Cardwell (federal electoral district)

This article is about the federal electoral district. For the provincial electoral district, see Cardwell (provincial electoral district).

Cardwell, a federal electoral district in the Canadian province of Ontario, was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1904. Cardwell is sometimes also considered one of Ontario's historic counties, as Cardwell was listed in some post-Confederation census records as a county of residence.

Cardwell

Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1867
District abolished	1903
First contested	1867
Last contested	1900

Cardwell consisted of the Simcoe County townships of Adjala and Mono, and the Peel County townships of Albion (including the town of Bolton) and Caledon.

The Cardwell electoral district was abolished in 1903 when it was redistributed between Dufferin, Peel and Simcoe South ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
1st	1867–1872		Thomas Roberts Ferguson	Conservative
2nd	1872–1874		John Hillyard Cameron
3rd	1874–1876
	1876–1878		Dalton McCarthy
4th	1878–1882		Thomas White
5th	1882–1885
	1885–1887
6th	1887–1888
	1888–1892		Robert Smeaton White
7th	1891–1895
	1895–1896		William Stubbs	McCarthyite
8th	1896–1900			Independent Conservative
9th	1900–1904		Robert Johnston	Conservative
Riding dissolved into Dufferin, Peel and Simcoe South

Election results

1867 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Thomas Roberts Ferguson	1,155
	Unknown	Dr. Philips	1,078
Eligible voters			2,612
Source: Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1871[1]

1872 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Hon. John Hillyard Cameron	1,232
	Unknown	? Boulton	1,016

1874 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Hon. John Hillyard Cameron	1,204
	Unknown	Thomas Bowles	1,140

On Mr. Cameron's death, 14 November 1876:

By-election on 14 December 1876
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	D'Alton McCarthy	acclaimed

1878 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Thomas White	1,218
	Unknown	Jos. Pattulo	961

1882 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Thomas White	1,407
	Liberal	James F. McLaughlin[2]	1,066

On Mr. White's nomination as member of the Privy Council and as Minister of the Interior, 5 August 1885:

By-election on 27 August 1885
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Thomas White	acclaimed

1887 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Hon. Thomas White	1,531
	Liberal	James H. Newlove	1,128

On Mr. White's death, 21 April 1888:

By-election on 3 October 1888
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Robert Smeaton White	1,088
	Independent Conservative	William Stubbs	949

1891 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Robert S. White	1,628
	Liberal	Elgin Myers	1,380

On Mr. White's resignation, October 1895:

While the Library of Parliament reports that Stubbs won by acclamation, newspaper reports indicate there was an election between three candidates, William Stubbs (running as a McCarthyite, rather than an Independent Conservative, R. B. Willoughby for the Conservatives and R. B. Henry for the Liberals.^[3][4][5]

By-election on 24 December 1895
Party		Candidate	Votes
	McCarthyite	William Stubbs	1,503
	Conservative	W. B. Willoughby	1,296
	Liberal	R. B. Henry	544

1896 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Independent Conservative	William Stubbs	1,825
	Conservative	William Legh Walsh	1,441

1900 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Robert Johnston	1,484
	Independent Conservative	William Stubbs	1,293

See also

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada