1875 Ontario general election

The 1875 Ontario general election was the third general election held in the province of Ontario, Canada. It was held on January 18, 1875, to elect the 88 Members of the 3rd Legislative Assembly of Ontario ("MLAs").

The Ontario Liberal Party, led by Oliver Mowat, increased its majority in the Legislature for its second term in government.

The Ontario Conservative Party, led by Matthew Crooks Cameron lost four of its seats.

Electoral reforms

The Legislative Assembly had passed several pieces of legislation that impacted on the current election:

Members of the House of Commons of Canada were disqualified from holding a provincial seat.
The prior practice of voting by open declaration was abolished. This election allowed voters to vote secretly, using a marked ballot.

Redistribution of ridings

The Assembly was increased from 82 to 88 members, through the following changes:

|style="text-align:left;"|Oliver Mowat | 84 || 43 || 49 || 6 || 90,809 || 22,443 || 47.55% || 4.75

|rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|Matthew Crooks Cameron | 81 || 38 || 35 || 3 || 87,802 || 27,876 || 45.98% || 0.13

| 1 || – || 1 || 1 || 1,553 || 1,553 || 0.81% || New

| || 2 || – || 2 || 2 || 2,129 || 2,129 || 1.11% || New

| || 1 || – || 1 || 1 || 1,125 || 1,125 || 0.59% || New

| || 1 || 1 || – || 1 || 791 || 325 || 0.41% || 0.44

| || 11 || – || – || – || 6,757 || 5,454 || 3.54% || 2.54 |- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total |181||82 ! " colspan="2"|88 ! " colspan="2"|190,966 ! " colspan="2"| 100.00% |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Voter turnout | 190,966 | 60,255 | 67.28 | 4.35 |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Registered electors | 283,856 | 76,139 | colspan="2"| |- | style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2" colspan="3" |Acclamations | style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" | ||8 |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" | ||1

Synopsis of results

= open seat

= turnout is above provincial average

= winning candidate was in previous Legislature

= incumbent had switched allegiance

= previously incumbent in another riding

= not incumbent; was previously elected to the Legislature

= incumbency arose from byelection gain

= other incumbents renominated

= previously an MP in the House of Commons of Canada

= multiple candidates

Analysis

MLAs elected by region and riding

Party designations are as follows:

Northern Ontario

Ottawa Valley

Saint Lawrence Valley

Central Ontario

Georgian Bay

Wentworth/Halton/Niagara

Midwestern Ontario

Southwestern Ontario

Peel/York/Ontario

Controverted elections

The following constituencies had elections which were declared void, for which writs of election were issued and elections held prior to the opening of the first session of the new Legislature:

Notes and references

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