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1867 Canadian federal election

August 7 – September 20, 1867 (1867-08-07 – 1867-09-20) 1872 →

181 seats in the House of Commons
91 seats needed for a majority
Registered361,028[1]
Turnout74.3%[a]
  First party Second party Third party
 
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Leader John A. Macdonald George Brown (unofficial) Joseph Howe
Party Conservative Liberal Anti-Confederation
Leader's seat Kingston Ran in Ontario South (lost) Hants
Seats won 100[b] 62 18
Popular vote 93,412 60,818 21,239
Percentage 34.8% 22.7% 7.9%

Popular vote by electoral riding. (Because seats are awarded by the popular vote in each riding, the provincial popular vote does not necessarily translate to more seats.)

Prime Minister before election

John A. Macdonald
Conservative

Prime Minister after election

John A. Macdonald
Conservative

The 1867 Canadian federal election was held from August 7 to September 20, 1867, and was the first election of Canada. It was held to elect members representing electoral districts in the provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario and Quebec to the House of Commons of the 1st Canadian Parliament. The provinces of Manitoba (1870) and British Columbia (1871) were created during the term of the 1st Parliament of Canada and were not part of this election.

Sir John A. Macdonald had been sworn in as prime minister by the Governor General, Lord Monck, when the new Canadian nation was founded on 1 July 1867. As leader of the Conservative Party of Canada (known as the Liberal-Conservative Party until 1873), he led his party in this election and continued as Prime Minister of Canada when the Conservatives won a majority of the seats in the election, including majorities of the seats (and votes) in the new provinces of Ontario and Quebec.

The Liberal Party of Canada won the second most seats overall, including a majority of the seats (and votes) in the province of New Brunswick. The Liberals did not have a party leader in the election. George Brown, who was the leader of the Liberal Party of Ontario, was considered the "elder statesman" of the national party. Brown ran concurrently for seats in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario and the House of Commons of Canada, and might well have been Prime Minister in the unlikely event that the Liberals prevailed over the Conservatives in the national election. Brown failed to win a seat in either body, and the national Liberals remained officially leaderless until 1873.

The Anti-Confederation Party, led by Joseph Howe, won the third most seats overall, based solely on a majority of seats (and votes) in the province of Nova Scotia. Their main desire was the reversal of the decision to join Confederation, which had become highly unpopular in that province. The goals of the Anti-Confederation Members of Parliament (MPs) were openly supported by five of the Liberal MPs of New Brunswick. The Anti-Confederation MPs sat with the Liberal caucus. When the government in Britain refused to allow Nova Scotia to secede, a majority of the Anti-Confederation MPs (11 of 18) moved to the Conservatives.

Halifax was a two-member riding at the time of the election, while the City of Saint John was represented by its own district and the County of Saint John. The election in Kamouraska, Quebec was delayed due to rioting.

Election

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The first Canadian election took place without a uniform set of election laws to govern the selection of members to the House of Commons,[2] an interim measure until Parliament could pass its own election laws, which did not come until 1885.[3] Instead, the election was contested under the rules set by each individual province prior to confederation, and future elections would be contested under provincial rules until a time when federal parliament set their own rules. Because of this, voting rights were inconsistent, as was the method of casting a ballot.[2] The BNA Act did stipulate that in the district of Algoma any male British subject of 21 years of age or older, "being a householder," would have the right to vote.

The election took place over a six week period from August 7 to September 20, with electoral district polls closing at different dates throughout the period.[4] Under the system each electoral district was required to be polled in one day, but the day did not have to be the same across all electoral districts. The exception to the extended polling period (often called "polling circuits") being Nova Scotia which abolished the practice of polling different districts on different days after excessive violence was reported in the 1843 election.[5]

Franchise

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The basic general requirement to vote across provinces was the requirement to be a male British subject 21 years of age or older. Voting was conducted in Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia through oral vote which required an eligible elector to declare their choice.[4] New Brunswick had adopted a form of secret ballot in 1855,[4] where electors write the name of a candidate on a piece of paper and deposit the vote in a ballot box.[2]

In all provinces, women and government employees including civil servants, judges, police and prosecutors were not permitted to vote.[2] Indigenous individuals who met property criteria were excluded from voting eligibility in most provinces if they received a benefit paid by the government.[2]

