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1890 Ontario general election

Canadian provincial election

Field	Value
election_name	1890 Ontario general election
country	Ontario
flag_year	1868
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
party_colour	no
party_name	no
previous_election	1886 Ontario general election
previous_year	1886
previous_mps	6th Legislative Assembly of Ontario
next_election	1894 Ontario general election
next_year	1894
elected_members	[elected members](7th-legislative-assembly-of-ontario)
seats_for_election	91 seats in the [7th Legislative Assembly of Ontario](7th-legislative-assembly-of-ontario)
46 seats were needed for a majority
election_date	June 5, 1890
image1	[[Image:Oliver Mowat.jpg	150x150px]]
colour1
leader1	Oliver Mowat
leader_since1	1872
party1
leaders_seat1	Oxford North
last_election1	57
seats1	53
seat_change1	4
image2	[[Image:William Ralph Meredith.png	150x150px]]
colour2
leader2	William Ralph Meredith
leader_since2	1879
party2
leaders_seat2	London
last_election2	32
seats2	34
seat_change2	2
title	Premier
posttitle	Premier after election
before_election	Oliver Mowat
before_party
after_election	Oliver Mowat
after_party

46 seats were needed for a majority The 1890 Ontario general election was the seventh general election held in the province of Ontario, Canada. It was held on June 5, 1890, to elect the 91 members of the 7th Legislative Assembly of Ontario ("MLAs").

The Assembly had been increased from 90 members after the passage of an Act in 1889 creating Nipissing as a riding.

The election was a victory for the Ontario Liberal Party, led by Oliver Mowat. The party won a sixth consecutive term in government, despite losing a small number of seats in the Legislature.

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

This election was held partially using the Limited voting system where each Toronto voter had two votes for the three MPPs in the district. This produced mixed representation in that district and thus a degree of minority representation.

A key issue in the election was the segregation of schools for Catholic and Protestant students, with the Liberal Party supporting the segregation and the Conservatives opposing it.

An 1887 Act had renamed the riding of Cornwall and Stormont as Stormont.

Results

|- ! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party ! rowspan=2 | Party leader ! colspan=5 | MPPs ! colspan=3 | Votes |- ! Candidates 1886 !Dissol. !1890 !± !# !% ! ± (pp) |87 |57 | |53 |4 |162,118 |49.63% |1.22 |74 |32 | |34 |2 |130,289 |39.88% |7.14 |14 |– |– |2 |2 |26,154 |8.01% | |2 |– |– |2 |2 |3,352 |1.03% |

|1 |1 |– |– |1 |7 |– |0.68 |7 |– |– |– | |3,131 |0.96% | |1 |– |– |– | |1,620 |0.50% | | |– |– |– | | |– |– |– | | |-style="background:#E9E9E9;" |186 |90 |90 |91 | |326,671 |100.00% | |- |-style="background:#E9E9E9;" |473,853 |69.60% |0.09 |}

Party	Seats	Votes	Change (pp)
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Synopsis of results

Ridingexcluding Toronto, a multi-member constituency	Winning party	Turnout	Votes	Nameorder is as given in EO reports	[1886](1886-ontario-general-election)	Party	Votes	Share	Margin
#	Margin
%	Lib	Con	EqR	I-Lib	Ind	Total
Addington		Con		Con	1,498	51.48%	86	2.96%	62.05%	1,412	1,498	–	–	–	2,910
Algoma East		Lib		Con	1,569	50.97%	60	1.95%	110.54%	1,509	1,569	–	–	–	3,078
Algoma West		Lib		Lib	786	51.95%	59	3.90%	116.85%	786	727	–	–	–	1,513
Brant North		Lib		Lib	1,178	64.20%	521	28.39%	66.55%	1,178	657	–	–	–	1,835
Brant South		Lib		Lib	2,067	59.06%	634	18.11%	65.02%	2,067	1,433	–	–	–	3,500
Brockville		Lib		Lib	1,781	52.37%	161	4.73%	62.44%	1,781	–	–	1,620	–	3,401
Bruce Centre		Lib		Lib	1,860	54.56%	311	9.12%	69.74%	1,860	–	1,549	–	–	3,409
Bruce North		Con		Con	1,835	50.23%	17	0.47%	70.83%	1,818	1,835	–	–	–	3,653
Bruce South		Lib		Lib	2,179	64.41%	975	28.82%	64.86%	2,179	1,204	–	–	–	3,383
Cardwell		Con		Con	1,183	50.97%	45	1.94%	41.81%	–	2,321the incumbent William Henry Hammell was the winning candidate	–	–	–	2,321
Carleton		Con		Con	1,145	50.20%	9	0.39%	45.56%	1,136	1,145	–	–	–	2,281
Stormont		Lib		Lib	2,262	54.27%	356	8.54%	68.38%	2,262	1,906	–	–	–	4,168
Dufferin		Con		C-ER	1,333	54.70%	730	29.95%	40.18%	603	–	1,834John Barr (Conservative/Equal Rights) was the winning candidate	–	–	2,437
Dundas		Lib		Con	2,104	51.92%	156	3.85%	78.15%	1,948	2,104	–	–	–	4,052
Durham East		Con		C-ER	1,314	50.19%	10	0.38%	55.35%	–	1,304	1,314	–	–	2,618
Durham West		Lib		Lib	1,694	50.76%	51	1.53%	73.21%	1,694	1,643	–	–	–	3,337
Elgin East		Lib		Con	2,038	51.49%	118	2.98%	74.29%	1,920	2,038	–	–	–	3,958
Elgin West		Con		Con	2,384	52.02%	185	4.04%	67.70%	2,199	2,384	–	–	–	4,583
Essex North		Lib		Con	1,901	47.90%	635	16.00%	58.22%	2,068the incumbent Gaspard Pacaud received 1,266 votes	1,901	–	–	–	3,969
Essex South		Lib		Lib	2,505	52.15%	207	4.31%	73.61%	2,505	2,298	–	–	–	4,803
Frontenac		Con		Con	1,258	52.03%	98	4.05%	65.67%	1,160	1,258	–	–	–	2,418
Glengarry		Lib		Lib	1,756	53.96%	258	7.93%	66.38%	1,756	1,498	–	–	–	3,254
Grenville		Con		Con	1,611	57.33%	412	14.66%	48.87%	–	2,810the incumbent Frederick John French received 1,199 votes	–	–	–	2,810
Grey Centre		Con		Con	1,513	52.48%	143	4.96%	48.76%	1,370	1,513	–	–	–	2,883
Grey North		Con		Lib	2,312	54.44%	377	8.88%	67.88%	2,312	1,935	–	–	–	4,247
Grey South		Con		Lib	2,156	51.73%	144	3.45%	72.98%	2,156	2,012	–	–	–	4,168
Haldimand		Lib		Lib	2,000	54.54%	333	9.08%	81.00%	2,000	1,667	–	–	–	3,667
Halton		Con		Con	2,377	51.98%	181	3.96%	78.53%	2,196	2,377	–	–	–	4,573
Hamilton		Lib		Con	4,111	50.53%	86	1.06%	78.54%	4,025	4,111	–	–	–	8,136
Hastings East		Con		Con	1,801	50.13%	9	0.25%	79.49%	1,792	1,801	–	–	–	3,593
Hastings North		Con		Con	acclaimed
Hastings West		Con		Lib	1,678	52.11%	136	4.22%	64.41%	1,678	1,542	–	–	–	3,220
Huron East		Lib		Lib	2,256	56.27%	503	12.55%	73.87%	2,256	1,753	–	–	–	4,009
Huron South		Lib		Lib	2,144	51.91%	158	3.83%	68.23%	2,144	1,986	–	–	–	4,130
Huron West		Lib		Lib	2,125	51.35%	112	2.71%	64.60%	2,125	2,013	–	–	–	4,138
Kent East		Lib		Lib	2,347	53.99%	633	14.56%	88.46%	4,061the incumbent Robert Ferguson was the winning candidate	–	286	–	–	4,347
Kent West		Con		Con	2,823	50.37%	41	0.73%	65.34%	2,782	2,823	–	–	–	5,605
Kingston		Con		Con	1,629	50.45%	29	0.90%	58.16%	1,600	1,629	–	–	–	3,229
Lambton East		Lib		Lib	2,203	52.40%	462	10.99%	73.65%	2,203	1,741	260	–	–	4,204
Lambton West		Lib		Lib	2,748	55.46%	713	14.39%	56.04%	2,748	2,035	172	–	–	4,955
Lanark North		Lib		L-ER	1,525	53.30%	189	6.61%	71.27%	–	1,336	1,525the Liberal incumbent William Clyde Caldwell ran as a Liberal/Equal Rights candidate	–	–	2,861
Lanark South		Con		Con	1,509	58.17%	431	16.62%	54.29%	1,078	1,509	–	–	7	2,594
Leeds		Con		Con	1,813	57.10%	451	14.20%	57.69%	1,362	1,813	–	–	–	3,175
Lennox		Con		Con	1,441	50.38%	22	0.77%	70.54%	1,419	1,441	–	–	–	2,860
Lincoln		Lib		Con	2,424	51.63%	153	3.26%	67.51%	2,271	2,424	–	–	–	4,695
London		Con		Con	acclaimed
Middlesex East		Con		Con	2,508	50.58%	58	1.17%	74.07%	2,450	2,508	–	–	–	4,958
Middlesex North		Lib		Lib	2,060	51.05%	85	2.11%	78.04%	2,060	1,975	–	–	–	4,035
Middlesex West		Lib		Lib	1,950	51.64%	124	3.28%	80.35%	1,950	1,826	–	–	–	3,776
Monck		Lib		Lib	1,765	56.83%	424	13.65%	71.30%	3,106the incumbent Richard Harcourt was the winning candidate	0	–	–	–	3,106
Muskoka		Con		Con	1,565	51.46%	89	2.93%	77.76%	1,476	1,565	–	–	–	3,041
Nipissing	New		Lib	881	67.25%	452	34.50%	64.56%	881	429	–	–	–	1,310
Norfolk North		Lib		Lib	1,601	55.30%	307	10.60%	72.46%	1,601	1,294	–	–	–	2,895
Norfolk South		Con		Lib	1,563	51.06%	65	2.12%	76.54%	1,563	1,498	–	–	–	3,061
Northumberland East		Con		Con	2,185	53.36%	275	6.72%	83.74%	1,910	2,185William Arnson Willoughby was elected in 1886, but was unseated by the court	–	–	–	4,095
Northumberland West		Lib		Lib	1,453	57.82%	393	15.64%	65.90%	1,453	1,060	–	–	–	2,513
Ontario North		Lib		Con	1,869	51.07%	78	2.13%	70.38%	1,791	1,869	–	–	–	3,660
Ontario South		Lib		Lib	2,460	51.38%	132	2.76%	73.43%	2,460	2,328	–	–	–	4,788
Ottawa		Lib		Lib	3,379	63.24%	1,415	26.48%	58.66%	3,379	–	1,964	–	–	5,343
Oxford North		Lib		Lib	acclaimed
Oxford South		Lib		Lib	1,764	64.69%	801	29.37%	44.21%	1,764	–	963	–	–	2,727
Parry Sound		Ind		Lib	1,387	52.06%	110	4.13%	n/a	1,387	1,277	–	–	–	2,664
Peel		Lib		Lib	2,059	51.54%	123	3.08%	74.33%	2,059	–	1,936	–	–	3,995
Perth North		Con		Lib	2,729	50.86%	92	1.71%	72.44%	2,729	2,637	–	–	–	5,366
Perth South		Lib		Lib	2,241	58.19%	631	16.39%	61.55%	2,241	–	1,610	–	–	3,851
Peterborough East		Lib		Lib	1,421	51.43%	79	2.86%	70.40%	1,421	–	1,342	–	–	2,763
Peterborough West		Lib		Lib	1,925	58.58%	564	17.16%	70.65%	1,925	–	1,361	–	–	3,286
Prescott		Lib		Lib	acclaimed
Prince Edward		Lib		Lib	2,040	50.09%	7	0.17%	71.71%	2,040	2,033	–	–	–	4,073
Renfrew North		Lib		Con	1,843	51.22%	88	2.45%	75.64%	1,755	1,843	–	–	–	3,598
Renfrew South		Lib		Lib	1,470	49.71%	229	7.74%	63.02%	2,711the winning candidate John Francis Dowling had been previously elected to the Legislature	–	246	–	–	2,957
Russell		Lib		Lib	2,223	61.56%	835	23.12%	57.36%	2,223	1,388	–	–	–	3,611
Simcoe Centre		Lib		Lib	1,559	57.72%	417	15.44%	60.03%	1,559	–	1,142	–	–	2,701
Simcoe East		Lib		Con	2,092	51.96%	158	3.92%	62.59%	1,934	2,092	–	–	–	4,026
Simcoe West		Con		Con	1,318	61.56%	495	23.12%	44.95%	823	1,318	–	–	–	2,141
Victoria East		Con		Con	1,459	51.26%	72	2.53%	55.05%	1,387	1,459	–	–	–	2,846
Victoria West		Con		L-ER	1,827	56.70%	432	13.41%	66.13%	–	1,395	1,827	–	–	3,222
Waterloo North		Lib		Lib	2,205	59.79%	722	19.58%	66.67%	2,205	1,483	–	–	–	3,688
Waterloo South		Lib		Lib	2,161	55.34%	417	10.68%	66.42%	2,161	1,744	–	–	–	3,905
Welland		Lib		Con	2,345	50.77%	71	1.54%	71.83%	2,274	2,345	–	–	–	4,619
Wellington East		Lib		Lib	1,562	58.61%	459	17.22%	53.37%	1,562	1,103	–	–	–	2,665
Wellington South		Lib		Lib	2,098	59.20%	652	18.40%	61.76%	2,098	1,446	–	–	–	3,544
Wellington West		Lib		Lib	1,495	55.70%	306	11.40%	58.64%	1,495	1,189	–	–	–	2,684
Wentworth North		Lib		Lib	1,469	55.43%	288	10.87%	72.58%	1,469	1,181	–	–	–	2,650
Wentworth South		Lib		Lib	1,472	50.88%	51	1.76%	81.96%	1,472	1,421	–	–	–	2,893
York East		Lib		Lib	1,705	58.94%	517	17.87%	63.29%	1,705	–	1,188	–	–	2,893
York North		Lib		Lib	1,875	61.29%	691	22.59%	47.87%	1,875	–	1,184	–	–	3,059
York West		Lib		Lib	1,789	50.87%	61	1.73%	94.73%	1,789	–	1,728	–	–	3,517

: = 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/Equal Rights candidate : = joint Liberal/Equal Rights candidate : = previously an MP in the House of Commons of Canada : = multiple candidates

|- ! colspan=2 | Political party ! Candidate ! Votes ! % ! Elected ! Incumbent |- |5,862 ||18.81 |- |5,542 ||17.78 |- |5,359 ||17.20 |- |5,197 ||16.68 |- |4,502 ||14.45 |- |4,001 ||12.84 |- |703 ||2.26 |- !colspan="3" style="text-align:right;"|Majorityplurality for third winning candidate |162 ||0.52 |- !colspan="3" style="text-align:right;"|Turnout |31,287 ||72.31 |- !colspan="3" style="text-align:right;"|Registered voters |43,265 |}

Analysis

Party in 1st place	Party in 2nd place	Total	Accl	Lib	Con	C-ER	Ind-L	ER
2	3	35	10	1	1	52
2	28	2				32
	C-ER		1	1				2
	L-ER			2				2
Total	4	32	40	10	1	1	88

Accl	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
2	50	32	2	1
2	31	41
	2	10			1
	2
		1	5
		1
			1

Source	Party	Total
align="center"	Lib	align="center"	Con	C-ER
Seats retained	Incumbents returned	36
Returned by acclamation	2	2
Open seats held	6	3
Byelection loss reversed		2
Defeated by same-party candidate		1
Seats changing hands	Incumbents defeated	5
Open seats gained	2
Byelection gains held		1
Incumbent changed allegiance
New seat	New MLAs	1
Toronto seats	MLA returned
New MLAs	1
Total	53	34

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

Seats that changed hands

In its first election, Nipissing returned the Liberal candidate John Loughrin as its MLA.

Party	1886	Gain from (loss to)	1890	Lib	Con	Con-ER	Lib-ER	Ind
57			5	(10)				(1)
32	10	(5)				(2)		(1)
–			2
–	1		1
1		(1)
Total	90	11	(6)	8	(10)	–	(2)	–

In the election, 20 seats changed their allegiance.

Liberal to Conservative

Algoma East
Dundas
Elgin East
Essex North
Hamilton
Lincoln
Ontario North
Renfrew North
Simcoe East
Welland

Liberal to Liberal-Equal Rights

Lanark North

Conservative to Liberal

Grey North
Grey South
Hastings West
Norfolk South
Perth North

Conservative to Conservative-Equal Rights

Dufferin
Durham East

Conservative to Liberal-Equal Rights

Victoria West

Independent to Liberal

Parry Sound

References

{{Cite canlaw. (1889)
Dunning, Wm. A.. (1890). "Record of Political Events". Political Science Quarterly.
1921 Special House of Commons Committee on pro-rep. report, p. 12
{{Cite canlaw. (1887)
. ["1890 general election results"](https://results.elections.on.ca/en/data-explorer?fromYear=1867&toYear=2019&electionType=GE&electionId=98). *[[Elections Ontario]]*.
. (1891). ["Journals of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario"](https://hdl.handle.net/2027/chi.096180123?urlappend=%3Bseq=59%3Bownerid=13510798902963984-71). *Legislative Assembly of Ontario*.

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