1890 Ontario general election

June 5, 1890

91 seats in the 7th Legislative Assembly of Ontario
46 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Oliver Mowat William Ralph Meredith
Party Liberal Conservative
Leader since 1872 1879
Leader's seat Oxford North London
Last election 57 32
Seats won 53 34
Seat change Decrease4 Increase2

Premier before election

Oliver Mowat
Liberal

Premier after election

Oliver Mowat
Liberal

The 1890 Ontario general election was the seventh general election held in the Province of Ontario, Canada. It was held on June 5, 1890, to elect the 91 members of the 7th Legislative Assembly of Ontario ("MLAs").[1]

The Assembly had been increased from 90 members after the passage of an Act in 1889 creating Nipissing as a riding.[2]

The election was a victory for the Ontario Liberal Party, led by Oliver Mowat.[3] The party won a sixth consecutive term in government, despite losing a small number of seats in the Legislature.

The Ontario Conservative Party, led by William Ralph Meredith won two additional seats.

This election was held partially using the Limited voting system where each Toronto voter had two votes for the three MPPs in the district. This produced mixed representation in that district and thus a degree of minority representation.[4]

A key issue in the election was the segregation of schools for Catholic and Protestant students, with the Liberal Party supporting the segregation and the Conservatives opposing it.[3]

An 1887 Act had renamed the riding of Cornwall and Stormont as Stormont.[5]

Results

[1]

Elections to the 7th Parliament of Ontario (1890)
Political party Party leader MPPs Votes
Candidates 1886 Dissol. 1890 ± # % ± (pp)
Liberal Oliver Mowat 87 57 53 4Decrease 162,118 49.63% 1.22Increase
Conservative William Ralph Meredith 74 32 34 2Increase 130,289 39.88% 7.14Decrease
  Conservative-Equal Rights 14 2 2Increase 26,154 8.01% New
  Liberal-Equal Rights 2 2 2Increase 3,352 1.03% New
Independent 1 1 1Decrease 7 0.68Decrease
Equal Rights 7 3,131 0.96% New
Independent-Liberal 1 1,620 0.50% New
Labour Did not campaign
Temperance Did not campaign
Vacant
Total 186 90 90 91 326,671 100.00%
Blank and invalid ballots 3,110
Registered voters / turnout 473,853 69.60% 0.09Decrease
Seats and popular vote by party of major influence
PartySeatsVotesChange (pp)
Liberal[a 1]
53 / 91
49.63%
1.22 1.22
 
Conservative[a 1]
34 / 91
39.88%
-7.14
 
Equal Rights
4 / 91
10.00%
10.00 10
 
Labour
0 / 91
0.00%
-3.85
 
Other
0 / 91
0.49%
-0.23
 
  1. 1 2 Straight party support only. Other MLAs sponsored by Equal Rights Party are allocated to the latter, to show extent of influence.

Synopsis of results

Results by riding - 1890 Ontario general election[1]
Riding[a 1] Winning party Turnout Votes
Name[a 2] 1886 Party Votes Share Margin
#
Margin
%
Lib Con EqR I-Lib Ind Total
 
Addington Con Con 1,49851.48%862.96%62.05%1,4121,4982,910
Algoma East Lib Con 1,56950.97%601.95%110.54%1,5091,5693,078
Algoma West Lib Lib 78651.95%593.90%116.85%7867271,513
Brant North Lib Lib 1,17864.20%52128.39%66.55%1,1786571,835
Brant South Lib Lib 2,06759.06%63418.11%65.02%2,0671,4333,500
Brockville Lib Lib 1,78152.37%1614.73%62.44%1,7811,6203,401
Bruce Centre Lib Lib 1,86054.56%3119.12%69.74%1,8601,5493,409
Bruce North Con Con 1,83550.23%170.47%70.83%1,8181,8353,653
Bruce South Lib Lib 2,17964.41%97528.82%64.86%2,1791,2043,383
Cardwell Con Con 1,18350.97%451.94%41.81%2,321[a 3]2,321
Carleton Con Con 1,14550.20%90.39%45.56%1,1361,1452,281
Stormont Lib Lib 2,26254.27%3568.54%68.38%2,2621,9064,168
Dufferin Con C-ER 1,33354.70%73029.95%40.18%6031,834[a 4]2,437
Dundas Lib Con 2,10451.92%1563.85%78.15%1,9482,1044,052
Durham East Con C-ER 1,31450.19%100.38%55.35%1,3041,3142,618
Durham West Lib Lib 1,69450.76%511.53%73.21%1,6941,6433,337
Elgin East Lib Con 2,03851.49%1182.98%74.29%1,9202,0383,958
Elgin West Con Con 2,38452.02%1854.04%67.70%2,1992,3844,583
Essex North Lib Con 1,90147.90%63516.00%58.22%2,068[a 5]1,9013,969
Essex South Lib Lib 2,50552.15%2074.31%73.61%2,5052,2984,803
Frontenac Con Con 1,25852.03%984.05%65.67%1,1601,2582,418
Glengarry Lib Lib 1,75653.96%2587.93%66.38%1,7561,4983,254
Grenville Con Con 1,61157.33%41214.66%48.87%2,810[a 6]2,810
Grey Centre Con Con 1,51352.48%1434.96%48.76%1,3701,5132,883
Grey North Con Lib 2,31254.44%3778.88%67.88%2,3121,9354,247
Grey South Con Lib 2,15651.73%1443.45%72.98%2,1562,0124,168
Haldimand Lib Lib 2,00054.54%3339.08%81.00%2,0001,6673,667
Halton Con Con 2,37751.98%1813.96%78.53%2,1962,3774,573
Hamilton Lib Con 4,11150.53%861.06%78.54%4,0254,1118,136
Hastings East Con Con 1,80150.13%90.25%79.49%1,7921,8013,593
Hastings North Con Con acclaimed
Hastings West Con Lib 1,67852.11%1364.22%64.41%1,6781,5423,220
Huron East Lib Lib 2,25656.27%50312.55%73.87%2,2561,7534,009
Huron South Lib Lib 2,14451.91%1583.83%68.23%2,1441,9864,130
Huron West Lib Lib 2,12551.35%1122.71%64.60%2,1252,0134,138
Kent East Lib Lib 2,34753.99%63314.56%88.46%4,061[a 7]2864,347
Kent West Con Con 2,82350.37%410.73%65.34%2,7822,8235,605
Kingston Con Con 1,62950.45%290.90%58.16%1,6001,6293,229
Lambton East Lib Lib 2,20352.40%46210.99%73.65%2,2031,7412604,204
Lambton West Lib Lib 2,74855.46%71314.39%56.04%2,7482,0351724,955
Lanark North Lib L-ER 1,52553.30%1896.61%71.27%1,3361,525[a 8]2,861
Lanark South Con Con 1,50958.17%43116.62%54.29%1,0781,50972,594
Leeds Con Con 1,81357.10%45114.20%57.69%1,3621,8133,175
Lennox Con Con 1,44150.38%220.77%70.54%1,4191,4412,860
Lincoln Lib Con 2,42451.63%1533.26%67.51%2,2712,4244,695
London Con Con acclaimed
Middlesex East Con Con 2,50850.58%581.17%74.07%2,4502,5084,958
Middlesex North Lib Lib 2,06051.05%852.11%78.04%2,0601,9754,035
Middlesex West Lib Lib 1,95051.64%1243.28%80.35%1,9501,8263,776
Monck Lib Lib 1,76556.83%42413.65%71.30%3,106[a 9]03,106
Muskoka Con Con 1,56551.46%892.93%77.76%1,4761,5653,041
Nipissing New Lib 88167.25%45234.50%64.56%8814291,310
Norfolk North Lib Lib 1,60155.30%30710.60%72.46%1,6011,2942,895
Norfolk South Con Lib 1,56351.06%652.12%76.54%1,5631,4983,061
Northumberland East Con Con 2,18553.36%2756.72%83.74%1,9102,185[a 10]4,095
