Huron West

Huron West

Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1882
District abolished	1914
First contested	1882
Last contested	1911

Huron West was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1882 to 1917. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created from parts of Huron Centre, Huron North and Huron South ridings.

The West Riding of the county of Huron was initially defined to consist of the townships of East Wawanosh, West Wawanosh, Ashfield, Colborne and Goderich, and the towns of Goderich and Clinton.

In 1903, it was redefined to include the township of Hullett, and exclude the township of East Wawanosh.

The electoral district was abolished in 1914 when it was redistributed between Huron North and Huron South ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Huron Centre, Huron North and Huron South
5th	1882–1887		Malcolm Colin Cameron	Liberal
6th	1887–1891		Robert Porter	Liberal–Conservative
7th	1891–1891		Malcolm Colin Cameron	Liberal
	1892–1895		James Colebrooke Patterson	Conservative
	1896–1896		Malcolm Colin Cameron	Liberal
8th	1896–1898
	1899–1900		Robert Holmes
9th	1900–1904
10th	1904–1908		Edward Norman Lewis	Conservative
11th	1908–1911
12th	1911–1917
Riding dissolved into Huron North and Huron South

Election results

1882 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Malcolm Colin Cameron	1,736
	Liberal–Conservative	Robert Porter	1,707

1887 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	Robert Porter	2,165
	Liberal	Malcolm Colin Cameron	2,139

1891 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Malcolm Colin Cameron	2,199
	Liberal–Conservative	Robert Porter	1,820

On Mr. Cameron being unseated, 26 December 1891:

By-election on 22 February 1892
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	James Colebrooke Patterson
	Liberal	Malcolm Colin Cameron

On Mr. Patterson being named Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba, 2 September 1895:

By-election on 14 January 1896
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Malcolm Colin Cameron	acclaimed

1896 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Malcolm Colin Cameron	1,837
	Conservative	Robert McLean	1,520
	Patrons of Industry	G. Mcl. Kilty	725

On Mr. Cameron's appointment as Lieutenant-Governor of the North West Territories, May 30, 1898:

By-election on 21 February 1899
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Robert Holmes	2,274
	Conservative	Robert McLean	2,134

1900 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Robert Holmes	2,163
	Conservative	Robert McLean	2,143

1904 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Edward Norman Lewis	2,263
	Liberal	Robert Holmes	2,150

1908 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Edward Norman Lewis	2,137
	Liberal	Robert Holmes	2,075

1911 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Edward Norman Lewis	2,024
	Liberal	Malcolm Graeme Cameron	1,849

See also

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

References

External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament