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1879 Ontario general election

Canadian provincial election

Field	Value
election_name	1879 Ontario general election
country	Ontario
flag_year	1868
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
party_colour	no
party_name	no
previous_election	1875 Ontario general election
previous_year	1875
previous_mps	3rd Legislative Assembly of Ontario
next_election	1883 Ontario general election
next_year	1883
elected_members	[elected members](4th-legislative-assembly-of-ontario)
seats_for_election	88 seats in the [4th Legislative Assembly of Ontario](4th-legislative-assembly-of-ontario)
45 seats were needed for a majority
election_date	June 5, 1879
image1	[[Image:Oliver Mowat.jpg	150x150px]]
colour1
leader1	Oliver Mowat
leader_since1	1872
party1
leaders_seat1	Oxford North
last_election1	50
seats1	57
seat_change1	7
image2	[[Image:William Ralph Meredith.png	150x150px]]
colour2
leader2	William Ralph Meredith
leader_since2	1879
party2
leaders_seat2	London
last_election2	34
seats2	29
seat_change2	5
title	Premier
posttitle	Premier after election
before_election	Oliver Mowat
before_party
after_election	Oliver Mowat
after_party

45 seats were needed for a majority The 1879 Ontario general election was the fourth general election held in the province of Ontario, Canada. It was held on June 5, 1879, to elect the 88 members of the 4th Legislative Assembly ("MLAs").

The Ontario Liberal Party, led by Oliver Mowat, won a third term in government with a larger majority in the legislature.

The Ontario Conservative Party, led by William Ralph Meredith, continued to lose seats.

Results

|- ! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party ! rowspan=2 | Party leader ! colspan=4 | MLAs ! colspan=4 | Votes |- ! Candidates 1875 !1879 !± !# ! ± !% ! ± (pp) | 81 || 50 || 57 || 7 || 119,148 || 28,339 || 48.07% || 0.52 | 87 || 34 || 29 || 5 || 118,513 || 31,693 || 47.82% || 2.35 | – || 1 || – || 1 || – || 1,553 || – || 0.81 | || 2 || 2 || 2 || || 2,111 || 18 || 0.85% || 0.26 | || – || 1 || – || 1 || – || 1,125 || – || 0.59 | || 19 || – || – || – || 8,085 || 1,328 || 3.26% || 0.28 |- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total |189||88 ! " colspan="2"|88 ! " colspan="2"|247,857 ! " colspan="2"| 100.00% |- | 247,857 | 56,891 | 63.22

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Party	Seats	Votes	Change (pp)
			{{bartable	0.52
			{{bartable	2.35
			{{bartable	-2.87

Synopsis of results

Riding	Winning party	Turnout	Votes	Nameorder is as given in EO reports	[1875](1875-ontario-general-election)	Party	Votes	Share	Margin
#	Margin
%	Lib	Con	I-Con	Ind	Total
Addington		Lib		Lib	1,531	50.75%	45	1.49%	66.76%	1,531	1,486	–	–	3,017
Algoma		Lib		Lib	1,081	53.86%	155	7.72%	96.58%	1,081	926	–	–	2,007
Brant North		Lib		Lib	990	60.37%	340	20.73%	66.80%	990	650	–	–	1,640
Brant South		Lib		Lib	1,622	56.87%	392	13.74%	60.93%	1,622	1,230	–	–	2,852
Brockville		Lib		Lib	1,379	52.14%	113	4.27%	60.33%	1,379	1,266	–	–	2,645
Bruce North		Lib		Lib	1,686	56.77%	402	13.54%	63.41%	1,686	1,284	–	–	2,970
Bruce South		Lib		Lib	2,866	50.62%	70	1.24%	72.67%	2,866	2,796	–	–	5,662
Cardwell		Con		Lib	1,261	50.60%	30	1.20%	70.94%	1,261	1,231	–	–	2,492
Carleton		Con		Con	2,074	79.74%	1,547	59.48%	55.47%	527	2,074	–	–	2,601
Cornwall		Con		Lib	acclaimed
Dufferin		Con		Con	1,357	55.32%	261	10.64%	58.18%	–	1,357	–	1,096	2,453
Dundas		Con		Con	1,674	51.24%	81	2.48%	77.29%	1,593	1,674	–	–	3,267
Durham East		Con		Con	1,292	52.33%	200	8.10%	55.58%	–	1,292	–	1,177	2,469
Durham West		Lib		Lib	1,467	52.66%	148	5.31%	72.89%	1,467	1,319	–	–	2,786
Elgin East		Lib		Lib	2,275	51.49%	132	2.99%	66.71%	2,275	2,143	–	–	4,418
Elgin West		Con		Lib	1,257	50.22%	11	0.44%	70.27%	1,257	1,246	–	–	2,503
Essex North		Con		Con	1,062	56.04%	229	12.08%	42.68%	833	1,062	–	–	1,895
Essex South		Con		Con	1,418	52.93%	157	5.86%	74.29%	1,261	1,418	–	–	2,679
Frontenac		Con		Con	710	45.57%	204	13.09%	55.86%	506	710	–	342	1,558
Glengarry		I-Lib		Con	1,331	50.78%	41	1.56%	74.31%	1,290	1,331	–	–	2,621
Grenville South		Lib		Con	1,205	53.01%	137	6.03%	70.20%	1,068	1,205	–	–	2,273
Grey East		Con		Con	1,294	55.70%	566	24.37%	49.64%	–	1,595the incumbent Abram William Lauder was reelected	–	728	2,323
Grey North		Con		Con	1,660	50.27%	18	0.55%	60.98%	1,642	1,660	–	–	3,302
Grey South		Lib		Lib	1,694	61.49%	633	22.98%	73.72%	1,694	1,061	–	–	2,755
Haldimand		Lib		Lib	1,612	51.01%	64	2.03%	76.44%	1,612	1,548	–	–	3,160
Halton		Lib		Lib	1,765	50.46%	32	0.91%	66.63%	1,765	1,733	–	–	3,498
Hamilton		Lib		Lib	2,240	50.70%	62	1.40%	59.07%	2,240	2,178	–	–	4,418
Hastings East		I-Con		I-Con	1,204	51.52%	71	3.04%	67.82%	–	1,133	1,204	–	2,337
Hastings North		Con		Con	1,081	51.35%	57	2.71%	63.27%	–	1,081	–	1,024	2,105
Hastings West		Con		Con	1,402	56.60%	327	13.20%	68.92%	1,075	1,402	–	–	2,477
Huron East		Lib		Lib	1,924	50.74%	56	1.48%	68.76%	1,924	1,868	–	–	3,792
Huron South		Lib		Lib	1,893	52.21%	160	4.41%	70.75%	1,893	1,733	–	–	3,626
Huron West		Lib		Lib	2,064	55.57%	414	11.15%	62.70%	2,064	1,650	–	–	3,714
Kent East		Lib		Lib	1,774	54.91%	317	9.81%	58.60%	1,774	1,457	–	–	3,231
Kent West		Con		Lib	1,343	52.69%	137	5.37%	46.87%	1,343	1,206	–	–	2,549
Kingston		Con		Con	955	55.82%	199	11.63%	59.53%	756	955	–	–	1,711
Lambton East		Lib		Lib	1,840	50.88%	64	1.77%	73.23%	1,840	1,776	–	–	3,616
Lambton West		Lib		Lib	1,759	53.47%	228	6.93%	63.24%	1,759	1,531	–	–	3,290
Lanark North		Con		Lib	1,309	56.04%	282	12.07%	73.44%	1,309	1,027	–	–	2,336
Lanark South		Con		I-Con	907	49.64%	53	2.90%	56.60%	–	854	907	66	1,827
Leeds North and Grenville North		Con		Con	1,084	59.53%	347	19.06%	64.90%	737	1,084	–	–	1,821
Leeds South		Con		Con	1,362	56.92%	331	13.83%	57.41%	–	1,362	–	1,031	2,393
Lennox		I-Con		Lib	1,231	50.20%	10	0.41%	62.71%	1,231	1,221	–	–	2,452
Lincoln		Lib		Lib	2,222	50.79%	69	1.58%	68.25%	2,222	2,153	–	–	4,375
London		Con		Con	1,578	58.25%	447	16.50%	55.24%	1,131	1,578	–	–	2,709
Middlesex East		Con		Con	2,546	51.86%	183	3.73%	66.82%	2,363	2,546	–	–	4,909
Middlesex North		Con		Lib	1,917	53.22%	232	6.44%	72.87%	1,917	1,685	–	–	3,602
Middlesex West		Lib		Lib	1,575	50.82%	51	1.65%	69.80%	1,575	1,524	–	–	3,099
Monck		Lib		Lib	1,486	52.64%	149	5.28%	81.42%	1,486	1,337	–	–	2,823
Muskoka and Parry Sound		Lib		Lib	1,704	57.98%	469	15.96%	74.90%	1,704	1,235	–	–	2,939
Norfolk North		Lib		Lib	1,490	52.12%	121	4.23%	71.55%	1,490	1,369	–	–	2,859
Norfolk South		Con		Con	1,386	50.36%	20	0.73%	76.23%	1,366	1,386	–	–	2,752
Northumberland East		Lib		Lib	1,887	50.64%	48	1.29%	71.32%	1,887	1,839	–	–	3,726
Northumberland West		Lib		Lib	1,333	50.40%	21	0.79%	65.54%	1,333	1,312	–	–	2,645
Ontario North		Lib		Lib	2,244	52.21%	190	4.42%	63.85%	2,244	2,054	–	–	4,298
Ontario South		Con		Lib	1,721	56.24%	382	12.48%	60.59%	1,721	1,339	–	–	3,060
Ottawa		Lib		Con	1,064	39.72%	64	2.39%	47.99%	606	1,064	–	1,009	2,679
Oxford North		Lib		Lib	1,731	75.10%	1,157	50.20%	41.71%	1,731	574	–	–	2,305
Oxford South		Lib		Lib	1,775	66.73%	940	35.34%	48.33%	1,775	–	–	885	2,660
Peel		Lib		Lib	1,519	52.69%	155	5.38%	76.09%	1,519	1,364	–	–	2,883
Perth North		Lib		Lib	2,396	50.18%	17	0.36%	67.44%	2,396	2,379	–	–	4,775
Perth South		Lib		Lib	1,759	55.00%	320	10.01%	65.67%	1,759	1,439	–	–	3,198
Peterborough East		Con		Lib	1,078	53.21%	130	6.42%	65.38%	1,078	948	–	–	2,026
Peterborough West		Lib		Con	1,130	52.68%	252	11.75%	55.99%	878	1,130	–	137	2,145
Prescott		Con		Con	900	47.62%	278	14.71%	58.77%	622	900	–	368	1,890
Prince Edward		Lib		Lib	1,894	50.47%	35	0.93%	73.78%	1,894	1,859	–	–	3,753
Renfrew North		Con		Lib	1,066	52.56%	104	5.13%	72.07%	1,066	962	–	–	2,028
Renfrew South		Lib		Lib	837	54.28%	132	8.56%	67.72%	837	705	–	–	1,542
Russell		Con		Lib	696	37.30%	27	1.45%	38.86%	975	669	–	222	1,866
Simcoe East		Con		Lib	1,324	56.82%	318	13.65%	61.72%	1,324	1,006	–	–	2,330
Simcoe South		Con		Con	acclaimed
Simcoe West		Con		Con	1,483	51.10%	64	2.21%	55.06%	1,419	1,483	–	–	2,902
Stormont		Lib		Con	950	50.29%	11	0.58%	71.47%	939	950	–	–	1,889
Toronto East		Con		Con	2,132	50.68%	57	1.35%	51.12%	2,075	2,132	–	–	4,207
Toronto West		Con		Con	2,324	50.74%	68	1.48%	45.24%	2,256	2,324	–	–	4,580
Victoria North		Lib		Lib	1,217	56.34%	274	12.69%	65.04%	1,217	943	–	–	2,160
Victoria South		Lib		Lib	1,644	51.81%	115	3.62%	68.27%	1,644	1,529	–	–	3,173
Waterloo North		Lib		Lib	1,351	53.29%	167	6.59%	71.37%	1,351	1,184	–	–	2,535
Waterloo South		Lib		Lib	1,699	57.38%	437	14.76%	72.06%	1,699	1,262	–	–	2,961
Welland		Lib		Con	1,966	50.97%	75	1.94%	66.49%	1,891	1,966	–	–	3,857
Wellington Centre		Lib		Lib	1,405	65.35%	660	30.70%	50.05%	1,405	745	–	–	2,150
Wellington South		Lib		Lib	1,430	52.15%	118	4.30%	65.83%	1,430	1,312	–	–	2,742
Wellington West		L-Con		Lib	2,026	56.00%	434	12.00%	64.61%	2,026	1,592	–	–	3,618
Wentworth North		Con		Lib	1,223	85.41%	1,014	70.81%	38.23%	1,223	209	–	–	1,432
Wentworth South		Lib		Con	1,231	50.02%	1	0.04%	66.19%	1,230	1,231	–	–	2,461
York East		Lib		Lib	1,825	53.58%	244	7.16%	58.93%	1,825	1,581	–	–	3,406
York North		Lib		Lib	2,200	56.54%	509	13.08%	68.77%	2,200	1,691	–	–	3,891
York West		Lib		Lib	1,268	51.21%	60	2.42%	63.16%	1,268	1,208	–	–	2,476

: = 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 : = other incumbents renominated : = previously an MP in the House of Commons of Canada : = multiple candidates

Analysis

Party in 1st place	Party in 2nd place	Total	Accl	Lib	Con
1		55	1	57
1	22		6	29
				2
Total		22	57	7	88

Accl	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
1	56	22	2
1	28	57	1
	2
		7	6	5	1

Source	Party	Total
align="center"	Lib	align="center"	Con	align="center"	I-Con
Seats retained	Incumbents returned	30
Returned by acclamation		1
Open seats held	13	3
Ouster of incumbent changing allegiance		1
Seats changing hands	Incumbents defeated	8
Open seats gained	4	3
Byelection gains held	2	1
Total	57	29

MLAs elected by region and riding

Party designations are as follows:

Northern Ontario

Ottawa Valley

Saint Lawrence Valley

Central Ontario

Georgian Bay

Wentworth/Halton/Niagara

Midwestern Ontario

Southwestern Ontario

Peel/York/Ontario

References

. ["1879 general election results"](https://results.elections.on.ca/en/data-explorer?fromYear=1867&toYear=2021&electionType=GE&electionId=65&levelOfDetail=election). *[[Elections Ontario]]*.
. (1880). "List of Sessional Papers (Vol. XII Part III)". *Legislative Assembly of Ontario*.
. (1880). ["Journals of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario"](https://archive.org/details/journalsoflegisl13ontauoft/page/n15/mode/2up). *Legislative Assembly of Ontario*.

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