Ottawa (County of) (electoral district)

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.

Ottawa
Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1867
District abolished1892
First contested1867
Last contested1891

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:

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:

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member 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–ConservativeAlonzo Wrightacclaimed
1872 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal–ConservativeAlonzo Wrightacclaimed
1874 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal–ConservativeAlonzo Wright2,569
UnknownF. S. MacKay716
1878 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal–ConservativeAlonzo Wright3,025
UnknownJ. A. Cameron1,385
1882 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal–ConservativeAlonzo Wrightacclaimed
1887 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal–ConservativeAlonzo Wright2,630
LiberalA. S. C. Papineau1,784
1891 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalCharles Ramsay Devlin2,993
ConservativeJ. M. McDougall2,579
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