1879 Ontario general election

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<- outgoing members

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88 seats in the 4th Legislative Assembly of Ontario
45 seats were needed for a majority
|  | First party  | Second party

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Leader  | Oliver Mowat | William Ralph Meredith
Party  | Liberal | Conservative
Leader since  | 1872  | 1879
Leader's seat  | Oxford North | London
Last election  | 50  | 34
Seats won  | 57  | 29
Seat change  | 7  | 5

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| Premier before election

Oliver Mowat
Liberal

| Premier after election

Oliver Mowat
Liberal

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The 1879 Ontario general election was the fourth general election held in the province of Ontario, Canada. It was held on June 5, 1879, to elect the 88 members of the 4th Legislative Assembly ("MLAs").[1]

The Ontario Liberal Party, led by Oliver Mowat, won a third term in government with a larger majority in the legislature.

The Ontario Conservative Party, led by William Ralph Meredith, continued to lose seats.

## Results

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Elections to the 4th Parliament of Ontario (1879)[1] Political party  | Party leader  | MLAs  | Votes

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Candidates  | 1875 | 1879  | ±  | #  | ±  | %  | ± (pp)
| Liberal | Oliver Mowat | 81 | 50 | 57 | 7 | 119,148 | 28,339 | 48.07% | 0.52
| Conservative | William Ralph Meredith | 87 | 34 | 29 | 5 | 118,513 | 31,693 | 47.82% | 2.35
| Liberal–Conservative | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1,553 | - | 0.81
| Independent Conservative  |  | 2 | 2 | 2 |  | 2,111 | 18 | 0.85% | 0.26
| Independent Liberal  |  | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1,125 | - | 0.59
| Independent |  | 19 | - | - | - | 8,085 | 1,328 | 3.26% | 0.28
Total  | 189 | 88  | 88  | 247,857  | 100.00%
Voter turnout  | 247,857  | 56,891 | 67.95  | 4.06
Registered electors  | 392,085  | 108,229 |
Acclamations | █ Liberal | 1
█ Conservative | 1
Seats and popular vote by party  Party | Seats | Votes | Change (pp)

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█ Liberal |

57 / 88

48.07%

| 0.52 |  | 0.52

█ Conservative |

29 / 88

47.82%

| 2.35 |  | 2.35

█ Other  |

2 / 88

4.11%

| -2.87 |

### Synopsis of results

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Results by riding - 1879 Ontario general election[1] Riding  | Winning party  | Turnout  | Votes

