Essex North (provincial electoral district)

For other uses, see Essex North (disambiguation).

Essex North

Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	1875
District abolished	1996
First contested	1875
Last contested	1995

Essex North was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1875 when the riding of Essex was split into Essex North and Essex South. It was renamed in 1967 to Essex-Kent before changing back to Essex North in 1975. It was changed back to Essex-Kent again in 1987 and finally was abolished in 1996 before the 1999 election.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Essex North
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Essex in 1875
3rd	1875–1879		James Colebrooke Patterson	Conservative
	1878–1879		Solomon White	Conservative
4th	1879–1883
5th	1883–1886
6th	1886–1890		Gaspard Pacaud	Liberal
7th	1890–1894		Solomon White	Conservative
8th	1894–1898		William J. McKee	Liberal
9th	1898–1902
10th	1902–1905		Joseph Octave Reaume	Conservative
11th	1905–1908
12th	1908–1911
13th	1911–1914
14th	1914–1919		Severin Ducharme	Liberal
15th	1919–1923		Alphonse George Tisdelle	United Farmers
16th	1923–1926		Edward Philip Tellier	Liberal
17th	1926–1929		Paul Poisson	Conservative
18th	1929–1934
19th	1934–1937		Adélard Trottier	Liberal
20th	1937–1943
21st	1943–1945		Arthur Nelson Alles	Co-operative Commonwealth
22nd	1945–1948		Alexander Parent	Liberal–Labour
23rd	1948–1951		Gordon Bennett Ellis	Co-operative Commonwealth
24th	1951–1955		Arthur Reaume	Liberal
25th	1955–1959
26th	1959–1963
27th	1963–1967
Renamed to Essex—Kent
28th	1967–1971		Dick Ruston	Liberal
29th	1971–1975
Renamed to Essex North
30th	1975–1977		Dick Ruston	Liberal
31st	1977–1981
32nd	1981–1985
33rd	1985–1987		Pat Hayes	New Democratic
Renamed to Essex—Kent
34th	1987–1990		Jim McGuigan	Liberal
35th	1990–1995		Pat Hayes	New Democratic
36th	1995–1999		Pat Hoy	Liberal
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly
Merged into Essex riding before the 1999 election

Election results

Essex (1875–1963)

1875 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	James Colebrooke Patterson	1,209	61.56
	Independent	Luc Montrieul	755	38.44
Turnout			1,964	54.37
Eligible voters			3,612
	Conservative pickup new district.
Source: Elections Ontario

Ontario provincial by-election, September 1878 Resignation of James Colebrooke Patterson
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Solomon White	687	99.85	+38.30
	Independent	Mr. Rankin	1	0.15
Total valid votes			688
	Conservative hold		Swing		+38.30
Source: History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario

1879 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Solomon White	1,062	56.04	−43.81
	Liberal	Mr. Gigniac	833	43.96
Total valid votes			1,895	42.68
Eligible voters			4,440
	Conservative hold		Swing		−43.81
Source: Elections Ontario