1867 Ontario general election

The 1867 Ontario general election was the first general election held in the newly created Province of Ontario, Canada. Previously, the territory was known as Canada West, a part of the Province of Canada. The election was held on September 3, 1867, to elect the 82 members of the 1st Legislative Assembly (MLAs). The dates of the election in 1867 varied from August 20 to September 26.

The Conservative Party, led by John Sandfield Macdonald, and the Ontario Liberal Party, led by Archibald McKellar, each won 41 seats. A coalition government was formed under the leadership of Macdonald.

Votes were recorded orally. Voter eligibility was only 13% of the population.

Results
! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party ! rowspan=2 | Party leader ! rowspan=2 colspan=1 | Candidates ! rowspan=2 colspan=1 | Seats ! colspan=2 | Votes !# !%


 * style="text-align:left;"|John Sandfield Macdonald
 * 78 || 41  || 80,111  ||50.28%


 * style="text-align:left;"|Archibald McKellar
 * 80 || 41  || 77,689  ||48.76%

! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total ! 82 ! 159,323 ! 100.00%
 * || 15 || –  || 1,523  ||0.96%
 * 173
 * colspan="5" style="text-align:left;" | Registered electors
 * 215,722
 * style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2" colspan="3" |Acclamations
 * style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" | ||2
 * style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" | ||4
 * style="text-align:left;" colspan="3" |Other candidates receiving nil votes
 * style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" | ||1
 * }
 * style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" | ||4
 * style="text-align:left;" colspan="3" |Other candidates receiving nil votes
 * style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" | ||1
 * }
 * }

Synopsis of results

 * = elected by acclamation
 * = turnout is above provincial average
 * = was a member of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada
 * = was a member of the Legislative Council of the Province of Canada
 * = multiple candidates

MLAs elected by region and riding
Party designations are as follows:

{{legend|#EA6D6A|Liberal}} {{legend|#9999FF|Conservative}}


 * Northern Ontario
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Algoma: Frederick William Cumberland}}


 * Ottawa Valley
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Carleton: Robert Lyon}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Lanark North: Daniel Galbraith}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Lanark South: William McNairn Shaw}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Ottawa: Richard William Scott}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Prescott: James P. Boyd}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Renfrew North: John Supple}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Renfrew South: John Lorn McDougall}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Russell: William Craig}}


 * Saint Lawrence Valley
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Brockville and Elizabethtown: William Fitzsimmons}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Cornwall: John Sandfield MacDonald }}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Dundas: Simon S. Cook}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Glengarry: James Craig}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Grenville South: Mcneil Clarke}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Kingston: Maxwell W. Strange}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Leeds North and Grenville North: Henry Dolphus Smith}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Leeds South: Benjamin Tett}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Stormont: William Colquhoun}}


 * Central Ontario
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Addington: Edmund John Glyn Hooper}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Durham East: Arthur Trefusis Heneage Williams}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Durham West: John McLeod}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Frontenac: Henry Smith}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Hastings East: Henry Corby}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Hastings North: George Henry Boulter}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Hastings West: Ketchum Graham}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Lennox: John Stevenson}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Northumberland East: John Eyre}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Northumberland West: Alexander Fraser}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Peterborough East: George Read}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Peterborough West: John Carnegie}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Prince Edward: Absalom Greeley}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Victoria North: Alexander Peter Cockburn}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Victoria South: Thomas Matchett}}


 * Georgian Bay
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Bruce North: Donald Sinclair}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Grey North: Thomas Scott}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Simcoe North: William Lount}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Simcoe South: Thomas Roberts Ferguson}}


 * Wentworth/Halton/Niagara
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Halton: William Barber}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Hamilton: James Miller Williams}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Lincoln: John Charles Rykert}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Monck: George Secord}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Niagara: Donald Robertson}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Welland: William Beatty}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Wentworth North: Robert Christie}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Wentworth South: William Sexton}}


 * Midwestern Ontario
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Brant North: Hugh Finlayson}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Brant South: Edmund Burke Wood }}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Bruce South: Edward Blake }}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Grey South: Abram William Lauder}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Haldimand: Jacob Baxter}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Huron North: William Torrance Hays}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Huron South: Robert Gibbons}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Norfolk North: James Wilson}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Norfolk South: Simpson McCall}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Oxford North: George Perry}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Oxford South: Adam Oliver}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Perth North: Andrew Monteith}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Perth South: James Trow}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Waterloo North: Moses Springer}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Waterloo South: Isaac Clemens}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Wellington Centre: Alexander David Ferrier}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Wellington North: Robert McKim}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Wellington South: Peter Gow}}


 * Southwestern Ontario
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Bothwell: Archibald McKellar}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Elgin East: Daniel Luton}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Elgin West: Nicol McColl}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Essex: Solomon Wigle}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Kent: John Smith}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Lambton: Timothy Blair Pardee}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|London: John Carling }}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Middlesex East: James Evans}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Middlesex North: James Sinclair Smith}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Middlesex West: Nathaniel Currie}}


 * Peel/York/Ontario
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Cardwell: Thomas Swinarton}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Ontario North: Thomas Paxton}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Ontario South: William McGill}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Peel: John Coyne}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Toronto East: Matthew Crooks Cameron}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Toronto West: John Wallis}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|York East: Hugh Powell Crosby}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|York North: John McMurrich}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|York West: Thomas Grahame}}