1894 Ontario general election

The 1894 Ontario general election was the eighth general election held in the province of Ontario, Canada. It was held on June 26, 1894, to elect the 94 Members of the 8th Legislative Assembly of Ontario ("MLAs").

The Ontario Liberal Party, led by Oliver Mowat, formed the government for the seventh consecutive parliament, even though some of its members were elected under joint banners: either with the Patrons of Industry or the Protestant Protective Association.

The Ontario Conservative Party, led by William Ralph Meredith, formed the official opposition.

The Patrons of Industry, a farmers' organization formed in 1890, cooperated with the urban labour movement to address the political frustrations of both groups with big business. Sixteen members of the Legislative Assembly were elected with Patrons of Industry support—12 Liberals, one Conservative, and three who ran only under the "Patrons of Industry" banner.

The Protestant Protective Association (PPA) was an anti-Catholic group, associated with the Orange Order. It campaigned against the rights of Catholics and French-Canadians, and argued that Roman Catholics were attempting to take over Ontario. Nine candidates were elected with PPA support, 6 Conservatives, 1 Liberal and 2 who ran only under the PPA banner. The PPA worked most closely with the Conservative opposition.

Ottawa was given a second seat, and plurality block voting was used. Elsewhere the first-past-the-post election system was used. The Toronto district had been divided into separate single member districts, as part of the expansion of the Assembly

Expansion of the Legislative Assembly

An Act passed just prior to the election increased the size of the Assembly from 91 to 94 seats:

:* Toronto, a riding that returned three MLAs, was divided into Toronto East, Toronto North, Toronto South and Toronto West.

:* Hamilton, a single-member constituency, was divided into Hamilton East and Hamilton West.

:* Ottawa became a two-member riding.

Results

! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party

! rowspan=2 | Party leader

! colspan=5 | MPPs

! colspan=3 | Votes

! Candidates

!1890

!<small>Dissol.</small>

!1894

!±

! ± (pp)

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

|80

|53

|45

|153,826

|40.99%

|8.64

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

|56

|34

|23

|11

|104,369

|27.81%

|12.07

|style="text-align:left;"|Liberal-Patrons

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

|26

|–

|12

|44,029

|11.73%

|style="text-align:left;"|Conservative–P.P.A.

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

|13

|–

|24,616

|6.56%

|style="text-align:left;"|Joseph Longford Haycock

|–

|10,465

|2.79%

|style="text-align:left;"|Conservative-Patrons

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

|–

|11,608

|3.09%

|style="text-align:left;"|Liberal-P.P.A.

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

|–

|3,649

|0.97%

|style="background-color:#FF8000;"|

|style="text-align:left;"|Protestant Protective Association

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

|–

|11,015

|2.94%

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

|–

|2,326

|0.62%

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

|–

|9,374

|2.50%

|style="text-align:left;"|Liberal-Equal Rights

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

|–

|colspan="3"|Did not campaign

|style="text-align:left;"|Conservative-Equal Rights

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

|–

|colspan="3"|Did not campaign

|colspan="3"|

|colspan="5"|

|-style="background:#E9E9E9;"

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

|209

|91

|94

|375,277

|100.00%

|colspan="8" style="text-align:left;"|Blank and invalid ballots

|align="right"|3,886

|style="background:#E9E9E9;" colspan="2"|

|-style="background:#E9E9E9;"

|colspan="8" style="text-align:left;"|Registered voters / turnout

|539,358

|70.30%

|0.70

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"

|+ Seats and popular vote by party of major influence

! colspan="2"|Party !! Seats !! Votes !! colspan="3" | Change (pp)

| || ||

|| || ||

| || ||

Before the Legislature's first session opened, four by-elections were called. William Ralph Meredith (London) resigned to accept appointment as a judge, while the elections of James M. Savage (Algoma West), John Senn (Haldimand) and Edward H. Smythe (Kingston) were overturned on appeal. The Liberals won all four Conservative seats, thus securing a majority in the Assembly. That, together with the inability of the Patrons of Industry and the Conservatives to combine on any issue, ensured the Liberals' hold on power.

Synopsis of results

{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" style="text-align:right; font-size:90%"

|+ Results by riding - 1890 Ontario general election

! scope="col" colspan="8" | Winning party

! rowspan="3" scope="col" | Turnout

! scope="col" colspan="6" | Votes

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

! colspan="2" rowspan="2" scope="col" | 1890

! 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" |

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

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

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

! scope="col" style="background-color:#A52A2A;"|

! scope="col" style="background-color:#FF8000;"|

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

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

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

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

| 1,849 || 52.89% || 202 || 5.78% || 75.79% || 1,647 || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|1,849 || – || – || – || 3,496

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

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

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

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

| 1,982 || 50.85% || 66 || 1.69% || 50.48% || 1,982 || 1,916 || – || – || – || 3,898

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

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

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

| 1,137 || 50.13% || 6 || 0.26% || 52.42% || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|1,131 || 1,137 || – || – || – || 2,268

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

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

| 1,192 || 61.44% || 444 || 22.89% || 77.41% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|1,192 || – || style="background-color:#EEAAEE;"|748 || – || – || 1,940

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

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

| 2,597 || 56.74% || 617 || 13.48% || 79.56% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|2,597 || – || – || 1,980 || – || 4,577

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

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

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

| 2,045 || 53.49% || 267 || 6.98% || 71.43% || 2,045 || 1,778 || – || – || – || 3,823

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

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

| style="background-color:#EEAAEE;" | || style="text-align:left;" | L-PI

| 1,932 || 57.97% || 531 || 15.93% || 69.91% || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|1,401 || – || style="background-color:#EEAAEE;"|1,932 || – || – || 3,333

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

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

| style="background-color:#EEAAEE;" | || style="text-align:left;" | L-PP

| 1,369 || 39.35% || 246 || 7.07% || 63.61% || 1,123 || 987 || – || style="background-color:#EEAAEE;"|1,369 || – || 3,479

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

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

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

| 1,913 || 52.05% || 151 || 4.11% || 68.91% || 1,913 || – || style="background-color:#EEAAEE;"|1,762 || – || – || 3,675

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

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

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

| style="background-color:#B8BFFE;" | || style="text-align:left;" | C-PI

| 1,888 || 54.93% || 345 || 10.04% || 65.18% || 6 || – || style="background-color:#B8BFFE;"|3,431 || – || – || 3,437

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

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

| style="background-color:#B8BFFE;" | || style="text-align:left;" | C-PI

| 1,986 || 63.61% || 850 || 27.23% || 68.07% || – || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|1,136 || style="background-color:#B8BFFE;"|1,986 || – || – || 3,122

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

| style="background-color:#B8BFFE;" | || style="text-align:left;" | C-ER

| style="background-color:#A52A2A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | PI

| 2,465 || 57.05% || 609 || 14.09% || 71.28% || – || style="background-color:#EABB94;"|1,856 || 2,465 || – || – || 4,321

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

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

| 2,010 || 52.44% || 187 || 4.88% || 77.22% || – || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|2,010 || style="background-color:#B8BFFE;"|1,823 || – || – || 3,833

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

| style="background-color:#B8BFFE;" | || style="text-align:left;" | C-ER

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

| 1,746 || 56.49% || 401 || 12.97% || 66.84% || – || 1,746 || – || style="background-color:#EABB94;"|1,345 || – || 3,091

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

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

| style="background-color:#B8BFFE;" | || style="text-align:left;" | C-PP

| 1,646 || 50.94% || 61 || 1.89% || 84.42% || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|1,585 || – || – || style="background-color:#B8BFFE;"|1,646 || – || 3,231

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

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

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

| 1,700 || 43.72% || 366 || 9.41% || 74.35% || 1,334 || 1,700 || style="background-color:#EEAAEE;"|854 || – || – || 3,888

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

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

| style="background-color:#EEAAEE;" | || style="text-align:left;" | L-PI

| 2,851 || 51.55% || 171 || 3.09% || 80.82% || – || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|2,680 || style="background-color:#EEAAEE;"|2,851 || – || – || 5,531

