The 1886 Ontario general election was the sixth general election held in the Province of

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, Canada. It was held on December 28, 1886, to elect the 90 Members of the 6th Legislative Assembly of Ontario ("MLAs"). The election results were characterized a "crushing defeat for the Conservatives. The

Ontario Liberal Party The Ontario Liberal Party (OLP; french: Parti libéral de l'Ontario, PLO) is a political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. The party has been led by interim leader John Fraser (Ontario MPP), John Fraser since August 2022. The party esp ...

, led by

Oliver Mowat Sir Oliver Mowat (July 22, 1820 – April 19, 1903) was a Canadian lawyer, politician, and Ontario Liberal Party leader. He served for nearly 24 years as the third premier of Ontario. He was the eighth lieutenant governor of Ontario and one of ...

, won a fifth consecutive term in government and an increased majority in the Legislature. The

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, led by

William Ralph Meredith Sir William Ralph Meredith, (March 31, 1840 – August 21, 1923) was a Canadian lawyer, politician and judge. He served as Leader of the Ontario Conservatives from 1878 to 1894, Chancellor of the University of Toronto from 1900 until his de ...

lost five of its seats. In Toronto, this and the next election (1890) were held under the Limited Vote system wherein Toronto voters had two votes for the three MPPs in their district. This allowed a degree of minority representation.

Redistribution of ridings

The Assembly was increased from 88 to 90 members, through the following changes:

Results

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1883 Events January–March * January 4 – ''Life'' magazine is founded in Los Angeles, California, United States. * January 10 – A fire at the Newhall Hotel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, kills 73 people. * Ja ...

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, 88 , 48 , , 57 , 9 , 153,282 , 48.41% , 0.21 , style="text-align:left;",

, 83 , 37 , , 32 , 5 , 148,969 , 47.05% , 0.46 , style="text-align:left;", , 5 , 1 , , 1 , , 2,145 , 0.68% , 0.85 , style="text-align:left;", , , 2 , , – , 2 , colspan="3", ''Did not campaign'' , style="text-align:left;", , 5 , – , – , – , , 12,196 , 3.85% , 2.32 , style="text-align:left;", , 1 , – , – , – , , 14 , – , , style="text-align:left;", , , – , – , – , , colspan="3", ''Did not campaign'' , colspan="3", , , colspan="5", , -style="background:#E9E9E9;" , colspan="3" style="text-align:left;", Total , 182 , 88 , 88 , 90 , , 316,606 , 100.00% , , - , colspan="8" style="text-align:left;", Blank and invalid ballots , align="right", 3,622 , style="background:#E9E9E9;" colspan="2", , -style="background:#E9E9E9;" , colspan="8" style="text-align:left;", Registered voters / turnout , 459,495 , 69.69% , 6.23

References

1886 Events January–March * January 1 – Upper Burma is formally annexed to British Burma, following its conquest in the Third Anglo-Burmese War of November 1885. * January 5– 9 – Robert Louis Stevenson's novella ''Strange ...

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Redistribution of ridings

Results

See also

References