1883 Ontario general election

The 1883 Ontario general election was the fifth general election held in the province of Ontario, Canada, to elect the 88 Members of the 5th Legislative Assembly of Ontario ("MLAs").

The Ontario Liberal Party, led by Oliver Mowat, won a fourth consecutive term in government, despite losing nine seats in the Legislature.

The Ontario Conservative Party, led by William Ralph Meredith, won eight additional seats.

Results

! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party

! rowspan=2 | Party leader

! colspan=4 | MNAs

! colspan=4 | Votes

! Candidates

!1879

!1883

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|style="text-align:left;"|Oliver Mowat

| 87 || 57 || 48 || 9 || 125,017 || 5,869 || 48.20% || 0.13

|style="text-align:left;"|William Ralph Meredith

| 80 || 29 || 37 || 8 || 120,853 || 2,340 || 46.59% || 1.23

| || 3 || – || 2 || 2 || 3,239 || 3,239 || 1.25% ||New

| || 8 || – || 1 || 1 || 3,956 || 3,071 || 1.53% || 1.73

| || 4 || 2 || – || 2 || 2,354 || 243 || 0.91% || 0.06

| || 3 || – || – || – || 3,957 || 3,957 || 1.53% ||New

! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total

|185||88

! " colspan="2"|88

! " colspan="2"|259,376

! " colspan="2"| 100.00%

| colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Rejected ballots

| 1,722

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| colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Voter turnout

| 261,098

| 13,241

| 67.95

| 4.73

| colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Registered electors

| 384,255

| 7,830

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| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2" colspan="3" |Acclamations

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Synopsis of results

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|+ Results by riding - 1879 Ontario general election

! colspan="2" rowspan="2" scope="col" | 1879

! colspan="2" rowspan="2" scope="col" |Party

! rowspan="2" scope="col" |Votes

! rowspan="2" scope="col" |Share

! rowspan="2" scope="col" |Margin<br>#

! rowspan="2" scope="col" |Margin<br>%

! scope="col" | Lib

! scope="col" | Con

! scope="col" | Lab

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! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Total

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EA6D6A;"|

! scope="col" style="background-color:#9999FF;"|

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EEBBBB;"|

! scope="col" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|

!   !! colspan="2"| !! colspan="2"| !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !!

|style="text-align:left;" | Addington

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 1,739 || 52.78% || 183 || 5.55% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|76.31% || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|1,556 || 1,739 || – || – || – || – || 3,295

|style="text-align:left;" |Algoma

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 1,625 || 51.82% || 114 || 3.64% || n/a || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|1,625 || 1,511 || – || – || – || – || 3,136

|- style="background-color:#FFFF99;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Brant North

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

|colspan="12" style="text-align:center;" |acclaimed

|style="text-align:left;" | Brant South

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 1,563 || 60.89% || 559 || 21.78% || 54.74% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|1,563 || 1,004 || – || – || – || – || 2,567

|style="text-align:left;" | Brockville

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 1,516 || 56.40% || 344 || 12.80% || 61.63% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|1,516 || – || – || – || 1,172 || – || 2,688

|- style="background-color:#B9E5B9;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Bruce North

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| style="background-color:#DCDCDC;" | || style="text-align:left;" | I-Lib

| 1,186 || 52.66% || 120 || 5.33% || 44.23% || 1,066 || – || – || 1,186 || 0 || – || 2,252

|- style="background-color:#FFFF99;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Bruce South

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

|colspan="12" style="text-align:center;" |acclaimed

|style="text-align:left;" | Cardwell

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 1,500 || 50.68% || 40 || 1.35% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|80.17% || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|1,460 || 1,500 || – || – || – || – || 2,960

|style="text-align:left;" | Carleton

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 1,302 || 55.86% || 820 || 35.18% || 51.72% || 237 || style="background-color:#F0E68C;"|1,784 || – || – || – || 310 || 2,331

|style="text-align:left;" | Cornwall

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 710 || 51.49% || 41 || 2.97% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|70.33% || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|669 || 710 || – || – || – || – || 1,379

|style="text-align:left;" | Dufferin

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 1,051 || 47.13% || 369 || 16.55% || 50.18% || – || 1,051 || – || – || style="background-color:#F0E68C;"|1,179 || – || 2,230

|style="text-align:left;" | Dundas

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 1,798 || 52.21% || 152 || 4.41% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|77.32% || 1,646 || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|1,798 || – || – || – || – || 3,444

|style="text-align:left;" | Durham East

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 1,496 || 53.85% || 214 || 7.70% || 65.33% || 1,282 || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|1,496 || – || – || – || – || 2,778

|style="text-align:left;" | Durham West

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 1,480 || 52.63% || 148 || 5.26% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|73.79% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|1,480 || 1,332 || – || – || – || – || 2,812

|style="text-align:left;" | Elgin East

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 2,416 || 50.95% || 90 || 1.90% || 66.03% || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|2,326 || 2,416 || – || – || – || – || 4,742

|style="text-align:left;" | Elgin West

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 1,324 || 51.26% || 65 || 2.52% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|72.26% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|1,324 || 1,259 || – || – || – || – || 2,583

|style="text-align:left;" | Essex North

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 1,537 || 55.93% || 326 || 11.86% || 59.60% || 1,211 || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|1,537 || – || – || – || – || 3,376

|- style="background-color:#B9E5B9;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Frontenac