The Ontario elections laws were updated in 1866, with electors required to meet a property qualification of being an owner or tenant with a property value listed on the assessment roll of $600 in a city, $400 in a town, $300 in an incorporated village, and $100 in a township or police village.[6][7][2][c] Furthermore, urban residents must prove an annual income of at least $250.[8] An estimated 16.5 per cent of the population of Ontario was enfranchised for the 1867 election.[2] In Quebec, the property qualification for being an owner was $300 in urban areas and $200 in rural areas, and a tenant required a rent of $30 in an urban area or $20 in a rural area.[8][9] Nova Scotia's election laws were passed in 1863, and had a property qualification for owners or tenants of $150, and enfranchised persons with $300 of personal property.[10][8][11] while New Brunswick had a property qualification for owners of $100 and an annual income of $400, but also gave the vote to anyone who owned real or personal property with a total value of $400 or more.[8][12]

Electoral system, Representation by population

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The number of members in each province in Confederation was set by the Constitution Act, 1867 on the principle of representation by population.[13] The Act provided Quebec a minimum of 65 seats and seat allotment for the remainder of the country was based by dividing the average population of Quebec's 65 electoral districts to determine the number of seats for other provinces.[14] The Act also specified that distribution and boundary reviews should occur after each 10 year census.[14]

The BNA Act established that there would be 181 MPs ("subject to provisions of this Act") - 82 from Ontario, 65 from Quebec, 19 from Nova Scotia, and 15 from New Brunswick. Each would be elected in a single-member district, except there would be two elected in Halifax.[15] Each voter cast one vote, except the Halifax voters who cast up to two votes (Plurality block voting).[16]

Results

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Party Party leader # of
candidates
Elected Popular vote
# %
  Conservative Sir John A. Macdonald 83 71 64,179 23.92%
  Liberal-Conservative[b] 32 29 29,730 11.08%
  Liberal none (unofficially, George Brown) 66 62 60,818 22.67%
  Anti-Confederation[d] Joseph Howe 20 18 21,239 7.92%
  Independents 1 - 1,756 0.65%
  Independent Liberal 1 - 1,048 0.39%
  Unknown 140 - 89,547 33.37%
Vacant - 1 0
Total 343 180 268,317 100%
Source: [17]

Acclamations

The following MPs were acclaimed:

  • Ontario: 3 Conservative, 3 Liberal-Conservatives, 9 Liberals
  • Quebec: 14 Conservatives, 5 Liberal-Conservatives, 4 Liberals
  • New Brunswick: 1 Conservative, 3 Liberals
  • Nova Scotia: 4 Anti-Confederates

Vacancy

The election in Kamouraska, Quebec, was cancelled due to rioting at the polling places. No member was elected for the riding until a by-election in 1869.[18]

Results by province

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Party name Ontario Quebec  NB   NS  Total
  Conservative Seats 33 36 1 1 71
  Vote 26.2% 28.5%   13.8% 23.2%
  Liberal-Conservative Seats 16 11 2 - 29
  Vote 12.5% 12.3% 11.1% 3.5% 11.1%
  Liberal Seats 33 17 12   62
  Vote 23.7% 25.2% 49.5%   22.7%
  Anti-Confederation Seats       18 18
  Vote       58.2% 7.9%
  Unknown Seats - - - - -
  Vote 35.6% 34.1% 39.3% 23.06% 34%
  Independent Seats -       -
  Vote 1.3%       0.7%
  Independent Liberal Seats -       -
  Vote 0.7%       0.4%
Total seats 82 64 15 19 180

By district

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Nova Scotia

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Western Nova Scotia
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Electoral District Candidates   Incumbent
  Winner   Runner up   Other
Annapolis William Hallett Ray (A Conf)
1,171
Avard Longley (Cons.)
1,016
William Hallett Ray, Avard Longley & George Whitman
Colchester Archibald McLelan (A Conf.)
1,649
Adams George Archibald (Lib.-Cons.)
1,289
Archibald McLelan, William Blackwood, Adams George Archibald & Francis R. Parker
Cumberland Charles Tupper (Cons.)
1,368
William Annand (A Conf.)
1,271
Charles Tupper, Alexander Macfarlane & Robert Donkin
Digby Alfred William Savary (A Conf)
792
John Chipman Wade (Cons)
497
William Mehan
362
John Chipman Wade, Mathurin Robicheau, Colin Campbell
Halifax Alfred Gilpin Jones (A Conf)
2,381
Patrick Power (A Conf)
2,367
John Tobin
2,158
Samuel Leonard Shannon
2,154
John Tobin, Samuel Leonard Shannon, Henry Pryor, William Annand & Henry Balcom
Hants Joseph Howe (A Conf)
1,530
James W. King
956
Ezra Churchill, William Dawson Lawrence, James W. King & Lewis W. Hill
Kings William Henry Chipman (A Conf.)
1,472
J. N. Coleman
659
Charles C. Hamilton, Caleb Rand Bill, Daniel Charles Moore & Edward L. Brown
Lunenburg Edmund Mortimer McDonald (A Conf)
1,557
Henry Kaulback
905
Henry S. Jost, Henry Kaulback & Abraham Hebb
Queens James F. Forbes (A Conf)
844
John Campbell
271
John Campbell, Andrew Cowie & Charles Allison
Shelburne Thomas Coffin (A Conf)
Accl.
Thomas Coffin, John Locke & Robert Robertson
Yarmouth Thomas Killam (A Conf)
1,225
George Stayley Brown
666
Thomas Killam, George Stayley Brown & Isaac Hatfield
Eastern Nova Scotia
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Electoral District Candidates   Incumbent
  Winner   Runner up   Other
Antigonish Hugh McDonald (A Conf)
1,238
William Alexander Henry (Cons.)
390
William Alexander Henry & John McKinnon
Cape Breton James McKeagney (A Conf.)
Accl.
Thomas Caldwell & John George Bourinot
Guysborough Stewart Campbell (A Conf.)
Accl.
William O. Heffernan & Stewart Campbell
Inverness Hugh Cameron (A Conf)
1,186
Samuel McDonnell (Cons.)
601
Hiram Blanchard, Peter Smyth & Samuel McDonnell
Pictou James William Carmichael (A Conf)
2,011
James McDonald (Cons.)
1,653
James Fraser, James McDonald, Donald Fraser & Alexander MacKay
Richmond William Joseph Croke (A Conf)
545
Donovan
279
Isaac LeVesconte & William Miller
Victoria William Ross (A Conf.)
Accl.
William Ross & Charles James Campbell

New Brunswick

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Northern New Brunswick
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Electoral District Candidates   Incumbent
  Winner   Runner up   Other
Gloucester Timothy Anglin (Lib)
1,061
John Meahan
671
Robert Young & John Meahan
Kent Auguste Renaud (Lib)
876
Lestock P. W. DesBrisay
757
Owen McInerney
485
Robert Barry Cutler
4
William Shand Caie & Owen McInerney
Northumberland John Mercer Johnson (Lib)
1,226
Thomas F. Gillespie
757
John Mercer Johnson, Edward Williston, Richard Sutton, George Kerr
Restigouche John McMillan (Lib)
370
John Phillips
259
John McMillan & Alexander C. DesBrisay
Victoria John Costigan (Lib-Cons)
778
William Blackwood Beveridge
549
James Workman
16
James Tibbetts
0
Benjamin Beveridge & Vital Hébert
Southern New Brunswick
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Electoral District Candidates   Incumbent
  Winner   Runner up   Other
Albert John Wallace (Lib)
778
Henry J. Stevens
714
Abner Reid McClelan & John Lewis
Carleton Charles Connell (Lib)
acclaimed
Charles Connell & William Lindsay
Charlotte John Bolton (Lib)
1,214
Robert Thompson
918
John McAdam, James G. Stevens, Francis Hibbard, James Watson Chandler
City and County of St. John John Hamilton Gray (Cons)
acclaimed
Charles Nelson Skinner, John Hamilton Gray, Robert Duncan Wilmot, James Quinton
City of St. John Samuel Leonard Tilley (Lib-Cons)
1,402
John Wilson
610
Samuel Leonard Tilley & Andrew Rainsford Wetmore
King's George Ryan (Lib)
1,303
George Otty
1,083
George Ryan, William P. Flewelling, John Flewelling
Queen's John Ferris (Lib)
acclaimed
John Ferris, Robert Thorne Babbit
Sunbury Charles Burpee (Lib)
664
William E. Perley
425
John Glasier & William E. Perley
Westmorland Albert James Smith (Lib)
2,207
Israël Landry
454
Albert James Smith, Bliss Botsford, Angus McQueen, Amand Landry
York Charles Fisher (Lib)
acclaimed
Hiram Dow, Charles Fisher, Alexander Thompson, John Adolphus Beckwith

Quebec

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Eastern Quebec
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Electoral District Candidates   Incumbent
  Winner   Runner up   Other
Bonaventure Théodore Robitaille (Cons)
1,018
M. Tremblay
444
Théodore Robitaille (Bleu)
Dorchester Hector Louis Langevin (Cons)
acclaimed
Hector Louis Langevin (Bleu)
Gaspé Pierre-Étienne Fortin (Cons)
acclaimed
John Le Boutillier (Bleu)
Kamouraska No election due to rioting Jean-Charles Chapais (Bleu)
Lévis Joseph-Goderic Blanchet (Lib-Cons)
acclaimed
Joseph-Goderic Blanchet (Bleu)
L'Islet Barthélemy Pouliot (Cons)
464
Louis-Bonaventure Caron
40
Louis-Bonaventure Caron (Rouge)
Montmagny Joseph-Octave Beaubien (Cons)
acclaimed
Joseph-Octave Beaubien (Bleu)
Rimouski George Sylvain (Cons)
1,152
Augustin Michaud
697
George Sylvain (Bleu)
Témiscouata Charles Bertrand (Cons)
acclaimed
Jean-Baptiste Pouliot (Rouge)
Quebec City area and Saguenay
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Electoral District Candidates   Incumbent
  Winner   Runner up   Other
Charlevoix Simon-Xavier Cimon (Cons)
999
Adolphe Gagnon
911
Adolphe Gagnon (Rouge)
Chicoutimi—Saguenay Pierre-Alexis Tremblay (Liberal)
acclaimed
Pierre-Alexis Tremblay (Liberal)
Montmorency Joseph-Édouard Cauchon (Cons)
acclaimed
Joseph-Édouard Cauchon (Bleu)
Quebec County Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau (Cons)
acclaimed
François Évanturel (Liberal)
Quebec East Pierre-Gabriel Huot (Liberal)
acclaimed
Pierre-Gabriel Huot (Rouge)
Quebec West Thomas McGreevy (Lib-Cons)
acclaimed
Charles Joseph Alleyn (Cons)
Quebec-Centre Georges-Honoré Simard (Cons)
1,291
P. Garneau
5
Blanchet
2
Isidore Thibaudeau (Rouge)
Central Quebec
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Electoral District Candidates   Incumbent
  Winner   Runner up   Other
Berthier Anselme-Homère Pâquet (Lib)
1,131
L. Trachemontagne
1,095
Anselme-Homère Pâquet (Rouge)
Champlain John Jones Ross (Cons)
1,449
M. Martineau
305
John Jones Ross (Bleu)
Joliette François Benjamin Godin (Lib)
918
Louis François Georges Baby (Cons)
862
Hippolite Cornellier (Bleu)
L'Assomption Louis Archambeault (Lib-Cons)
898
P. U. Archambault
665
Louis Archambeault (Rouge)
Lotbinière Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière (Lib)
acclaimed
Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière (Rouge)
Maskinongé George Caron (Cons)
702
Moïse Houde
564
Moïse Houde (Rouge)
Montcalm Joseph Dufresne (Cons)
acclaimed
Joseph Dufresne (Bleu)
Nicolet Joseph Gaudet (Cons)
1,070
M. Rousseau
499
Joseph Gaudet (Bleu)
Portneuf Jean-Docile Brousseau (Cons)
1,027
I. P. Dery
718
Dubord
1
Jean-Docile Brousseau (Lib-Cons)
Saint Maurice Louis-Léon Lesieur Désaulniers (Cons)
acclaimed
Charles Gérin-Lajoie (Rouge)
Three Rivers Louis-Charles Boucher de Niverville (Cons)
277
C. B. Genest
143
Louis-Charles Boucher de Niverville (Bleu)
Yamaska Moïse Fortier (Lib)
797
Joseph Albert Norbert Provencher (Cons)
760
Moïse Fortier (Rouge)
Eastern Townships
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Electoral District Candidates   Incumbent
  Winner   Runner up   Other
Bagot Pierre-Samuel Gendron (Cons)
1,156
Maurice Laframboise
889
Maurice Laframboise (Rouge)
Beauce Christian Pozer (Lib)
1,180
Henri Elzéar Taschereau
629
Henri Elzéar Taschereau (Bleu)
Bellechasse Louis-Napoléon Casault (Cons)
983
Édouard Rémillard
671
Édouard Rémillard (Rouge)
Brome Christopher Dunkin (Cons)
acclaimed
Christopher Dunkin (Cons)
