Elgin West (provincial electoral district)

Elgin West

Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	1867
District abolished	1933
First contested	1867
Last contested	1929

Elgin West was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1867 at the time of confederation and was abolished in 1933 before the 1934 election. After the 1875 election, Malcolm Munroe was declared the winner by 10 votes. The runner-up and incumbent Thomas Hodgins, petitioned for a recount and after analysis, he was found to have won by 8 votes. Therefore Hodgins regained his seat. Munroe's tenure was so short that he never served in the legislature.^[1][2]

Members of Provincial Parliament

Elgin West
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
1st	1867–1871		Nicol McColl	Conservative
2nd	1871–1874		Thomas Hodgins	Liberal
3rd	1875–1875		Malcolm Munroe[note 1]	Conservative
	1875–1878		Thomas Hodgins	Liberal
	1878–1879		David McLaws
4th	1879–1883		John Cascaden
5th	1883–1886
6th	1886–1890		Andrew B. Ingram	Conservative
7th	1890–1894		Dugald McColl
8th	1894–1898		Donald Macnish	Patrons of Industry
9th	1898–1899		Findlay George MacDiarmid	Conservative
	1899–1899		Donald Macnish	Liberal
	1899–1902		Findlay George MacDiarmid	Conservative
10th	1902–1904
11th	1905–1908
12th	1908–1911
13th	1911–1914
14th	1914–1919
15th	1919–1923		Peter Gow Cameron	United Farmers
16th	1923–1926		Findlay George MacDiarmid	Conservative
17th	1926–1929
18th	1929–1934		Charles Edmund Raven
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[3]
Merged into Elgin before 1934 election

References

Notes

1. Munroe was remove following an electoral appeal shortly after the 1875 election and never served in the legislature. Thomas Hodgins who was runner-up in the election was given the seat.

Citations

1. "The Canada Law Journal - Google Books". Retrieved 2013-04-12 – via Google Books.
2. "Reports of the Decisions of the Judges for the Trial of Election Petitions ... - Thomas Hodgins - Google Books". 2009-05-30. Retrieved 2013-04-12 – via Google Books.
3. For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
   • For Nicol McColl's Legislative Assembly information see "Nicol McColl, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
   • For Thomas Hodgins's Legislative Assembly information see "Thomas Hodgins, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
   • For David McLaws's Legislative Assembly information see "David McLaws, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
   • For John Cascaden's Legislative Assembly information see "John Cascaden, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
   • For Andrew B. Ingram's Legislative Assembly information see "Andrew B. Ingram, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
   • For Dugald McColl's Legislative Assembly information see "Dugald McColl, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
   • For Donald Macnish's Legislative Assembly information see "Donald Macnish, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
   • For Findlay George MacDiarmid's Legislative Assembly information see "Findlay George MacDiarmid, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
   • For Peter Gow Cameron's Legislative Assembly information see "Peter Gow Cameron, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
   • For Charles Edmund Raven's Legislative Assembly information see "Charles Edmund Raven, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.