Victoria North (provincial electoral district)

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

Victoria North 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.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Victoria North
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
1st	1867–1871		Alexander Peter Cockburn	Liberal
2nd	1871–1874		Duncan McRae	Conservative
3rd	1875–1875		John David Smith	Liberal
3rd	1875–1879		Duncan McRae	Conservative
4th	1879–1883		Samuel Stanley Peck	Liberal
5th	1883–1886		John Fell	Conservative
*Victoria East and Victoria West, 1890-1914*
14th	1914–1919		Robert Mercer Mason	Conservative
15th	1919–1923		Edgar Watson	United Farmers
16th	1923–1926		James Raglan Mark	Conservative
17th	1926–1929		William Newman	Liberal
18th	1929–1934		William Newman	Liberal
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly^[1]
*Merged into Victoria riding before the 1934 election*

Election results

v t e 1867 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Alexander Peter Cockburn	676	62.42
	Conservative	Joseph Staples	407	37.58
Total valid votes			1,083	79.87
Eligible voters			1,356
	Liberal pickup new district.
Source: Elections Ontario^[2]

v t e 1871 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Duncan McRae	518	54.76	+17.18
	Liberal	Dalton Ullyott	428	45.24	−17.18
Turnout			946	61.55	−18.32
Eligible voters			1,537
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+17.18
Source: Elections Ontario^[3]

v t e 1875 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John David Smith	724	50.14	+4.90
	Conservative	Duncan McRae	720	49.86	−4.90
Total valid votes			1,444	68.60	+7.05
Eligible voters			2,105
Election voided
Source: Elections Ontario^[4]

v t e Ontario provincial by-election, September 29, 1875 Previous election voided
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Duncan McRae	837	53.79	−0.97
	Liberal	P.H. Clark	719	46.21	+0.97
Total valid votes			1,556
	Conservative hold		Swing		−0.97
Source: History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario^[5]^: 374

v t e 1879 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Samuel Stanley Peck	1,217	56.34	+10.13
	Conservative	John Fell	943	43.66	−10.13
Total valid votes			2,160	65.04
Eligible voters			3,321
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+10.13
Source: Elections Ontario^[6]

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