1886 Ontario general election

December 28, 1886

90 seats in the 6th Legislative Assembly of Ontario
46 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Oliver Mowat William Ralph Meredith
Party Liberal Conservative
Leader since 1872 1879
Leader's seat Oxford North London
Last election 48 37
Seats won 57 32
Seat change Increase9 Decrease5

Premier before election

Oliver Mowat
Liberal

Premier after election

Oliver Mowat
Liberal

The 1886 Ontario general election was the sixth general election held in the Province of Ontario, Canada. It was held on December 28, 1886, to elect the 90 Members of the 6th Legislative Assembly of Ontario ("MLAs").[1] The election results were characterized a "crushing defeat for the Conservatives.[2]

The Ontario Liberal Party, led by Oliver Mowat, won a fifth consecutive term in government and an increased majority in the Legislature.

The Ontario Conservative Party, led by William Ralph Meredith lost five of its seats.

In Toronto, this and the next election (1890) were held under the Limited Vote system wherein Toronto voters had two votes for the three MPPs in their district. This allowed a degree of minority representation.[3]

Redistribution of ridings

The Assembly was increased from 88 to 90 members,[4] through the following changes:

Abolished ridingsNew ridings
Divisions of ridings
Mergers of ridings
Reorganization of ridings
  1. Returning three members. Each elector had two votes to cast.

Results

[1]

Elections to the 6th Parliament of Ontario (1886)
Political party Party leader MPPs Votes
Candidates 1883 Dissol. 1886 ± # % ± (pp)
Liberal Oliver Mowat 88 48 57 9Increase 153,282 48.41% 0.21Increase
Conservative William Ralph Meredith 83 37 32 5Decrease 148,969 47.05% 0.46Increase
Independent 5 1 1 Steady 2,145 0.68% 0.85Decrease
Independent-Liberal 2 2Decrease Did not campaign
Labour 5 12,196 3.85% 2.32Increase
Temperance 1 14 New
Independent-Conservative Did not campaign
Vacant
Total 182 88 88 90 316,606 100.00%
Blank and invalid ballots 3,622
Registered voters / turnout 459,495 69.69% 6.23Increase
Seats and popular vote by party
PartySeatsVotesChange (pp)
Liberal
57 / 90
48.41%
0.21 0.21
 
Conservative
32 / 90
47.05%
0.46 0.46
 
Labour
0 / 90
3.85%
2.32 2.32
 
Other
1 / 90
0.69%
-2.99
 

Synopsis of results

Results by riding - 1886 Ontario general election[1]
Riding[a 1] Winning party Turnout Votes
Name[a 2] 1883 Party Votes Share Margin
#
Margin
%
Lib Con Lab Tmp Ind Total
 
Addington Con Con 1,71253.42%2196.83%70.69%1,4931,7123,205
Algoma East New Lib acclaimed
Algoma West New Lib acclaimed
Brant North Lib Lib 1,02560.87%36621.73%55.41%1,0256591,684
Brant South Lib Lib 1,88160.58%65721.16%57.84%1,8811,2243,105
Brockville Lib Lib 1,84454.19%2858.37%71.33%1,8441,5593,403
Bruce Centre New Lib 1,75350.45%310.89%71.55%1,7531,7223,475
Bruce North I-Lib Con 1,73851.77%1193.54%68.33%1,6191,7383,357
Bruce South Lib Lib 2,02454.69%3479.38%74.63%2,0241,6773,701
Cardwell Con Con 1,80559.71%58719.42%57.66%1,2181,8053,023
Carleton Con Con 1,82475.40%1,22950.81%45.79%5951,8242,419
Cornwall and Stormont New Lib 2,06854.48%3408.96%69.39%2,0681,7283,796
Dufferin Con Con acclaimed
Dundas Con Lib 1,97750.32%250.64%81.54%1,9771,9523,929
Durham East Con Con 1,69656.36%38312.73%63.53%1,3131,6963,009
Durham West Lib Lib 1,67250.04%30.09%73.78%1,6721,6693,341
Elgin East Con Lib 1,87351.23%902.46%67.51%1,8731,7833,656
Elgin West Lib Con 2,31550.47%430.94%69.49%2,2722,3154,587
Essex North Con Lib 1,72951.17%792.34%58.70%1,7291,6503,379
Essex South Lib Lib 2,49753.80%3537.61%77.51%2,4972,1444,641
Frontenac Con Con 1,21858.53%35517.06%58.79%8631,2182,081
Glengarry Lib Lib 1,72350.47%320.94%76.91%1,7231,6913,414
Grenville New Con 1,97857.84%55016.08%63.64%1,4281,978143,420
Grey Centre Con Con 1,48544.29%1123.34%59.07%1,3731,980[a 3]3,353
Grey North Con Con 2,07650.22%180.44%67.75%2,0582,0764,134
Grey South Con Con 2,08753.23%2536.45%71.17%1,8342,0873,921
Haldimand Lib Lib 1,93653.67%2657.35%72.77%1,9361,6713,607
Halton Con Con 2,27751.38%1222.75%73.07%2,1552,2774,432
Hamilton Lib Lib 3,06844.53%4356.31%63.12%3,0682,6331,1886,889
Hastings East Con Con 1,78451.53%1063.06%84.87%1,6781,7843,462
Hastings North Con Con 1,86362.88%76325.75%63.71%1,1001,8632,963
Hastings West Lib Con 1,68151.83%1193.67%64.50%1,5621,6813,243
Huron East Lib Lib 2,30655.31%44310.63%73.33%2,3061,8634,169
Huron South Lib Lib 2,31356.15%50712.31%66.45%2,3131,8064,119
Huron West Lib Lib 2,35853.85%3377.70%68.25%2,3582,0214,379
Kent East Lib Lib 2,30257.21%58014.41%58.00%2,3021,7224,024
Kent West Con Con 2,20850.17%150.34%57.03%2,1932,2084,401
Kingston Con Con 1,85353.57%2477.14%66.03%1,6061,8533,459
Lambton East Lib Lib 2,27052.78%2395.56%70.43%2,2702,0314,301
Lambton West Lib Lib 2,54154.88%4529.76%60.90%2,5412,0894,630
Lanark North Lib Lib 1,39251.71%923.42%67.24%1,3921,3002,692
Lanark South Ind Con 1,83656.44%41912.88%72.99%1,4171,8363,253
Leeds New Con 1,96454.86%3489.72%70.27%1,6161,9643,580
Lennox Con Con 1,62751.63%1033.27%74.89%1,5241,6273,151
Lincoln Lib Lib 2,24250.17%150.34%63.58%2,2422,2274,469
London Con Con 1,67953.56%2237.11%40.48%1,6791,4563,135
Middlesex East Lib Con 2,62151.04%1072.08%70.38%2,5142,6215,135
Middlesex North Lib Lib 2,04450.88%711.77%74.22%2,0441,9734,017
Middlesex West Con Lib 2,02152.53%1955.07%72.05%2,0211,8263,847
Monck Lib Lib 1,64351.78%1133.56%72.06%1,6431,5303,173
Muskoka New Con 1,56553.84%2237.67%72.90%1,3421,5652,907
Norfolk North Lib Lib 1,64056.51%37813.03%70.14%1,6401,2622,902
Norfolk South Con Con 1,52852.11%1244.23%78.29%1,4041,5282,932
Northumberland East Lib Con 2,20450.59%511.17%72.55%2,1532,2044,357
Northumberland West Con Lib 1,71058.06%47516.13%69.90%1,7101,2352,945
Ontario North Lib Lib 2,00651.86%1443.72%72.89%2,0061,8623,868
Ontario South Lib Lib 2,65152.30%2334.60%69.31%2,6512,4185,069
Ottawa Con Lib 1,81553.97%2778.24%53.32%1,8151,538103,363
Oxford North Lib Lib 1,98163.31%83326.62%49.29%1,9811,1483,129
Oxford South Lib Lib 2,21654.23%59014.44%65.85%2,460[a 4]1,6264,086
Parry Sound New Ind 1,19951.88%873.76%58.48%1,1121,1992,311
Peel Lib Lib 2,10252.76%2205.52%73.63%2,1021,8823,984
Perth North Con Con 2,44550.43%420.87%69.96%2,4032,4454,848
Perth South Lib Lib 2,38555.26%45410.52%72.27%2,3851,9314,316
Peterborough East Lib Lib 1,43856.15%34013.28%67.49%1,4381,098252,561
Peterborough West Con Lib 1,55550.54%331.07%73.94%1,5551,5223,077
Prescott Lib Lib 1,66552.24%1434.49%69.25%3,187[a 5]3,187
Prince Edward I-Lib Lib 2,15550.96%811.92%72.58%2,1552,0744,229
Renfrew North Lib Lib 1,51551.46%862.92%72.90%1,5151,4292,944
Renfrew South Lib Lib 1,05045.85%90.39%59.20%2,091[a 6]1992,290
Russell Con Lib 1,90851.41%1483.99%61.05%1,9081,760433,711
Simcoe Centre New Lib 1,36654.10%2078.20%62.48%1,3661,1592,525
Simcoe East Lib Lib 1,80553.15%2146.30%62.16%1,8051,5913,396
Simcoe West Lib Con 1,49856.70%35413.40%56.82%1,1441,4982,642
Victoria East New Con 1,73355.16%32410.31%67.66%1,4091,7333,142
Victoria West New Con 1,43850.17%100.35%65.49%1,4281,4382,866
Waterloo North Lib Lib acclaimed
Waterloo South Lib Lib 2,35355.27%44910.55%n/a2,3531,9044,257
Welland Lib Lib 2,46253.16%2936.33%68.00%2,4622,1694,631
Wellington East Lib Lib acclaimed
Wellington South Lib Lib 2,12059.40%67118.80%62.34%2,1201,4493,569
Wellington West Lib Lib 1,63355.00%29710.00%62.08%1,6331,3362,969
Wentworth North Lib Lib 1,48059.82%48619.64%67.13%1,4809942,474
Wentworth South Lib Lib 1,47651.92%1093.83%82.48%1,4761,3672,843
York East Lib Lib 1,63365.29%76530.59%56.51%1,6338682,501
York North Lib Lib 2,22062.41%88324.82%56.54%2,2201,3373,557
York West Con Lib 1,53953.12%1816.25%62.51%1,5391,3582,897
  1. excluding Toronto, a multi-member constituency
  2. order is as given in EO reports
  3. the incumbent Neil McColman received 495 votes
  4. the incumbent George Atwell Cooke received 244 votes
  5. Alfred Évanturel was the winning candidate
  6. the incumbent John Francis Dowling received 1,041 votes
  = 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
Results for Toronto (3 seats)[5]
Political party Candidate Votes  % Elected Incumbent
Conservative Edward Frederick Clarke 7,03226.28 Green tickY
Conservative Henry Edward Clarke 6,88325.72 Green tickY Green tickY
Liberal John Leys 5,38020.11 Green tickY
Labour Charles March 4,05515.15
Labour John Roney 3,40812.74
Majority[a 1] 1,3254.96
Turnout[a 2] 14,91644.80
Registered voters 33,296
  1. plurality for third winning candidate
  2. actual number of voters per returns

Analysis

Party candidates in 2nd place[1][a 1]
Party in 1st placeParty in 2nd placeTotal
AcclLibConLabInd
Liberal 42481156
Conservative 128130
Independent 11
Total 530492187
  1. excluding Toronto seats
Candidates ranked 1st to 5th place, by party[1]
PartiesAccl1st2nd3rd4th5th
 Liberal 452302
 Conservative 130502
 Independent 113
 Labour 2111
 Temperance 1
Resulting composition of the 2nd Legislative Assembly of Ontario[1]
SourceParty
Lib Con Ind Total
Seats retainedIncumbents returned 301344
Returned by acclamation 213
Open seats held 729
Byelection loss reversed 11
Defeated by same-party candidate 213
Seats changing handsIncumbents defeated 336
Open seats gained 639
Byelection gains held 11
Incumbent changed allegiance 11
New seatsAcclaimed 22
New MLAs 2215
Previously incumbent in another riding 134
Toronto seatsMLA returned 11
New MLAs 112
Total 5732190

MLAs elected by region and riding

Party designations are as follows:

  Liberal
  Conservative
  Independent

    See also

    Notes and references

    Notes

    1. Election declared void because of corrupt practices. Writ for new election issued. James Pliny Whitney (Conservative) was elected in the subsequent byelection.[6]
    2. Election declared void because of corrupt practices. Writ for new election issued. Richard Clark (Liberal) was elected in the subsequent byelection.[6]

    References

    1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "1886 general election results". Elections Ontario. Retrieved November 22, 2023.
    2. Rambaut, Thomas D. (1887). "The Hudson's Bay Half-Breeds and Louis Riel's Rebellions". Political Science Quarterly. 2 (1): 135–167. doi:10.2307/2139321. JSTOR 2139321.
    3. 1921 Special House of Commons Committee on pro-rep. report, p. 12
    4. The Franchise and Representation Act, 1885, S.O. 1885, c. 2, s. 8, 10
    5. "Sessional Paper No. 13". Sessional Papers (Vol. XIX–Part III). Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 1887. pp. 82–83.
    6. 1 2 Journals of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario. Vol. XXI. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 1888. pp. 4–6, 31, 33.
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