Huron North (provincial electoral district)
 Ontario electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Ontario |
| District created | 1867 |
| District abolished | 1929 |
| First contested | 1867 |
| Last contested | 1929 |
Huron North was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It existed from 1867 to 1874, and again from 1908 to 1934, when it was abolished into Huron—Bruce.[1] It consisted of the northern areas of Huron County.
Members of Provincial Parliament
| Huron North | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| Riding created | ||||
| 1st | 1867–1871 | William Torrance Hays | Conservative | |
| 2nd | 1871–1874 | Thomas Gibson | Liberal | |
| Riding dissolved into Huron East, Huron South and Huron West | ||||
| Riding created from Huron East and Huron West | ||||
| 12th | 1908–1911 | Armstrong Musgrove | Conservative | |
| 13th | 1911–1914 | |||
| 14th | 1914–1919 | |||
| 15th | 1919–1923 | John Joynt | Conservative | |
| 16th | 1923–1926 | |||
| 17th | 1926–1929 | Charles Alexander Robertson | Liberal | |
| 18th | 1929–1934 | |||
| Riding dissolved into Huron |
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Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | William Torrance Hays | 2,030 | 50.80 | |||||
| Liberal | Thomas Gibson | 1,966 | 49.20 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 3,996 | 72.48 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 5,513 | |||||||
| Conservative pickup new district. | ||||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[2] | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Thomas Gibson | 2,259 | 55.86 | +6.66 | ||||
| Conservative | William Torrance Hays | 1,785 | 44.14 | −6.66 | ||||
| Turnout | 4,044 | 68.67 | −3.81 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 5,889 | |||||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +6.66 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[3] | ||||||||
References
- ^ "Charles Robertson | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org. 1934-06-19. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
- ^ "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1867. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
- ^ "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1871. Retrieved March 31, 2024.