Middlesex East (provincial electoral district)

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

Middlesex East

Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	1867
District abolished	1925
First contested	1867
Last contested	1926

Middlesex East was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1867 at the time of confederation. It was abolished in 1925 before the 1926 election.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Middlesex East
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
1st	1867–1871		James Evans	Liberal
2nd	1871–1875		Richard Tooley	Conservative
3rd	1875–1879
4th	1879–1883
5th	1883–1886		Donald MacKenzie	Liberal
6th	1886–1890		Richard Tooley	Conservative
7th	1890–1894
8th	1894–1898		William Shore	Protestant Protective Association
9th	1898–1900		Thomas D. Hodgins	Conservative
	1900–1902		Thomas Robson	Conservative
10th	1902–1905		George Albert Routledge	Liberal
11th	1905–1908		George Wesley Neely	Conservative
12th	1908–1911
13th	1911–1912		Robert Sutherland	Liberal
	1912–1913		George Wesley Neely	Conservative
	1913–1914		John McFarlan	Conservative
14th	1914–1919
15th	1919–1923		John Willard Freeborn	United Farmers
16th	1923–1926
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly
Merged into Middlesex South riding after 1926

Election results

1867 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	James Evans	1,821	50.42
	Conservative	Mr. Taylor	1,791	49.58
Total valid votes			3,612	86.62
Eligible voters			4,170
	Liberal pickup new district.
Source: Elections Ontario

1871 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Tooley	1,622	51.41	+1.83
	Liberal	James Evans	1,533	48.59	−1.83
Turnout			3,155	74.92	−11.70
Eligible voters			4,211
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+1.83
Source: Elections Ontario

1875 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Tooley	2,185	53.11	+1.70
	Liberal	James Evans	1,929	46.89	−1.70
Total valid votes			4,114	72.87	−2.06
Eligible voters			5,646
	Conservative hold		Swing		+1.70
Source: Elections Ontario