Lanark South (provincial electoral district)

This article is about the provincial electoral district. For the federal electoral district, see Lanark South.

Lanark South 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.

Lanark South

Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	1867
District abolished	1933
First contested	1867
Last contested	1931

Members of Provincial Parliament

Lanark South
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
1st	1867–1869		William McNairn Shaw	Conservative
	1869–1871		Abraham Code
2nd	1871–1874
3rd	1875–1879
4th	1879–1883		William Lees
5th	1883–1886
6th	1886–1890
7th	1890–1893		Nathaniel McLenaghan
	1893–1894		James Maitland Clarke	Liberal
8th	1894–1898		Arthur Matheson	Conservative
9th	1898–1902
10th	1902–1905
11th	1905–1908
12th	1908–1911
13th	1911–1913
	1913–1914		John Charles Ebbs
14th	1914–1919		Francis William Hall
15th	1919–1923		William Johnston	United Farmers
16th	1923–1926		Egerton Reuben Stedman	Conservative
17th	1926–1929
18th	1929–1931		James Alexander Anderson
	1931–1934		Egerton Reuben Stedman
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[1]
Merged into Lanark before 1934 election

Election results

v t e 1867 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William McNairn Shaw	1,294	62.00
	Liberal	Abraham Code	791	37.90
	Independent	Mr. Laurie	2	0.10
	Independent	Mr. Playfair	0	–
Total valid votes			2,087	70.53
Eligible voters			2,959
	Conservative pickup new district.
Source: Elections Ontario[2]

v t e Ontario provincial by-election, February 6, 1869 Death of William McNairn Shaw
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Abraham Code	825	56.12	−5.88
	Independent	W. Doran	645	43.88
Total valid votes			1,470	100.0	−29.56
	Conservative hold		Swing		−5.88
Source: History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario[3]: 187

v t e 1871 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Abraham Code	816	42.88	−13.24
	Liberal	T. Haggart	666	35.00
	Independent	Mr. Cameron	421	22.12
Turnout			1,903	66.10	+29.46
Eligible voters			2,879
	Conservative hold		Swing		−13.24
Source: Elections Ontario[4]

v t e 1875 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Abraham Code	1,234	53.68	+10.80
	Liberal	W. Doran	1,065	46.32	+11.33
Turnout			2,299	72.57	+6.47
Eligible voters			3,168
	Conservative hold		Swing		−0.27
Source: Elections Ontario[5]

v t e 1879 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Conservative	William Lees	907	49.64
	Conservative	J. Elliot	854	46.74	−6.93
	Independent	Mr. Brooke	56	3.07
	Independent	W.F. Cole	10	0.55
Total valid votes			1,827	56.60	−15.97
Eligible voters			3,228
	Independent Conservative gain from Conservative		Swing		+3.47
Source: Elections Ontario[6]