Earlier in 1871, the Legislative Assembly passed an Act to give the courts jurisdiction to rule on petitions dealing with corrupt practices in elections.[2]
In 1872, the Parliament of Canada passed an Act to compel MPs who were also members of a provincial legislature to resign such seats if they wished to stand again in a federal election.[3] Five MLAs in the 1871 election were thus obliged to leave the Legislative Assembly in order to stand in federal ridings in 1872.
^Election declared void because of corrupt practices. Writ for new election issued.[5] Monk was returned in the subsequent byelection.
^Election declared void because of corrupt practices. Writ for new election issued.[5] Hamilton was returned in the subsequent byelection.
^Election declared void because of corrupt practices. Writ for new election issued.[5]James Bethune (Liberal) won the subsequent byelection.
^Declined the seat in favour of sitting for Bruce South[5]John McLeod (Liberal) won the subsequent byelection.
^Election declared void because of corrupt practices. Writ for new election issued.[5]James Simeon McCuaig (Conservative) won the subsequent byelection.
^Election declared void because of corrupt practices. Writ for new election issued.[5] Ardagh was returned in the subsequent byelection.
^Election declared void because of corrupt practices. Writ for new election issued.[5] Lauder was returned in the subsequent byelection.
Referencesedit
^"1871 General Election". Elections Ontario. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
^The Controverted Elections Act of 1871, S.O. 1870-71, c. 3
^An Act to compel Members of a Local Legislature in any Province where dual representation is not allowed, to resign their Seats before becoming Candidates in any Seats in the Dominion Parliament, S.C. 1872, c. 15
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The 1871 Ontario general election was the second general election held in the Province of Ontario Canada It was held on March 21 1871 to elect the 82 Members of the 2nd Legislative Assembly of Ontario MLAs 1 1871 Ontario general election 1867 March 21 1871 1875 outgoing members82 seats in the 2nd Legislative Assembly of Ontario 42 seats were needed for a majority First party Second party Leader Edward Blake John Sandfield MacdonaldParty Liberal ConservativeLeader s seat Bruce South CornwallLast election 41 41Seats won 43 38Seat change 2 3Premier before electionJohn Sandfield MacdonaldConservative Premier after election Edward BlakeLiberalThe Ontario Liberal Party led by Edward Blake won a slim majority of the seats and formed the government The Ontario Conservative Party led by John Sandfield Macdonald served as the official opposition Contents 1 Electoral reforms 2 Results 2 1 Synopsis of results 2 2 Analysis 2 3 MLAs elected by region and riding 2 4 Later resignations on campaigning at the federal level 3 See also 4 Notes and references 4 1 Notes 4 2 ReferencesElectoral reforms editEarlier in 1871 the Legislative Assembly passed an Act to give the courts jurisdiction to rule on petitions dealing with corrupt practices in elections 2 In 1872 the Parliament of Canada passed an Act to compel MPs who were also members of a provincial legislature to resign such seats if they wished to stand again in a federal election 3 Five MLAs in the 1871 election were thus obliged to leave the Legislative Assembly in order to stand in federal ridings in 1872 Results editElections to the 2nd Parliament of Ontario 1871 4 Political party Party leader MLAs VotesCandidates 1867 1871 pp Liberal 76 41 43 2 nbsp 68 366 9 323 nbsp 52 30 3 54 nbsp Conservative 73 41 38 3 nbsp 59 926 20 185 nbsp 45 85 4 44 nbsp Conservative Liberal 1 1 1 nbsp 1 116 1 116 0 85 NewIndependent 9 1 303 220 nbsp 1 00 0 04 nbsp Total 159 82 88 130 711 100 00 Voter turnout 130 711 28 612 