James Marshall Ferris
James Marshall Ferris | |
|---|---|
| Ontario MPP | |
| In office 1875–1886 | |
| Preceded by | William Wilson Webb |
| Succeeded by | William Arnson Willoughby |
| Constituency | Northumberland East |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1828 |
| Died | March 2, 1893 (aged 64) |
| Party | Liberal |
| Spouse |
Catherine Fralick (m. 1857) |
| Children | none |
| Occupation | Postmaster |
James Marshall Ferris (1828 – March 2, 1893) was an Ontario politician. He represented Northumberland East in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal member from 1875 to 1886.
He was born in County Fermanagh, Ireland in 1828 and came to Canada West in 1850. In 1857, he married Catherine Fralick. Ferris served as postmaster of Campbellford, Ontario, reeve of Seymour Township and warden of the United Counties of Northumberland and Durham.
Ferris acquired large amounts of property in the Campbellford area and his descendants donated the land which later became Ferris Provincial Park.
Electoral history
| 1875 Ontario general election: Northumberland East | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | James Marshall Ferris | 1,551 | 48.27 | +10.58 | ||||
| Conservative | E. Cochrane | 1,448 | 45.07 | +9.00 | ||||
| Liberal | William Wilson Webb | 214 | 6.66 | −31.04 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 3,213 | 74.62 | +21.39 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 4,306 | |||||||
| Election voided | ||||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[1] | ||||||||
| Ontario provincial by-election, November 1875: Northumberland East Previous election voided | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | James Marshall Ferris | 1,709 | 52.46 | +14.76 | ||||
| Conservative | E. Cochrane | 1,549 | 47.54 | +11.48 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 3,258 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +1.64 | ||||||
| Source: History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario[2]: 248 | ||||||||
| 1879 Ontario general election: Northumberland East | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | James Marshall Ferris | 1,887 | 50.64 | −1.81 | ||||
| Conservative | E. Cochrane | 1,839 | 49.36 | +1.81 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 3,726 | 71.32 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 5,224 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | −1.81 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[3] | ||||||||
References
- ↑ "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1875. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
- ↑ Lewis, Roderick (1968). Centennial Edition of a History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario, 1867–1968. OCLC 1052682.
- ↑ "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1879. Retrieved April 19, 2024.
External links
- Ontario Legislative Assembly parliamentary history
- Mackintosh, C.H., ed. (1877). The Canadian Parliamentary Companion and Annual Register. Ottawa: Citizen Printing and Publishing Company. pp. 254–255.