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The 1879 Ontario general election was the fourth general election held in the province of Ontario, Canada. It was held on June 5, 1879, to elect the 88 members of the 4th Legislative Assembly ("MLAs"). [1]
The Ontario Liberal Party, led by Oliver Mowat, won a third term in government with a larger majority in the legislature.
The Ontario Conservative Party, led by William Ralph Meredith, continued to lose seats.
Political party | Party leader | MLAs | Votes | |||||||
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Candidates | 1875 | 1879 | ± | # | ± | % | ± (pp) | |||
Liberal | Oliver Mowat | 81 | 50 | 57 | 7 | 119,148 | 28,339 | 48.07% | 0.52 | |
Conservative | William Ralph Meredith | 87 | 34 | 29 | 5 | 118,513 | 31,693 | 47.82% | 2.35 | |
Liberal–Conservative | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1,553 | – | 0.81 | ||
Independent Conservative | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2,111 | 18 | 0.85% | 0.26 | |||
Independent Liberal | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1,125 | – | 0.59 | ||
Independent | 19 | – | – | – | 8,085 | 1,328 | 3.26% | 0.28 | ||
Total | 189 | 88 | 88 | 247,857 | 100.00% | |||||
Voter turnout | 247,857 | 56,891 | 67.95 | 4.06 | ||||||
Registered electors | 392,085 | 108,229 | ||||||||
Acclamations | █ Liberal | 1 | ||||||||
█ Conservative | 1 |
Party | Seats | Votes | Change (pp) | ||
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█ Liberal | 57 / 88 | 48.07% | 0.52 | ||
█ Conservative | 29 / 88 | 47.82% | 2.35 | ||
█ Other | 2 / 88 | 4.11% | -2.87 |
Riding | Winning party | Turnout | Votes | |||||||||||
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Name [a 1] | 1875 | Party | Votes | Share | Margin # | Margin % | Lib | Con | I-Con | Ind | Total | |||
Addington | Lib | Lib | 1,531 | 50.75% | 45 | 1.49% | 66.76% | 1,531 | 1,486 | – | – | 3,017 | ||
Algoma | Lib | Lib | 1,081 | 53.86% | 155 | 7.72% | 96.58% | 1,081 | 926 | – | – | 2,007 | ||
Brant North | Lib | Lib | 990 | 60.37% | 340 | 20.73% | 66.80% | 990 | 650 | – | – | 1,640 | ||
Brant South | Lib | Lib | 1,622 | 56.87% | 392 | 13.74% | 60.93% | 1,622 | 1,230 | – | – | 2,852 | ||
Brockville | Lib | Lib | 1,379 | 52.14% | 113 | 4.27% | 60.33% | 1,379 | 1,266 | – | – | 2,645 | ||
Bruce North | Lib | Lib | 1,686 | 56.77% | 402 | 13.54% | 63.41% | 1,686 | 1,284 | – | – | 2,970 | ||
Bruce South | Lib | Lib | 2,866 | 50.62% | 70 | 1.24% | 72.67% | 2,866 | 2,796 | – | – | 5,662 | ||
Cardwell | Con | Lib | 1,261 | 50.60% | 30 | 1.20% | 70.94% | 1,261 | 1,231 | – | – | 2,492 | ||
Carleton | Con | Con | 2,074 | 79.74% | 1,547 | 59.48% | 55.47% | 527 | 2,074 | – | – | 2,601 | ||
Cornwall | Con | Lib | acclaimed | |||||||||||
Dufferin | Con | Con | 1,357 | 55.32% | 261 | 10.64% | 58.18% | – | 1,357 | – | 1,096 | 2,453 | ||
Dundas | Con | Con | 1,674 | 51.24% | 81 | 2.48% | 77.29% | 1,593 | 1,674 | – | – | 3,267 | ||