Northumberland West Lib Lib 1,45357.82%39315.64%65.90%1,4531,0602,513
Ontario North Lib Con 1,86951.07%782.13%70.38%1,7911,8693,660
Ontario South Lib Lib 2,46051.38%1322.76%73.43%2,4602,3284,788
Ottawa Lib Lib 3,37963.24%1,41526.48%58.66%3,3791,9645,343
Oxford North Lib Lib acclaimed
Oxford South Lib Lib 1,76464.69%80129.37%44.21%1,7649632,727
Parry Sound Ind Lib 1,38752.06%1104.13%n/a1,3871,2772,664
Peel Lib Lib 2,05951.54%1233.08%74.33%2,0591,9363,995
Perth North Con Lib 2,72950.86%921.71%72.44%2,7292,6375,366
Perth South Lib Lib 2,24158.19%63116.39%61.55%2,2411,6103,851
Peterborough East Lib Lib 1,42151.43%792.86%70.40%1,4211,3422,763
Peterborough West Lib Lib 1,92558.58%56417.16%70.65%1,9251,3613,286
Prescott Lib Lib acclaimed
Prince Edward Lib Lib 2,04050.09%70.17%71.71%2,0402,0334,073
Renfrew North Lib Con 1,84351.22%882.45%75.64%1,7551,8433,598
Renfrew South Lib Lib 1,47049.71%2297.74%63.02%2,711[a 11]2462,957
Russell Lib Lib 2,22361.56%83523.12%57.36%2,2231,3883,611
Simcoe Centre Lib Lib 1,55957.72%41715.44%60.03%1,5591,1422,701
Simcoe East Lib Con 2,09251.96%1583.92%62.59%1,9342,0924,026
Simcoe West Con Con 1,31861.56%49523.12%44.95%8231,3182,141
Victoria East Con Con 1,45951.26%722.53%55.05%1,3871,4592,846
Victoria West Con L-ER 1,82756.70%43213.41%66.13%1,3951,8273,222
Waterloo North Lib Lib 2,20559.79%72219.58%66.67%2,2051,4833,688
Waterloo South Lib Lib 2,16155.34%41710.68%66.42%2,1611,7443,905
Welland Lib Con 2,34550.77%711.54%71.83%2,2742,3454,619
Wellington East Lib Lib 1,56258.61%45917.22%53.37%1,5621,1032,665
Wellington South Lib Lib 2,09859.20%65218.40%61.76%2,0981,4463,544
Wellington West Lib Lib 1,49555.70%30611.40%58.64%1,4951,1892,684
Wentworth North Lib Lib 1,46955.43%28810.87%72.58%1,4691,1812,650
Wentworth South Lib Lib 1,47250.88%511.76%81.96%1,4721,4212,893
York East Lib Lib 1,70558.94%51717.87%63.29%1,7051,1882,893
York North Lib Lib 1,87561.29%69122.59%47.87%1,8751,1843,059
York West Lib Lib 1,78950.87%611.73%94.73%1,7891,7283,517
  1. excluding Toronto, a multi-member constituency
  2. order is as given in EO reports
  3. the incumbent William Henry Hammell was the winning candidate
  4. John Barr (Conservative/Equal Rights) was the winning candidate
  5. the incumbent Gaspard Pacaud received 1,266 votes
  6. the incumbent Frederick John French received 1,199 votes
  7. the incumbent Robert Ferguson was the winning candidate
  8. the Liberal incumbent William Clyde Caldwell ran as a Liberal/Equal Rights candidate
  9. the incumbent Richard Harcourt was the winning candidate
  10. William Arnson Willoughby was elected in 1886, but was unseated by the court
  11. the winning candidate John Francis Dowling had been previously elected to the Legislature
  = open seat
  = turnout is above provincial average
  = winning candidate was in previous Legislature
  = incumbent had switched allegiance
  = previously incumbent in another riding
  = not incumbent; was previously elected to the Legislature
  = incumbency arose from byelection gain
  = incumbency arose from prior election result being overturned by the court
  = other incumbents renominated
  = joint Conservative/Equal Rights candidate
  = joint Liberal/Equal Rights candidate
  = previously an MP in the House of Commons of Canada
  = multiple candidates


[1]

Results for Toronto (3 seats)
Political party Candidate Votes  % Elected Incumbent
Conservative Edward Frederick Clarke 5,86218.81 Green tickY Green tickY
Conservative Henry Edward Clarke 5,54217.78 Green tickY Green tickY
Liberal Joseph Tait 5,35917.20 Green tickY
Liberal Alfred McDougall 5,19716.68
Conservative/Equal Rights E.D. Armour 4,50214.45
Conservative/Equal Rights Robert Bell 4,00112.84
Equal Rights Frank Moses 7032.26
Majority[a 1] 1620.52
Turnout 31,28772.31
Registered voters 43,265
  1. plurality for third winning candidate


Analysis

Party candidates in 2nd place[1][a 1]
Party in 1st placeParty in 2nd placeTotal
AcclLibConC-ERInd-LER
Liberal 2335101152
Conservative 228232
C-ER 112
L-ER 22
Total 43240101188
  1. excluding Toronto seats
Candidates ranked 1st to 5th place, by party[1]
PartiesAccl1st2nd3rd4th5th
 Liberal 2503221
 Conservative 23141
 Conservative/Equal Rights 2101
 Liberal/Equal Rights 2
 Equal Rights 15
 Independent Liberal 1
 Independent 1
Resulting composition of the 2nd Legislative Assembly of Ontario[1]
SourceParty
Lib Con C-ER L-ER Total
Seats retainedIncumbents returned 361450
Returned by acclamation 224
Open seats held 639
Byelection loss reversed 22
Defeated by same-party candidate 11
Seats changing handsIncumbents defeated 59115
Open seats gained 224
Byelection gains held 11
Incumbent changed allegiance 11
New seatNew MLAs 11
Toronto seatsMLA returned 22
New MLAs 11
Total 53342291

MLAs elected by region and riding

Party designations are as follows:

  Liberal
  Conservative
  Conservative/Equal Rights
  Liberal/Equal Rights



    Seats that changed hands

    In its first election, Nipissing returned the Liberal candidate John Loughrin as its MLA.

    Elections to the 18th Parliament of Ontario – seats won/lost by party, 1886–1890
    Party 1886 Gain from (loss to) 1890
    Lib Con Con-ER Lib-ER Ind
    Liberal 575(10)(1)152
    Conservative 3210(5)(2)(1)34
    Conservative-Equal Rights 22
    Liberal-Equal Rights 112
    Independent 1(1)
    Total9011(6)8(10)(2)(2)190

    In the election, 20 seats changed their allegiance.

    See also

    Notes and references

    Notes

    1. Election declared void because of corrupt practices. Writ for new election issued. Campbell was reelected in the subsequent byelection.[6]
    2. Election declared void because of corrupt practices. Writ for new election issued. David Porter (Liberal) was elected in the subsequent byelection.[6]
    3. Election declared void because of corrupt practices. Writ for new election issued. John Morison Gibson (Liberal) was elected in the subsequent byelection.[6]
    4. Died before assuming office. Writ for new election issued. Edwin Clarendon Carpenter (Liberal) was elected in the subsequent byelection.[6]
    5. Election declared void because of corrupt practices. Writ for new election issued. Charlton was reelected in the subsequent byelection.[6]
    6. Election declared void because of corrupt practices. Writ for new election issued. Thomas Magwood (Conservative) was elected in the subsequent byelection.[6]

    References

    1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "1890 general election results". Elections Ontario. Retrieved November 22, 2023.
    2. An Act to give Representation in the Legislative Assembly to the District of Nipissing, S.O. 1889, c. 2
    3. 1 2 Dunning, Wm. A. (1890). "Record of Political Events". Political Science Quarterly. 5 (4): 741. doi:10.2307/2139551. JSTOR 2139551.
    4. 1921 Special House of Commons Committee on pro-rep. report, p. 12
    5. An Act to give early effect to certain amendments of the Law recommended by the Statute Commissioners, S.O. 1887, c. 8 , Schedule
    6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Journals of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario. Vol. XXIV. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 1891. pp. 7–27, 35.
    This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.