Elgin West

Federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada

Elgin West
Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1867
District abolished	1933
First contested	1867
Last contested	1934 by-election

Elgin West was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1935. It was located in the province of Ontario. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867 which divided the county of Elgin into two ridings: Elgin East and Elgin West based on a traditional division.

The West Riding of Elgin was redefined in 1882 to consist of the townships of Southwold, Dunwich, Alboro', Orford and Howard, and the village of Ridgetown. In 1903, it was redefined to exclude the townships of Orford and Howard, and the village of Ridgetown, and include the townships of the city of St. Thomas, and the town of Dutton. In 1914, it was redefined to include the villages of Rodney and West Lorne.

In 1924, it was defined as consisting of the county of Elgin, excluding the townships of Malahide and Bayham, and including the city of St. Thomas.

The electoral district was abolished in 1933 when it was merged into Elgin ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
1st	1867–1872	John H. Munroe	Conservative
2nd	1872–1874	George Elliott Casey	Liberal
3rd	1874–1878
4th	1878–1882
5th	1882–1887
6th	1887–1891
7th	1891–1896
8th	1896–1900
9th	1900–1904	Jabel Robinson	Independent
10th	1904–1908	William Jackson	Conservative
11th	1908–1911	Thomas Wilson Crothers
12th	1911–1911
12th	1911–1917
13th	1917–1921		Government (Unionist)
14th	1921–1925	Hugh Cummings McKillop	Conservative
15th	1925–1926	Hugh Cummings McKillop	Conservative
16th	1926–1930	Mitchell Hepburn	Liberal
17th	1930–1934	Mitchell Hepburn
17th	1934–1935	Wilson Mills
Riding dissolved into Elgin

Election results

v t e 1867 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John H. Munroe	970
	Unknown	C. McDougall	766
Eligible voters			2,018
Source: Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1871^[1]

v t e 1872 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	George Elliott Casey	1,115
	Conservative	John H. Munroe	1,023
Source: Canadian Elections Database^[2]

v t e 1874 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	George Elliott Casey	1,216
	Unknown	E. W. Gustin	891

v t e 1878 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	George Elliott Casey	1,319
	Unknown	M. G. Munro	1,207

v t e 1882 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	George Elliott Casey	2,110
	Unknown	Alex Clark	1,305

v t e 1887 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	George Elliott Casey	2,351
	Conservative	James H. Greer	1,519

v t e 1891 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	George Elliott Casey	2,335
	Conservative	Duncan McLean	1,653

v t e 1896 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	George Elliott Casey	2,585
	Patrons of Industry	Alexander A. McKillop	1,859

v t e 1900 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Jabel Robinson	1,805
	Liberal	Angus Donald McGugan	1,765
	Independent Liberal	George Elliott Casey	1,180

v t e 1904 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	William Jackson	3,082
	Liberal	Peter Stewart	2,695

v t e 1908 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Thomas Wilson Crothers	3,259
	Liberal	William Tolmie	2,741

v t e 1911 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Thomas Wilson Crothers	3,629
	Liberal	Donald MacNish	2,732

On Mr. Crother's being appointed Minister of Labour, 10 October 191:

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 27 October 1911
	Conservative	Thomas Wilson Crothers	acclaimed

v t e 1917 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Government (Unionist)	Thomas Wilson Crothers	5,173
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	William Tolmie	3,526

v t e 1921 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Hugh Cummings McKillop	4,367
	Progressive	Alfred Ernest Hookway	4,013
	Liberal	William Tolmie	3,631

v t e 1925 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Hugh C. McKillop	8,360
	Liberal	George Henry Sloggett	6,535

v t e 1926 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Mitchell Frederick Hepburn	7,920
	Conservative	Hugh Cummings McKillop	7,742

v t e 1930 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Mitchell Frederick Hepburn	10,020
	Conservative	Jonathan Dowler	8,583

On Mr. Hepburn's resignation, 8 June 1934:

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 24 September 1934
	Liberal	Wilson Henry Mills	9,617
	Conservative	Harry Clyde Borbridge	6,724
	Independent	Ronald William MacDonald	562

References

^ "Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1871". Retrieved 27 June 2022.
^ Sayers, Anthony M. "1872 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 3 February 2024.

External links

Riding history from the Library of Parliament

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