Ottawa (County of) (electoral district)

Ottawa
Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1867
District abolished	1892
First contested	1867
Last contested	1891

Ottawa (County of) (French: Ottawa (Compté d')) was a federal electoral district in Quebec in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1892. It was based in the Outaouais region of Quebec, across the Ottawa River from the city of Ottawa, Ontario.

The electoral district was created by the British North America Act, 1867, based on the former electoral district of Ottawa in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada. The district was redistributed into the new electoral districts of Wright and Labelle in 1892.

Members of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada

This riding elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada:

Philemon Wright (1830–1834)
Theodore Davis (1832–1834) (second member added)
James Blackburn & Baxter Bowman (1834–1838)

Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada

This riding elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada:

Charles Dewey Day, (1841–1842)
Denis-Benjamin Papineau, (1842–1848)
John Egan, {1848-1854)
Alanson Cooke, (1854–1858)
Denis-Émery Papineau, (1858–1861)
William McDonell Dawson, (1861-1863}
Alonzo Wright, (1863–1867)

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
County of Ottawa
1st	1867–1872	Alonzo Wright	Liberal–Conservative
2nd	1872–1874
3rd	1874–1878
4th	1878–1882
5th	1882–1887
6th	1887–1891
7th	1891–1896	Charles Ramsay Devlin	Liberal
Riding dissolved into Wright and Labelle

Election results

1867 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	Alonzo Wright	acclaimed

1872 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	Alonzo Wright	acclaimed

1874 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	Alonzo Wright	2,569
	Unknown	F. S. MacKay	716

1878 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	Alonzo Wright	3,025
	Unknown	J. A. Cameron	1,385

1882 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	Alonzo Wright	acclaimed

1887 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	Alonzo Wright	2,630
	Liberal	A. S. C. Papineau	1,784

1891 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Ramsay Devlin	2,993
	Conservative	J. M. McDougall	2,579

External links

Riding history from the Library of Parliament