Compton John Henry Pope (Lib-Cons)
acclaimed
John Henry Pope (Cons)
Drummond—Arthabaska Louis-Adélard Senécal (Cons)
1,135
M. Houle
1,111
Jean-Baptiste-Éric Dorion (Rouge)
Mégantic George Irvine (Cons)
1,000
P. O. Triganne
733
George Irvine (Cons)
Missisquoi Brown Chamberlin (Cons)
1,190
Philip Henry Moore
497
James O'Halloran (Rouge)
Richmond—Wolfe William Hoste Webb (Cons)
1,137
Beique
903
William Hoste Webb (Cons)
Shefford Lucius Seth Huntington (Lib)
1,317
Parmelee
991
Lucius Seth Huntington (Rouge)
Sherbrooke (Town of) Alexander Tilloch Galt (Lib-Cons)
acclaimed
Alexander Tilloch Galt (Lib-Cons)
Stanstead Charles Carroll Colby (Lib-Cons)
814
Albert Knight
616
Albert Knight (Cons)
Montérégie Est
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Electoral District Candidates   Incumbent
  Winner   Runner up   Other
Chambly Pierre Basile Benoit (Cons)
691
V. P. W. Dorion
526
Charles Boucher de Boucherville (Bleu)
Iberville François Béchard (Lib)
1,035
Alexandre Dufresne
504
Alexandre Dufresne (Rouge)
Richelieu Thomas McCarthy (Cons)
777
Joseph-Xavier Perrault
625
P. Gélinas
450
Joseph-Xavier Perrault (Rouge)
Rouville Guillaume Cheval dit St-Jacques (Lib)
1,236
Joseph-Napoléon Poulin
824
Joseph-Napoléon Poulin (Bleu)
St. Hyacinthe Alexandre-Édouard Kierzkowski (Lib)
1,107
Rémi Raymond
929
Rémi Raymond (Bleu)
St. John's François Bourassa (Lib)
696
Charles Laberge
600
François Bourassa (Rouge)
Verchères Félix Geoffrion (Lib)
831
L. H. Massuee
740
Félix Geoffrion (Rouge)
Vallée-du-Haut-Saint-Laurent
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Electoral District Candidates   Incumbent
  Winner   Runner up   Other
Beauharnois Michael Cayley (Cons)
724
Paul Denis
691
Paul Denis (Bleu)
Châteauguay Luther Hamilton Holton (Lib)
1,013
Thomas Kennedy Ramsay
586
Luther Hamilton Holton (Rouge)
Huntingdon John Rose (Lib-Cons)
1,280
W. H. Kerr
468
Robert Brown Somerville (Ind)
Laprairie Alfred Pinsonneault (Cons)
750
M. Normandeau
293
Alfred Pinsonneault (Bleu)
Napierville Sixte Coupal dit la Reine (Lib)
878
M. Laviolette
344
Sixte Coupal dit la Reine (Rouge)
Soulanges Luc-Hyacinthe Masson (Cons)
729
M. Guindon
470
William Duckett (Cons)
Vaudreuil Donald McMillan (Cons)
acclaimed
Antoine Chartier de Lotbinière Harwood (Cons)
Hochelaga Archipelago
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Electoral District Candidates   Incumbent
  Winner   Runner up   Other
Hochelaga Antoine-Aimé Dorion (Lib)
1,312
J. Lanouette
1,289
Antoine-Aimé Dorion (Rouge)
Jacques Cartier Guillaume Gamelin Gaucher (Cons)
659
M. Brunet
542
Guillaume Gamelin Gaucher (Bleu)
Laval Joseph-Hyacinthe Bellerose (Cons)
acclaimed
Joseph-Hyacinthe Bellerose (Bleu)
Montreal Centre Thomas Workman (Lib)
acclaimed
John Rose (Cons)
Montreal East George-Étienne Cartier (Lib-Cons)
2,431
M. Lanctot (Lib)
2,085
George-Étienne Cartier (Bleu)
Montreal West Thomas D'Arcy McGee (Lib-Cons)
2,675
Bernard Devlin (Lib)
2,478
Thomas D'Arcy McGee (Cons)
Laurentides & Outaouais
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Electoral District Candidates   Incumbent
  Winner   Runner up   Other
Argenteuil John Abbott (Lib-Cons)
693
B. Hutchins
595
John Abbott (Lib)
Ottawa (County of) Alonzo Wright (Lib-Cons)
acclaimed
Alonzo Wright (Cons)
Pontiac Edmund Heath (Cons)
acclaimed
John Poupore (Bleu)
Terrebonne Louis-Rodrigue Masson (Cons)
acclaimed
Louis Labrèche-Viger (Lib)
Two Mountains Jean-Baptiste Daoust (Cons)
acclaimed
Jean-Baptiste Daoust (Reformer)

Ontario

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Ottawa Valley
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Electoral District Candidates   Incumbent
  Winner   Runner up   Other
Carleton John Holmes (Lib-Cons)
1,087
John Rochester (Cons)
1,006
William Frederick Powell (Cons)
Lanark North William McDougall (Lib-Cons)
acclaimed
William McDougall (Reformer)
Lanark South Alexander Morris (Cons)
acclaimed
Alexander Morris (Cons)
Ottawa (City of) Joseph Merrill Currier (Lib-Cons)
974
Alexander Gibb
25
Edward McGillivray
5
E. Martineau
1
Moss Kent Dickinson
0
Philip Thompson
0
Joseph Merrill Currier (Cons)
Prescott Albert Hagar (Lib)
1,205
Thomas Higginson
130
Thomas Higginson (Cons)
Renfrew North John Rankin (Cons)
613
Thomas Murray
527
Robert McIntyre (Reformer)
Renfrew
Renfrew South Daniel McLachlin (Lib)
acclaimed
Russell James Alexander Grant (Cons)
1,293
Robert Bell
695
Robert Bell (Cons)
St. Lawrence Valley
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Electoral District Candidates   Incumbent
  Winner   Runner up   Other
Addington James Lapum (Cons)
1,120
Schuyler Shibley (Lib-Cons)
991
Henry Smith
2
Price
1
D. Cameron
0
Hamm
0
Lott
0
New district
Brockville James Crawford (Cons)
690
Fitzwilliam Henry Chambers
521
Fitzwilliam Henry Chambers (Reformer)
Cornwall John Sandfield Macdonald (Lib)
451
Mattice
295
John Sandfield Macdonald (Reformer)
Dundas John Sylvester Ross (Lib-Cons)
acclaimed
John Sylvester Ross (Cons)
Frontenac Thomas Kirkpatrick (Cons)
1,242
J. Carruthers
693
William Ferguson (Cons)
Glengarry Donald Alexander Macdonald (Lib)
acclaimed
Donald Alexander Macdonald (Reformer)
Grenville South Walter Shanly (Cons)
899
William Patrick
730
Walter Shanly (Lib-Cons)
Grenville
Kingston John A. Macdonald (Lib-Cons)
735
John Stewart
142
John A. Macdonald (Lib-Cons)
Leeds North and Grenville North Francis Jones (Cons)
923
G. Montgomery
857
Francis Jones (Reformer)
North Leeds and Grenville
Leeds South John Willoughby Crawford (Cons)
1,393
Albert Norton Richards
1,364
Albert Norton Richards (Reformer)
Lennox Richard John Cartwright (Cons)
1,268
John Thomas Grange
1,122
Richard John Cartwright (Cons)
Lennox and Addington
Stormont Samuel Ault (Lib-Cons)
955
Sinclair
363
Samuel Ault (Reformer)
Central Ontario
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Electoral District Candidates   Incumbent
  Winner   Runner up   Other
Hastings East Robert Read (Cons)
1,110
J. J. Farley
457
New district
Hastings North Mackenzie Bowell (Cons)
928
Thomas Campbell Wallbridge
636
McLean
1
Thomas Campbell Wallbridge (Reformer)
Hastings West James Brown (Cons)
773
Holden
313
Lewis Wallbridge (Reformer)
South Hastings
Northumberland East Joseph Keeler (Lib-Cons)
1,607
Kenneth McKenzie
827
Meyers
0
James Lyons Biggar (Reformer)
Northumberland West James Cockburn (Cons)
acclaimed
James Cockburn (Lib-Cons)
Peterborough East Peregrine Maitland Grover (Cons)
956
James Anderson
644
Frederick W. Haultain (Cons)
Peterborough
Peterborough West Charles Perry (Cons)
681
J. Gordon
652
Prince Edward Walter Ross (Lib)
1,779
James Simeon McCuaig (Cons)
942
Walter Ross (Reformer)
Victoria North John Morison (Lib)
687
Hector Cameron
403
James Dunsford (Reformer)
Victoria
Victoria South George Kempt (Lib)
1,001
Hector Cameron
801
Greater Toronto Area
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Electoral District Candidates   Incumbent
  Winner   Runner up   Other
Durham East Francis Henry Burton (Cons.)
1,134
F. Beamish
451
John Shuter Smith (Reformer)
Durham West Edward Blake (Cons.)
1,337
J. Milne
931
Henry Munro (Reformer)
Halton John White (Lib.)
1,422
George King Chisholm
1,289
John White (Reformer)
Ontario North John Hall Thompson (Lib.)
1,628
Matthew Crooks Cameron (Lib.)
1,362
Matthew Crooks Cameron (Cons.)
Ontario South Thomas Nicholson Gibbs (Lib.-Cons.)
1,292
George Brown
1,223
Thomas Nicholson Gibbs (Reformer)
Peel John Hillyard Cameron (Cons.)
1,138
Wally Barber
1,076
John Hillyard Cameron (Cons.)
Toronto East James Beaty Sr. (Cons.)
1,113
William Thomas Aikins
980
Allen
1
Alexander Mortimer Smith (Reformer)
Toronto West Robert Alexander Harrison (Cons.)
1,477
John Macdonald (Ind. Lib.)
1,048
John Macdonald (Reformer)
York East James Metcalfe (Lib.)
1,174
T. A. Milne
937
Amos Wright (Reformer)
York North James Pearson Wells (Lib.)
Acclaimed
James Pearson Wells (Reformer)
York West William Pearce Howland (Lib.-Cons.)
810
J. S. Hubertus
297
David Blain
0
William Pearce Howland (Reformer)
Georgian Bay
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Electoral District Candidates   Incumbent
  Winner   Runner up   Other
Algoma Wemyss Mackenzie Simpson (Cons.)
250
William Beatty
241
A. MacDonell
38
New district
Bruce North Alexander Sproat (Cons)
862
R. Douglas
852
New district
Bruce South Francis Hurdon (Cons)
1,777
W. Rastall
1,624
Hall
5
New district
Cardwell Thomas Roberts Ferguson (Cons)
1,155
Philips
1,078
New district
Grey North George Snider (Lib)
1,399
D'Arcy Boulton
1,143
George Jackson (Cons)
Grey
Grey South George Jackson (Cons)
1,560
R. Dalgleish
1,547
Simcoe North Thomas David McConkey (Lib)
Acclaimed
Thomas David McConkey (Reformer)
Simcoe South William Carruthers Little (Lib-Cons)
1,411
Thomas Saunders
1,055
Thomas Roberts Ferguson (Cons)
Niagara Peninsula
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Electoral District Candidates   Incumbent
  Winner   Runner up   Other
Brant North John Young Bown (Lib-Cons)
672
J. D. Clement
670
John Young Bown (Lib-Cons)
East Brant
Brant South Edmund Burke Wood (Lib)
1,257
H. B. Leeming
1,090
Edmund Burke Wood (Reformer)
West Brant
Haldimand David Thompson (Lib)
1,391
R. McKinnon
1,022
David Thompson (Reformer)
Hamilton Charles Magill (Lib)
Acclaimed
Charles Magill (Lib)
Lincoln James Rea Benson (Lib-Cons)
Acclaimed
William McGiverin (Reformer)
Monck Lachlin McCallum (Lib-Cons)
1,126
Fraser
871
New district
Niagara Angus Morrison (Cons)
300
William Alexander Thomson
250
Angus Morrison (Reformer)
Niagara (town)
Norfolk North Aquila Walsh (Cons)
1,026
Duncombe
990
Aquila Walsh (Cons)
Norfolk
Norfolk South Peter Lawson (Lib)
1,050
N. O. Walker
969
Welland Thomas Clark Street (Cons)
Acclaimed
Thomas Clark Street (Cons)
Wentworth North James McMonies (Lib)
1,154
Alexander Brown
1,093
James McMonies (Reform)
Wentworth South Joseph Rymal (Lib)
1,015
Thomas Robertson
988
Joseph Rymal (Reform)
Midwestern Ontario
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Electoral District Candidates   Incumbent
  Winner   Runner up   Other
Huron North Joseph Whitehead (Lib)
1,940
J. Holmes
1,318
Sloan
675
James Dickson (Reform)
Huron & Bruce
Huron South Malcolm Colin Cameron (Lib)
1,624
G. H. Ritchie
1,453
D. L. Sills
1
Oxford North Thomas Oliver (Lib)
Acclaimed
Thomas Oliver (Reformer)
Oxford South Ebenezer Vining Bodwell (Lib)
Acclaimed
George Brown (Reformer)
Perth North James Redford (Lib)
1,515
Thomas Mayne Daly Sr. (Lib-Cons)
1,307
Robert MacFarlane (Reform)
Perth
Perth South Robert MacFarlane (Lib)
1,490
T. B. Guest
1,393
Waterloo North Isaac Erb Bowman (Lib)
Acclaimed
Isaac Erb Bowman (Reformer)
Waterloo South James Young (Lib)
1,324
James Cowan
958
James Cowan (Reformer)
Wellington Centre Thomas Sutherland Parker (Lib)
Acclaimed
Thomas Sutherland Parker (Reform)
North Wellington
Wellington North George Alexander Drew (Lib-Cons)
1,493
Michael Hamilton Foley
1,271
Wellington South David Stirton (Lib)
963
F. W. Stone
652
David Stirton (Reformer)
Southwestern Ontario
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Electoral District Candidates   Incumbent
  Winner   Runner up   Other
Bothwell David Mills (Lib)
1,333
David Glass (Cons)
1,224
New district
Elgin East Thomas William Dobbie (Cons)
1,492
Leonidas Burwell
1,382
Leonidas Burwell (Reformer)
Elgin West John H. Munroe (Cons)
970
C. McDougall
766
John Scoble (Reformer)
Essex John O'Connor (Cons)
1,439
Arthur Rankin
1,432
Arthur Rankin (Reformer)
Kent Rufus Stephenson (Cons)
1,524
Archibald McKellar
1,427
Archibald McKellar (Reformer)
Lambton Alexander Mackenzie (Lib)
1,999
Alexander Vidal (Cons)
1,311
Alexander Mackenzie (Reformer)
London John Carling (Lib-Cons)
1,114
James Peacock
266
John Carling (Lib-Cons)
Middlesex East Crowell Willson (Lib-Cons)
1,896
D. McFie
1,756
Crowell Willson (Reformer)
Middlesex North Thomas Scatcherd (Lib)
1,605
Watson
874
Thomas Scatcherd (Reformer)
West Middlesex
Middlesex West Angus Peter McDonald (Cons)
1,063
G. Billington
1,044

See also

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References

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Notes

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  1. ^ Elections Canada reported a 73.1% voter turnout.[1]
  2. ^ a b Though Liberal-Conservatives were identifying themselves as such, these MPs (29 MPs) and those identifying as Conservatives (71 MPs) were both led by Sir John A. Macdonald (himself a Liberal-Conservative) and sat together in the House of Commons forming a 100 MPs majority.
  3. ^ The value of property required to be eligible to vote for a member of parliament is listed as $200 in an urban area and $100 in a rural area by Elections Canada A History of the Vote in Canada, however that number provided in the publication is a general amount for the period from 1867 to 1885 before federal law was passed governing franchise.[8]
  4. ^ Anti-Confederates sat with the Liberal Party in the House of Commons.

Citations

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  1. ^ a b "Voter Turnout at Federal Elections and Referendums". Elections Canada. Archived from the original on October 23, 2019. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g LeDuc et al. 2010, p. 63.
  3. ^ Elections Canada 2021, p. 58.
  4. ^ a b c Elections Canada 2021, p. 61.
  5. ^ Garner 1969, p. 28.
  6. ^ Garner 1969, p. 116.
  7. ^ An Act Respecting Municipal Institutions of Upper Canada, 1866, c. LI, s. 81
  8. ^ a b c d e Elections Canada 2021, p. 67.
  9. ^ Garner 1969, p. 114.
  10. ^ Garner 1969, p. 35.
  11. ^ An Act to Regulate the Election of Members to Serve in the General Assembly, 1863, c. 28
  12. ^ Garner 1969, p. 71.
  13. ^ Elections Canada 2021, p. 78.
  14. ^ a b Elections Canada 2021, p. 79.
  15. ^ The BNA Act https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr/csj-sjc/constitution/lawreg-loireg/p1t11.html
  16. ^ Parliamentary Guide 1969, p. 333-334
  17. ^ "Profile - 1867-08-07". Parlinfo. Archived from the original on November 10, 2019. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
  18. ^ Library of Parliament - History of Federal Ridings since 1867: Kamouraska.

Further reading

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