Ontario
Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Ontario
District created1867
District abolished1975
First contested1867
Last contested1971
Demographics
Census division(s)Ontario County
Census subdivision(s)Ajax (until 1954), Oshawa (until 1954), Pickering (until 1967), Reach Township (from 1886), Scugog Township (from 1886). Whitby (until 1967)

Ontario was a provincial riding in the Canadian province of Ontario. Called Ontario South until 1933, it was active from 1867 to 1975. For its entire existence, the riding contained parts of or all of Ontario County, a now-defunct county which comprised most, but not all, of the contemporary Regional Municipality of Durham, including the municipalities of Ajax, Oshawa, Pickering and Whitby. After 1955, however, a separate riding called Oshawa was created to serve the city of Oshawa, Ajax and parts of Pickering and Whitby, while the Ontario riding continued to serve the more rural areas in the county. In 1966 a new Ontario South was created to represent Ajax, Pickering and Whitby. The remainder of the riding was divided into the new ridings of Durham West, Durham East and Durham—York in 1975.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly Years Member Party
Ontario South
1st  1867–1871     William McGill Liberal
2nd  1871–1875 Abram Farewell
3rd  1875–1879     Nicholas W. Brown Conservative
4th  1879–1883     John Dryden Liberal
5th  1883–1886
6th  1886–1890
7th  1890–1894
8th  1894–1898
9th  1898–1898     Charles Calder Conservative
 1898–1902     John Dryden Liberal
10th  1902–1905
11th  1905–1908     Charles Calder Conservative
12th  1908–1911
13th  1911–1914     W. E. N. Sinclair Liberal
14th  1914–1919     Charles Calder Conservative
15th  1919–1923     W. E. N. Sinclair Liberal
16th  1923–1926
17th  1926–1929
18th  1929–1934
Ontario
19th  1934–1937     W. E. N. Sinclair Liberal
20th  1937–1943 Gordon Daniel Conant
21st  1943–1945     Arthur Henry Williams Co-operative Commonwealth
22nd  1945–1948     Thomas Kelso Creighton Progressive Conservative
23rd  1948–1951     T.D. Thomas Co-operative Commonwealth
24th  1951–1955
25th  1955–1959     Matthew Dymond Progressive Conservative
26th  1959–1963
27th  1963–1967
28th  1967–1971
29th  1971–1975
Merged into Durham West, Durham East and Durham North after 1975

Election results (1934-1963)

1934 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalW. E. N. Sinclair11,40956.63
ConservativeErnest L. Marks6,36331.58
Co-operative CommonwealthAndrew Glen2,37511.79
1937 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalGordon Daniel Conant9,83444.13
ConservativeGrant L. Bird7,77534.89
Co-operative CommonwealthFinley M. Dafoe4,59820.63
Socialist LabourE. G. Forest790.35
1943 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes%
Co-operative CommonwealthArthur Henry Williams8,74544.07
LiberalJacob C. Anderson5,57528.09
Progressive ConservativeGeorge Hart5,52527.84
1945 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes%
Progressive ConservativeThomas Kelso Creighton9,13035.49
LiberalW. H. Gifford8,05131.30
Co-operative CommonwealthArthur Henry Williams7,69329.90
LabourW. R. Cambers8523.31
1948 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes%
Co-operative CommonwealthTommy Thomas11,75842.23
Progressive ConservativeThomas Kelso Creighton9,02732.42
LiberalWilfred E. Dunn7,05825.35
1951 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes%
Co-operative CommonwealthTommy Thomas12,05440.17
Progressive ConservativeMichael Starr9,87632.92
LiberalWalter C. Thomson7,80626.02
IndependentEvelyn M. Bateman2680.89
1955 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes%
Progressive ConservativeMatthew Dymond7,24849.97
LiberalThomas Harris5,36636.99
Co-operative CommonwealthRoy Scott1,89213.04
1959 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes%
Progressive ConservativeMatthew Dymond9,01859.67
LiberalThomas Harris4,19627.76
Co-operative CommonwealthThomas Edwards1,90012.57
1963 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes%
Progressive ConservativeMatthew Dymond9,90360.29
LiberalSamuel Hollingsworth4,29826.17
New DemocraticThomas Edwards2,22413.54

References

  • Centennial Edition of a History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario 1867-1967

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