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 1,103 || 54.25% || 173 || 8.51% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|75.81% || 930 || 1,103 || – || – || – || – || 2,033

|style="text-align:left;" | Glengarry

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 1,436 || 52.07% || 114 || 4.13% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|74.18% || style="background-color:#87CEFA;"|1,436 || 1,322 || – || – || – || – || 2,758

|style="text-align:left;" | Grenville South

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 1,194 || 51.20% || 56 || 2.40% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|73.19% || 1,138 || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|1,194 || – || – || – || – || 2,332

|style="text-align:left;" | Grey East

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 1,548 || 52.85% || 167 || 5.70% || 62.00% || – || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|1,548 || – || – || – || 1,381 || 2,929

|style="text-align:left;" | Grey North

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 2,048 || 51.97% || 155 || 3.93% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|70.14% || 1,893 || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|2,048 || – || – || – || – || 3,941

|style="text-align:left;" | Grey South

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 1,596 || 52.97% || 179 || 5.94% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|74.62% || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|1,417 || 1,596 || – || – || – || – || 3,013

|style="text-align:left;" | Haldimand

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 1,708 || 50.91% || 61 || 1.82% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|78.88% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|1,708 || 1,647 || – || – || – || – || 3,355

|style="text-align:left;" | Halton

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 2,004 || 51.93% || 149 || 3.86% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|68.06% || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|1,855 || 2,004 || – || – || – || – || 3,859

|style="text-align:left;" | Hamilton

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 2,077 || 39.78% || 155 || 2.97% || 63.07% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|2,077 || 1,922 || 1,222 || – || – || – || 5,221

|style="text-align:left;" | Hastings East

| style="background-color:#DCDCDC;" | || style="text-align:left;" | I-Con

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 1,426 || 51.39% || 77 || 2.77% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|77.60% || style="background-color:#EABB94;"|1,349 || 1,426 || – || – || – || – || 2,775

|- style="background-color:#B9E5B9;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Hastings North

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 1,324 || 54.26% || 208 || 8.52% || 64.93% || 1,116 || 1,324 || – || – || – || – || 2,440

|style="text-align:left;" | Hastings West

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 1,217 || 50.48% || 23 || 0.95% || 61.06% || 1,217 || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|1,194 || – || – || – || – || 2,411

|style="text-align:left;" | Huron East

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 1,994 || 50.52% || 41 || 1.04% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|75.58% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|1,994 || 1,953 || – || – || – || – || 3,947

|style="text-align:left;" | Huron South

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 1,962 || 51.74% || 132 || 3.48% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|71.07% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|1,962 || 1,830 || – || – || – || – || 3,792

|style="text-align:left;" | Huron West

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 2,061 || 52.11% || 167 || 4.22% || 67.56% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|2,061 || 1,894 || – || – || – || – || 3,955

|style="text-align:left;" | Kent East

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 1,947 || 52.61% || 193 || 5.21% || 63.36% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|1,947 || 1,754 || – || – || – || – || 3,701

|- style="background-color:#B9E5B9;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Kent West

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 2,299 || 55.12% || 427 || 10.24% || 58.10% || 1,872 || 2,299 || – || – || – || – || 4,171

|style="text-align:left;" | Kingston

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 951 || 52.69% || 108 || 5.98% || 59.93% || 843 || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|951 || – || – || – || 3 || 1,805

|style="text-align:left;" | Lambton East

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 2,017 || 51.44% || 113 || 2.88% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|71.80% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|2,017 || 1,904 || – || – || – || – || 3,921

|style="text-align:left;" | Lambton West

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 1,943 || 55.26% || 370 || 10.52% || 57.62% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|1,943 || 1,573 || – || – || – || – || 3,516

|style="text-align:left;" | Lanark North

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 1,247 || 54.19% || 193 || 8.39% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|72.68% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|1,247 || 1,054 || – || – || – || – || 2,301

|style="text-align:left;" | Lanark South

| style="background-color:#DCDCDC;" | || style="text-align:left;" | I-Con

| style="background-color:#DCDCDC;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Ind

| 1,089 || 46.56% || 29 || 1.24% || 61.79% || style="background-color:#F0E68C;"|1,188 || – || – || – || – || style="background-color:#F0E68C;"|1,151 || 2,339

|style="text-align:left;" | Leeds North and Grenville North

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 837 || 49.94% || 1 || 0.06% || 60.18% || style="background-color:#FFA07A;"|836 || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|837 || – || – || 3 || – || 1,676

|- style="background-color:#B9E5B9;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Leeds South