nbsp 62 93 10 93 nbsp Registered electors 207 717 8 005 nbsp Acclamations Liberal 7 Conservative 8Other candidates receiving nil votes a 1 Independent 2 one in Halton and another in Peel Seats and popular vote by party Party Seats Votes Change pp Liberal 43 88 52 30 3 54 3 54 Conservative 38 88 45 85 4 44 Other 1 88 1 85 0 90 0 9 Synopsis of results edit Results by riding 1871 Ontario general election 4 Riding Winning party Turnout VotesName a 1 1867 Party Votes Share Margin Margin Lib Con CL Ind Total Addington Con Lib 809 50 82 26 1 63 59 31 809 783 1 592Algoma Con Con acclaimedBothwell Lib Lib 1 304 55 02 238 10 04 72 17 1 304 1 066 2 370Brant North Lib Lib 740 60 26 252 20 52 60 73 740 488 1 228Brant South Con Con 1 172 52 70 120 5 40 66 55 1 052 1 172 2 224Brockville and Elizabethtown Con Con 620 50 28 7 0 57 66 33 613 620 1 233Bruce North Lib Lib acclaimedBruce South Lib Lib 2 082 55 21 393 10 42 79 79 2 082 a 2 1 689 3 771Cardwell Con CL 1 116 63 16 465 26 32 67 14 651 1 116 1 767Carleton Lib Con 822 50 31 10 0 61 63 46 812 822 1 634Cornwall Con Con acclaimedDundas Lib Lib 1 216 56 09 264 12 18 76 28 1 216 952 2 168Durham East Con Con acclaimedDurham West Lib Lib acclaimed a 2 Elgin East Con Lib 1 442 53 11 169 6 22 63 82 1 442 1 273 2 715Elgin West Con Lib 969 55 69 198 11 38 76 55 969 771 1 740Essex Con Lib 1 204 51 23 418 17 79 50 95 1 204 786 360 2 350Frontenac Con Con acclaimedGlengarry Con Con 962 52 89 105 5 77 72 30 857 962 1 819Grenville South Con Con 797 51 22 38 2 44 76 42 759 797 1 556Grey North Con Con 1 339 58 42 386 16 84 50 22 953 1 339 2 292Grey South Con Con 1 625 59 92 538 19 84 61 83 1 087 1 625 2 712Haldimand Lib Lib 1 212 60 78 430 21 56 59 90 1 212 782 1 994Halton Lib Lib 1 194 55 98 255 11 95 57 51 1 194 939 2 133Hamilton Lib Lib 1 294 54 23 202 8 47 60 54 1 294 1 092 2 386Hastings East Con Con 186 88 57 162 77 14 10 10 24 186 210Hastings North Con Con 604 86 04 506 72 08 41 29 98 604 702Hastings West Con Con acclaimedHuron North Con Lib 2 259 55 86 474 11 72 68 67 2 259 1 785 4 044Huron South Lib Lib 1 561 53 55 207 7 10 71 64 1 561 1 354 2 915Kent Lib Lib 1 382 53 55 183 7 09 61 15 1 382 1 199 2 581Kingston Con Con 607 50 04 21 1 73 58 21 586 607 20 1 213Lambton Lib Lib acclaimedLanark North Lib Lib acclaimedLanark South Con Con 816 42 88 150 7 88 66 10 666 816 421 1 903Leeds North and Grenville North Lib Con 723 61 01 261 22 03 52 71 462 723 1 185Leeds South Con Con acclaimedLennox Con Con 1 183 56 41 269 12 83 62 95 2 097 a 3 2 097Lincoln Con Con acclaimedLondon Con Con 985 63 84 427 27 67 57 06 558 985 1 543Middlesex East Lib Con 1 622 51 41 89 2 82 74 92 1 533 1 622 3 155Middlesex North Lib Lib 1 286 56 58 299 13 15 69 34 1 286 987 2 273Middlesex West Con Lib 1 362 58 81 408 17 62 77 17 1 362 954 2 316Monck Con Con 931 50 13 5 0 27 66 35 926 931 1 857Niagara Con Con 277 62 25 109 24 49 56 98 168 277 445Norfolk North Con Lib 1 122 56 78 268 13 56 74 43 1 122 854 a 4 1 976Norfolk South Lib Lib 1 009 53 30 125 6 60 71 73 1 009 884 a 4 1 893Northumberland East Lib Lib 694 37 70 30 1 63 53 22 694 664 483 1 841Northumberland West Lib Lib 1 013 50 90 36 1 81 67 48 1 013 977 1 990Ontario North Lib Lib 1 279 73 80 833 48 07 44 11 1 279 446 1 733Ontario South Lib Lib 1 180 52 17 98 4 33 65 81 1 180 1 082 2 262Ottawa Lib Lib 574 76 33 396 52 66 27 68 574 178 752Oxford North Lib Lib acclaimedOxford South Lib Lib 1 430 57 78 385 15 56 65 86 1 430 1 045 2 475Peel Con Con 1 118 51 36 59 2 71 75 91 1 059 1 118 2 177Perth North Con Con 1 630 57 88 444 15 77 68 20 1 186 1 630 2 816Perth South Lib Con 1 302 50 60 31 1 20 71 99 1 271 1 302 2 573Peterborough East Con Con 779 61 68 299 23 67 60 55 480 779 4 1 263Peterborough West Con Lib 648 52 13 53 4 26 69 91 648 595 1 243Prescott Lib Con 853 54 26 134 8 52 75 61 719 853 1 572Prince Edward Lib Lib 1 522 52 23 130 4 46 78 19 1 522 1 392 a 5 2 914Renfrew North Con Con 640 56 74 152 13 48 74 31 488 640 1 128Renfrew South Lib Con 448 63 46 190 26 91 59 88 258 448 706Russell Con Con 773 51 29 46 3 05 56 15 727 773 7 1 507Simcoe North Lib Con 1 354 44 39 313 10 26 69 41 1 696 a 6 1 354 3 050Simcoe South Con Con acclaimedStormont Con Con 705 50 18 5 0 36 74 34 700 705 1 405Toronto East Con Con 1 232 52 56 120 5 12 52 26 1 112 1 232 2 344Toronto West Con Lib 1 487 53 05 171 6 10 51 84 1 487 1 316 2 803Victoria North Lib Con 518 54 76 90 9 51 61 55 428 518 946Victoria South Lib Lib 1 046 60 05 350 20 09 59 97 1 742 a 7 1 742Waterloo North Lib Lib acclaimedWaterloo South Lib Lib 1 215 60 27 414 20 54 69 42 1 215 801 2 016Welland Lib Lib 1 182 53 12 139 6 25 61 08 2 225 a 8 2 225Wellington Centre Con Lib 1 465 64 94 674 29 88 58 89 1 465 791 2 256Wellington North Lib Lib 1 531 63 53 652 27 05 59 40 1 531 879 2 410Wellington South Lib Lib acclaimedWentworth North Lib Lib 1 071 57 24 271 14 48 70 95 1 071 800 1 871Wentworth South Lib Lib 957 66 97 485 33 94 56 08 957 472 1 429York East Lib Lib 791 70 19 455 40 37 36 52 791 336 1 127York North Lib Con 1 306 50 10 5 0 19 66 64 1 301 1 306 2 607York West Con Lib 865 56 32 194 12 63 62 54 865 671 1 536 order is as given in EO reports a b Edward Blake was elected in two ridings the incumbent John Stevenson received 914 votes a b James Wilson incumbent in Norfolk North campaigned and lost in two ridings William Anderson had been elected as a Liberal in an 1870 byelection the incumbent William Lount received 655 votes the incumbent Thomas Matchett received 696 votes the incumbent William Beatty received 1 043 votes 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 other incumbents renominated previously an MP in the House of Commons of Canada multiple candidatesAnalysis edit Party candidates in 2nd place 4 Party in 1st place Party in 2nd place TotalAccl Lib ConLiberal 7 2 34 43Conservative 8 29 1 38Conservative Liberal 1 1Total 15 32 35 82Candidates ranked 1st to 3rd place by party 4 Parties Accl 1st 2nd 3rd Liberal 7 36 32 1 Conservative 8 30 35 Conservative Liberal 1 Independent 7Resulting composition of the 2nd Legislative Assembly of Ontario 4 Source PartyLib Con CL TotalSeats retained Incumbents returned 19 16 35Returned by acclamation 7 8 15Open seats held 3 3Ouster of incumbents changing allegiance 4 4Defeat of incumbent by same party candidate 2 1 3Byelection loss reversed 1 1Seats changing hands Incumbents defeated 8 7 15Open seats gained 3 2 1 6Total 43 38 1 82MLAs elected by region and riding edit Party designations are as follows Liberal Conservative Conservative Liberal Northern Ontario Algoma Frederick William Cumberland Ottawa Valley Carleton George William Monk a Lanark North Daniel Galbraith Lanark South Abraham Code Ottawa Richard William Scott Prescott George Wellesley Hamilton b Renfrew North Thomas Deacon Renfrew South Eric Harrington Russell William Craig Saint Lawrence Valley Brockville and Elizabethtown William Fitzsimmons Cornwall John Sandfield MacDonald Dundas Simon S Cook Glengarry James Craig Grenville South Mcneil Clarke Kingston William Robinson Leeds North and Grenville North Henry Merrick Leeds South Herbert Stone MacDonald Stormont William Colquhoun c Central Ontario Addington Hammel Madden Deroche Durham East Arthur Trefusis Heneage Williams Durham West Edward Blake d Frontenac Delino Dexter Calvin Hastings East Henry Corby Hastings North George Henry Boulter Hastings West Ketchum Graham Lennox John Thomas Grange Northumberland East William Wilson Webb Northumberland West Alexander Fraser Peterborough East George Read Peterborough West Thomas McCulloch Fairbairn Prince Edward Gideon Striker e Victoria North Duncan McRae Victoria South Samuel Casey Wood Georgian Bay Bruce North Donald Sinclair Grey North Thomas Scott Simcoe North William Davis Ardagh f Simcoe South Thomas Roberts Ferguson Wentworth Halton Niagara Halton William Barber Hamilton James Miller Williams Lincoln John Charles Rykert Monck Lachlin McCallum Niagara Stephen Richards Welland James George Currie Wentworth North Robert Christie Wentworth South William Sexton Midwestern Ontario Brant North Hugh Finlayson Brant South Edmund Burke Wood Bruce South Edward Blake Grey South Abram William Lauder g Haldimand Jacob Baxter Huron North Thomas Gibson Huron South Robert Gibbons Norfolk North John Fitzgerald Clarke Norfolk South Simpson McCall Oxford North George Perry Oxford South Adam Oliver Perth North Andrew Monteith Perth South Thomas B Guest Waterloo North Moses Springer Waterloo South Isaac Clemens Wellington Centre Charles Clarke Wellington North Robert McKim Wellington South Peter Gow Southwestern Ontario Bothwell Archibald McKellar Elgin East John Henry Wilson Elgin West Thomas Hodgins Essex Albert Prince Kent James Dawson Lambton Timothy Blair Pardee London John Carling Middlesex East Richard Tooley Middlesex North James Sinclair Smith Middlesex West Alexander Mackenzie Peel York Ontario Cardwell George McManus Ontario North Thomas Paxton Ontario South Charles Godfrey Peel John Coyne Toronto East Matthew Crooks Cameron Toronto West Adam Crooks York East Hugh Powell Crosby York North Alfred Boultbee York West Peter Patterson Later resignations on campaigning at the federal level edit Resignation New incoming MLADistrict Outgoing MLA Elected as MP Winner1872 federal electionBruce South Edward Blake nbsp Y Rupert Mearse WellsLondon John Carling nbsp Y William Ralph MeredithMiddlesex West Alexander Mackenzie nbsp Y a 1 John WatterworthMonck Lachlin McCallum nbsp N Henry Ryan Haney1873 federal byelection Durham West Brant South Edmund Burke Wood nbsp Y Arthur Sturgis Hardy1874 federal electionWellington North Robert McKim nbsp N a 2 George Turner Orton elected in Lambton campaigned in Wellington CentreSee also editPolitics of Ontario List of Ontario political parties Premier of Ontario Leader of the Opposition Ontario Notes and references editNotes edit Election declared void because of corrupt practices Writ for new election issued 5 Monk was returned in the subsequent byelection Election declared void because of corrupt practices Writ for new election issued 5 Hamilton was returned in the subsequent byelection Election declared void because of corrupt practices Writ for new election issued 5 James Bethune Liberal won the subsequent byelection Declined the seat in favour of sitting for Bruce South 5 John McLeod Liberal won the subsequent byelection Election declared void because of corrupt practices Writ for new election issued 5 James Simeon McCuaig Conservative won the subsequent byelection Election declared void because of corrupt practices Writ for new election issued 5 Ardagh was returned in the subsequent byelection Election declared void because of corrupt practices Writ for new election issued 5 Lauder was returned in the subsequent byelection References edit 1871 General Election Elections Ontario Retrieved January 3 2021 The Controverted Elections Act of 1871 S O 1870 71 c 3 An Act to compel Members of a Local Legislature in any Province where dual representation is not allowed to resign their Seats before becoming Candidates in any Seats in the Dominion Parliament S C 1872 c 15 a b c d e 1871 general election results Elections Ontario Retrieved November 11 2023 a b c d e f g Journals of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario Toronto Legislative Assembly of Ontario 1872 pp 5 15 nbsp nbsp This elections in Canada related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1871 Ontario general election amp oldid 1186598733, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