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Name[a 1] | 1875 | Party  | Votes  | Share  | Margin
#  | Margin
%  | Lib  | Con  | I-Con | Ind | Total
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Addington |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 1,531 | 50.75% | 45 | 1.49% | 66.76% | 1,531 | 1,486 | – | – | 3,017
Algoma |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 1,081 | 53.86% | 155 | 7.72% | 96.58% | 1,081 | 926 | – | – | 2,007
Brant North |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 990 | 60.37% | 340 | 20.73% | 66.80% | 990 | 650 | – | – | 1,640
Brant South |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 1,622 | 56.87% | 392 | 13.74% | 60.93% | 1,622 | 1,230 | – | – | 2,852
Brockville |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 1,379 | 52.14% | 113 | 4.27% | 60.33% | 1,379 | 1,266 | – | – | 2,645
Bruce North |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 1,686 | 56.77% | 402 | 13.54% | 63.41% | 1,686 | 1,284 | – | – | 2,970
Bruce South |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 2,866 | 50.62% | 70 | 1.24% | 72.67% | 2,866 | 2,796 | – | – | 5,662
Cardwell |  | Con  |  | Lib  | 1,261 | 50.60% | 30 | 1.20% | 70.94% | 1,261 | 1,231 | – | – | 2,492
Carleton |  | Con  |  | Con  | 2,074 | 79.74% | 1,547 | 59.48% | 55.47% | 527 | 2,074 | – | – | 2,601
Cornwall |  | Con  |  | Lib  | acclaimed
Dufferin |  | Con  |  | Con  | 1,357 | 55.32% | 261 | 10.64% | 58.18% | – | 1,357 | – | 1,096 | 2,453
Dundas |  | Con  |  | Con  | 1,674 | 51.24% | 81 | 2.48% | 77.29% | 1,593 | 1,674 | – | – | 3,267
Durham East |  | Con  |  | Con  | 1,292 | 52.33% | 200 | 8.10% | 55.58% | – | 1,292 | – | 1,177 | 2,469
Durham West |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 1,467 | 52.66% | 148 | 5.31% | 72.89% | 1,467 | 1,319 | – | – | 2,786
Elgin East |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 2,275 | 51.49% | 132 | 2.99% | 66.71% | 2,275 | 2,143 | – | – | 4,418
Elgin West |  | Con  |  | Lib  | 1,257 | 50.22% | 11 | 0.44% | 70.27% | 1,257 | 1,246 | – | – | 2,503
Essex North |  | Con  |  | Con  | 1,062 | 56.04% | 229 | 12.08% | 42.68% | 833 | 1,062 | – | – | 1,895
Essex South |  | Con  |  | Con  | 1,418 | 52.93% | 157 | 5.86% | 74.29% | 1,261 | 1,418 | – | – | 2,679
Frontenac |  | Con  |  | Con  | 710 | 45.57% | 204 | 13.09% | 55.86% | 506 | 710 | – | 342 | 1,558
Glengarry |  | I-Lib  |  | Con  | 1,331 | 50.78% | 41 | 1.56% | 74.31% | 1,290 | 1,331 | – | – | 2,621
Grenville South |  | Lib  |  | Con  | 1,205 | 53.01% | 137 | 6.03% | 70.20% | 1,068 | 1,205 | – | – | 2,273
Grey East |  | Con  |  | Con  | 1,294 | 55.70% | 566 | 24.37% | 49.64% | – | 1,595[a 2] | – | 728 | 2,323
Grey North |  | Con  |  | Con  | 1,660 | 50.27% | 18 | 0.55% | 60.98% | 1,642 | 1,660 | – | – | 3,302
Grey South |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 1,694 | 61.49% | 633 | 22.98% | 73.72% | 1,694 | 1,061 | – | – | 2,755
Haldimand |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 1,612 | 51.01% | 64 | 2.03% | 76.44% | 1,612 | 1,548 | – | – | 3,160
Halton |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 1,765 | 50.46% | 32 | 0.91% | 66.63% | 1,765 | 1,733 | – | – | 3,498
Hamilton |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 2,240 | 50.70% | 62 | 1.40% | 59.07% | 2,240 | 2,178 | – | – | 4,418
Hastings East |  | I-Con  |  | I-Con  | 1,204 | 51.52% | 71 | 3.04% | 67.82% | – | 1,133 | 1,204 | – | 2,337
Hastings North |  | Con  |  | Con  | 1,081 | 51.35% | 57 | 2.71% | 63.27% | – | 1,081 | – | 1,024 | 2,105
Hastings West |  | Con  |  | Con  | 1,402 | 56.60% | 327 | 13.20% | 68.92% | 1,075 | 1,402 | – | – | 2,477
Huron East |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 1,924 | 50.74% | 56 | 1.48% | 68.76% | 1,924 | 1,868 | – | – | 3,792
Huron South |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 1,893 | 52.21% | 160 | 4.41% | 70.75% | 1,893 | 1,733 | – | – | 3,626
Huron West |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 2,064 | 55.57% | 414 | 11.15% | 62.70% | 2,064 | 1,650 | – | – | 3,714
Kent East |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 1,774 | 54.91% | 317 | 9.81% | 58.60% | 1,774 | 1,457 | – | – | 3,231
Kent West |  | Con  |  | Lib  | 1,343 | 52.69% | 137 | 5.37% | 46.87% | 1,343 | 1,206 | – | – | 2,549
Kingston |  | Con  |  | Con  | 955 | 55.82% | 199 | 11.63% | 59.53% | 756 | 955 | – | – | 1,711
Lambton East |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 1,840 | 50.88% | 64 | 1.77% | 73.23% | 1,840 | 1,776 | – | – | 3,616
Lambton West |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 1,759 | 53.47% | 228 | 6.93% | 63.24% | 1,759 | 1,531 | – | – | 3,290
Lanark North |  | Con  |  | Lib  | 1,309 | 56.04% | 282 | 12.07% | 73.44% | 1,309 | 1,027 | – | – | 2,336
Lanark South |  | Con  |  | I-Con  | 907 | 49.64% | 53 | 2.90% | 56.60% | – | 854 | 907 | 66 | 1,827
Leeds North and Grenville North |  | Con  |  | Con  | 1,084 | 59.53% | 347 | 19.06% | 64.90% | 737 | 1,084 | – | – | 1,821
Leeds South |  | Con  |  | Con  | 1,362 | 56.92% | 331 | 13.83% | 57.41% | – | 1,362 | – | 1,031 | 2,393
Lennox |  | I-Con  |  | Lib  | 1,231 | 50.20% | 10 | 0.41% | 62.71% | 1,231 | 1,221 | – | – | 2,452
Lincoln |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 2,222 | 50.79% | 69 | 1.58% | 68.25% | 2,222 | 2,153 | – | – | 4,375
London |  | Con  |  | Con  | 1,578 | 58.25% | 447 | 16.50% | 55.24% | 1,131 | 1,578 | – | – | 2,709
Middlesex East |  | Con  |  | Con  | 2,546 | 51.86% | 183 | 3.73% | 66.82% | 2,363 | 2,546 | – | – | 4,909
Middlesex North |  | Con  |  | Lib  | 1,917 | 53.22% | 232 | 6.44% | 72.87% | 1,917 | 1,685 | – | – | 3,602
Middlesex West |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 1,575 | 50.82% | 51 | 1.65% | 69.80% | 1,575 | 1,524 | – | – | 3,099
Monck |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 1,486 | 52.64% | 149 | 5.28% | 81.42% | 1,486 | 1,337 | – | – | 2,823
Muskoka and Parry Sound |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 1,704 | 57.98% | 469 | 15.96% | 74.90% | 1,704 | 1,235 | – | – | 2,939
Norfolk North |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 1,490 | 52.12% | 121 | 4.23% | 71.55% | 1,490 | 1,369 | – | – | 2,859
Norfolk South |  | Con  |  | Con  | 1,386 | 50.36% | 20 | 0.73% | 76.23% | 1,366 | 1,386 | – | – | 2,752
Northumberland East |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 1,887 | 50.64% | 48 | 1.29% | 71.32% | 1,887 | 1,839 | – | – | 3,726
Northumberland West |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 1,333 | 50.40% | 21 | 0.79% | 65.54% | 1,333 | 1,312 | – | – | 2,645
Ontario North |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 2,244 | 52.21% | 190 | 4.42% | 63.85% | 2,244 | 2,054 | – | – | 4,298
Ontario South |  | Con  |  | Lib  | 1,721 | 56.24% | 382 | 12.48% | 60.59% | 1,721 | 1,339 | – | – | 3,060
Ottawa |  | Lib  |  | Con  | 1,064 | 39.72% | 64 | 2.39% | 47.99% | 606 | 1,064 | – | 1,009 | 2,679
Oxford North |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 1,731 | 75.10% | 1,157 | 50.20% | 41.71% | 1,731 | 574 | – | – | 2,305
Oxford South |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 1,775 | 66.73% | 940 | 35.34% | 48.33% | 1,775 | – | – | 885 | 2,660
Peel |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 1,519 | 52.69% | 155 | 5.38% | 76.09% | 1,519 | 1,364 | – | – | 2,883
Perth North |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 2,396 | 50.18% | 17 | 0.36% | 67.44% | 2,396 | 2,379 | – | – | 4,775
Perth South |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 1,759 | 55.00% | 320 | 10.01% | 65.67% | 1,759 | 1,439 | – | – | 3,198
Peterborough East |  | Con  |  | Lib  | 1,078 | 53.21% | 130 | 6.42% | 65.38% | 1,078 | 948 | – | – | 2,026
Peterborough West |  | Lib  |  | Con  | 1,130 | 52.68% | 252 | 11.75% | 55.99% | 878 | 1,130 | – | 137 | 2,145
Prescott |  | Con  |  | Con  | 900 | 47.62% | 278 | 14.71% | 58.77% | 622 | 900 | – | 368 | 1,890
Prince Edward |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 1,894 | 50.47% | 35 | 0.93% | 73.78% | 1,894 | 1,859 | – | – | 3,753
Renfrew North |  | Con  |  | Lib  | 1,066 | 52.56% | 104 | 5.13% | 72.07% | 1,066 | 962 | – | – | 2,028
Renfrew South |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 837 | 54.28% | 132 | 8.56% | 67.72% | 837 | 705 | – | – | 1,542
Russell |  | Con  |  | Lib  | 696 | 37.30% | 27 | 1.45% | 38.86% | 975 | 669 | – | 222 | 1,866
Simcoe East |  | Con  |  | Lib  | 1,324 | 56.82% | 318 | 13.65% | 61.72% | 1,324 | 1,006 | – | – | 2,330
Simcoe South |  | Con  |  | Con  | acclaimed
Simcoe West |  | Con  |  | Con  | 1,483 | 51.10% | 64 | 2.21% | 55.06% | 1,419 | 1,483 | – | – | 2,902
Stormont |  | Lib  |  | Con  | 950 | 50.29% | 11 | 0.58% | 71.47% | 939 | 950 | – | – | 1,889
Toronto East |  | Con  |  | Con  | 2,132 | 50.68% | 57 | 1.35% | 51.12% | 2,075 | 2,132 | – | – | 4,207
Toronto West |  | Con  |  | Con  | 2,324 | 50.74% | 68 | 1.48% | 45.24% | 2,256 | 2,324 | – | – | 4,580
Victoria North |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 1,217 | 56.34% | 274 | 12.69% | 65.04% | 1,217 | 943 | – | – | 2,160
Victoria South |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 1,644 | 51.81% | 115 | 3.62% | 68.27% | 1,644 | 1,529 | – | – | 3,173
Waterloo North |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 1,351 | 53.29% | 167 | 6.59% | 71.37% | 1,351 | 1,184 | – | – | 2,535
Waterloo South |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 1,699 | 57.38% | 437 | 14.76% | 72.06% | 1,699 | 1,262 | – | – | 2,961
Welland |  | Lib  |  | Con  | 1,966 | 50.97% | 75 | 1.94% | 66.49% | 1,891 | 1,966 | – | – | 3,857
Wellington Centre |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 1,405 | 65.35% | 660 | 30.70% | 50.05% | 1,405 | 745 | – | – | 2,150
Wellington South |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 1,430 | 52.15% | 118 | 4.30% | 65.83% | 1,430 | 1,312 | – | – | 2,742
Wellington West |  | L-Con  |  | Lib  | 2,026 | 56.00% | 434 | 12.00% | 64.61% | 2,026 | 1,592 | – | – | 3,618
Wentworth North |  | Con  |  | Lib  | 1,223 | 85.41% | 1,014 | 70.81% | 38.23% | 1,223 | 209 | – | – | 1,432
Wentworth South |  | Lib  |  | Con  | 1,231 | 50.02% | 1 | 0.04% | 66.19% | 1,230 | 1,231 | – | – | 2,461
York East |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 1,825 | 53.58% | 244 | 7.16% | 58.93% | 1,825 | 1,581 | – | – | 3,406
York North |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 2,200 | 56.54% | 509 | 13.08% | 68.77% | 2,200 | 1,691 | – | – | 3,891
York West |  | Lib  |  | Lib  | 1,268 | 51.21% | 60 | 2.42% | 63.16% | 1,268 | 1,208 | – | – | 2,476

