Durham East

For the defunct provincial electoral district, see Durham East (provincial electoral district).

Durham East was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1904. It was located in the province of Ontario. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867 which divided the county of Durham into two ridings: Durham West and Durham East.

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

Election results

Canadian federal election, 1867
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Francis H. Burton	1,134
	Unknown	Mr. Beamish	451

Canadian federal election, 1872
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Lewis Ross	1,357
	Unknown	Mr. Kirchhoffer	1,117

Canadian federal election, 1874
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Lewis Ross	1,373
	Unknown	Mr. Beamish	722

Canadian federal election, 1878
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Arthur Trefusis Heneage Williams	1,717
	Liberal	Lewis Ross	1,317

Canadian federal election, 1882
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	WILLIAMS, Arthur T.H.	1,638
	Liberal	ROSS, Lewis	1,257

On Mr. Williams' death, 4 July 1885:

By-election on 24 August 1885
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	WARD, Henry Alfred	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1887
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	WARD, Henry Alfred	1,667
	Independent Liberal	FALLIS, John	1,275

Canadian federal election, 1891
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	CRAIG, Thomas Dixon	1,746
	Equal Rights	GRANDY, Samuel	1,685

Canadian federal election, 1896
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	CRAIG, Thomas Dixon	1,767
	McCarthyite	MCCLEAN, Milliam	1,598

Canadian federal election, 1900
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	WARD, Henry Alfred	1,661
	Liberal	POWERS, Dr. L.B.	1,450

See also

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

External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament