Renfrew South (provincial electoral district)

This article is about the provincial electoral district. For the federal electoral district, see Renfrew South.

Renfrew South

Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	1867
District abolished	1987
First contested	1867
Last contested	1985

Renfrew South was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1867 at the time of confederation and was abolished in 1986 before the 1987 election.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Renfrew South
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
1st	1867–1871		John Lorn McDougall	Liberal
2nd	1871–1875		Eric Harrington	Conservative
3rd	1875–1879		James Bonfield	Liberal
4th	1879–1883
5th	1883–1886		John Francis Dowling
6th	1886–1890		John Alfred McAndrew
7th	1890–1894		John Francis Dowling
8th	1894–1898		Robert Adam Campbell
9th	1898–1899
	1899–1902		Francis Robert Latchford
10th	1902–1905
11th	1905–1908		Thomas McGarry	Conservative
12th	1908–1911
13th	1911–1914
14th	1914–1919
15th	1919–1923		John Carty	United Farmers
16th	1923–1926
17th	1926–1929		Thomas Moore Costello	Conservative
18th	1929–1934		Thomas Patrick Murray	Liberal
19th	1934–1937
20th	1937–1943
21st	1943–1945
22nd	1945–1948		James Shannon Dempsey	Progressive Conservative
23rd	1948–1951
24th	1951–1955
25th	1955–1956
	1956–1959		James Maloney	Progressive Conservative
26th	1959–1962
	1962–1963		Leonard Quilty	Liberal
27th	1963–1967		Paul Yakabuski	Progressive Conservative
28th	1967–1971
29th	1971–1975
30th	1975–1977
31st	1977–1981
32nd	1981–1985
33rd	1985–1987
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly
Merged into Renfrew North and Lanark-Renfrew ridings after 1987

Election results

1867 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	John Lorn McDougall	543	63.96
	Conservative	T.P. French	306	36.04
Total valid votes			849	71.17
Eligible voters			1,193
	Liberal pickup new district.
Source: Elections Ontario

1871 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eric Harrington	448	63.46	+27.41
	Liberal	Mr. Stewart	258	36.54	−27.41
Turnout			706	59.88	−11.29
Eligible voters			1,179
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+27.41
Source: Elections Ontario

1875 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James Bonfield	Acclaimed
Source: Elections Ontario

1879 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	James Bonfield	837	54.28
	Conservative	Eric Harrington	705	45.72
Total valid votes			1,542	67.72
Eligible voters			2,277
	Liberal hold		Swing		–
Source: Elections Ontario