Ottawa (Ontario provincial electoral district) explained

Ottawa
Province:Ontario
Prov-Status:defunct
Prov-Created:1867
Prov-Abolished:1908
Prov-Election-First:1867
Prov-Election-Last:1905
Demo-Csd:Ottawa, Ottawa East (1894-1908); Hintonburg (1894-1908); Nepean Township (1894-1908)

Ottawa was the name of a provincial electoral district that elected one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Canada from 1867 to 1894 and two members from 1894 to 1908.

The riding was created when Ontario became a province in 1867, initially consisting solely of the City of Ottawa. It was expanded in the 1894 redistribution to include the villages of Ottawa East and Hintonburg, the unincorporated community of Mechanicsville and that part of the Township of Nepean located in Lots 36, 37, 38 in Concession A of Ottawa Front (mostly the area around the Bayswater community,[1] today the area east of Parkdale Avenue and north of Carling Avenue). The riding was abolished in the 1908 redistribution into Ottawa East and Ottawa West.

When the Ottawa district had two members, 1894-1908, each voter could cast up to two votes (Block Voting).

Members of Provincial Parliament

AssemblyYearsMemberPartyMemberParty
Two members
8th1894–1898   George O. O'KeefeLiberal   Erskine Henry BronsonLiberal
9th1898–1902   Charles Berkeley PowellConservativeAlexander Lumsden
10th1902–1904   Dennis MurphyConservative
11th1905–1908   George Samuel MayLiberal   Donald Joseph McDougalLiberal

Election results

1867–1890

|-|Conservative (Equal Rights)|D. Donaldson|align="right"|1,964|align="right"|36.76

1894–1905 (two members elected)

References

Notes and References

  1. http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/countyatlas/Images/Maps/TownshipMaps/car-m-nepean.jpg