Addington (electoral district)

Addington was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1904. The electoral district was created in the British North America Act of 1867.[2]

Addington

Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1867
District abolished	1904
First contested	1867
Last contested	1900
Demographics
Population (1891)[1]	24,151
Census division(s)	Addington
Census subdivision(s)	Ashby, Camden, Portland, Sheffield, Hinchinbrooke, Kaladar, Kennebec, Olden, Oso, Angelsea, Barrie, Clarendon, Palmerston, Effingham, Abinger, Miller, Canonto, Denbigh, Loughborough, Bedford

The County of Addington consisted of the Townships of Camden, Portland, Sheffield, Hinchinbrooke, Kaladar, Kennebec, Olden, Oso, Angelsea, Barrie, Clarendon, Palmerston, Effingham, Abinger, Miller, Canonto, Denbigh, Loughborough, and Bedford.

In 1882, the township of Ashby was added to the riding.

The electoral district was abolished in 1904 when it was merged into Lennox and Addington riding.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Member of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Addington
1st	1867–1872		James N. Lapum	Conservative
2nd	1872–1874		Schuyler Shibley	Liberal–Conservative
3rd	1874–1878			Conservative
4th	1878–1882		John McRory	Conservative
5th	1882–1887		John W. Bell	Conservative
6th	1887–1891
7th	1891–1896		George Walker Wesley Dawson	Liberal
8th	1896–1900		John W. Bell	Conservative
9th	1900–1904
Riding merged into Lennox and Addington

Election results

1867 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	James N. Lapum	1,120	53.0
	Liberal–Conservative	Schuyler Shibley	991	46.9
	Unknown	Sir Henry Smith	2	0.1
	Unknown	Mr. Price	1	0.0
	Unknown	D. Cameron	0	0.0
	Unknown	Mr. Ham	0	0.0
	Unknown	Mr. Lott	0	0.0

1872 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal–Conservative	Schuyler Shibley	1,495	64.0
	Conservative	James N. Lapum	849	36.0

1874 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Schuyler Shibley	1,275	56.0
	Unknown	David John Waggoner	982	44.0

On Mr. Shibley being unseated, on petition, 21 September 1874:

By-election on 28 October 1874
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	Schuyler Shibley	1,263
	Unknown	David John Waggoner	920

1878 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John McRory	1,656	57.0
	Liberal–Conservative	Schuyler Shibley	1,244	43.0

1882 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John W. Bell	1,659	59.0
	Unknown	J.B. Aylsworth	1,157	41.0

1887 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John W. Bell	1,927	56.0
	Liberal	Henry T. Shibley	1,537	44.0

1891 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	George Walker Wesley Dawson	2,307	51.0
	Conservative	John W. Bell	2,246	49.0

1896 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	BELL, John W.	2,587	51.0
	Liberal	DAWSON, Geo. W.W.	2,500	49.0

1900 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	BELL, John W.	2,442	56.0
	Liberal	MARTIN, Wm. A.	1,913	44.0

On Mr. Bell's death, 5 July 1901:

By-election on 15 January 1902
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	AVERY, Melzar	2,505
	Liberal	WARTMAN, F.S.	2,121

See also

• Past Canadian electoral districts

References

1. "Electoral Atlas of the Dominion of Canada (1895)" (PDF). Library and Archives of Canada. September 25, 2019. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
2. "Addington, Ontario (1867-08-06 - 1904-09-19)". Library of Parliament. September 25, 2019. Retrieved September 25, 2019.

External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament