Kent West (provincial electoral district)
Kent West was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1875 when the riding of Bothwell was split into the ridings of Kent East and Kent West. It was abolished in 1966 before the 1967 election when the ridings of Kent East and Kent West were merged to form the riding of Kent.
 Ontario electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Ontario |
| District created | 1875 |
| District abolished | 1967 |
| First contested | 1875 |
| Last contested | 1963 |
| Demographics | |
| Census division(s) | Kent County |
| Census subdivision(s) | Blenheim, Chatham, Dover, Harwich, Raleigh, Romney, Tilbury, Tilbury East |
Members of Provincial Parliament
| Kent West | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| 3rd | 1875–1879 | Alexander Coutts | Conservative | |
| 4th | 1879–1883 | Edward Robinson | Liberal | |
| 5th | 1883–1886 | James Clancy | Conservative | |
| 6th | 1886–1890 | |||
| 7th | 1890–1894 | |||
| 8th | 1894–1898 | Thomas Letson Pardo | Liberal | |
| 9th | 1898–1902 | |||
| 10th | 1902–1904 | |||
| 11th | 1905–1908 | Archibald McCoig | ||
| 12th | 1908–1911 | George William Sulman | Conservative | |
| 13th | 1911–1914 | |||
| 14th | 1914–1919 | |||
| 15th | 1919–1923 | Robert Livingstone Brackin | Liberal | |
| 16th | 1923–1926 | |||
| 17th | 1926–1929 | Archibald Clement Calder | Conservative | |
| 18th | 1929–1934 | |||
| 19th | 1934–1937 | Arthur St. Clair Gordon | Liberal | |
| 20th | 1937–1943 | |||
| 21st | 1943–1945 | |||
| 22nd | 1945–1948 | George Parry | Progressive Conservative | |
| 23rd | 1948–1951 | |||
| 24th | 1951–1955 | |||
| 25th | 1955–1959 | |||
| 26th | 1959–1963 | |||
| 27th | 1963–1967 | Darcy McKeough | ||
| Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[1] | ||||
| Merged into Kent before the 1967 election | ||||
References
- For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
- For Alexander Coutts's Legislative Assembly information see "Alexander Coutts, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Edward Robinson's Legislative Assembly information see "Edward Robinson, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For James Clancy's Legislative Assembly information see "James Clancy, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Thomas Letson Pardo's Legislative Assembly information see "Thomas Letson Pardo, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Archibald McCoig's Legislative Assembly information see "Archibald McCoig, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For George William Sulman's Legislative Assembly information see "George William Sulman, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Robert Livingstone Brackin's Legislative Assembly information see "Robert Livingstone Brackin, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Archibald Clement Calder's Legislative Assembly information see "Archibald Clement Calder, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Arthur St. Clair Gordon's Legislative Assembly information see "Arthur St. Clair Gordon, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For George Parry's Legislative Assembly information see "George Parry, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Darcy McKeough's Legislative Assembly information see "Darcy McKeough, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
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