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 1,553 || 55.09% || 287 || 10.18% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|69.08% || 1,266 || 1,553 || – || – || – || – || 2,819

|style="text-align:left;" | Lennox

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 1,502 || 53.06% || 173 || 6.11% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|73.09% || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|1,329 || 1,502 || – || – || – || – || 2,831

|- style="background-color:#FFFF99;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Lincoln

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

|colspan="12" style="text-align:center;" |acclaimed

|- style="background-color:#FFFF99;"

|style="text-align:left;" | London

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

|colspan="12" style="text-align:center;" |acclaimed

|- style="background-color:#B9E5B9;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Middlesex East

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 2,702 || 50.80% || 85 || 1.60% || 66.01% || 2,702 || 2,617 || – || – || – || – || 5,319

|style="text-align:left;" | Middlesex North

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 1,946 || 50.47% || 36 || 0.93% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|75.05% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|1,946 || 1,910 || – || – || – || – || 3,856

|style="text-align:left;" | Middlesex West

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 1,835 || 51.21% || 87 || 2.43% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|77.21% || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|1,748 || 1,835 || – || – || – || – || 3,583

|style="text-align:left;" | Monck

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 1,574 || 52.17% || 131 || 4.34% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|77.93% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|1,574 || 1,443 || – || – || – || – || 3,017

|style="text-align:left;" | Muskoka and Parry Sound

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 2,278 || 52.30% || 200 || 4.59% || 66.47%|| style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|2,078 || 2,278 || – || – || – || – || 4,356

|style="text-align:left;" | Norfolk North

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 1,633 || 57.54% || 428 || 15.08% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|69.29% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|1,633 || 1,205 || – || – || – || – || 2,838

|style="text-align:left;" | Norfolk South

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 1,492 || 50.49% || 29 || 0.98% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|73.68% || 1,463 || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|1,492 || – || – || – || – || 2,955

|style="text-align:left;" | Northumberland East

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 2,156 || 50.91% || 77 || 1.82% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|77.37% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|2,156 || 2,079 || – || – || – || – || 4,235

|style="text-align:left;" | Northumberland West

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 1,506 || 50.96% || 57 || 1.93% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|71.97% || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|1,449 || 1,506 || – || – || – || – || 2,955

|style="text-align:left;" | Ontario North

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 2,412 || 50.25% || 24 || 0.50% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|73.11% || 2,412 || style="background-color:#87CEFA;"|2,388 || – || – || – || – || 4,800

|style="text-align:left;" | Ontario South

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 1,743 || 53.06% || 201 || 6.12% || 66.17% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|1,743 || 1,542 || – || – || – || – || 3,285

|style="text-align:left;" | Ottawa

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 1,363 || 48.49% || 528 || 18.78% || 51.65% || 835 || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|1,363 || – || – || – || 613 || 2,811

|- style="background-color:#FFFF99;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Oxford North

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

|colspan="12" style="text-align:center;" |acclaimed

|style="text-align:left;" | Oxford South

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 1,640 || 53.77% || 230 || 7.54% || 52.71% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|1,640 || 1,410 || – || – || – || – || 3,050

|style="text-align:left;" | Peel

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 1,521 || 51.40% || 83 || 2.81% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|76.40% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|1,521 || 1,438 || – || – || – || – || 2,959

|style="text-align:left;" | Perth North

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 2,642 || 51.14% || 118 || 2.28% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|72.78% || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|2,524 || 2,642 || – || – || – || – || 5,166

|style="text-align:left;" | Perth South

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 1,712 || 53.35% || 215 || 6.70% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|69.88% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|1,712 || 1,497 || – || – || – || – || 3,209

|style="text-align:left;" | Peterborough East

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 1,265 || 59.11% || 390 || 18.22% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|71.04% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|1,265 || style="background-color:#EEBBBB;"|875 || – || – || – || – || 2,140

|- style="background-color:#B9E5B9;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Peterborough West

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 1,262 || 51.76% || 86 || 3.53% || 63.78% || 1,176 || 1,262 || – || – || – || – || 2,438

|style="text-align:left;" | Prescott

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 1,292 || 50.63% || 32 || 1.25% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|73.22% || style="background-color:#F0E68C;"|2,552 || – || – || – || – || – || 2,552

|style="text-align:left;" | Prince Edward

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| style="background-color:#DCDCDC;" | || style="text-align:left;" | I-Lib

| 2,045 || 50.47% || 38 || 0.94% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|77.94% || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|2,007 || – || – || 2,045 || – || – || 4,052

|- style="background-color:#B9E5B9;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Renfrew North

