Cardwell (provincial electoral district)

This article is about the provincial electoral district. For the federal electoral district, see Cardwell (federal electoral district).

Cardwell was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1867 at the time of confederation and was abolished in 1907 before the 1908 election.

Cardwell

Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	1867
District abolished	1907
First contested	1867
Last contested	1905

Members of Provincial Parliament

Cardwell
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
1st	1867–1871		Thomas Swinarton	Conservative
2nd	1871–1874		George McManus	Cons-Liberal
3rd	1875–1879		John Flesher	Conservative
4th	1879–1883		Charles Robinson	Liberal
5th	1883–1886		William Henry Hammell	Conservative
6th	1886–1890
7th	1890–1894
8th	1894–1898		Edward Alfred Little	Cons-PPA
9th	1898–1902			Conservative
10th	1902–1904
11th	1905–1906
	1906–1908		Alexander Ferguson	Conservative
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly^[1]
Merged into Simcoe South before the 1908 election

Election results

v t e 1867 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Thomas Swinarton	1,151	52.37
	Liberal	George McManus	1,047	47.63
Total valid votes			2,198	84.96
Eligible voters			2,587
	Conservative pickup new district.
Source: Elections Ontario^[2]

v t e 1871 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal–Conservative	George McManus	1,116	63.16
	Liberal	Mr. Cumberland	651	36.84	−10.79
Turnout			1,767	67.14	−17.82
Eligible voters			2,632
	Liberal–Conservative gain from Conservative		Swing		+5.40
Source: Elections Ontario^[3]

v t e 1875 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Flesher	1,208	52.80
	Liberal	T.O. Bowls	1,080	47.20	+10.36
Turnout			2,288	66.82	−0.31
Eligible voters			3,424
	Conservative gain from Liberal–Conservative		Swing		−5.18
Source: Elections Ontario^[4]

References

1. For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
   • For Thomas Swinarton's Legislative Assembly information see "Thomas Swinarton, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
   • For George McManus's Legislative Assembly information see "George McManus, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
   • For John Flesher's Legislative Assembly information see "John Flesher, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
   • For Charles Robinson's Legislative Assembly information see "Charles Robinson, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
   • For William Henry Hammell's Legislative Assembly information see "William Henry Hammell, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
   • For Edward Alfred Little's Legislative Assembly information see "Edward Alfred Little, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
   • For Alexander Ferguson's Legislative Assembly information see "Alexander Ferguson, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
2. "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1867. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
3. "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1871. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
4. "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1875. Retrieved April 6, 2024.