1875 Ontario general election

The 1875 Ontario general election was the third general election held in the Province of Ontario, Canada. It was held on January 18, 1875, to elect the 88 Members of the 3rd Legislative Assembly of Ontario ("MLAs").

The Ontario Liberal Party, led by Oliver Mowat, increased its majority in the Legislature for its second term in government.

The Ontario Conservative Party, led by Matthew Crooks Cameron lost four of its seats.

Electoral reforms
The Legislative Assembly had passed several pieces of legislation that impacted on the current election:


 * Members of the House of Commons of Canada were disqualified from holding a provincial seat.
 * The prior practice of voting by open declaration was abolished in favour of holding a secret ballot.

Redistribution of ridings
The Assembly was increased from 82 to 88 members, through the following changes:

! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party ! rowspan=2 | Party leader ! colspan=4 | MLAs ! colspan=4 | Votes ! Candidates !1871 !1875 !± !# ! ± !% ! ± (pp)


 * style="text-align:left;"|Oliver Mowat
 * 84 || 43  || 49  || 6  || 90,809  || 22,443  || 47.55% || 4.75


 * rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|Matthew Crooks Cameron
 * 81 || 38  || 35  || 3 || 87,802  || 27,876  || 45.98% || 0.13


 * 1 || – || 1  || 1  || 1,553  || 1,553  || 0.81% || New


 * || 2 || – || 2  || 2  || 2,129  || 2,129  || 1.11% || New


 * || 1 || – || 1  || 1  || 1,125  || 1,125  || 0.59% || New


 * || 1 || 1  || – || 1 || 791  || 325 || 0.41% || 0.44

! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total ! " colspan="2"|88 ! " colspan="2"|190,966 ! " colspan="2"| 100.00%
 * || 11 || – || – || – || 6,757  || 5,454  || 3.54% || 2.54
 * 181||82
 * colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Voter turnout
 * 190,966
 * 60,255
 * 67.95
 * 4.35
 * colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Registered electors
 * 283,856
 * 76,139
 * colspan="2"|
 * style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2" colspan="3" |Acclamations
 * style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" | ||8
 * style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" | ||1
 * }
 * style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" | ||8
 * style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" | ||1
 * }
 * }

Synopsis of results

 * = open seat
 * = turnout is above provincial average
 * = winning candidate was in previous Legislature
 * = incumbent had switched allegiance
 * = previously incumbent in another riding
 * = not incumbent; was previously elected to the Legislature
 * = incumbency arose from byelection gain
 * = other incumbents renominated
 * = previously an MP in the House of Commons of Canada
 * = multiple candidates

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

{{legend|#EA6D6A|Liberal}} {{legend|#9999FF|Conservative}} {{legend|#9999FF|Liberal-Conservative}} {{legend|#DCDCDC|Independent Conservative}} {{legend|#DCDCDC|Independent Liberal}}


 * Northern Ontario
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Algoma: Simon James Dawson}}


 * Ottawa Valley
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Carleton: George William Monk}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Lanark North: William Mostyn}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Lanark South: Abraham Code}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Ottawa: Daniel John O'Donoghue}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Prescott: William Harkin}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Renfrew North: Thomas Deacon}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Renfrew South: James Bonfield}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Russell: Adam Jacob Baker}}


 * Saint Lawrence Valley
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Brockville: Wilmot Howard Cole}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Cornwall: Alexander Fraser McIntyre}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Dundas: Andrew Broder}}
 * {{legend|#DCDCDC|Glengarry: Alexander James Grant (I-Lib)}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Grenville South: Christopher Finlay Fraser}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Kingston: William Robinson}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Leeds North and Grenville North: Henry Merrick}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Leeds South: Robert Henry Preston}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Stormont: James Bethune}}


 * Central Ontario
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Addington: Hammel Madden Deroche}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Durham East: John Rosevear}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Durham West: John McLeod}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Frontenac: Peter Graham}}
 * {{legend|#DCDCDC|Hastings East: Nathaniel Stephen Appleby (I-Con)}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Hastings North: George Henry Boulter}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Hastings West: Thomas Wills}}
 * {{legend|#DCDCDC|Lennox: John Thomas Grange (I-Con)}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Northumberland East: James Marshall Ferris}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Northumberland West: William Hargraft}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Peterborough East: John C. O'Sullivan}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Peterborough West: George Albertus Cox}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Prince Edward: Gideon Striker}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Victoria North: John David Smith}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Victoria South: Samuel Casey Wood}}


 * Georgian Bay
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Bruce North: Donald Sinclair}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Grey North: Thomas Scott}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Muskoka and Parry Sound: John Classon Miller}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Simcoe East: John Kean}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Simcoe South: D'Arcy Edward Boulton}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Simcoe West: Thomas Long}}


 * Wentworth/Halton/Niagara
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Halton: William Barber}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Hamilton: James Miller Williams}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Lincoln: Sylvester Neelon}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Monck: Henry Ryan Haney}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Welland: James George Currie}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Wentworth North: Thomas Stock}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Wentworth South: William Sexton}}


 * Midwestern Ontario
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Brant North: Hugh Finlayson}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Brant South: Arthur Sturgis Hardy}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Bruce South: Rupert Mearse Wells}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Dufferin: John Barr}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Grey East: Abram William Lauder}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Grey South: James Hill Hunter}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Haldimand: Jacob Baxter}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Huron East: Thomas Gibson}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Huron South: Archibald Bishop}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Huron West: Alexander McLagan Ross}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Norfolk North: John Fitzgerald Clarke}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Norfolk South: Richard Richardson}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Oxford North: Oliver Mowat}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Oxford South: Adam Oliver}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Perth North: David Davidson Hay}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Perth South: Thomas Ballantyne}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Waterloo North: Moses Springer}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Waterloo South: John Fleming}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Wellington Centre: Charles Clarke}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Wellington South: Peter Gow}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Wellington West: John McGowan (Lib-Con)}}


 * Southwestern Ontario
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Elgin East: John Henry Wilson}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Elgin West: M.G. Munroe}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Essex North: James Colebrooke Patterson}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Essex South: Lewis Wigle}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Kent East: Archibald McKellar}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Kent West: Alexander Coutts}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Lambton East: Peter Graham}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Lambton West: Timothy Blair Pardee}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|London: William Ralph Meredith}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Middlesex East: Richard Tooley}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Middlesex North: John McDougall}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Middlesex West: John Watterworth}}


 * Peel/York/Ontario
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Cardwell: John Flesher}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Ontario North: Thomas Paxton}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Ontario South: Nicholas W. Brown}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Peel: Kenneth Chisholm}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Toronto East: Matthew Crooks Cameron}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Toronto West: Robert Bell}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|York East: John Lane}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|York North: Joseph Henry Widdifield}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|York West: Peter Patterson}}

Controverted elections
The following constituencies had elections which were declared void, for which writs of election were issued and elections held prior to the opening of the first session of the new Legislature: