| Election Name: | 1867 Ontario general election |
| Country: | Ontario |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Turnout: | 73.86% |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | no |
| Party Name: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1863 Province of Canada general election |
| Previous Mps: | 8th Parliament of the Province of Canada |
| Next Election: | 1871 Ontario general election |
| Next Year: | 1871 |
| Seats For Election: | 82 seats in the 1st Legislative Assembly of Ontario 42 seats were needed for a majority |
| Election Date: | September 3, 1867 |
| Leader1: | John Sandfield Macdonald |
| Leaders Seat1: | Cornwall |
| Seats1: | 41 |
| Popular Vote1: | 80,111 |
| Percentage1: | 50.28% |
| Leader2: | Archibald McKellar |
| Leaders Seat2: | Bothwell |
| Seats2: | 41 |
| Popular Vote2: | 77,689 |
| Percentage2: | 48.76% |
| Premier | |
| Posttitle: | Premier after election |
| After Election: | John Sandfield Macdonald |
The 1867 Ontario general election was the first general election held in the newly created Province of Ontario, Canada. Previously, the territory was known as Canada West, a part of the Province of Canada. The election was held on September 3, 1867, to elect the 82 members of the 1st Legislative Assembly (MLAs).[1] The dates of the election in 1867 varied from August 20 to September 26.
The Conservative Party, led by John Sandfield Macdonald, and the Ontario Liberal Party, led by Archibald McKellar, each won 41 seats. A coalition government was formed under the leadership of Macdonald.
Votes were recorded orally. Voter eligibility was only 13% of the population.[2]
[1] |-! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party! rowspan=2 | Party leader! rowspan=2 colspan=1 | Candidates! rowspan=2 colspan=1 | Seats! colspan=2 | Votes|-!#!%|style="text-align:left;"|John Sandfield Macdonald| 78 || 41 || 80,111 ||50.28%|style="text-align:left;"|Archibald McKellar| 80 || 41 || 77,689 ||48.76%| || 15 || - || 1,523 ||0.96%|-! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total|173! 82! 159,323! 100.00%|-| colspan="5" style="text-align:left;" | Registered electors| 215,722| |-| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2" colspan="3" |Acclamations| style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" | ||2|-| style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" | ||4|-| style="text-align:left;" colspan="3" |Other candidates receiving nil votes[3] | style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" | ||1|}
| Riding | Winning party | Turnout | Votes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name[4] | Party | Votes | Share | Margin # | Margin % | Con | Lib | Total | ||||
| Addington | Con | 1,554 | 73.72% | 1,003 | 47.58% | 75.94% | 1,554 | 551 | 3 | 2,108 | ||
| Algoma | Con | 351 | 67.89% | 224 | 43.33% | 60.19% | 351 | 127 | 39 | 517 | ||
| Bothwell | Lib | 1,242 | 51.45% | 70 | 2.90% | 83.16% | 1,172 | 1,242 | – | 2,414 | ||
| Brant North | Lib | 706 | 53.16% | 84 | 6.33% | 72.69% | 622 | 706 | – | 1,328 | ||
| Brant South | Con | 1,268 | 54.37% | 204 | 8.75% | 71.45% | 1,268 | 1,064 | – | 2,332 | ||
| Brockville and Elizabethtown | Con | 630 | 51.05% | 26 | 2.11% | 75.38% | 630 | 604 | – | 1,234 | ||
| Bruce North | Lib | acclaimed | ||||||||||
| Bruce South | Lib | 1,726 | 50.10% | 7 | 0.20% | 84.83% | 1,719 | 1,726 | – | 3,445 | ||
| Cardwell | Con | 1,151 | 52.37% | 104 | 4.73% | 84.96% | 1,151 | 1,047 | – | 2,198 | ||
| Carleton | Lib | 987 | 47.29% | 48 | 2.30% | 88.13% | 939 | 987 | 161 | 2,087 | ||
| Cornwall | Con | 479 | 64.73% | 218 | 29.46% | 72.27% | 479 | 261 | – | 740 | ||
| Dundas | Lib | 1,162 | 53.57% | 155 | 7.15% | 79.42% | 1,007 | 1,162 | – | 2,169 | ||
| Durham East | Con | 1,208 | 95.19% | 1,147 | 90.39% | 43.88% | 1,208 | 61 | – | 1,269 | ||
| Durham West | Lib | 1,473 | 68.80% | 805 | 37.60% | 77.43% | 668 | 1,473 | – | 2,141 | ||
| Elgin East | Con | 1,431 | 50.44% | 25 | 0.88% | 75.47% | 1,431 | 1,406 | – | 2,837 | ||
| Elgin West | Con | 909 | 52.27% | 79 | 4.54% | 85.16% | 909 | 830 | – | 1,739 | ||
| Essex | Con | 1,566 | 53.69% | 215 | 7.37% | 75.41% | 1,566 | 1,351 | – | 2,917 | ||
| Frontenac | Con | 1,186 | 62.49% | 476 | 25.08% | 73.91% | 1,186 | 710 | 2 | 1,898 | ||
| Glengarry | Con | 1,149 | 56.71% | 272 | 13.43% | 82.59% | 1,149 | 877 | – | 2,026 | ||
| Grenville South | Con | 849 | 53.46% | 110 | 6.93% | 80.90% | 849 | 739 | – | 1,588 | ||
| Grey North | Con | 1,430 | 55.17% | 268 | 10.34% | 74.63% | 1,430 | 1,162 | – | 2,592 | ||
| Grey South | Con | 1,675 | 53.23% | 203 | 6.45% | 80.86% | 1,675 | 1,472 | – | 3,147 | ||
| Haldimand | Lib | 1,377 | 56.43% | 314 | 12.87% | 78.36% | 1,063 | 1,377 | – | 2,440 | ||
| Halton | Lib | 1,556 | 56.62% | 364 | 13.25% | 76.70% | 1,192 | 1,556 | – | 2,748 | ||
| Hamilton | Lib | 1,193 | 53.88% | 172 | 7.77% | 58.23% | 1,021 | 1,193 | – | 2,214 | ||
| Hastings East | Con | 908 | 57.65% | 241 | 15.30% | 75.21% | 908 | 667 | – | 1,575 | ||
| Hastings North | Con | 970 | 63.73% | 418 | 27.46% | 69.31% | 970 | 552 | – | 1,522 | ||
| Hastings West | Con | 940 | 72.92% | 591 | 45.85% | 54.50% | 940 | 349 | – | 1,289 | ||
| Huron North | Con | 2,030 | 50.80% | 64 | 1.60% | 72.48% | 2,030 | 1,966 | – | 3,996 | ||
| Huron South | Lib | 1,558 | 50.16% | 10 | 0.32% | 82.00% | 1,548 | 1,558 | – | 3,106 | ||
| Kent | Lib | 1,486 | 51.14% | 66 | 2.27% | 77.99% | 1,420 | 1,486 | – | 2,906 | ||
| Kingston | Con | 705 | 84.63% | 577 | 69.27% | 37.14% | 705 | 128 | – | 833 | ||
| Lambton | Lib | 2,107 | 65.80% | 1,012 | 31.61% | 75.41% | 1,095 | 2,107 | – | 3,202 | ||
| Lanark North | Lib | acclaimed | ||||||||||
| Lanark South | Con | 1,294 | 62.00% | 503 | 24.10% | 70.53% | 1,294 | 791 | 2 | 2,087 | ||
| Leeds North and Grenville North | Lib | 962 | 56.19% | 212 | 12.38% | 78.28% | 750 | 962 | – | 1,712 | ||
| Leeds South | Con | 1,380 | 50.13% | 7 | 0.25% | 83.96% | 1,380 | 1,373 | – | 2,753 | ||
| Lennox | Con | 1,222 | 53.29% | 396 | 17.27% | 66.35% | 1,222 | 826 | 245 | 2,293 | ||
| Lincoln | Con | acclaimed | ||||||||||
| London | Con | 948 | 61.00% | 342 | 22.01% | 56.00% | 948 | 606 | – | 1,554 | ||
| Middlesex East | Lib | 1,821 | 50.42% | 30 | 0.83% | 86.62% | 1,791 | 1,821 | – | 3,612 | ||
| Middlesex North | Lib | 1,084 | 43.69% | 38 | 1.53% | 84.79% | 1,046 | 1,084 | 351 | 2,481 | ||
| Middlesex West | Con | 1,100 | 52.08% | 88 | 4.17% | 87.45% | 1,100 | 1,012 | – | 2,112 | ||
| Monck | Con | 1,118 | 56.10% | 243 | 12.19% | 78.59% | 1,118 | 875 | – | 1,993 | ||
| Niagara | Con | 302 | 54.32% | 48 | 8.63% | 76.48% | 302 | 254 | – | 556 | ||
| Norfolk North | Con | 987 | 50.05% | 2 | 0.10% | 83.84% | 987 | 985 | – | 1,972 | ||
| Norfolk South | Lib | 975 | 50.47% | 18 | 0.93% | 78.06% | 957 | 975 | – | 1,932 | ||
