1883 Ontario general election

The 1883 Ontario general election was the fifth general election held in the Province of Ontario, Canada, to elect the 88 Members of the 5th Legislative Assembly of Ontario ("MLAs"). Held on February 27, 1883, the fifth Ontario provincial election was the only one ever contested in the month of February.

The Ontario Liberal Party, led by Oliver Mowat, won a fourth consecutive term in government, despite losing nine seats in the Legislature.

The Ontario Conservative Party, led by William Ralph Meredith, won eight additional seats.

Results
! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party ! rowspan=2 | Party leader ! colspan=4 | MNAs ! colspan=4 | Votes ! Candidates !1879 !1883 !± !# ! ± !% ! ± (pp)


 * style="text-align:left;"|Oliver Mowat
 * 87 || 57  || 48  || 9 || 125,017  || 5,869  || 48.20% || 0.13


 * style="text-align:left;"|William Ralph Meredith
 * 80 || 29  || 37  || 8  || 120,853  || 2,340  || 46.59% || 1.23


 * || 3 || – || 2  || 2  || 3,239  || 3,239  || 1.25% ||New


 * || 8 || – || 1  || 1  || 3,956  || 3,071  || 1.53% || 1.73


 * || 4 || 2  || – || 2 || 2,354  || 243  || 0.91% || 0.06

! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total ! " colspan="2"|88 ! " colspan="2"|259,376 ! " colspan="2"| 100.00%
 * || 3 || – || – || – || 3,957  || 3,957  || 1.53% ||New
 * 185||88
 * colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Rejected ballots
 * 1,722
 * 1,722
 * colspan="2"|
 * colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Voter turnout
 * 261,098
 * 13,241
 * 67.95
 * 4.73
 * colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Registered electors
 * 384,255
 * 7,830
 * colspan="2"|
 * style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2" colspan="3" |Acclamations
 * style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" | ||4
 * style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" | ||1
 * }
 * style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2" colspan="3" |Acclamations
 * style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" | ||4
 * 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
 * = incumbency arose from prior election result being overturned by the court
 * = 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|#DCDCDC|Independent Liberal}} {{legend|#DCDCDC|Independent}}


 * Northern Ontario
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Algoma: Robert Adam Lyon}}


 * Ottawa Valley
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Carleton: George William Monk}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Lanark North: William Clyde Caldwell}}
 * {{legend|#DCDCDC|Lanark South: William Lees (Ind)}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Ottawa: Patrick Baskerville}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Prescott: Albert Peter Hagar}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Renfrew North: Thomas Murray}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Renfrew South: John Francis Dowling}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Russell: Honoré Robillard}}


 * Saint Lawrence Valley
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Brockville: Christopher Finlay Fraser}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Cornwall: Alexander Peter Ross}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Dundas: Andrew Broder}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Glengarry: James Rayside}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Grenville South: Frederick John French}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Kingston: James Henry Metcalfe}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Leeds North and Grenville North: Henry Merrick}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Leeds South: Robert Henry Preston}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Stormont: Joseph Kerr}}


 * Central Ontario
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Addington: George Denison}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Durham East: Charles Herbert Brereton}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Durham West: James Wellington McLaughlin}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Frontenac: Henry Wilmot}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Hastings East: William Parker Hudson}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Hastings North: Alpheus Field Wood}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Hastings West: Ephraim George Sills}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Lennox: Alexander Hall Roe}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Northumberland East: James Marshall Ferris}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Northumberland West: Robert Mulholland}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Peterborough East: Thomas Blezard}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Peterborough West: John Carnegie}}
 * {{legend|#DCDCDC|Prince Edward: James Hart (I-Lib)}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Victoria North: John Fell}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Victoria South: Duncan John McIntyre}}


 * Georgian Bay
 * {{legend|#DCDCDC|Bruce North: John Gillies (I-Lib)}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Grey North: David Creighton}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Muskoka and Parry Sound: Frederick G. Fauquier}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Simcoe East: Charles Alfred Drury}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Simcoe South: George Prevost McKay}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Simcoe West: Orson James Phelps}}


 * Wentworth/Halton/Niagara
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Halton: William Kerns}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Hamilton: John Morison Gibson}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Lincoln: Sylvester Neelon}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Monck: Richard Harcourt}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Welland: James E. Morin}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Wentworth North: James McMahon}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Wentworth South: Nicholas Awrey}}


 * Midwestern Ontario
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Brant North: James Young}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Brant South: Arthur Sturgis Hardy}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Bruce South: Hamilton Parke O'Connor}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Dufferin: Robert McGhee}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Grey East: Abram William Lauder}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Grey South: John Blythe}}
 * {{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 Bailey Freeman}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Norfolk South: William Morgan}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Oxford North: Oliver Mowat}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Oxford South: Adam Crooks}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Perth North: John George Hess}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Perth South: Thomas Ballantyne}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Waterloo North: Elias Weber Bingeman Snider}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Waterloo South: Isaac Master}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Wellington Centre: Charles Clarke}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Wellington South: James Laidlaw}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Wellington West: Robert McKim}}


 * Southwestern Ontario
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Elgin East: Charles Oaks Ermatinger}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Elgin West: John Cascaden}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Essex North: Solomon White}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Essex South: William Douglas Balfour}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Kent East: Daniel McCraney}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Kent West: James Clancy}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Lambton East: Peter Graham}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Lambton West: Timothy Blair Pardee}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|London: William Ralph Meredith}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Middlesex East: Donald MacKenzie}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Middlesex North: John Waters}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Middlesex West: Alexander Johnston}}


 * Peel/York/Ontario
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Cardwell: William Henry Hammell}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Ontario North: Isaac James Gould}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Ontario South: John Dryden}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Peel: Kenneth Chisholm}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Toronto East: Alexander Morris}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Toronto West: Henry Edward Clarke}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|York East: George Badgerow}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|York North: Joseph Henry Widdifield}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|York West: John Gray}}