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

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

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

| 1,843 || 42.46% || 246 || 5.67% || 54.60% || 1,843 || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|901 || style="background-color:#EEAAEE;"|1,597 || – || – || 4,341

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

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

| 2,521 || 52.82% || 789 || 16.53% || 79.15% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|2,521 || – || style="background-color:#EEAAEE;"|520 || style="background-color:#B8BFFE;"|1,732 || – || 4,773

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

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

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

| style="background-color:#EEAAEE;" | || style="text-align:left;" | L-PI

| 1,517 || 52.26% || 131 || 4.51% || 61.94% || – || 1,386 || style="background-color:#EEAAEE;"|1,517 || – || – || 2,903

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

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

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

| style="background-color:#EEAAEE;" | || style="text-align:left;" | L-PI

| 2,030 || 55.22% || 384 || 10.45% || 70.96% || – || – || style="background-color:#EEAAEE;"|2,030 || – || 1,646 || 3,676

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

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

| 1,826 || 47.88% || 492 || 12.90% || 64.99% || 1,334 || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|1,826 || – || style="background-color:#B8BFFE;"|654 || – || 3,814

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

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

| style="background-color:#FF8000;" | || style="text-align:left;" | PPA

| 1,735 || 42.67% || 542 || 13.33% || 67.33% || 1,138 || – || – || style="background-color:#F0E68C;"|2,928 || – || 4,066

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

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

| 1,646 || 38.09% || 213 || 4.93% || 66.04% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|1,646 || 1,242 || – || 1,433 || – || 4,321

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

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

| style="background-color:#A52A2A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | PI

| 2,401 || 59.83% || 789 || 19.66% || 69.29% || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|1,612 || – || 2,401 || – || – || 4,013

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

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

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

| 1,693 || 50.22% || 15 || 0.44% || 76.00% || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|1,678 || 1,693 || – || – || – || 3,371

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

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

| 2,269 || 51.25% || 111 || 2.51% || 77.10% || 2,158 || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|2,269 || – || – || – || 4,427

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

| colspan="2" style="background-color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;" | New

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

| 2,348 || 51.09% || 100 || 2.18% || 78.01% || 2,348 || – || – || style="background-color:#B8BFFE;"|2,248 || – || 4,596

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

| colspan="2" style="background-color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;" | New

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

| 2,468 || 55.10% || 457 || 10.20% || 78.80% || style="background-color:#FFFF00;"|2,468 || – || – || style="background-color:#B8BFFE;"|2,011 || – || 4,479

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

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

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

| style="background-color:#EEAAEE;" | || style="text-align:left;" | L-PI

| 1,574 || 52.70% || 161 || 5.39% || 63.32% || 1,413 || – || style="background-color:#EEAAEE;"|1,574 || – || – || 2,987

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

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

| style="background-color:#A52A2A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | PI

| 1,782 || 50.71% || 50 || 1.42% || 61.37% || – || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|1,732 || 1,782 || – || – || 3,514

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

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

| 1,473 || 51.41% || 81 || 2.83% || 56.05% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|1,473 || – || – || – || 1,392 || 2,865

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

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

| 2,129 || 55.95% || 453 || 11.91% || 74.44% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|2,129 || – || style="background-color:#EEAAEE;"|1,676 || – || – || 3,805

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

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

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

| 2,335 || 50.24% || 22 || 0.47% || 79.03% || 2,335 || 2,313 || – || – || – || 4,648

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

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

| 2,263 || 50.85% || 76 || 1.71% || 73.39% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|2,263 || – || style="background-color:#B8BFFE;"|2,187 || – || – || 4,450

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

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

| 2,365 || 55.03% || 432 || 10.05% || 61.62% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|2,365 || – || style="background-color:#EEAAEE;"|1,933 || – || – || 4,298

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

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

| style="background-color:#EEAAEE;" | || style="text-align:left;" | L-PI

| 3,106 || 54.52% || 515 || 9.04% || 71.59% || – || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|2,591 || style="background-color:#EEAAEE;"|3,106 || – || – || 5,697

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

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

| 1,710 || 50.01% || 1 || 0.03% || 80.89% || style="background-color:#87CEFA;"|1,709 || 1,710 || – || – || – || 3,419

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

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

| style="background-color:#A9A9A9;" | || style="text-align:left;" | IC-PP

| 2,326 || 52.06% || 184 || 4.12% || 78.15% || 2,142 || – || – || style="background-color:#A9A9A9;"|2,326 || – || 4,468

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

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

| style="background-color:#B8BFFE;" | || style="text-align:left;" | C-PP

| 3,044 || 50.73% || 88 || 1.47% || 63.63% || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|2,956 || – || – || style="background-color:#B8BFFE;"|3,044 || – || 6,000

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

| style="background-color:#EEAAEE;" | || style="text-align:left;" | L-ER

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

| 1,499 || 50.44% || 26 || 0.87% || 75.08% || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|1,473 || 1,499 || – || – || – || 2,972

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

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

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

| 1,830 || 53.03% || 623 || 18.05% || 69.08% || 1,207 || 1,830 || – || 414 || – || 3,451

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

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

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

| 1,999 || 55.14% || 373 || 10.29% || 65.02% || – || 1,999 || style="background-color:#EEAAEE;"|1,626 || – || – || 3,625

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

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

| 1,089 || 39.09% || 112 || 4.02% || 67.24% || 977 || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|1,089 || 720 || – || – || 2,786

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

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

| 2,548 || 51.23% || 122 || 2.45% || 76.62% || – || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|2,548 || – || – || 2,426 || 4,974

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

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

| 3,273 || 51.07% || 137 || 2.14% || 86.29% || 3,136 || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|3,273 || – || – || – || 6,409

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

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

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

| style="background-color:#EEAAEE;" | || style="text-align:left;" | L-PP

| 2,280 || 54.79% || 399 || 9.59% || 69.27% || 1,881 || – || – || style="background-color:#EEAAEE;"|2,280 || – || 4,161

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

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

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

| style="background-color:#EEAAEE;" | || style="text-align:left;" | L-PI

| 2,015 || 51.64% || 128 || 3.28% || 75.79% || – || – || style="background-color:#EEAAEE;"|2,015 || style="background-color:#B8BFFE;"|1,887 || – || 3,902

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

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

| 1,970 || 51.46% || 112 || 2.93% || 79.59% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|1,970 || 1,858 || – || – || – || 3,828

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

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

| 1,519 || 51.13% || 67 || 2.26% || 72.61% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|1,519 || – || – || 1,452 || – || 2,971

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

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

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

| style="background-color:#B8BFFE;" | || style="text-align:left;" | C-PP

| 1,803 || 52.44% || 168 || 4.89% || 75.02% || 1,635 || – || – || style="background-color:#B8BFFE;"|1,803 || – || 3,438

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

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

| 1,345 || 65.83% || 647 || 31.67% || 56.12% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|1,345 || – || – || – || 698 || 2,043

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

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

| 1,690 || 54.64% || 287 || 9.28% || 76.63% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|1,690 || – || – || style="background-color:#B8BFFE;"|1,403 || – || 3,093

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

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

| 1,424 || 50.37% || 21 || 0.74% || 73.06% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|1,424 || – || 1,403 || – || – || 2,827

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

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

| 1,701 || 38.76% || 179 || 4.08% || 74.35% || 1,522 || style="background-color:#F0E68C;"|2,867 || – || – || – || 4,389

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

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

| 1,402 || 52.27% || 146 || 5.44% || 73.18% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|1,402 || 1,256 || – || – || 24 || 2,682

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

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

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

| 2,114 || 50.90% || 75 || 1.81% || 79.45% || 2,114 || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|2,039 || – || – || – || 4,153

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

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

| 2,884 || 52.94% || 320 || 5.87% || 82.45% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|2,884 || 2,564 || – || – || – || 5,448

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

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

| 2,197 || 58.40% || 632 || 16.80% || 64.35% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|2,197 || – || – || 1,565 || – || 3,762

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

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

| 2,454 || 54.21% || 381 || 8.42% || 71.16% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|2,454 || – || style="background-color:#EEAAEE;"|2,073 || – || – || 4,527

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

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

| style="background-color:#EEAAEE;" | || style="text-align:left;" | L-PI

| 1,968 || 56.94% || 480 || 13.89% || 42.89% || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|1,488 || – || style="background-color:#EEAAEE;"|1,968 || – || – || 3,456

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

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

| 2,273 || 54.78% || 397 || 9.57% || 75.59% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|2,273 || – || – || style="background-color:#B8BFFE;"|1,876 || – || 4,149

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

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

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

| 2,957 || 50.93% || 108 || 1.86% || 81.23% || 2,849 || style="background-color:#87CEFA;"|2,957 || – || – || – || 5,806

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

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

| style="background-color:#EEAAEE;" | || style="text-align:left;" | L-PI

| 2,232 || 50.26% || 23 || 0.52% || 75.32% || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|2,209 || – || style="background-color:#EEAAEE;"|2,232 || – || – || 4,441

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

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

| 1,621 || 58.37% || 465 || 16.74% || 62.43% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|1,621 || 1,156 || – || – || – || 2,777

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

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

| 2,280 || 60.00% || 760 || 20.00% || 75.10% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|2,280 || 1,520 || – || – || – || 3,800

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

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

| 2,038 || 71.06% || 1,208 || 42.12% || 58.42% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|2,038 || – || style="background-color:#EEAAEE;"|830 || – || – || 2,868

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

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

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

| style="background-color:#EEAAEE;" | || style="text-align:left;" | L-PI

| 2,149 || 53.35% || 667 || 16.56% || 71.00% || – || 1,482 || style="background-color:#EEAAEE;"|2,149 || – || 397 || 4,028

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

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

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

| 1,978 || 54.40% || 320 || 8.80% || 75.46% || style="background-color:#87CEFA;"|1,978 || 1,658 || – || – || – || 3,636

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

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

| 1,802 || 53.41% || 231 || 6.85% || 69.55% || style="background-color:#F0E68C;"|3,373 || 1 || – || – || – || 3,374

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

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

| 1,976 || 62.47% || 789 || 24.94% || 48.17% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|1,976 || 1,187 || – || – || – || 3,163

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

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

| 1,170 || 36.76% || 79 || 2.48% || 67.88% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|1,170 || 922 || – || 1,091 || – || 3,183

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

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

| 2,021 || 43.21% || 124 || 2.65% || 67.07% || 1,897 || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|2,021 || style="background-color:#B8BFFE;"|759 || – || – || 4,677

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

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

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

| style="background-color:#EEAAEE;" | || style="text-align:left;" | L-PI

| 1,509 || 51.48% || 87 || 2.97% || 58.38% || – || – || style="background-color:#F0E68C;"|2,931 || – || – || 2,931

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

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

| style="background-color:#EEAAEE;" | || style="text-align:left;" | L-PI

| 1,809 || 47.02% || 404 || 10.50% || 62.89% || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|1,405 || 633 || style="background-color:#EEAAEE;"|1,809 || – || – || 3,847

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

| colspan="2" style="background-color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;" | New

| style="background-color:#B8BFFE;" | || style="text-align:left;" | C-PP

| 3,401 || 66.12% || 1,658 || 32.23% || 62.00% || – || – || style="background-color:#FF69B4;"|1,743 || style="background-color:#B8BFFE;"|3,401 || – || 5,144

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

| colspan="2" style="background-color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;" | New

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

| 4,007 || 55.58% || 805 || 11.17% || 71.21% || style="background-color:#FFFF00;"|3,202 || style="background-color:#FFFF00;"|4,007 || – || – || – || 7,209

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

| colspan="2" style="background-color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;" | New

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

| 6,073 || 60.31% || 2,077 || 20.63% || 71.35% || 3,996 || 6,073 || – || – || – || 10,069

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

| colspan="2" style="background-color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;" | New

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

| 4,366 || 60.53% || 1,519 || 21.06% || 68.31% || 2,847 || 4,366 || – || – || – || 7,213

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

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

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

| 1,688 || 54.40% || 273 || 8.80% || 60.24% || – || 1,688 || style="background-color:#EEAAEE;"|1,415 || – || – || 3,103

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

| style="background-color:#EEAAEE;" | || style="text-align:left;" | L-ER

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

| 1,785 || 48.64% || 470 || 12.81% || 70.62% || style="background-color:#EABB94;"|1,785 || 1,315 || 570 || – || – || 3,670

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

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

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

| 2,042 || 51.11% || 918 || 22.98% || 64.48% || 2,042 || – || 1,124 || – || 829 || 3,995

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

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

| 2,212 || 55.63% || 448 || 11.27% || 65.85% || style="background-color:#F0E68C;"|3,976 || – || – || – || – || 3,976

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

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

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

| 2,579 || 50.90% || 91 || 1.80% || 78.16% || 2,579 || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|2,488 || – || – || – || 5,067

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

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

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

| 1,308 || 36.90% || 55 || 1.55% || 71.66% || 1,308 || 984 || style="background-color:#EEAAEE;"|1,253 || – || – || 3,545

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

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

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

| 1,993 || 60.39% || 686 || 20.79% || 59.46% || 1,993 || – || style="background-color:#EEAAEE;"|1,307 || – || – || 3,300

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

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

| style="background-color:#B8BFFE;" | || style="text-align:left;" | C-PP

| 1,718 || 54.49% || 283 || 8.98% || 65.91% || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|1,435 || – || – || style="background-color:#B8BFFE;"|1,718 || – || 3,153

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

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

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

| 1,449 || 51.31% || 74 || 2.62% || 78.75% || 1,449 || 1,375 || – || – || – || 2,824

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

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

| 1,551 || 55.37% || 301 || 10.75% || 83.84% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|1,551 || 1,250 || – || – || – || 2,801

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

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

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

| 1,959 || 56.23% || 434 || 12.46% || 67.24% || 1,959 || 1,525 || – || – || – || 3,484

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

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

| 2,035 || 54.28% || 321 || 8.56% || 61.07% || style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|2,035 || 1,714 || – || – || – || 3,749

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

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

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

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

| 2,151 || 50.62% || 53 || 1.25% || 72.41% || 2,098 || 2,151 || – || – || – || 4,249

: = 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

: = joint Conservative candidate

: = joint Independent Conservative candidate

: = joint Liberal candidate

: = joint Labour candidate

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

: = multiple candidates

|700 ||6.21

!colspan="3" style="text-align:right;"|Turnout

|6,841 ||56.11

!colspan="3" style="text-align:right;"|Registered voters

|12,193

Analysis

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"

|+ Party candidates in 2nd place

! rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;" | Party in 1st place !! colspan="9"|Party in 2nd place !!rowspan="2"|Total

! Lib !!Con !!L-PI !!C-PP !!POI !!C-PI !!PPA !!Ind !!Lab-PI

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

|2 ||17 ||9 ||5 ||2 ||1 ||5 ||2 || ||43

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

|18 || ||2 || || ||1 ||1 ||1 || ||23

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

|5 ||4 || ||1 || ||1 || ||1 || ||12

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

|4 || || || || || || || ||1 ||5

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

|1 ||2 || || || || || || || ||3

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

| ||1 || || || ||1 || || || ||2

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

|2 || || || || || || || || ||2

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

| || || ||1 || || || || || ||1

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

|1 || || || || || || || || ||1

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

|33 ||24 ||11 ||7 ||2 ||4 ||6 ||4 ||1 ||92

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"

|+ Candidates ranked 1st to 5th place, by party

Ottawa Valley

Saint Lawrence Valley

Southwestern Ontario

Peel/York/Ontario

Division of ridings

The newly created ridings returned the following MLAs:

{| class="wikitable"

! colspan="3"|1890

! colspan="3"|1894

! Riding

! Party

! MLAs

! Riding

! Party

! MLAs

| rowspan="4"|Toronto

| rowspan="2"|

| rowspan="2"|2

| Toronto East

| 1

| Toronto North

| 1

| rowspan="2"|

| rowspan="2"|1

| Toronto South

| 1

| Toronto West

| 1

| rowspan="2"|Hamilton

| rowspan="2"|

| rowspan="2"|1

| Hamilton East

| 1

| Hamilton West

| 1

| Ottawa

| 1

| converted to dual-member riding

| 2

Seats that changed hands

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"

|+ Elections to the 8th Parliament of Ontario – unaltered seats won/lost by party, 1890–1894

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

!rowspan="2" style="width:1em;"|1890

!colspan="22"|Gain from (loss to)

!rowspan="2" style="width:1em;"|1894

! colspan="2"|Lib

! colspan="2"|Con

! colspan="2"|Lib-P

! colspan="2"|C-PPA

! colspan="2"|POI

! colspan="2"|Con-P

! colspan="2"|L-PPA

! colspan="2"|PPA

! colspan="2"|ICP

! colspan="2"|L-ER

! colspan="2"|C-ER

|50 || || ||6 ||(4) || ||(7) || ||(3) || ||(1) || || || || || || || ||(1) ||1 || || || ||41

|32 ||4 ||(6) || || || ||(5) || ||(1) || ||(1) || ||(2) || ||(2) || ||(1) || || ||1 || ||1 || ||20

|style="text-align:left;"|Liberal-Patrons

|– ||7 || ||5 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||12

|style="text-align:left;"|Conservative–P.P.A.

|– ||3 || ||1 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||4

|– ||1 || ||1 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||1 || ||3

|style="text-align:left;"|Conservative-Patrons

|– || || ||2 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||2

|style="text-align:left;"|Liberal-P.P.A.

|– || || ||2 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||2

|style="background-color:#FF8000;"|

|style="text-align:left;"|Protestant Protective Association

|– || || ||1 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||1

|– ||1 || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||1

|2 || ||(1) || ||(1) || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||–

|2 || || || ||(1) || || || || || ||(1) || || || || || || || || || || || || ||–

| colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|Total ||86 ||16 ||(7) ||18 ||(6) ||– ||(12) ||– ||(4) ||– ||(3) ||– ||(2) ||– ||(2) ||– ||(1) ||– ||(1) ||2 ||– ||2 ||– ||86

Of the constituencies that were not altered, there were 38 seats that changed allegiance in the election:

Liberal to Conservative

Algoma West
Haldimand
Perth North
York West

Liberal to Liberal/Patrons of Industry

Bruce Centre
Middlesex North
Parry Sound
Perth South
Glengarry
Prince Edward
Stormont

Liberal to Conservative/PPA

Lambton West
Durham West
Wellington West

Liberal to Patrons of Industry

Grey South

Liberal to Independent-Conservative/PPA

Lambton East

Conservative to Liberal

Algoma East
Brockville
Essex North
Ontario North
Renfrew North
Welland

Conservative to Liberal/Patrons of Industry

Hastings East
Kent West
Elgin West
Frontenac
Simcoe West

Conservative to Conservative/PPA

Muskoka

Conservative to Patrons of Industry

Hastings North

Conservative to Conservative/Patrons of Industry

Cardwell
Carleton

Conservative to Liberal/PPA

Bruce North
Middlesex East

Conservative to PPA

Grey Centre

Liberal/Equal Rights to Liberal

Victoria West

Liberal/Equal Rights to Conservative

Lanark North

Conservative/Equal Rights to Conservative

Durham East

Conservative/Equal Rights to Patrons of Industry

Dufferin

1894 Ontario general election

Expansion of the Legislative Assembly

Results

Synopsis of results

Analysis

Division of ridings

Seats that changed hands

See also

Notes and references

Notes

References