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 1,108 || 54.10% || 168 || 8.20% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|71.40% || style="background-color:#EEBBBB;"|1,108 || 940 || – || – || – || – || 2,048

|- style="background-color:#B9E5B9;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Renfrew South

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 934 || 52.83% || 100 || 5.66% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|69.17% || 934 || 834 || – || – || – || – || 1,768

|- style="background-color:#B9E5B9;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Russell

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 1,265 || 46.47% || 322 || 11.83% || 63.68% || style="background-color:#F0E68C;"|959 || 1,265 || – || – || – || style="background-color:#F0E68C;"|498 || 2,722

|style="text-align:left;" | Simcoe East

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 1,403 || 50.38% || 21 || 0.75% || 65.70% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|1,403 || 1,382 || – || – || – || – || 2,785

|- style="background-color:#B9E5B9;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Simcoe South

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 1,214 || 53.72% || 168 || 7.43% || 66.99% || 1,046 || 1,214 || – || – || – || – || 2,260

|- style="background-color:#B9E5B9;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Simcoe West

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 1,699 || 50.52% || 35 || 1.04% || 64.51% || 1,699 || 1,664 || – || – || – || – || 3,363

|style="text-align:left;" | Stormont

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 1,145 || 56.21% || 253 || 12.42% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|74.67% || 892 || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|1,145 || – || – || – || – || 2,037

|style="text-align:left;" | Toronto East

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 2,135 || 47.93% || 124 || 2.78% || 50.44% || 2,011 || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|2,135 || 308 || – || – || – || 4,454

|- style="background-color:#B9E5B9;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Toronto West

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 2,634 || 52.05% || 207 || 4.09% || 44.83% || – || 2,634 || 2,427 || – || – || – || 5,061

|style="text-align:left;" | Victoria North

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 1,189 || 55.95% || 253 || 11.91% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|71.16% || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|936 || 1,189 || – || – || – || – || 2,125

|- style="background-color:#B9E5B9;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Victoria South

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 1,609 || 50.55% || 35 || 1.10% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|72.40% || 1,609 || 1,574 || – || – || – || – || 3,183

|style="text-align:left;" | Waterloo North

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 1,569 || 65.16% || 730 || 30.32% || 61.85% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|1,569 || 839 || – || – || – || – || 2,408

|style="text-align:left;" | Waterloo South

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 1,606 || 51.16% || 73 || 2.33% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|73.03% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|1,606 || 1,533 || – || – || – || – || 3,139

|- style="background-color:#B9E5B9;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Welland

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 2,070 || 50.67% || 55 || 1.35% || 67.82% || 2,070 || 2,015 || – || – || – || – || 4,085

|style="text-align:left;" | Wellington Centre

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 1,569 || 59.89% || 518 || 19.77% || 58.83% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|1,569 || 1,051 || – || – || – || – || 2,620

|style="text-align:left;" | Wellington South

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 1,348 || 50.62% || 33 || 1.24% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|68.02% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|1,348 || 1,315 || – || – || – || – || 2,663

|style="text-align:left;" | Wellington West

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 2,103 || 56.28% || 469 || 12.55% || 64.73% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|2,103 || 1,634 || – || – || – || – || 3,737

|style="text-align:left;" | Wentworth North

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 1,430 || 52.77% || 150 || 5.54% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|72.14% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|1,430 || 1,280 || – || – || – || – || 2,710

|style="text-align:left;" | Wentworth South

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 1,410 || 50.50% || 28 || 1.00% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|76.12% || style="background-color:#D2B48C;"|1,410 || 1,382 || – || – || – || – || 2,792

|style="text-align:left;" | York East

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 2,022 || 53.20% || 243 || 6.39% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|71.39% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|2,022 || 1,779 || – || – || – || – || 3,801

|style="text-align:left;" | York North

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 2,328 || 61.23% || 854 || 22.46% || 66.79% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|2,328 || 1,474 || – || – || – || – || 3,802

|style="text-align:left;" | York West

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 1,553 || 50.50% || 31 || 1.01% || 66.33% || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|1,522 || 1,553 || – || – || – || – || 3,075

: = open seat

: = turnout is above provincial average

: = winning candidate was in previous Legislature

: = incumbent had switched allegiance

: = previously incumbent in another riding

: = not incumbent; was previously elected to the Legislature

: = incumbency arose from byelection gain

: = incumbency arose from prior election result being overturned by the court

: = other incumbents renominated

: = previously an MP in the House of Commons of Canada

: = multiple candidates

Analysis

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|+ Party candidates in 2nd place

1883 Ontario general election

Results

Synopsis of results

Analysis

See also

Notes and references

Notes

References