Ontario general election, 1867
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The Ontario general election, 1867 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 Legislative Assembly ("MLAs"). The dates of the election in 1867 varied from August 20 to Septemnber 26.
The Ontario 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.
[edit] Results
| Party | Leader | Elected | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John Sandfield Macdonald | 41 | |
| Liberal | Archibald McKellar | 41 | |
| Total | 82 | ||
- William Anderson — Prince Edward
- William Barber — Halton
- Jacob Baxter — Haldimand
- William Beatty — Welland
- Edward Blake — Bruce South
- George Henry Boulter — Hastings North
- James P. Boyd — Prescott
- Delino Dexter Calvin — Frontenac
- Matthew Crooks Cameron — Toronto East
- Isaac Carling — Huron South
- John Carling — London
- John Carnegie — Peterborough West
- Robert Christie — Wentworth North
- Mcneil Clarke — Grenville South
- Isaac Clemens — Waterloo South
- Alexander Peter Cockburn — Victoria North
- Abraham Code — Lanark South
- William Colquhoun — Stormont
- Simon S. Cook — Dundas
- Henry Corby — Hastings East
- John Coyne — Peel
- James Craig — Glengarry
- William Craig — Russell
- Hugh Powell Crosby — York East
- Frederick William Cumberland — Algoma
- Nathaniel Currie — Middlesex West
- James Evans — Middlesex East
- John Eyre — Northumberland East
- Thomas Roberts Ferguson — Simcoe South
- Alexander David Ferrier — Wellington Centre
- Hugh Finlayson — Brant North
- William Fitzsimmons — Brockville and Elizabethtown
- Alexander Fraser — Northumberland West
- Daniel Galbraith — Lanark North
- Robert Gibbons — Huron South
- Peter Gow — Wellington South
[edit] See also
| Preceded by: Elections in the Province of Canada |
List of Ontario general elections | Succeeded by: 1871 election |
