1875 Ontario general election

1875 Ontario general election
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88 seats in the 3rd Legislative Assembly of Ontario ; 45 seats were needed for a majority
Premier before election; Oliver Mowat; Liberal	Premier after election ; Oliver Mowat; Liberal

The 1875 Ontario general election was the third general election held in the Province of Ontario, Canada. It was held on January 18, 1875, to elect the 88 Members of the 3rd Legislative Assembly of Ontario ("MLAs").^[1]

The Ontario Liberal Party, led by Oliver Mowat, increased its majority in the Legislature for its second term in government.

The Ontario Conservative Party, led by Matthew Crooks Cameron lost four of its seats.

Redistribution of ridings[]

The Assembly was increased from 82 to 88 members,^[2] through the following changes:

Abolished ridings	New ridings
Divisions of ridings
Essex	Essex North Essex South
Lambton	Lambton East Lambton West
Creation of riding from parts of others
	Dufferin^{[a 1]}
	Muskoka and Parry Sound^{[a 2]}
Mergers of ridings
Lincoln	Lincoln
Reorganization of ridings
Grey North Grey South	Grey North Grey East Grey South
Huron South	Huron South
Bothwell Kent	Kent East Kent West
Simcoe North Simcoe South	Simcoe East Simcoe South Simcoe West
Wellington Centre Wellington North Wellington South	Wellington Centre Wellington South Wellington West

^ formed from parts of Cardwell, Grey South, Wellington North, Wellington Centre and Simcoe South
^ taken from Simcoe North

Results[]

	Party	Leader	1871	Elected	% change
	Liberal	Oliver Mowat	43	49	+16.3%
	Conservative	Matthew Crooks Cameron	38	35	-11.8%
	Liberal-Conservative	Matthew Crooks Cameron	-	1
	Conservative Independent		-	2
	Liberal - Independent		-	1
	Conservative - Liberal		1	-
Total Seats			82	88	+7.3%

This was the first election in which paper ballots were used. Previously, votes were cast by public declaration.^[3]

Seats summary

Liberal			56.82%
Conservative			39.77%
Others			3.41%

References[]

^ "1875 General Election". Elections Ontario. Elections Ontario. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
^ An Act to re-adjust the Representation in the Legislative Assembly, S.O. 1874 (2nd session), c. 2
^ "Voting in Ontario Provincial Elections" (PDF). Elections Ontario. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2011-07-10.

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[3] rmed from parts of Cardwell, Grey South, Wellington North, Wellington Centre and Simcoe South

[4] taken from Simcoe North

[1] "1875 General Election". Elections Ontario. Elections Ontario. Retrieved January 3, 2021.

[2] An Act to re-adjust the Representation in the Legislative Assembly, S.O. 1874 (2nd session), c. 2

[5] "Voting in Ontario Provincial Elections" (PDF). Elections Ontario. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2011-07-10.

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1875 Ontario general election

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Redistribution of ridings[]

Results[]

See also[]

References[]