Niagara (federal electoral district)

Not to be confused with Niagara (provincial electoral district).

Niagara was a federal electoral district in the Canadian province of Ontario, which was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1883. It is sometimes also considered one of Ontario's historic counties, as it was listed in some post-Confederation census records as a county of residence.

Niagara electoral district compared to modern Niagara Regional Municipality

Niagara consisted of the Lincoln County townships of Niagara and Grantham, including the towns of Niagara-on-the-Lake and St. Catharines.

The electoral district was abolished in 1882 when it was merged into Lincoln and Niagara riding.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
1st	1867–1872		Angus Morrison	Conservative
2nd	1872–1874
3rd	1874–1874		Josiah Burr Plumb
	1874–1878
4th	1878–1879		Patrick Hughes	Liberal
	1879–1882		Josiah Burr Plumb	Conservative
Riding dissolved into Lincoln and Niagara

Electoral history

v t e 1867 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Angus Morrison	300
	Unknown	William Alexander Thomson	250

v t e 1872 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Angus Morrison	300
	Unknown	J.M Currie	298

v t e 1874 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Josiah Burr Plumb	336
	Unknown	J.M Currie	306

On election being declared void:

By-election on 22 December 1874
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Josiah Burr Plumb	354
	Unknown	Solomon John Johnson Brown	251

v t e 1878 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Patrick Hughes	312
	Conservative	Josiah Burr Plumb	310

On election being declared void:

By-election on 20 March 1879
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	PLUMB, Josiah Burr	310
	Liberal	HUGHES, Patrick	308

Mr. Hughes was disqualified; subsequently the Court struck off four votes from Mr. Hughes' list for bribery, thus giving the seat to Mr. Plumb by a majority of two.

See also

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