Durham East | Con | Con | 1,292 | 52.33% | 200 | 8.10% | 55.58% | – | 1,292 | – | 1,177 | 2,469 | ||
Durham West | Lib | Lib | 1,467 | 52.66% | 148 | 5.31% | 72.89% | 1,467 | 1,319 | – | – | 2,786 | ||
Elgin East | Lib | Lib | 2,275 | 51.49% | 132 | 2.99% | 66.71% | 2,275 | 2,143 | – | – | 4,418 | ||
Elgin West | Con | Lib | 1,257 | 50.22% | 11 | 0.44% | 70.27% | 1,257 | 1,246 | – | – | 2,503 | ||
Essex North | Con | Con | 1,062 | 56.04% | 229 | 12.08% | 42.68% | 833 | 1,062 | – | – | 1,895 | ||
Essex South | Con | Con | 1,418 | 52.93% | 157 | 5.86% | 74.29% | 1,261 | 1,418 | – | – | 2,679 | ||
Frontenac | Con | Con | 710 | 45.57% | 204 | 13.09% | 55.86% | 506 | 710 | – | 342 | 1,558 | ||
Glengarry | I-Lib | Con | 1,331 | 50.78% | 41 | 1.56% | 74.31% | 1,290 | 1,331 | – | – | 2,621 | ||
Grenville South | Lib | Con | 1,205 | 53.01% | 137 | 6.03% | 70.20% | 1,068 | 1,205 | – | – | 2,273 | ||
Grey East | Con | Con | 1,294 | 55.70% | 566 | 24.37% | 49.64% | – | 1,595 [a 2] | – | 728 | 2,323 | ||
Grey North | Con | Con | 1,660 | 50.27% | 18 | 0.55% | 60.98% | 1,642 | 1,660 | – | – | 3,302 | ||
Grey South | Lib | Lib | 1,694 | 61.49% | 633 | 22.98% | 73.72% | 1,694 | 1,061 | – | – | 2,755 | ||
Haldimand | Lib | Lib | 1,612 | 51.01% | 64 | 2.03% | 76.44% | 1,612 | 1,548 | – | – | 3,160 | ||
Halton | Lib | Lib | 1,765 | 50.46% | 32 | 0.91% | 66.63% | 1,765 | 1,733 | – | – | 3,498 | ||
Hamilton | Lib | Lib | 2,240 | 50.70% | 62 | 1.40% | 59.07% | 2,240 | 2,178 | – | – | 4,418 | ||
Hastings East | I-Con | I-Con | 1,204 | 51.52% | 71 | 3.04% | 67.82% | – | 1,133 | 1,204 | – | 2,337 | ||
Hastings North | Con | Con | 1,081 | 51.35% | 57 | 2.71% | 63.27% | – | 1,081 | – | 1,024 | 2,105 | ||
Hastings West | Con | Con | 1,402 | 56.60% | 327 | 13.20% | 68.92% | 1,075 | 1,402 | – | – | 2,477 | ||
Huron East | Lib | Lib | 1,924 | 50.74% | 56 | 1.48% | 68.76% | 1,924 | 1,868 | – | – | 3,792 | ||
Huron South | Lib | Lib | 1,893 | 52.21% | 160 | 4.41% | 70.75% | 1,893 | 1,733 | – | – | 3,626 | ||
Huron West | Lib | Lib | 2,064 | 55.57% | 414 | 11.15% | 62.70% | 2,064 | 1,650 | – | – | 3,714 | ||
Kent East | Lib | Lib | 1,774 | 54.91% | 317 | 9.81% | 58.60% | 1,774 | 1,457 | – | – | 3,231 | ||
Kent West | Con | Lib | 1,343 | 52.69% | 137 | 5.37% | 46.87% | 1,343 | 1,206 | – | – | 2,549 | ||
Kingston | Con | Con | 955 | 55.82% | 199 | 11.63% | 59.53% | 756 | 955 | – | – | 1,711 | ||
Lambton East | Lib | Lib | 1,840 | 50.88% | 64 | 1.77% | 73.23% | 1,840 | 1,776 | – | – | 3,616 | ||
Lambton West | Lib | Lib | 1,759 | 53.47% | 228 | 6.93% | 63.24% | 1,759 | 1,531 | – | – | 3,290 | ||
Lanark North | Con | Lib | 1,309 | 56.04% | 282 | 12.07% | 73.44% | 1,309 | 1,027 | – | – | 2,336 | ||
Lanark South | Con | I-Con | 907 | 49.64% | 53 | 2.90% | 56.60% | – | 854 | 907 | 66 | 1,827 | ||
Leeds North and Grenville North | Con | Con | 1,084 | 59.53% | 347 | 19.06% | 64.90% | 737 | 1,084 | – | – | 1,821 | ||
