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1886 Ontario general election

The 1886 Ontario general election was the sixth general election held in the province of Ontario, Canada. It was held on December 28, 1886, to elect the 90 Members of the 6th Legislative Assembly of Ontario ("MLAs"). The election results were characterized a "crushing defeat for the Conservatives.

The Ontario Liberal Party, led by Oliver Mowat, won a fifth consecutive term in government and an increased majority in the Legislature.

The Ontario Conservative Party, led by William Ralph Meredith lost five of its seats.

In Toronto, this and the next election (1890) were held under the Limited Vote system wherein Toronto voters had two votes for the three MPPs in their district. This allowed a degree of minority representation.

Redistribution of ridings

The Assembly was increased from 88 to 90 members, through the following changes:

Results

|- ! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party ! rowspan=2 | Party leader ! colspan=5 | MPPs ! colspan=3 | Votes |- ! Candidates !1883 !<small>Dissol.</small> !1886 !± !# !% ! ± (pp)

|style="text-align:left;"|Oliver Mowat |88 |48 | |57 |9 |153,282 |48.41% |0.21

|style="text-align:left;"|William Ralph Meredith |83 |37 | |32 |5 |148,969 |47.05% |0.46

|style="text-align:left;"| |5 |1 | |1 | |2,145 |0.68% |0.85

|style="text-align:left;"| | |2 | |&ndash; |2 |colspan="3"|Did not campaign

|style="text-align:left;"| |5 |&ndash; |&ndash; |&ndash; | |12,196 |3.85% |2.32

|style="text-align:left;"| |1 |&ndash; |&ndash; |&ndash; | |14 |&ndash; |

|style="text-align:left;"| | |&ndash; |&ndash; |&ndash; | |colspan="3"|Did not campaign

|colspan="3"| | |colspan="5"| |-style="background:#E9E9E9;" |colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Total |182 |88 |88 |90 | |316,606 |100.00% | |- |colspan="8" style="text-align:left;"|Blank and invalid ballots |align="right"|3,622 |style="background:#E9E9E9;" colspan="2"| |-style="background:#E9E9E9;" |colspan="8" style="text-align:left;"|Registered voters / turnout |463,025 |68.85 |0.90

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
= incumbency arose from prior election result being overturned by the court
= other incumbents renominated
= previously an MP in the House of Commons of Canada
= multiple candidates

|- ! colspan=2 | Political party ! Candidate ! Votes ! % ! Elected ! Incumbent |-

|style="text-align:left;"|Edward Frederick Clarke |7,032 ||26.28 |style="text-align:center;"| |-

|style="text-align:left;"|Henry Edward Clarke |6,883 ||25.72 |style="text-align:center;"| |style="text-align:center;"| |-

|style="text-align:left;"|John Leys |5,380 ||20.11 |style="text-align:center;"| |-

|style="text-align:left;"|Charles March |4,055 ||15.15 |-

|style="text-align:left;"|John Roney |3,408 ||12.74 |- !colspan="3" style="text-align:right;"|Majority |1,325 ||4.96 |- !colspan="3" style="text-align:right;"|Turnout |14,916 ||44.80 |- !colspan="3" style="text-align:right;"|Registered voters |33,296

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

See also

Notes and references

Notes

References