Middlesex North (federal electoral district)

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

Middlesex North was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1917. It was created by the British North America Act 1867 which divided the County of Middlesex into three ridings: the Middlesex North, Middlesex West and Middlesex East.

Middlesex North

Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1867
District abolished	1914
First contested	1867
Last contested	1911

The North Riding consisted of the Townships of McGillivray and Biddulph (taken from the County of Huron), and Williams East, Williams West, Adelaide, and Lobo.

In 1882, it was redefined add the township of Stephen and the villages of Ailsa Craig, Lucan, Exeter and Parkhill, and to exclude the townships of Adelaide and Lobo.

In 1903, it was redefined to consist of the townships of Adelaide, Biddulph, Lobo, McGillivray, Williams East and Williams West, the town of Parkhill and the villages of Ailsa Craig and Lucan.

The electoral district was abolished in 1914 when it was redistributed between Middlesex East and Middlesex West ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
1st	1867–1872		Thomas Scatcherd	Liberal
2nd	1872–1874
3rd	1874–1876
	1876–1878		Robert Colin Scatcherd
4th	1878–1882		Timothy Coughlin	Liberal–Conservative
5th	1882–1887
6th	1887–1891
7th	1891–1896		William Henry Hutchins	Conservative
8th	1896–1900		Valentine Ratz	Liberal
9th	1900–1904		John Sherritt	Conservative
10th	1904–1908		Valentine Ratz	Liberal
11th	1908–1911		Alexander Wilson Smith
12th	1911–1917		George Adam Elliott	Conservative
Riding dissolved into Middlesex East and Middlesex West

Election history

v t e 1867 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Thomas Scatcherd	1,605
	Unknown	Mr. Watson	874

v t e 1872 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Thomas Scatcherd	1,605
	Liberal	Thomas Scatcherd	acclaimed

v t e 1874 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Thomas Scatcherd	1,605
	Liberal	Thomas Scatcherd	acclaimed

On Mr. Scatcherd's death, 15 April 1876:

By-election on 7 June 1876
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Robert Colin Scatcherd	1,576
	Unknown	John Levi	1,318

v t e 1878 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	Timothy Coughlin	1,629
	Liberal	Robert Colin Scatcherd	1,621

v t e 1882 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	Timothy Coughlin	1,741
	Unknown	L. E. Shipley	1,632

v t e 1887 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	T. Coughlin	2,133
	Unknown	L. E. Shipley	1,864

v t e 1891 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	W. H. Hutchins	1,965
	Liberal	W. H. Taylor	1,959

v t e 1896 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Valentine Ratz	2,184
	Conservative	William H. Hutchins	2,122

v t e 1900 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Sherritt	2,221
	Liberal	Valentine Ratz	2,008

v t e 1904 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Valentine Ratz	1,894
	Liberal	Robert Boston	1,598

v t e 1908 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Alexander Wilson Smith	1,842
	Conservative	James William Doyle	1,779

v t e 1911 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	George Elliot	1,768
	Liberal	Alexander Wilson Smith	1,715

See also

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