Leeds South | Con | Con | 1,362 | 56.92% | 331 | 13.83% | 57.41% | – | 1,362 | – | 1,031 | 2,393 | ||
Lennox | I-Con | Lib | 1,231 | 50.20% | 10 | 0.41% | 62.71% | 1,231 | 1,221 | – | – | 2,452 | ||
Lincoln | Lib | Lib | 2,222 | 50.79% | 69 | 1.58% | 68.25% | 2,222 | 2,153 | – | – | 4,375 | ||
London | Con | Con | 1,578 | 58.25% | 447 | 16.50% | 55.24% | 1,131 | 1,578 | – | – | 2,709 | ||
Middlesex East | Con | Con | 2,546 | 51.86% | 183 | 3.73% | 66.82% | 2,363 | 2,546 | – | – | 4,909 | ||
Middlesex North | Con | Lib | 1,917 | 53.22% | 232 | 6.44% | 72.87% | 1,917 | 1,685 | – | – | 3,602 | ||
Middlesex West | Lib | Lib | 1,575 | 50.82% | 51 | 1.65% | 69.80% | 1,575 | 1,524 | – | – | 3,099 | ||
Monck | Lib | Lib | 1,486 | 52.64% | 149 | 5.28% | 81.42% | 1,486 | 1,337 | – | – | 2,823 | ||
Muskoka and Parry Sound | Lib | Lib | 1,704 | 57.98% | 469 | 15.96% | 74.90% | 1,704 | 1,235 | – | – | 2,939 | ||
Norfolk North | Lib | Lib | 1,490 | 52.12% | 121 | 4.23% | 71.55% | 1,490 | 1,369 | – | – | 2,859 | ||
Norfolk South | Con | Con | 1,386 | 50.36% | 20 | 0.73% | 76.23% | 1,366 | 1,386 | – | – | 2,752 | ||
Northumberland East | Lib | Lib | 1,887 | 50.64% | 48 | 1.29% | 71.32% | 1,887 | 1,839 | – | – | 3,726 | ||
Northumberland West | Lib | Lib | 1,333 | 50.40% | 21 | 0.79% | 65.54% | 1,333 | 1,312 | – | – | 2,645 | ||
Ontario North | Lib | Lib | 2,244 | 52.21% | 190 | 4.42% | 63.85% | 2,244 | 2,054 | – | – | 4,298 | ||
Ontario South | Con | Lib | 1,721 | 56.24% | 382 | 12.48% | 60.59% | 1,721 | 1,339 | – | – | 3,060 | ||
Ottawa | Lib | Con | 1,064 | 39.72% | 64 | 2.39% | 47.99% | 606 | 1,064 | – | 1,009 | 2,679 | ||
Oxford North | Lib | Lib | 1,731 | 75.10% | 1,157 | 50.20% | 41.71% | 1,731 | 574 | – | – | 2,305 | ||
Oxford South | Lib | Lib | 1,775 | 66.73% | 940 | 35.34% | 48.33% | 1,775 | – | – | 885 | 2,660 | ||
Peel | Lib | Lib | 1,519 | 52.69% | 155 | 5.38% | 76.09% | 1,519 | 1,364 | – | – | 2,883 | ||
Perth North | Lib | Lib | 2,396 | 50.18% | 17 | 0.36% | 67.44% | 2,396 | 2,379 | – | – | 4,775 | ||
Perth South | Lib | Lib | 1,759 | 55.00% | 320 | 10.01% | 65.67% | 1,759 | 1,439 | – | – | 3,198 | ||
Peterborough East | Con | Lib | 1,078 | 53.21% | 130 | 6.42% | 65.38% | 1,078 | 948 | – | – | 2,026 | ||
Peterborough West | Lib | Con | 1,130 | 52.68% | 252 | 11.75% | 55.99% | 878 | 1,130 | – | 137 | 2,145 | ||
Prescott | Con | Con | 900 | 47.62% | 278 | 14.71% | 58.77% | 622 | 900 | – | 368 | 1,890 | ||
Prince Edward | Lib | Lib | 1,894 | 50.47% | 35 | 0.93% | 73.78% | 1,894 | 1,859 | – | – | 3,753 | ||
Renfrew North | Con | Lib | 1,066 | 52.56% | 104 | 5.13% | 72.07% | 1,066 | 962 | – | – | 2,028 | ||
Renfrew South | Lib | Lib | 837 | 54.28% | 132 | 8.56% | 67.72% | 837 | 705 | – | – | 1,542 | ||
Russell | Con | Lib | 696 | 37.30% | 27 | 1.45% | 38.86% | 975 | 669 | – | 222 | 1,866 | ||
Simcoe East | Con | Lib | 1,324 | 56.82% | 318 | 13.65% | 61.72% | 1,324 | 1,006 | – | – | 2,330 | ||
