Dundas (provincial electoral district)

This article is about the former provincial electoral district. For the former federal electoral district, see Dundas (federal electoral district). For the pre-Confederation electoral district, see Dundas (Province of Canada electoral district).

Dundas was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1867 at the time of confederation and was abolished in 1933 before the 1934 election. It was redistributed into the riding of Grenville-Dundas.

Dundas

Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	1867
District abolished	1933
First contested	1867
Last contested	1929

Members of Provincial Parliament

Dundas
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
1st	1867–1871		Simon S. Cook	Liberal
2nd	1871–1874
3rd	1875–1879		Andrew Broder	Conservative
4th	1879–1883
5th	1883–1886
6th	1886–1887		Theodore F. Chamberlain	Liberal
	1888–1890		James Whitney (politician)	Conservative
7th	1890–1894
8th	1894–1898
9th	1898–1902
10th	1902–1904
11th	1905–1908
12th	1908–1911
13th	1911–1914
14th	1914–1919		Irwin Foster Hilliard	Conservative
15th	1919–1923		William H. Casselman	United Farmers
16th	1923–1926		Aaron Sweet	Conservative
17th	1926–1929		George Smyth	Prohibitionist
18th	1929–1934		George Holmes Challies	Conservative
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[1]
Merged into Grenville—Dundas before the 1934 election

Election results

v t e 1867 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Simon S. Cook	1,162	53.57
	Conservative	Mr. Doran	1,007	46.43
Total valid votes			2,169	79.42
Eligible voters			2,731
	Liberal pickup new district.
Source: Elections Ontario[2]

v t e 1871 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Simon S. Cook	1,216	56.09	+2.52
	Conservative	Mr. McDonald	952	43.91	−2.52
Turnout			2,168	76.28	−3.14
Eligible voters			2,842
	Liberal hold		Swing		+2.52
Source: Elections Ontario[3]

v t e 1875 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Broder	1,458	51.67	+7.75
	Liberal	Simon S. Cook	1,364	48.33	−7.75
Turnout			2,822	74.99	−1.29
Eligible voters			3,763
Election voided
Source: Elections Ontario[4]

v t e Ontario provincial by-election, September 1875 Previous election voided
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Broder	1,505	54.16	+10.24
	Independent	Mr. Rose	1,274	45.84
Total valid votes			2,779
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+10.24
Source: History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario[5]: 58

v t e 1879 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Broder	1,674	51.24	−2.92
	Liberal	Theodore F. Chamberlain	1,593	48.76
Total valid votes			3,267	77.29
Eligible voters			4,227
	Conservative hold		Swing		−2.92
Source: Elections Ontario[6]