Lanark North (provincial electoral district)

This article is about the provincial electoral district. For the federal electoral district, see Lanark North.

Lanark North

Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	1867
District abolished	1933
First contested	1867
Last contested	1929

Lanark North was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1867 at the time of confederation and was abolished in 1933 before the 1934 election.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Lanark North
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
1st	1867–1871		Daniel Galbraith	Liberal
2nd	1871–1872
	1872–1874		William Clyde Caldwell
3rd	1875–1879		William Mostyn	Conservative
4th	1879–1883		William Clyde Caldwell	Liberal
5th	1883–1886
6th	1886–1888		Daniel Hilliard
	1888–1890		William Clyde Caldwell
7th	1890–1894
8th	1894–1898		Richard Franklin Preston	Conservative
9th	1898–1902		William Clyde Caldwell	Liberal
10th	1902–1905
11th	1905–1908		Richard Franklin Preston	Conservative
12th	1908–1911
13th	1911–1914
14th	1914–1919
15th	1919–1923		Hiram McCreary	United Farmers
16th	1923–1926		Thomas Alfred Thompson	Conservative
17th	1926–1928
18th	1929–1934		John Alexander Craig
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly
Merged into Lanark before 1934 election

Election results

1867 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Daniel Galbraith	Acclaimed
Source: Elections Ontario

1871 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Daniel Galbraith	Acclaimed
Source: Elections Ontario

Ontario provincial by-election, August 1872 Resignation of Daniel Galbraith
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	William Clyde Caldwell	619	51.80
	Conservative	Bennett Rosamond	576	48.20
Total valid votes			1,195	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing
Source: History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario

1875 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Mostyn	913	50.72	+2.52
	Liberal	William Clyde Caldwell	887	49.28	−2.52
Turnout			1,800	80.07
Eligible voters			2,248
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+2.52
Source: Elections Ontario

1879 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Clyde Caldwell	1,309	56.04	+6.76
	Conservative	William Mostyn	1,027	43.96	−6.76
Total valid votes			2,336	73.44	−6.64
Eligible voters			3,181
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+6.76
Source: Elections Ontario