1890 Ontario general election
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox election The 1890 Ontario general election was the seventh general election held in the province of Ontario, Canada. It was held on June 5, 1890, to elect the 91 members of the 7th Legislative Assembly of Ontario ("MLAs").[1]
The Assembly had been increased from 90 members after the passage of an Act in 1889 creating Nipissing as a riding.[2]
The election was a victory for the Ontario Liberal Party, led by Oliver Mowat.[3] The party won a sixth consecutive term in government, despite losing a small number of seats in the Legislature.
The Ontario Conservative Party, led by William Ralph Meredith won two additional seats.
This election was held partially using the Limited voting system where each Toronto voter had two votes for the three MPPs in the district. This produced mixed representation in that district and thus a degree of minority representation.[4]
A key issue in the election was the segregation of schools for Catholic and Protestant students, with the Liberal Party supporting the segregation and the Conservatives opposing it.[3]
An 1887 Act had renamed the riding of Cornwall and Stormont as Stormont.[5]
Results
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| Candidates | 1886 | Dissol. | 1890 | ± | # | % | ± (pp) | Oliver Mowat | 87 | 57 | 53 | 4Decrease | 162,118 | 49.63% | 1.22Increase | William Ralph Meredith | 74 | 32 | 34 | 2Increase | 130,289 | 39.88% | 7.14Decrease | Conservative-Equal Rights | 14 | – | – | 2 | 2Increase | 26,154 | 8.01% | New | Liberal-Equal Rights | 2 | – | – | 2 | 2Increase | 3,352 | 1.03% | New | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1Decrease | 7 | – | 0.68Decrease | 7 | – | – | – | 3,131 | 0.96% | New | 1 | – | – | – | 1,620 | 0.50% | New | – | – | – | Did not campaign | – | – | – | Did not campaign | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 186 | 90 | 90 | 91 | 326,671 | 100.00% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Blank and invalid ballots | 3,110 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Registered voters / turnout | 473,853 | 69.60% | 0.09Decrease | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Synopsis of results
| Riding[a 2] | Winning party | Turnout | Votes | ||||||||||||
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| Name[a 3] | 1886 | Party | Votes | Share | Margin # |
Margin % |
Lib | Con | EqR | I-Lib | Ind | Total | |||
| Addington | Con | Con | 1,498 | 51.48% | 86 | 2.96% | 62.05% | 1,412 | 1,498 | – | – | – | 2,910 | ||
| Algoma East | Lib | Con | 1,569 | 50.97% | 60 | 1.95% | 110.54% | 1,509 | 1,569 | – | – | – | 3,078 | ||
| Algoma West | Lib | Lib | 786 | 51.95% | 59 | 3.90% | 116.85% | 786 | 727 | – | – | – | 1,513 | ||
| Brant North | Lib | Lib | 1,178 | 64.20% | 521 | 28.39% | 66.55% | 1,178 | 657 | – | – | – | 1,835 | ||
| Brant South | Lib | Lib | 2,067 | 59.06% | 634 | 18.11% | 65.02% | 2,067 | 1,433 | – | – | – | 3,500 | ||
| Brockville | Lib | Lib | 1,781 | 52.37% | 161 | 4.73% | 62.44% | 1,781 | – | – | 1,620 | – | 3,401 | ||
| Bruce Centre | Lib | Lib | 1,860 | 54.56% | 311 | 9.12% | 69.74% | 1,860 | – | 1,549 | – | – | 3,409 | ||
| Bruce North | Con | Con | 1,835 | 50.23% | 17 | 0.47% | 70.83% | 1,818 | 1,835 | – | – | – | 3,653 | ||
| Bruce South | Lib | Lib | 2,179 | 64.41% | 975 | 28.82% | 64.86% | 2,179 | 1,204 | – | – | – | 3,383 | ||
| Cardwell | Con | Con | 1,183 | 50.97% | 45 | 1.94% | 41.81% | – | 2,321[a 4] | – | – | – | 2,321 | ||
| Carleton | Con | Con | 1,145 | 50.20% | 9 | 0.39% | 45.56% | 1,136 | 1,145 | – | – | – | 2,281 | ||
| Stormont | Lib | Lib | 2,262 | 54.27% | 356 | 8.54% | 68.38% | 2,262 | 1,906 | – | – | – | 4,168 | ||
| Dufferin | Con | C-ER | 1,333 | 54.70% | 730 | 29.95% | 40.18% | 603 | – | 1,834[a 5] | – | – | 2,437 | ||
| Dundas | Lib | Con | 2,104 | 51.92% | 156 | 3.85% | 78.15% | 1,948 | 2,104 | – | – | – | 4,052 | ||
| Durham East | Con | C-ER | 1,314 | 50.19% | 10 | 0.38% | 55.35% | – | 1,304 | 1,314 | – | – | 2,618 | ||
| Durham West | Lib | Lib | 1,694 | 50.76% | 51 | 1.53% | 73.21% | 1,694 | 1,643 | – | – | – | 3,337 | ||
| Elgin East | Lib | Con | 2,038 | 51.49% | 118 | 2.98% | 74.29% | 1,920 | 2,038 | – | – | – | 3,958 | ||
| Elgin West | Con | Con | 2,384 | 52.02% | 185 | 4.04% | 67.70% | 2,199 | 2,384 | – | – | – | 4,583 | ||
| Essex North | Lib | Con | 1,901 | 47.90% | 635 | 16.00% | 58.22% | 2,068[a 6] | 1,901 | – | – | – | 3,969 | ||
| Essex South | Lib | Lib | 2,505 | 52.15% | 207 | 4.31% | 73.61% | 2,505 | 2,298 | – | – | – | 4,803 | ||
| Frontenac | Con | Con | 1,258 | 52.03% | 98 | 4.05% | 65.67% | 1,160 | 1,258 | – | – | – | 2,418 | ||
| Glengarry | Lib | Lib | 1,756 | 53.96% | 258 | 7.93% | 66.38% | 1,756 | 1,498 | – | – | – | 3,254 | ||
| Grenville | Con | Con | 1,611 | 57.33% | 412 | 14.66% | 48.87% | – | 2,810[a 7] | – | – | – | 2,810 | ||
| Grey Centre | Con | Con | 1,513 | 52.48% | 143 | 4.96% | 48.76% | 1,370 | 1,513 | – | – | – | 2,883 | ||
| Grey North | Con | Lib | 2,312 | 54.44% | 377 | 8.88% | 67.88% | 2,312 | 1,935 | – | – | – | 4,247 | ||
| Grey South | Con | Lib | 2,156 | 51.73% | 144 | 3.45% | 72.98% | 2,156 | 2,012 | – | – | – | 4,168 | ||
| Haldimand | Lib | Lib | 2,000 | 54.54% | 333 | 9.08% | 81.00% | 2,000 | 1,667 | – | – | – | 3,667 | ||
| Halton | Con | Con | 2,377 | 51.98% | 181 | 3.96% | 78.53% | 2,196 | 2,377 | – | – | – | 4,573 | ||
| Hamilton | Lib | Con | 4,111 | 50.53% | 86 | 1.06% | 78.54% | 4,025 | 4,111 | – | – | – | 8,136 | ||
| Hastings East | Con | Con | 1,801 | 50.13% | 9 | 0.25% | 79.49% | 1,792 | 1,801 | – | – | – | 3,593 | ||
| Hastings North | Con | Con | acclaimed | ||||||||||||
| Hastings West | Con | Lib | 1,678 | 52.11% | 136 | 4.22% | 64.41% | 1,678 | 1,542 | – | – | – | 3,220 | ||
| Huron East | Lib | Lib | 2,256 | 56.27% | 503 | 12.55% | 73.87% | 2,256 | 1,753 | – | – | – | 4,009 | ||
| Huron South | Lib | Lib | 2,144 | 51.91% | 158 | 3.83% | 68.23% | 2,144 | 1,986 | – | – | – | 4,130 | ||
| Huron West | Lib | Lib | 2,125 | 51.35% | 112 | 2.71% | 64.60% | 2,125 | 2,013 | – | – | – | 4,138 | ||
| Kent East | Lib | Lib | 2,347 | 53.99% | 633 | 14.56% | 88.46% | 4,061[a 8] | – | 286 | – | – | 4,347 | ||
| Kent West | Con | Con | 2,823 | 50.37% | 41 | 0.73% | 65.34% | 2,782 | 2,823 | – | – | – | 5,605 | ||
| Kingston | Con | Con | 1,629 | 50.45% | 29 | 0.90% | 58.16% | 1,600 | 1,629 | – | – | – | 3,229 | ||
| Lambton East | Lib | Lib | 2,203 | 52.40% | 462 | 10.99% | 73.65% | 2,203 | 1,741 | 260 | – | – | 4,204 | ||
| Lambton West | Lib | Lib | 2,748 | 55.46% | 713 | 14.39% | 56.04% | 2,748 | 2,035 | 172 | – | – | 4,955 | ||
| Lanark North | Lib | L-ER | 1,525 | 53.30% | 189 | 6.61% | 71.27% | – | 1,336 | 1,525[a 9] | – | – | 2,861 | ||
| Lanark South | Con | Con | 1,509 | 58.17% | 431 | 16.62% | 54.29% | 1,078 | 1,509 | – | – | 7 | 2,594 | ||
| Leeds | Con | Con | 1,813 | 57.10% | 451 | 14.20% | 57.69% | 1,362 | 1,813 | – | – | – | 3,175 | ||
| Lennox | Con | Con | 1,441 | 50.38% | 22 | 0.77% | 70.54% | 1,419 | 1,441 | – | – | – | 2,860 | ||
| Lincoln | Lib | Con | 2,424 | 51.63% | 153 | 3.26% | 67.51% | 2,271 | 2,424 | – | – | – | 4,695 | ||
| London | Con | Con | acclaimed | ||||||||||||
| Middlesex East | Con | Con | 2,508 | 50.58% | 58 | 1.17% | 74.07% | 2,450 | 2,508 | – | – | – | 4,958 | ||
| Middlesex North | Lib | Lib | 2,060 | 51.05% | 85 | 2.11% | 78.04% | 2,060 | 1,975 | – | – | – | 4,035 | ||
| Middlesex West | Lib | Lib | 1,950 | 51.64% | 124 | 3.28% | 80.35% | 1,950 | 1,826 | – | – | – | 3,776 | ||
| Monck | Lib | Lib | 1,765 | 56.83% | 424 | 13.65% | 71.30% | 3,106[a 10] | 0 | – | – | – | 3,106 | ||
| Muskoka | Con | Con | 1,565 | 51.46% | 89 | 2.93% | 77.76% | 1,476 | 1,565 | – | – | – | 3,041 | ||
| Nipissing | New | Lib | 881 | 67.25% | 452 | 34.50% | 64.56% | 881 | 429 | – | – | – | 1,310 | ||
| Norfolk North | Lib | Lib | 1,601 | 55.30% | 307 | 10.60% | 72.46% | 1,601 | 1,294 | – | – | – | 2,895 | ||
| Norfolk South | Con | Lib | 1,563 | 51.06% | 65 | 2.12% | 76.54% | 1,563 | 1,498 | – | – | – | 3,061 | ||
| Northumberland East | Con | Con | 2,185 | 53.36% | 275 | 6.72% | 83.74% | 1,910 | 2,185[a 11] | – | – | – | 4,095 | ||
| Northumberland West | Lib | Lib | 1,453 | 57.82% | 393 | 15.64% | 65.90% | 1,453 | 1,060 | – | – | – | 2,513 | ||
| Ontario North | Lib | Con | 1,869 | 51.07% | 78 | 2.13% | 70.38% | 1,791 | 1,869 | – | – | – | 3,660 | ||
| Ontario South | Lib | Lib | 2,460 | 51.38% | 132 | 2.76% | 73.43% | 2,460 | 2,328 | – | – | – | 4,788 | ||
| Ottawa | Lib | Lib | 3,379 | 63.24% | 1,415 | 26.48% | 58.66% | 3,379 | – | 1,964 | – | – | 5,343 | ||
| Oxford North | Lib | Lib | acclaimed | ||||||||||||
| Oxford South | Lib | Lib | 1,764 | 64.69% | 801 | 29.37% | 44.21% | 1,764 | – | 963 | – | – | 2,727 | ||
| Parry Sound | Ind | Lib | 1,387 | 52.06% | 110 | 4.13% | n/a | 1,387 | 1,277 | – | – | – | 2,664 | ||
| Peel | Lib | Lib | 2,059 | 51.54% | 123 | 3.08% | 74.33% | 2,059 | – | 1,936 | – | – | 3,995 | ||
| Perth North | Con | Lib | 2,729 | 50.86% | 92 | 1.71% | 72.44% | 2,729 | 2,637 | – | – | – | 5,366 | ||
| Perth South | Lib | Lib | 2,241 | 58.19% | 631 | 16.39% | 61.55% | 2,241 | – | 1,610 | – | – | 3,851 | ||
