1883_Ontario_general_election
The 1883 Ontario general election was the fifth general election held in the Province of Ontario, Canada, to elect the 88 Members of the 5th Legislative Assembly of Ontario ("MLAs").[1] Held on February 27, 1883, the fifth Ontario provincial election was the only one ever contested in the month of February.[2]
Quick Facts 88 seats in the 5th Legislative Assembly of Ontario 45 seats were needed for a majority, First party ...
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The Ontario Liberal Party, led by Oliver Mowat, won a fourth consecutive term in government, despite losing nine seats in the Legislature.
The Ontario Conservative Party, led by William Ralph Meredith, won eight additional seats.
More information Political party, Party leader ...
| Political party | Party leader | MNAs | Votes | |||||||
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| Candidates | 1879 | 1883 | ± | # | ± | % | ± (pp) | |||
| Liberal | Oliver Mowat | 87 | 57 | 48 | 9 | 125,017 | 5,869 | 48.20% | 0.13 | |
| Conservative | William Ralph Meredith | 80 | 29 | 37 | 8 | 120,853 | 2,340 | 46.59% | 1.23 | |
| Independent Liberal | 3 | – | 2 | 2 | 3,239 | 3,239 | 1.25% | New | ||
| Independent | 8 | – | 1 | 1 | 3,956 | 3,071 | 1.53% | 1.73 | ||
| Independent Conservative | 4 | 2 | – | 2 | 2,354 | 243 | 0.91% | 0.06 | ||
| Labour | 3 | – | – | – | 3,957 | 3,957 | 1.53% | New | ||
| Total | 185 | 88 | 88 | 259,376 | 100.00% | |||||
| Rejected ballots | 1,722 | 1,722 |
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| Voter turnout | 261,098 | 13,241 |
67.95 | 4.73 | ||||||
| Registered electors | 384,255 | 7,830 |
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| Acclamations | █ Liberal | 4 | ||||||||
| █ Conservative | 1 | |||||||||
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More information Party, Seats ...
| Party | Seats | Votes | Change (pp) | ||
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| █ Liberal | 48 / 88 | 48.20% | 0.13 | 0.13 | |
| █ Conservative | 37 / 88 | 46.59% | -1.23 | ||
| █ Independent Liberal | 2 / 88 | 1.25% | 1.25 | 1.25 | |
| █ Independent | 1 / 88 | 1.53% | -1.73 | ||
| █ Independent Conservative | 0 / 88 | 0.91% | 0.06 | 0.06 | |
| █ Labour | 0 / 88 | 1.53% | 1.53 | 1.53 | |
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Synopsis of results
More information Riding, Winning party ...
| Riding | Winning party | Turnout | Votes | |||||||||||||
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| Name[a 1] | 1879 | Party | Votes | Share | Margin # |
Margin % |
Lib | Con | Lab | I-Lib | I-Con | Ind | Total | |||
| Addington | Lib | Con | 1,739 | 52.78% | 183 | 5.55% | 76.31% | 1,556 | 1,739 | – | – | – | – | 3,295 | ||
| Algoma | Lib | Lib | 1,625 | 51.82% | 114 | 3.64% | n/a | 1,625 | 1,511 | – | – | – | – | 3,136 | ||
| Brant North | Lib | Lib | acclaimed | |||||||||||||
| Brant South | Lib | Lib | 1,563 | 60.89% | 559 | 21.78% | 54.74% | 1,563 | 1,004 | – | – | – | – | 2,567 | ||
| Brockville | Lib | Lib | 1,516 | 56.40% | 344 | 12.80% | 61.63% | 1,516 | – | – | – | 1,172 | – | 2,688 | ||
| Bruce North | Lib | I-Lib | 1,186 | 52.66% | 120 | 5.33% | 44.23% | 1,066 | – | – | 1,186 | 0 | – | 2,252 | ||
| Bruce South | Lib | Lib | acclaimed | |||||||||||||
| Cardwell | Lib | Con | 1,500 | 50.68% | 40 | 1.35% | 80.17% | 1,460 | 1,500 | – | – | – | – | 2,960 | ||
| Carleton | Con | Con | 1,302 | 55.86% | 820 | 35.18% | 51.72% | 237 | 1,784[a 2] | – | – | – | 310 | 2,331 | ||
| Cornwall | Lib | Con | 710 | 51.49% | 41 | 2.97% | 70.33% | 669 | 710 | – | – | – | – | 1,379 | ||
| Dufferin | Con | Con | 1,051 | 47.13% | 369 | 16.55% | 50.18% | – | 1,051 | – | – | 1,179[a 3] | – | 2,230 | ||
| Dundas | Con | Con | 1,798 | 52.21% | 152 | 4.41% | 77.32% | 1,646 | 1,798 | – | – | – | – | 3,444 | ||
| Durham East | Con | Con | 1,496 | 53.85% | 214 | 7.70% | 65.33% | 1,282 | 1,496 | – | – | – | – | 2,778 | ||
| Durham West | Lib | Lib | 1,480 | 52.63% | 148 | 5.26% | 73.79% | 1,480 | 1,332 | – | – | – | – | 2,812 | ||
| Elgin East | Lib | Con | 2,416 | 50.95% | 90 | 1.90% | 66.03% | 2,326 | 2,416 | – | – | – | – | 4,742 | ||
| Elgin West | Lib | Lib | 1,324 | 51.26% | 65 | 2.52% | 72.26% | 1,324 | 1,259 | – | – | – | – | 2,583 | ||
| Essex North | Con | Con | 1,537 | 55.93% | 326 | 11.86% | 59.60% | 1,211 | 1,537[a 4] | – | – | – | – | 2,748 | ||
| Essex South | Con | Lib | 1,705 | 50.50% | 34 | 1.01% | 77.77% | 1,705 | 1,671[a 4] | – | – | – | – | 3,376 | ||
| Frontenac | Con | Con | 1,103 | 54.25% | 173 | 8.51% | 75.81% | 930 | 1,103 | – | – | – | – | 2,033 | ||
| Glengarry | Con | Lib | 1,436 | 52.07% | 114 | 4.13% | 74.18% | 1,436 | 1,322 | – | – | – | – | 2,758 | ||
| Grenville South | Con | Con | 1,194 | 51.20% | 56 | 2.40% | 73.19% | 1,138 | 1,194 | – | – | – | – | 2,332 | ||
| Grey East | Con | Con | 1,548 | 52.85% | 167 | 5.70% | 62.00% | – | 1,548 | – | – | – | 1,381 | 2,929 | ||
| Grey North | Con | Con | 2,048 | 51.97% | 155 | 3.93% | 70.14% | 1,893 | 2,048 | – | – | – | – | 3,941 | ||
| Grey South | Lib | Con | 1,596 | 52.97% | 179 | 5.94% | 74.62% | 1,417 | 1,596 | – | – | – | – | 3,013 | ||
| Haldimand | Lib | Lib | 1,708 | 50.91% | 61 | 1.82% | 78.88% | 1,708 | 1,647 | – | – | – | – | 3,355 | ||
| Halton | Lib | Con | 2,004 | 51.93% | 149 | 3.86% | 68.06% | 1,855 | 2,004 | – | – | – | – | 3,859 | ||
| Hamilton | Lib | Lib | 2,077 | 39.78% | 155 | 2.97% | 63.07% | 2,077 | 1,922 | 1,222 | – | – | – | 5,221 | ||
| Hastings East | I-Con | Con | 1,426 | 51.39% | 77 | 2.77% | 77.60% | 1,349 | 1,426 | – | – | – | – | 2,775 | ||
| Hastings North | Con | Con | 1,324 | 54.26% | 208 | 8.52% | 64.93% | 1,116 | 1,324 | – | – | – | – | 2,440 | ||
| Hastings West | Con | Lib | 1,217 | 50.48% | 23 | 0.95% | 61.06% | 1,217 | 1,194 | – | – | – | – | 2,411 | ||
| Huron East | Lib | Lib | 1,994 | 50.52% | 41 | 1.04% | 75.58% | 1,994 | 1,953 | – | – | – | – | 3,947 | ||
| Huron South | Lib | Lib | 1,962 | 51.74% | 132 | 3.48% | 71.07% | 1,962 | 1,830 | – | – | – | – | 3,792 | ||
| Huron West | Lib | Lib | 2,061 | 52.11% | 167 | 4.22% | 67.56% | 2,061 | 1,894 | – | – | – | – | 3,955 | ||
| Kent East | Lib | Lib | 1,947 | 52.61% | 193 | 5.21% | 63.36% | 1,947 | 1,754 | – | – | – | – | 3,701 | ||
| Kent West | Lib | Con | 2,299 | 55.12% | 427 | 10.24% | 58.10% | 1,872 | 2,299 | – | – | – | – | 4,171 | ||
| Kingston | Con | Con | 951 | 52.69% | 108 | 5.98% | 59.93% | 843 | 951 | – | – | – | 3 | 1,805 | ||
| Lambton East | Lib | Lib | 2,017 | 51.44% | 113 | 2.88% | 71.80% | 2,017 | 1,904 | – | – | – | – | 3,921 | ||
| Lambton West | Lib | Lib | 1,943 | 55.26% | 370 | 10.52% | 57.62% | 1,943 | 1,573 | – | – | – | – | 3,516 | ||
| Lanark North | Lib | Lib | 1,247 | 54.19% | 193 | 8.39% | 72.68% | 1,247 | 1,054 | – | – | – | – | 2,301 | ||
| Lanark South | I-Con | Ind | 1,089 | 46.56% | 29 | 1.24% | 61.79% | 1,188 | – | – | – | – | 1,151[a 5] | 2,339 | ||
| Leeds North and Grenville North | Con | Con | 837 | 49.94% | 1 | 0.06% | 60.18% | 836 | 837 | – | – | 3 | – | 1,676 | ||
| Leeds South | Con | Con | 1,553 | 55.09% | 287 | 10.18% | 69.08% | 1,266 | 1,553 | – | – | – | – | 2,819 | ||
| Lennox | Lib | Con | 1,502 | 53.06% | 173 | 6.11% | 73.09% | 1,329 | 1,502 | – | – | – | – | 2,831 | ||
| Lincoln | Lib | Lib | acclaimed | |||||||||||||
| London | Con | Con | acclaimed | |||||||||||||
| Middlesex East | Con | Lib | 2,702 | 50.80% | 85 | 1.60% | 66.01% | 2,702 | 2,617 | – | – | – | – | 5,319 | ||
| Middlesex North | Lib | Lib | 1,946 | 50.47% | 36 | 0.93% | 75.05% | 1,946 | 1,910 | – | – | – | – | 3,856 | ||
| Middlesex West | Lib | Con | 1,835 | 51.21% | 87 | 2.43% | 77.21% | 1,748 | 1,835 | – | – | – | – | 3,583 | ||
| Monck | Lib | Lib | 1,574 | 52.17% | 131 | 4.34% | 77.93% | 1,574 | 1,443 | – | – | – | – | 3,017 | ||
| Muskoka and Parry Sound | Lib | Con | 2,278 | 52.30% | 200 | 4.59% | 66.47%[lower-alpha 1] | 2,078 | 2,278 | – | – | – | – | 4,356 | ||
| Norfolk North | Lib | Lib | 1,633 | 57.54% | 428 | 15.08% | 69.29% | 1,633 | 1,205 | – | – | – | – | 2,838 | ||
| Norfolk South | Con | Con | 1,492 | 50.49% | 29 | 0.98% | 73.68% | 1,463 | 1,492 | – | – | – | – | 2,955 | ||
| Northumberland East | Lib | Lib | 2,156 | 50.91% | 77 | 1.82% | 77.37% | 2,156 | 2,079 | – | – | – | – | 4,235 | ||
| Northumberland West | Lib | Con | 1,506 | 50.96% | 57 | 1.93% | 71.97% | 1,449 | 1,506 | – | – | – | – | 2,955 | ||
| Ontario North | Lib | Lib | 2,412 | 50.25% | 24 | 0.50% | 73.11% | 2,412 | 2,388 | – | – | – | – | 4,800 | ||
| Ontario South | Lib | Lib | 1,743 | 53.06% | 201 | 6.12% | 66.17% | 1,743 | 1,542 | – | – | – | – | 3,285 | ||
| Ottawa | Con | Con | 1,363 | 48.49% | 528 | 18.78% | 51.65% | 835 | 1,363 | – | – | – | 613 | 2,811 | ||
| Oxford North | Lib | Lib | acclaimed | |||||||||||||
| Oxford South | Lib | Lib | 1,640 | 53.77% | 230 | 7.54% | 52.71% | 1,640 | 1,410 | – | – | – | – | 3,050 | ||
| Peel | Lib | Lib | 1,521 | 51.40% | 83 | 2.81% | 76.40% | 1,521 | 1,438 | – | – | – | – | 2,959 | ||
| Perth North | Lib | Con | 2,642 | 51.14% | 118 | 2.28% | 72.78% | 2,524 | 2,642 | – | – | – | – | 5,166 | ||
| Perth South | Lib | Lib | 1,712 | 53.35% | 215 | 6.70% | 69.88% | 1,712 | 1,497 | – | – | – | – | 3,209 | ||
| Peterborough East | Lib | Lib | 1,265 | 59.11% | 390 | 18.22% | 71.04% | 1,265 | 875 | – | – | – | – | 2,140 | ||
| Peterborough West | Con | Con | 1,262 | 51.76% | 86 | 3.53% | 63.78% | 1,176 | 1,262 | – | – | – | – | 2,438 | ||
| Prescott | Con | Lib | 1,292 | 50.63% | 32 | 1.25% | 73.22% | 2,552[a 6] | – | – | – | – | – | 2,552 | ||