| Northumberland East | Lib | 1,492 | 64.56% | 675 | 29.21% | 66.97% | 817 | 1,492 | 2 | 2,311 | ||
| Northumberland West | Lib | acclaimed | ||||||||||
| Ontario North | Lib | 1,694 | 58.70% | 502 | 17.39% | 79.26% | 1,192 | 1,694 | – | 2,886 | ||
| Ontario South | Lib | 1,367 | 56.35% | 308 | 12.70% | 83.60% | 1,059 | 1,367 | – | 2,426 | ||
| Ottawa | Lib | 810 | 68.76% | 442 | 37.52% | 41.49% | 368 | 810 | – | 1,178 | ||
| Oxford North | Lib | 1,187 | 55.36% | 230 | 10.73% | 58.34% | 957 | 1,187 | – | 2,144 | ||
| Oxford South | Lib | 1,399 | 54.52% | 232 | 9.04% | 74.64% | 1,167 | 1,399 | – | 2,566 | ||
| Peel | Con | 1,118 | 51.05% | 46 | 2.10% | 82.11% | 1,118 | 1,072 | – | 2,190 | ||
| Perth North | Con | 1,568 | 57.58% | 413 | 15.17% | 72.81% | 1,568 | 1,155 | – | 2,723 | ||
| Perth South | Lib | 1,552 | 56.56% | 360 | 13.12% | 80.16% | 1,192 | 1,552 | – | 2,744 | ||
| Peterborough East | Con | 996 | 62.52% | 399 | 25.05% | 80.82% | 996 | 597 | – | 1,593 | ||
| Peterborough West | Con | 670 | 50.68% | 18 | 1.36% | 78.50% | 670 | 652 | – | 1,322 | ||
| Prescott | Lib | 838 | 50.67% | 22 | 1.33% | 82.78% | 816 | 838 | – | 1,654 | ||
| Prince Edward | Lib | 1,605 | 58.66% | 474 | 17.32% | 76.53% | 1,131 | 1,605 | – | 2,736 | ||
| Renfrew North | Con | 802 | 71.74% | 487 | 43.56% | 80.26% | 802 | 315 | 1 | 1,118 | ||
| Renfrew South | Lib | 543 | 63.96% | 237 | 27.92% | 71.17% | 306 | 543 | – | 849 | ||
| Russell | Con | 1,287 | 65.33% | 818 | 41.52% | 68.95% | 1,287 | 469 | 214 | 1,970 | ||
| Simcoe North | Lib | 1,431 | 52.40% | 131 | 4.80% | 81.91% | 1,300 | 1,431 | – | 2,731 | ||
| Simcoe South | Con | acclaimed | ||||||||||
| Stormont | Con | 793 | 55.65% | 161 | 11.30% | 81.15% | 793 | 632 | – | 1,425 | ||
| Toronto East | Con | 1,178 | 56.28% | 264 | 12.61% | 49.80% | 1,178 | 914 | 1 | 2,093 | ||
| Toronto West | Con | 1,439 | 57.26% | 365 | 14.52% | 52.94% | 1,439 | 1,074 | – | 2,513 | ||
| Victoria North | Lib | 676 | 62.42% | 269 | 24.84% | 79.87% | 407 | 676 | – | 1,083 | ||
| Victoria South | Lib | acclaimed | ||||||||||
| Waterloo North | Lib | 908 | 50.67% | 24 | 1.34% | 71.68% | 884 | 908 | – | 1,792 | ||
| Waterloo South | Lib | 1,309 | 57.59% | 345 | 15.18% | 81.59% | 964 | 1,309 | – | 2,273 | ||
| Welland | Lib | 1,298 | 54.22% | 202 | 8.44% | 68.52% | 1,096 | 1,298 | – | 2,394 | ||
| Wellington Centre | Con | 1,106 | 44.36% | 58 | 2.33% | 79.24% | 1,106 | 1,048 | 339 | 2,493 | ||
| Wellington North | Lib | 1,434 | 51.29% | 72 | 2.58% | 81.04% | 1,362 | 1,434 | – | 2,796 | ||
| Wellington South | Lib | 940 | 58.42% | 271 | 16.84% | 74.56% | 669 | 940 | – | 1,609 | ||
| Wentworth North | Lib | 1,139 | 50.44% | 20 | 0.89% | 79.93% | 1,119 | 1,139 | – | 2,258 | ||
| Wentworth South | Lib | 1,002 | 50.07% | 3 | 0.15% | 83.24% | 999 | 1,002 | – | 2,001 | ||
| York East | Lib | 1,193 | 58.25% | 338 | 16.50% | 72.37% | 855 | 1,193 | – | 2,048 | ||
| York North | Lib | 1,369 | 54.20% | 212 | 8.39% | 73.90% | 1,157 | 1,369 | – | 2,526 | ||
| York West | Con | 587 | 46.44% | 73 | 5.78% | 56.71% | 587 | 514 | 163 | 1,264 | ||
= elected by acclamation
= turnout is above provincial average
= was a member of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada
= was a member of the Legislative Council of the Province of Canada
= multiple candidates
Party designations are as follows: