Durham East was a federal electoral district

Electoral district (Canada)

An electoral district in Canada, also known as a constituency or a riding, is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based...

 represented in the Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

The House of Commons of Canada is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign and the Senate. The House of Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 308 members known as Members of Parliament...

 from 1867 to 1904. It was located in the province

Provinces and territories of Canada

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 of Ontario

Ontario

Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867 which divided the county of Durham into two ridings: Durham West

Durham West

Durham West was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1904. It was located in the province of Ontario...

 and Durham East.

The East Riding of Durham was abolished in 1903 when it was merged into Durham

Durham (electoral district)

Durham is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1904 to 1968, and since 1988....

 riding.

Election results

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|BURTON, Francis H.

Francis H. Burton

Francis Henry Burton was an Ontario businessman and political figure. He represented Durham East in the 1st Canadian Parliament as a Conservative member....

 
|align="right"| 1,134
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|BEAMISH,
|align="right"|451
|}
|-

|ROSS, Lewis
|align="right"| 1,357
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|KIRCHHOFFER,
|align="right"| 1,117
|}
|-

|ROSS, Lewis
|align="right"| 1,373
|-

|BEAMISH,
|align="right"| 722
|}
|-

|WILLIAMS, A.T.H.
|align="right"| 1,717
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|ROSS, Lewis
|align="right"| 1,317
|}
|-

|WILLIAMS, Arthur T.H.
|align="right"| 1,638
|-

|ROSS, Lewis
|align="right"| 1,257
|}

On Mr. Williams' death, 4 July 1885:

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|WARD, Henry Alfred
|align="right"| acclaimed
|}
|-

|WARD, Henry A.
|align="right"| 1,667
|-

|FALLIS, John
|align="right"|1,275
|}
|-

|CRAIG, Thomas Dixon

Thomas Dixon Craig

Thomas Dixon Craig was an Ontario merchant and political figure. He represented Durham East in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1886 to 1890 and in the Canadian House of Commons from 1891 to 1900 as an Independent Conservative member.He was born in London, England in 1842 and came to Upper...

 
|align="right"| 1,746

|Equal Rights

Equal Rights Party (Canada)

The Equal Rights Party was a Canadian political party that nominated two candidates in the 5 March 1891 federal election. Samuel Grandy, running in Durham East riding in Ontario, won 1,685 of the 3,431 votes cast , losing narrowly to Conservative Party candidate Thomas Dixon Craig, who collected...

|GRANDY, Samuel
|align="right"| 1,685
|}
|-

|CRAIG, Thomas Dixon
|align="right"| 1,767
|-

|MCCLEAN, Milliam
|align="right"| 1,598
|}
|-

|WARD, Henry Alfred
|align="right"| 1,661
|-

|POWERS, Dr. L.B.
|align="right"|1,450
|}

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament
  Library of Parliament
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