1. ^ order is as given in EO reports
2. ^ the incumbent Abram William Lauder was reelected

= 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
= other incumbents renominated
= previously an MP in the House of Commons of Canada
= multiple candidates

### Analysis

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Party candidates in 2nd place[1] Party in 1st place | Party in 2nd place | Total

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Accl | Lib | Con | Ind
| Liberal | 1 |  | 55 | 1 | 57
| Conservative | 1 | 22 |  | 6 | 29
| Independent Conservative  |  |  |  |  | 2
Total  |  | 22 | 57 | 7 | 88
Candidates ranked 1st to 5th place, by party[1] Parties | Accl | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th

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█ Liberal | 1 | 56 | 22 | 2 |  |
█ Conservative | 1 | 28 | 57 | 1 |  |
█ Independent Conservative  |  | 2 |  |  |  |
█ Independent |  |  | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1
Resulting composition of the 2nd Legislative Assembly of Ontario[1] Source | Party

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Lib | Con | I-Con | Total
Seats retained | Incumbents returned  | 30 | 17 | 1 | 48
Returned by acclamation  |  | 1 |  | 1
Open seats held  | 13 | 3 |  | 16
Ouster of incumbent changing allegiance  |  | 1 |  | 1
Seats changing hands | Incumbents defeated  | 8 | 3 |  | 11
Open seats gained  | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8
Byelection gains held  | 2 | 1 |  | 3
Total | 57 | 29 | 2 | 88

### MLAs elected by region and riding

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Party designations are as follows:

Liberal

Conservative

Independent Conservative

Northern Ontario

* Algoma: Robert Adam Lyon

Ottawa Valley

* Carleton: George William Monk

* Lanark North: William Clyde Caldwell

* Lanark South: William Lees (I-Con)

* Ottawa: Patrick Baskerville

* Prescott: William Harkin

* Renfrew North: Thomas Deacon

* Renfrew South: Thomas Murray

* Russell: Ira Morgan[a]

Saint Lawrence Valley

* Brockville: Christopher Finlay Fraser

* Cornwall: William Mack

* Dundas: Andrew Broder

* Glengarry: Donald Macmaster

* Grenville South: Frederick John French

* Kingston: James Henry Metcalfe

* Leeds North and Grenville North: Henry Merrick

* Leeds South: William Richardson

* Stormont: Joseph Kerr[b]

Central Ontario

* Addington: Hammel Madden Deroche

* Durham East: John Rosevear

* Durham West: James Wellington McLaughlin

* Frontenac: Delino Dexter Calvin

* Hastings East: Nathaniel Stephen Appleby (I-Con)

* Hastings North: George Henry Boulter

* Hastings West: Alexander Robertson[c]

* Lennox: George Douglas Hawley

* Northumberland East: James Marshall Ferris

* Northumberland West: John Collard Field

* Peterborough East: Thomas Blezard

* Peterborough West: William Hepburn Scott

* Prince Edward: Gideon Striker

* Victoria North: Samuel Stanley Peck

* Victoria South: Samuel Casey Wood

Georgian Bay

* Bruce North: Donald Sinclair

* Grey North: David Creighton

* Muskoka and Parry Sound: John Classon Miller

* Simcoe East: Herman Henry Cook

* Simcoe South: William James Parkhill

* Simcoe West: Thomas Long

Wentworth/Halton/Niagara

* Halton: David Robertson

* Hamilton: John Morison Gibson

* Lincoln: Sylvester Neelon

* Monck: Richard Harcourt

* Welland: Daniel Near

* Wentworth North: James McMahon

* Wentworth South: Franklin Carpenter[d]

Midwestern Ontario

* Brant North: James Young

* Brant South: Arthur Sturgis Hardy

* Bruce South: Rupert Mearse Wells

* Dufferin: John Barr[e]

* Grey East: Abram William Lauder

* Grey South: James Hill Hunter

* Haldimand: Jacob Baxter

* Huron East: Thomas Gibson

* Huron South: Archibald Bishop

* Huron West: Alexander McLagan Ross

* Norfolk North: John Bailey Freeman

* Norfolk South: William Morgan

* Oxford North: Oliver Mowat

* Oxford South: Adam Crooks

* Perth North: David Davidson Hay

* Perth South: Thomas Ballantyne

* Waterloo North: Moses Springer

* Waterloo South: James Livingston

* Wellington Centre: Charles Clarke

* Wellington South: James Laidlaw

* Wellington West: Robert McKim

Southwestern Ontario

* Elgin East: Thomas McIntyre Nairn

* Elgin West: John Cascaden

* Essex North: Solomon White

* Essex South: Lewis Wigle

* Kent East: Daniel McCraney

* Kent West: Edward Robinson

* Lambton East: Peter Graham

* Lambton West: Timothy Blair Pardee

* London: William Ralph Meredith

* Middlesex East: Richard Tooley

* Middlesex North: John Waters

* Middlesex West: John Watterworth

Peel/York/Ontario

* Cardwell: Charles Robinson

* Ontario North: Thomas Paxton

* Ontario South: John Dryden

* Peel: Kenneth Chisholm

* Toronto East: Alexander Morris

* Toronto West: Robert Bell

* York East: George Badgerow

* York North: Joseph Henry Widdifield

* York West: Peter Patterson

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## See also

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* Politics of Ontario
* List of Ontario political parties
* Premier of Ontario
* Leader of the Opposition (Ontario)

## Notes and references

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### Notes

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1. ^ Overturned on petition to the court, because of ballot papers improperly rejected.[2] Adam Jacob Baker (Conservative) was declared elected.[3]
2. ^ Election declared void because of corrupt practices. Writ for new election issued.[3] Kerr was returned in the subsequent byelection.
3. ^ Election declared void because of corrupt practices. Writ for new election issued.[3] Robertson was returned in the subsequent byelection.
4. ^ Overturned on petition to the court. Nicholas Awrey (Liberal) was declared elected.[3]
5. ^ Election declared void because of corrupt practices. Writ for new election issued,[3] but Barr would decline to stand for reelection. William Jelly would succeed in the ensuing race.

### References

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1. ^ a b c d e f "1879 general election results". Elections Ontario. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
2. ^ "Sessional Paper No. 19". List of Sessional Papers (Vol. XII Part III). Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 1880. pp. 53–54.
3. ^ a b c d e Journals of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 1880. pp. 7–10.

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