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1883 Ontario general election

Canadian provincial election

Field	Value
election_name	1883 Ontario general election
country	Ontario
flag_year	1868
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
party_colour	no
party_name	no
previous_election	1879 Ontario general election
previous_year	1879
previous_mps	4th Legislative Assembly of Ontario
next_election	1886 Ontario general election
next_year	1886
elected_members	[elected members](5th-legislative-assembly-of-ontario)
seats_for_election	88 seats in the [5th Legislative Assembly of Ontario](5th-legislative-assembly-of-ontario)
45 seats were needed for a majority
election_date	February 27, 1883
image1	[[Image:Oliver Mowat.jpg	150x150px]]
colour1
leader1	Oliver Mowat
leader_since1	1872
party1
leaders_seat1	Oxford North
last_election1	57
seats1	48
seat_change1	9
image2	[[Image:William Ralph Meredith.png	150x150px]]
colour2
leader2	William Ralph Meredith
leader_since2	1879
party2
leaders_seat2	London
last_election2	29
seats2	37
seat_change2	8
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 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"). Held on February 27, 1883, the fifth Ontario provincial election was until 2025 the only one ever contested in the month of February.

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 !± !# ! ± !% ! ± (pp) | 87 || 57 || 48 || 9 || 125,017 || 5,869 || 48.20% || 0.13 | 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% |- | 1,722

1,722
261,098
13,241
67.95
4.73
-
384,255
7,830
-
-
}

Party	Seats	Votes	Change (pp)
			{{bartable	0.13
			{{bartable	-1.23
			{{bartable	1.25
			{{bartable	-1.73
			{{bartable	0.06
			{{bartable	1.53

Synopsis of results

Riding	Winning party	Turnout	Votes	Nameorder is as given in EO reports	[1879](1879-ontario-general-election)	Party	Votes	Share	Margin
#	Margin
%	Lib	Con	Lab	I-Lib	I-Con	Ind	Total
Addington		Lib		Con	1,739	52.78%	183	5.55%	76.31%	1,556	1,739	–	–	–	–	3,295
Algoma		Lib		Lib	1,625	51.82%	114	3.64%	n/a	1,625	1,511	–	–	–	–	3,136
Brant North		Lib		Lib	acclaimed
Brant South		Lib		Lib	1,563	60.89%	559	21.78%	54.74%	1,563	1,004	–	–	–	–	2,567
Brockville		Lib		Lib	1,516	56.40%	344	12.80%	61.63%	1,516	–	–	–	1,172	–	2,688
Bruce North		Lib		I-Lib	1,186	52.66%	120	5.33%	44.23%	1,066	–	–	1,186	0	–	2,252
Bruce South		Lib		Lib	acclaimed
Cardwell		Lib		Con	1,500	50.68%	40	1.35%	80.17%	1,460	1,500	–	–	–	–	2,960
Carleton		Con		Con	1,302	55.86%	820	35.18%	51.72%	237	1,784the incumbent George William Monk was the winning candidate	–	–	–	310	2,331
Cornwall		Lib		Con	710	51.49%	41	2.97%	70.33%	669	710	–	–	–	–	1,379
Dufferin		Con		Con	1,051	47.13%	369	16.55%	50.18%	–	1,051	–	–	1,179the incumbent William Jelly ran as an Independent Conservative, getting 682 votes	–	2,230
Dundas		Con		Con	1,798	52.21%	152	4.41%	77.32%	1,646	1,798	–	–	–	–	3,444
Durham East		Con		Con	1,496	53.85%	214	7.70%	65.33%	1,282	1,496	–	–	–	–	2,778
Durham West		Lib		Lib	1,480	52.63%	148	5.26%	73.79%	1,480	1,332	–	–	–	–	2,812
Elgin East		Lib		Con	2,416	50.95%	90	1.90%	66.03%	2,326	2,416	–	–	–	–	4,742
Elgin West		Lib		Lib	1,324	51.26%	65	2.52%	72.26%	1,324	1,259	–	–	–	–	2,583
Essex North		Con		Con	1,537	55.93%	326	11.86%	59.60%	1,211	1,537	–	–	–	–	2,748
Essex South		Con		Lib	1,705	50.50%	34	1.01%	77.77%	1,705	1,671Solomon White campaigned in two ridings	–	–	–	–	3,376
Frontenac		Con		Con	1,103	54.25%	173	8.51%	75.81%	930	1,103	–	–	–	–	2,033
Glengarry		Con		Lib	1,436	52.07%	114	4.13%	74.18%	1,436	1,322	–	–	–	–	2,758
Grenville South		Con		Con	1,194	51.20%	56	2.40%	73.19%	1,138	1,194	–	–	–	–	2,332
Grey East		Con		Con	1,548	52.85%	167	5.70%	62.00%	–	1,548	–	–	–	1,381	2,929
Grey North		Con		Con	2,048	51.97%	155	3.93%	70.14%	1,893	2,048	–	–	–	–	3,941
Grey South		Lib		Con	1,596	52.97%	179	5.94%	74.62%	1,417	1,596	–	–	–	–	3,013
Haldimand		Lib		Lib	1,708	50.91%	61	1.82%	78.88%	1,708	1,647	–	–	–	–	3,355
Halton		Lib		Con	2,004	51.93%	149	3.86%	68.06%	1,855	2,004	–	–	–	–	3,859
Hamilton		Lib		Lib	2,077	39.78%	155	2.97%	63.07%	2,077	1,922	1,222	–	–	–	5,221
Hastings East		I-Con		Con	1,426	51.39%	77	2.77%	77.60%	1,349	1,426	–	–	–	–	2,775
Hastings North		Con		Con	1,324	54.26%	208	8.52%	64.93%	1,116	1,324	–	–	–	–	2,440
Hastings West		Con		Lib	1,217	50.48%	23	0.95%	61.06%	1,217	1,194	–	–	–	–	2,411
Huron East		Lib		Lib	1,994	50.52%	41	1.04%	75.58%	1,994	1,953	–	–	–	–	3,947
Huron South		Lib		Lib	1,962	51.74%	132	3.48%	71.07%	1,962	1,830	–	–	–	–	3,792
Huron West		Lib		Lib	2,061	52.11%	167	4.22%	67.56%	2,061	1,894	–	–	–	–	3,955
Kent East		Lib		Lib	1,947	52.61%	193	5.21%	63.36%	1,947	1,754	–	–	–	–	3,701
Kent West		Lib		Con	2,299	55.12%	427	10.24%	58.10%	1,872	2,299	–	–	–	–	4,171
Kingston		Con		Con	951	52.69%	108	5.98%	59.93%	843	951	–	–	–	3	1,805
Lambton East		Lib		Lib	2,017	51.44%	113	2.88%	71.80%	2,017	1,904	–	–	–	–	3,921
Lambton West		Lib		Lib	1,943	55.26%	370	10.52%	57.62%	1,943	1,573	–	–	–	–	3,516
Lanark North		Lib		Lib	1,247	54.19%	193	8.39%	72.68%	1,247	1,054	–	–	–	–	2,301
Lanark South		I-Con		Ind	1,089	46.56%	29	1.24%	61.79%	1,188	–	–	–	–	1,151the incumbent William Lees ran and won as an Independent candidate	2,339
Leeds North and Grenville North		Con		Con	837	49.94%	1	0.06%	60.18%	836	837	–	–	3	–	1,676
Leeds South		Con		Con	1,553	55.09%	287	10.18%	69.08%	1,266	1,553	–	–	–	–	2,819
Lennox		Lib		Con	1,502	53.06%	173	6.11%	73.09%	1,329	1,502	–	–	–	–	2,831
Lincoln		Lib		Lib	acclaimed
London		Con		Con	acclaimed
Middlesex East		Con		Lib	2,702	50.80%	85	1.60%	66.01%	2,702	2,617	–	–	–	–	5,319
Middlesex North		Lib		Lib	1,946	50.47%	36	0.93%	75.05%	1,946	1,910	–	–	–	–	3,856
Middlesex West		Lib		Con	1,835	51.21%	87	2.43%	77.21%	1,748	1,835	–	–	–	–	3,583
Monck		Lib		Lib	1,574	52.17%	131	4.34%	77.93%	1,574	1,443	–	–	–	–	3,017
Muskoka and Parry Sound		Lib		Con	2,278	52.30%	200	4.59%	66.47%	2,078	2,278	–	–	–	–	4,356
Norfolk North		Lib		Lib	1,633	57.54%	428	15.08%	69.29%	1,633	1,205	–	–	–	–	2,838
Norfolk South		Con		Con	1,492	50.49%	29	0.98%	73.68%	1,463	1,492	–	–	–	–	2,955
Northumberland East		Lib		Lib	2,156	50.91%	77	1.82%	77.37%	2,156	2,079	–	–	–	–	4,235
Northumberland West		Lib		Con	1,506	50.96%	57	1.93%	71.97%	1,449	1,506	–	–	–	–	2,955
Ontario North		Lib		Lib	2,412	50.25%	24	0.50%	73.11%	2,412	2,388	–	–	–	–	4,800
Ontario South		Lib		Lib	1,743	53.06%	201	6.12%	66.17%	1,743	1,542	–	–	–	–	3,285
Ottawa		Con		Con	1,363	48.49%	528	18.78%	51.65%	835	1,363	–	–	–	613	2,811
Oxford North		Lib		Lib	acclaimed
Oxford South		Lib		Lib	1,640	53.77%	230	7.54%	52.71%	1,640	1,410	–	–	–	–	3,050
Peel		Lib		Lib	1,521	51.40%	83	2.81%	76.40%	1,521	1,438	–	–	–	–	2,959
Perth North		Lib		Con	2,642	51.14%	118	2.28%	72.78%	2,524	2,642	–	–	–	–	5,166
Perth South		Lib		Lib	1,712	53.35%	215	6.70%	69.88%	1,712	1,497	–	–	–	–	3,209
Peterborough East		Lib		Lib	1,265	59.11%	390	18.22%	71.04%	1,265	875	–	–	–	–	2,140
Peterborough West		Con		Con	1,262	51.76%	86	3.53%	63.78%	1,176	1,262	–	–	–	–	2,438
Prescott		Con		Lib	1,292	50.63%	32	1.25%	73.22%	2,552the incumbent Albert Peter Hagar, having won in an 1881 byelection, was the winning candidate	–	–	–	–	–	2,552
Prince Edward		Lib		I-Lib	2,045	50.47%	38	0.94%	77.94%	2,007	–	–	2,045	–	–	4,052
Renfrew North		Lib		Lib	1,108	54.10%	168	8.20%	71.40%	1,108Thomas Murray had won in Renfrew South in 1879, but had resigned his seat to unsuccessfully contest a federal seat in Pontiac in the [1878 election](1878-canadian-federal-election).	940	–	–	–	–	2,048
Renfrew South		Lib		Lib	934	52.83%	100	5.66%	69.17%	934	834	–	–	–	–	1,768
Russell		Lib		Con	1,265	46.47%	322	11.83%	63.68%	959	1,265	–	–	–	498	2,722
Simcoe East		Lib		Lib	1,403	50.38%	21	0.75%	65.70%	1,403	1,382	–	–	–	–	2,785
Simcoe South		Con		Con	1,214	53.72%	168	7.43%	66.99%	1,046	1,214	–	–	–	–	2,260
Simcoe West		Con		Lib	1,699	50.52%	35	1.04%	64.51%	1,699	1,664	–	–	–	–	3,363
Stormont		Con		Con	1,145	56.21%	253	12.42%	74.67%	892	1,145	–	–	–	–	2,037
Toronto East		Con		Con	2,135	47.93%	124	2.78%	50.44%	2,011	2,135	308	–	–	–	4,454
Toronto West		Con		Con	2,634	52.05%	207	4.09%	44.83%	–	2,634	2,427	–	–	–	5,061
Victoria North		Lib		Con	1,189	55.95%	253	11.91%	71.16%	936	1,189	–	–	–	–	2,125
Victoria South		Lib		Lib	1,609	50.55%	35	1.10%	72.40%	1,609	1,574	–	–	–	–	3,183
Waterloo North		Lib		Lib	1,569	65.16%	730	30.32%	61.85%	1,569	839	–	–	–	–	2,408
Waterloo South		Lib		Lib	1,606	51.16%	73	2.33%	73.03%	1,606	1,533	–	–	–	–	3,139
Welland		Con		Lib	2,070	50.67%	55	1.35%	67.82%	2,070	2,015	–	–	–	–	4,085
Wellington Centre		Lib		Lib	1,569	59.89%	518	19.77%	58.83%	1,569	1,051	–	–	–	–	2,620
Wellington South		Lib		Lib	1,348	50.62%	33	1.24%	68.02%	1,348	1,315	–	–	–	–	2,663
Wellington West		Lib		Lib	2,103	56.28%	469	12.55%	64.73%	2,103	1,634	–	–	–	–	3,737
Wentworth North		Lib		Lib	1,430	52.77%	150	5.54%	72.14%	1,430	1,280	–	–	–	–	2,710
Wentworth South		Con		Lib	1,410	50.50%	28	1.00%	76.12%	1,410	1,382Franklin Metcalfe Carpenter had previously won in 1879, but his election was overturned on petition to the court.	–	–	–	–	2,792
York East		Lib		Lib	2,022	53.20%	243	6.39%	71.39%	2,022	1,779	–	–	–	–	3,801
York North		Lib		Lib	2,328	61.23%	854	22.46%	66.79%	2,328	1,474	–	–	–	–	3,802
York West		Lib		Con	1,553	50.50%	31	1.01%	66.33%	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

Party in 1st place	Party in 2nd place	Total	Accl	Lib	Con	I-Con	Lab
4	1	42	1			48
1	32	1	1	1	1	37
	2					2
	1					1
Total	5	36	43	2	1	1	88

Accl	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
4	44	36	1	2
1	36	43
	2	1
	1	1	3	2	1
		2	2
		1	2

Source	Party	Total
align="center"	Lib	align="center"	Con	align="center"	I-Lib
Seats retained	Incumbents returned	32
Returned by acclamation	4	1
Open seats held	3	6
Byelection loss reversed	1
Ouster of incumbent changing allegiance		1
Seats changing hands	Incumbents defeated	1
Open seats gained	3	2
Byelection gains held	3
Incumbent changing allegiance
Retention of seat overturned in previous election	1
Total	48	37

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

(January 6, 2010). "Ontario Political History 101".
. ["1883 general election results"](https://results.elections.on.ca/en/data-explorer?fromYear=1867&toYear=2021&electionId=76&levelOfDetail=election). *[[Elections Ontario]]*.
. (1884). "Sessional Papers (Vol. XVI{{en dash}}Part I)". *Legislative Assembly of Ontario*.
. (1885). ["Journals of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario"](https://hdl.handle.net/2027/chi.096180466?urlappend=%3Bseq=63%3Bownerid=13510798902962474-67). *Legislative Assembly of Ontario*.
. (1884). ["Journals of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario"](https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015069459652?urlappend=%3Bseq=70%3Bownerid=13510798887171064-74). *Legislative Assembly of Ontario*.

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