Ottawa was the name of a provincial electoral district that elected one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Canada from 1867 to 1894 and two members from 1894 to 1908.
The riding was created when Ontario became a province in 1867, initially consisting solely of the City of Ottawa. It was expanded in the 1894 redistribution to include the villages of Ottawa East and Hintonburg, the unincorporated community of Mechanicsville and that part of the Township of Nepean located in Lots 36, 37, 38 in Concession A of Ottawa Front (mostly the area around the Bayswater community, today the area east of Parkdale Avenue and north of Carling Avenue). The riding was abolished in the 1908 redistribution into Ottawa East and Ottawa West.
When the Ottawa district had two members, 1894–1908, each voter could cast up to two votes (Block Voting).
Members of Provincial Parliament
Assembly Years Member Party Member Party Two members 8th 1894–1898 George O. O'Keefe Liberal Erskine Henry Bronson Liberal 9th 1898–1902 Charles Berkeley Powell Conservative Alexander Lumsden 10th 1902–1904 Dennis Murphy Conservative 11th 1905–1908 George Samuel May Liberal Donald Joseph McDougal Liberal
Election results
1867–1890
|Conservative (Equal Rights) |D. Donaldson |align="right"|1,964 |align="right"|36.76
1894–1905 (two members elected) Plurality block voting was used
References
Centennial Edition of a History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario 1867-1967