| Prince Edward | Lib | I-Lib | 2,045 | 50.47% | 38 | 0.94% | 77.94% | 2,007 | – | – | 2,045 | – | – | 4,052 | ||
| Renfrew North | Lib | Lib | 1,108 | 54.10% | 168 | 8.20% | 71.40% | 1,108[a 7] | 940 | – | – | – | – | 2,048 | ||
| Renfrew South | Lib | Lib | 934 | 52.83% | 100 | 5.66% | 69.17% | 934 | 834 | – | – | – | – | 1,768 | ||
| Russell | Lib | Con | 1,265 | 46.47% | 322 | 11.83% | 63.68% | 959 | 1,265 | – | – | – | 498 | 2,722 | ||
| Simcoe East | Lib | Lib | 1,403 | 50.38% | 21 | 0.75% | 65.70% | 1,403 | 1,382 | – | – | – | – | 2,785 | ||
| Simcoe South | Con | Con | 1,214 | 53.72% | 168 | 7.43% | 66.99% | 1,046 | 1,214 | – | – | – | – | 2,260 | ||
| Simcoe West | Con | Lib | 1,699 | 50.52% | 35 | 1.04% | 64.51% | 1,699 | 1,664 | – | – | – | – | 3,363 | ||
| Stormont | Con | Con | 1,145 | 56.21% | 253 | 12.42% | 74.67% | 892 | 1,145 | – | – | – | – | 2,037 | ||
| Toronto East | Con | Con | 2,135 | 47.93% | 124 | 2.78% | 50.44% | 2,011 | 2,135 | 308 | – | – | – | 4,454 | ||
| Toronto West | Con | Con | 2,634 | 52.05% | 207 | 4.09% | 44.83% | – | 2,634 | 2,427 | – | – | – | 5,061 | ||
| Victoria North | Lib | Con | 1,189 | 55.95% | 253 | 11.91% | 71.16% | 936 | 1,189 | – | – | – | – | 2,125 | ||
| Victoria South | Lib | Lib | 1,609 | 50.55% | 35 | 1.10% | 72.40% | 1,609 | 1,574 | – | – | – | – | 3,183 | ||
| Waterloo North | Lib | Lib | 1,569 | 65.16% | 730 | 30.32% | 61.85% | 1,569 | 839 | – | – | – | – | 2,408 | ||
| Waterloo South | Lib | Lib | 1,606 | 51.16% | 73 | 2.33% | 73.03% | 1,606 | 1,533 | – | – | – | – | 3,139 | ||
| Welland | Con | Lib | 2,070 | 50.67% | 55 | 1.35% | 67.82% | 2,070 | 2,015 | – | – | – | – | 4,085 | ||
| Wellington Centre | Lib | Lib | 1,569 | 59.89% | 518 | 19.77% | 58.83% | 1,569 | 1,051 | – | – | – | – | 2,620 | ||
| Wellington South | Lib | Lib | 1,348 | 50.62% | 33 | 1.24% | 68.02% | 1,348 | 1,315 | – | – | – | – | 2,663 | ||
| Wellington West | Lib | Lib | 2,103 | 56.28% | 469 | 12.55% | 64.73% | 2,103 | 1,634 | – | – | – | – | 3,737 | ||
| Wentworth North | Lib | Lib | 1,430 | 52.77% | 150 | 5.54% | 72.14% | 1,430 | 1,280 | – | – | – | – | 2,710 | ||
| Wentworth South | Con | Lib | 1,410 | 50.50% | 28 | 1.00% | 76.12% | 1,410 | 1,382[a 8] | – | – | – | – | 2,792 | ||
| York East | Lib | Lib | 2,022 | 53.20% | 243 | 6.39% | 71.39% | 2,022 | 1,779 | – | – | – | – | 3,801 | ||
| York North | Lib | Lib | 2,328 | 61.23% | 854 | 22.46% | 66.79% | 2,328 | 1,474 | – | – | – | – | 3,802 | ||
| York West | Lib | Con | 1,553 | 50.50% | 31 | 1.01% | 66.33% | 1,522 | 1,553 | – | – | – | – | 3,075 | ||
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- order is as given in EO reports
- the incumbent George William Monk was the winning candidate
- the incumbent William Jelly ran as an Independent Conservative, getting 682 votes
- Solomon White campaigned in two ridings
- the incumbent William Lees ran and won as an Independent candidate
- the incumbent Albert Peter Hagar, having won in an 1881 byelection, was the winning candidate
- Thomas Murray had won in Renfrew South in 1879, but had resigned his seat to unsuccessfully contest a federal seat in Pontiac in the 1878 election.
- Franklin Metcalfe Carpenter had previously won in 1879, but his election was overturned on petition to the court.
- = open seat
- = turnout is above provincial average
- = winning candidate was in previous Legislature
- = incumbent had switched allegiance
- = previously incumbent in another riding
- = not incumbent; was previously elected to the Legislature
- = incumbency arose from byelection gain
- = incumbency arose from prior election result being overturned by the court
- = other incumbents renominated
- = previously an MP in the House of Commons of Canada
- = multiple candidates
Analysis
More information Party in 1st place, Party in 2nd place ...
| Party in 1st place | Party in 2nd place | Total | ||||||
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| Accl | Lib | Con | I-Con | Lab | Ind | |||
| Liberal | 4 | 1 | 42 | 1 | 48 | |||
| Conservative | 1 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 37 | |
| Independent Liberal | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Independent | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Total | 5 | 36 | 43 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 88 | |
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More information Parties, Accl ...
| Parties | Accl | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th |
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| █ Liberal | 4 | 44 | 36 | 1 | 2 | |
| █ Conservative | 1 | 36 | 43 | |||
| █ Independent Liberal | 2 | 1 | ||||
| █ Independent | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| █ Independent Conservative | 2 | 2 | ||||
| █ Labour | 1 | 2 |
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More information Source, Party ...
| Source | Party | |||||
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| Lib | Con | I-Lib | Ind | Total | ||
| Seats retained | Incumbents returned | 32 | 13 | 45 | ||
| Returned by acclamation | 4 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Open seats held | 3 | 6 | 9 | |||
| Byelection loss reversed | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Ouster of incumbent changing allegiance | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Seats changing hands | Incumbents defeated | 1 | 14 | 1 | 16 | |
| Open seats gained | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Byelection gains held | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Incumbent changing allegiance | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Retention of seat overturned in previous election | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 48 | 37 | 2 | 1 | 88 | |
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MLAs elected by region and riding
Party designations are as follows:
Liberal
Conservative
Independent Liberal
Independent
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Notes
- Part of the district was unorganized territory, for which voter's lists were not prepared. Total valid ballots were 4,356 of which 1,815 came from such territory. Net amount was 2,541 plus 16 rejected ballots giving 2,557 net turnout. Compared to 3,847 registered voters, this gives a turnout of 66.47%.[3]
- Election declared void because of corrupt practices. Writ for new election issued. Dowling was returned in the subsequent byelection.[4]
- Election declared void because of corrupt practices. Writ for new election issued after appeal dismissed. Jacob William Dill (Liberal) won the subsequent byelection.[5]
- Election declared void because of corrupt practices. Writ for new election issued. Phelps was returned in the subsequent byelection.[4]
- Election declared void because of corrupt practices. Writ for new election issued. George William Ross (Liberal) won the subsequent byelection.[4]
- Election declared void because of corrupt practices. Writ for new election issued. Hammell was returned in the subsequent byelection.[4]
References
- "1883 general election results". Elections Ontario. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
- "Ontario Political History 101". January 6, 2010. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
- "Sessional Paper No. 1". Sessional Papers (Vol. XVI–Part I). Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 1884. pp. 48–49.
- Journals of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario. Vol. XVII. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 1884. pp. 20–23.
- Journals of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario. Vol. XVIII. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 1885. pp. 9–12.