Middlesex North (provincial electoral district)

This article is about the former provincial electoral district. For the former federal electoral district, see Middlesex North. For the pre-Confederation electoral district, see Middlesex (Province of Canada electoral district).

Middlesex North

Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	1867
District abolished	1974
First contested	1867
Last contested	1971

Middlesex North was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1867 at the time of confederation and was abolished in 1973 before the 1975 election.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Middlesex North
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
1st	1867–1871		James Sinclair Smith	Liberal
2nd	1871–1875
3rd	1875–1879		John McDougall	Conservative
4th	1879–1883		John Waters	Liberal
5th	1883–1886
6th	1886–1890
7th	1890–1894
8th	1894–1898		William Henry Taylor	Liberal-Patron
9th	1898–1902			Liberal
10th	1902–1904
11th	1905–1908		Charles Constantine Hodgins	Conservative
12th	1908–1909		Duncan Campbell Ross	Liberal
	1909–1911		James William Doyle	Conservative
13th	1911–1914		Duncan MacArthur	Conservative
14th	1914–1919		John Grieve	Liberal
15th	1919–1923		James C. Brown	United Farmers
16th	1923–1926		George Adam Elliott	Conservative
17th	1926–1929		Alexander Daniel McLean	Progressive
18th	1929–1934		Fred Van Wyck Laughton	Conservative
19th	1934–1937		John Willard Freeborn	Liberal
20th	1937–1943
21st	1943–1945		Thomas Patrick	Progressive Conservative
22nd	1945–1948
23rd	1948–1951
24th	1951–1955
25th	1955–1957
	1957–1959		William Atcheson Stewart	Progressive Conservative
26th	1959–1963
27th	1963–1967
28th	1967–1971
29th	1971–1975
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly
Merged into Middlesex before 1975 election

Election results

1867 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	James Sinclair Smith	1,084	43.69
	Conservative	John McDougall	1,046	42.16
	Independent	Mr. McIntyre	351	14.15
Total valid votes			2,481	84.79
Eligible voters			2,926
	Liberal pickup new district.
Source: Elections Ontario

1871 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Sinclair Smith	1,286	56.58	+12.89
	Conservative	Mr. McIntosh	987	43.42	+1.26
Turnout			2,273	69.34	−15.45
Eligible voters			3,278
	Liberal hold		Swing		+5.81
Source: Elections Ontario

1875 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John McDougall	1,565	54.89	+11.47
	Liberal	James Sinclair Smith	1,286	45.11	−11.47
Total valid votes			2,851	72.77	+3.43
Eligible voters			3,918
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+11.47
Source: Elections Ontario

1879 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Waters	1,917	53.22	+8.11
	Conservative	John McDougall	1,685	46.78	−8.11
Total valid votes			3,602	72.87	+0.10
Eligible voters			4,943
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+8.11
Source: Elections Ontario