| Peterborough East | Lib | Lib | 1,421 | 51.43% | 79 | 2.86% | 70.40% | 1,421 | – | 1,342 | – | – | 2,763 | ||
| Peterborough West | Lib | Lib | 1,925 | 58.58% | 564 | 17.16% | 70.65% | 1,925 | – | 1,361 | – | – | 3,286 | ||
| Prescott | Lib | Lib | acclaimed | ||||||||||||
| Prince Edward | Lib | Lib | 2,040 | 50.09% | 7 | 0.17% | 71.71% | 2,040 | 2,033 | – | – | – | 4,073 | ||
| Renfrew North | Lib | Con | 1,843 | 51.22% | 88 | 2.45% | 75.64% | 1,755 | 1,843 | – | – | – | 3,598 | ||
| Renfrew South | Lib | Lib | 1,470 | 49.71% | 229 | 7.74% | 63.02% | 2,711[a 12] | – | 246 | – | – | 2,957 | ||
| Russell | Lib | Lib | 2,223 | 61.56% | 835 | 23.12% | 57.36% | 2,223 | 1,388 | – | – | – | 3,611 | ||
| Simcoe Centre | Lib | Lib | 1,559 | 57.72% | 417 | 15.44% | 60.03% | 1,559 | – | 1,142 | – | – | 2,701 | ||
| Simcoe East | Lib | Con | 2,092 | 51.96% | 158 | 3.92% | 62.59% | 1,934 | 2,092 | – | – | – | 4,026 | ||
| Simcoe West | Con | Con | 1,318 | 61.56% | 495 | 23.12% | 44.95% | 823 | 1,318 | – | – | – | 2,141 | ||
| Victoria East | Con | Con | 1,459 | 51.26% | 72 | 2.53% | 55.05% | 1,387 | 1,459 | – | – | – | 2,846 | ||
| Victoria West | Con | L-ER | 1,827 | 56.70% | 432 | 13.41% | 66.13% | – | 1,395 | 1,827 | – | – | 3,222 | ||
| Waterloo North | Lib | Lib | 2,205 | 59.79% | 722 | 19.58% | 66.67% | 2,205 | 1,483 | – | – | – | 3,688 | ||
| Waterloo South | Lib | Lib | 2,161 | 55.34% | 417 | 10.68% | 66.42% | 2,161 | 1,744 | – | – | – | 3,905 | ||
| Welland | Lib | Con | 2,345 | 50.77% | 71 | 1.54% | 71.83% | 2,274 | 2,345 | – | – | – | 4,619 | ||
| Wellington East | Lib | Lib | 1,562 | 58.61% | 459 | 17.22% | 53.37% | 1,562 | 1,103 | – | – | – | 2,665 | ||
| Wellington South | Lib | Lib | 2,098 | 59.20% | 652 | 18.40% | 61.76% | 2,098 | 1,446 | – | – | – | 3,544 | ||
| Wellington West | Lib | Lib | 1,495 | 55.70% | 306 | 11.40% | 58.64% | 1,495 | 1,189 | – | – | – | 2,684 | ||
| Wentworth North | Lib | Lib | 1,469 | 55.43% | 288 | 10.87% | 72.58% | 1,469 | 1,181 | – | – | – | 2,650 | ||
| Wentworth South | Lib | Lib | 1,472 | 50.88% | 51 | 1.76% | 81.96% | 1,472 | 1,421 | – | – | – | 2,893 | ||
| York East | Lib | Lib | 1,705 | 58.94% | 517 | 17.87% | 63.29% | 1,705 | – | 1,188 | – | – | 2,893 | ||
| York North | Lib | Lib | 1,875 | 61.29% | 691 | 22.59% | 47.87% | 1,875 | – | 1,184 | – | – | 3,059 | ||
| York West | Lib | Lib | 1,789 | 50.87% | 61 | 1.73% | 94.73% | 1,789 | – | 1,728 | – | – | 3,517 | ||
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| Political party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected | Incumbent | |
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| Edward Frederick Clarke | 5,862 | 18.81 | Green tick | Green tick | ||
| Henry Edward Clarke | 5,542 | 17.78 | Green tick | Green tick | ||
| Joseph Tait | 5,359 | 17.20 | Green tick | |||
| Alfred McDougall | 5,197 | 16.68 | ||||
| Conservative/Equal Rights | E.D. Armour | 4,502 | 14.45 | |||
| Conservative/Equal Rights | Robert Bell | 4,001 | 12.84 | |||
| Equal Rights | Frank Moses | 703 | 2.26 | |||
| Majority[a 13] | 162 | 0.52 | ||||
| Turnout | 31,287 | 72.31 | ||||
| Registered voters | 43,265 | |||||
Analysis
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| Accl | Lib | Con | C-ER | Ind-L | ER | |||
| 2 | 3 | 35 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 52 | ||
| 2 | 28 | 2 | 32 | |||||
| C-ER | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| L-ER | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Total | 4 | 32 | 40 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 88 | |
| Parties | Accl | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th |
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| Template:Canadian party colour | 2 | 50 | 32 | 2 | 1 | |
| Template:Canadian party colour | 2 | 31 | 41 | |||
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| Seats retained | Incumbents returned | 36 | 14 | 50 | ||
| Returned by acclamation | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
| Open seats held | 6 | 3 | 9 | |||
| Byelection loss reversed | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Defeated by same-party candidate | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Seats changing hands | Incumbents defeated | 5 | 9 | 1 | 15 | |
| Open seats gained | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
| Byelection gains held | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Incumbent changed allegiance | 1 | 1 | ||||
| New seat | New MLAs | 1 | 1 | |||
| Toronto seats | MLA returned | 2 | 2 | |||
| New MLAs | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 53 | 34 | 2 | 2 | 91 | |
MLAs elected by region and riding
Party designations are as follows:
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Northern Ontario
Ottawa Valley
Saint Lawrence Valley
Central Ontario
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Georgian Bay
Wentworth/Halton/Niagara
Midwestern Ontario
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Southwestern Ontario
Peel/York/Ontario
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Seats that changed hands
In its first election, Nipissing returned the Liberal candidate John Loughrin as its MLA.
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| Lib | Con | Con-ER | Lib-ER | Ind | |||||||||
| 57 | 5 | (10) | (1) | 1 | 52 | ||||||||
| 32 | 10 | (5) | (2) | (1) | 34 | ||||||||
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| Total | 90 | 11 | (6) | 8 | (10) | – | (2) | – | (2) | 1 | – | 90 | |
In the election, 20 seats changed their allegiance.
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Liberal to Conservative
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Liberal to Liberal-Equal Rights Conservative to Liberal Conservative to Conservative-Equal Rights
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Conservative to Liberal-Equal Rights Independent to Liberal
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See also
- Politics of Ontario
- List of Ontario political parties
- Premier of Ontario
- Leader of the Opposition (Ontario)
Notes and references
Notes
References
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