South and Malahide, and the village of Springfield.

The electoral district was abolished in 1924 when it was redistributed between Elgin West and Norfolk—Elgin ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
1st	1867–1872	Thomas William Dobbie	Conservative
2nd	1872–1874	William Harvey	Liberal
3rd	1874–1874†	William Harvey
3rd	1874–1878	Colin MacDougall
4th	1878–1882	Thomas Arkell	Liberal–Conservative
5th	1882–1887	John Henry Wilson	Liberal
6th	1887–1891	John Henry Wilson	Liberal
7th	1891–1892	Andrew B. Ingram	Liberal–Conservative
7th	1892–1896
8th	1896–1900
9th	1900–1904
10th	1904–1906
10th	1906–1908	David Marshall	Conservative
11th	1908–1911
12th	1911–1917
13th	1917–1920		Government (Unionist)
13th	1920–1921	Sydney Smith McDermand	United Farmers of Ontario
14th	1921–1925	John Lawrence Stansell	Conservative
Riding dissolved into Elgin West and Norfolk—Elgin

Election results

1867 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Thomas William Dobbie	1,492
	Unknown	Leonidas Burwell	1,382
Eligible voters			3,733
Source: Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1871

1872 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Harvey	1,658
	Unknown	S. Rice	1,490

1874 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Harvey	1,886
	Unknown	S. Day	1,704

On Mr. Harvey's death, 14 June 1874:

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 11 August 1874
	Liberal	Colin MacDougall	1,738
	Conservative	Thomas Jenkins	1,523

1878 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	Thomas Arkell	2,168
	Liberal	Colin MacDougall	2,128

1882 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Henry Wilson	2,221
	Liberal–Conservative	Thomas Arkell	2,097

1887 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Henry Wilson	2,744
	Conservative	Charles Oaks Ermatinger	2,690

1891 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	Andrew B. Ingram	2,740
	Liberal	John Henry Wilson	2,694

On election being declared void:

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 12 February 1892
	Liberal–Conservative	Andrew B. Ingram	acclaimed

1896 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	A. B. Ingram	2,862
	Liberal	J. H. Wilson	2,684
	Patrons of Industry	J. P. Martyn	492

1900 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	Andrew B. Ingram	3,076
	Liberal	John Henry Wilson	2,925

1904 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	Andrew B. Ingram	2,103
	Liberal	Wm. F. Hepburn	2,082

On Mr. Ingram's resignation, 8 December 1906, because of his appointment as Vice Chairman of the Ontario Railway and Municipal Commission:

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 14 October 1906
	Conservative	David Marshall	2,069
	Liberal	G. Haight	1,996

1908 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	David Marshall	2,263
	Liberal	Walter W. Rutherford	2,016

1911 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	David Marshall	2,313
	Liberal	Francis Hincks Miller	1,919

1917 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Government (Unionist)	David Marshall	2,591
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	William Granville Charlton	2,283

On Mr. Marshall's death, 14 February 1920:

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 22 November 1920
	United Farmers of Ontario	Sydney Smith McDermand	3,101
	National Liberal and Conservative	John Lawrence Stansell	2,850
	Liberal	William Granville Charlton	2,012

1921 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Lawrence Stansell	3,240
	Progressive	Sydney Smith McDermand	3,172
	Liberal	Charles Wesley Colter	1,750

References

"Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1871". 1871. Retrieved 27 June 2022.

External links

Riding history from the Library of Parliament

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Ontario

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& York

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Halton,
Hamilton
and Niagara

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See also: Former federal ridings in Ontario
Provincial ridings in Ontario

Category:

Former federal electoral districts of Ontario

Members of Parliament

Election results

See also

References

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