Simcoe South | Con | Con | acclaimed | |||||||||||
Simcoe West | Con | Con | 1,483 | 51.10% | 64 | 2.21% | 55.06% | 1,419 | 1,483 | – | – | 2,902 | ||
Stormont | Lib | Con | 950 | 50.29% | 11 | 0.58% | 71.47% | 939 | 950 | – | – | 1,889 | ||
Toronto East | Con | Con | 2,132 | 50.68% | 57 | 1.35% | 51.12% | 2,075 | 2,132 | – | – | 4,207 | ||
Toronto West | Con | Con | 2,324 | 50.74% | 68 | 1.48% | 45.24% | 2,256 | 2,324 | – | – | 4,580 | ||
Victoria North | Lib | Lib | 1,217 | 56.34% | 274 | 12.69% | 65.04% | 1,217 | 943 | – | – | 2,160 | ||
Victoria South | Lib | Lib | 1,644 | 51.81% | 115 | 3.62% | 68.27% | 1,644 | 1,529 | – | – | 3,173 | ||
Waterloo North | Lib | Lib | 1,351 | 53.29% | 167 | 6.59% | 71.37% | 1,351 | 1,184 | – | – | 2,535 | ||
Waterloo South | Lib | Lib | 1,699 | 57.38% | 437 | 14.76% | 72.06% | 1,699 | 1,262 | – | – | 2,961 | ||
Welland | Lib | Con | 1,966 | 50.97% | 75 | 1.94% | 66.49% | 1,891 | 1,966 | – | – | 3,857 | ||
Wellington Centre | Lib | Lib | 1,405 | 65.35% | 660 | 30.70% | 50.05% | 1,405 | 745 | – | – | 2,150 | ||
Wellington South | Lib | Lib | 1,430 | 52.15% | 118 | 4.30% | 65.83% | 1,430 | 1,312 | – | – | 2,742 | ||
Wellington West | L-Con | Lib | 2,026 | 56.00% | 434 | 12.00% | 64.61% | 2,026 | 1,592 | – | – | 3,618 | ||
Wentworth North | Con | Lib | 1,223 | 85.41% | 1,014 | 70.81% | 38.23% | 1,223 | 209 | – | – | 1,432 | ||
Wentworth South | Lib | Con | 1,231 | 50.02% | 1 | 0.04% | 66.19% | 1,230 | 1,231 | – | – | 2,461 | ||
York East | Lib | Lib | 1,825 | 53.58% | 244 | 7.16% | 58.93% | 1,825 | 1,581 | – | – | 3,406 | ||
York North | Lib | Lib | 2,200 | 56.54% | 509 | 13.08% | 68.77% | 2,200 | 1,691 | – | – | 3,891 | ||
York West | Lib | Lib | 1,268 | 51.21% | 60 | 2.42% | 63.16% | 1,268 | 1,208 | – | – | 2,476 |
Party in 1st place | Party in 2nd place | Total | ||||
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Accl | Lib | Con | Ind | |||
Liberal | 1 | 55 | 1 | 57 | ||
Conservative | 1 | 22 | 6 | 29 | ||
Independent Conservative | 2 | |||||
Total | 22 | 57 | 7 | 88 |
Parties | Accl | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th |
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█ Liberal | 1 | 56 | 22 | 2 | ||
█ Conservative | 1 | 28 | 57 | 1 | ||
█ Independent Conservative | 2 | |||||
█ Independent | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 |
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Lib | Con | I-Con | Total | ||
Seats retained | Incumbents returned | 30 | 17 | 1 | 48 |
Returned by acclamation | 1 | 1 | |||
Open seats held | 13 | 3 | 16 | ||
Ouster of incumbent changing allegiance | 1 | 1 | |||
Seats changing hands | Incumbents defeated | 8 | 3 | 11 | |
Open seats gained | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | |
Byelection gains held | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
Total | 57 | 29 | 2 | 88 |
Party designations are as follows:
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