# Simcoe South (provincial electoral district)

Simcoe South was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1867 at the time of confederation and was abolished in 1933 before the 1934 election.

## Members of Provincial Parliament

Simcoe South :
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| 1st | 1867–1871 | Thomas Roberts Ferguson | Conservative |
| 2nd | 1871–1873 | Thomas Roberts Ferguson | Conservative |
| 2nd | 1874–1874 | D'Arcy Boulton | Conservative |
| 3rd | 1875–1875 | D'Arcy Boulton | Conservative |
| 3rd | 1875–1878 | William McDougall | Liberal |
| 3rd | 1878–1879 | William James Parkhill | Conservative |
| 4th | 1879–1883 | William James Parkhill | Conservative |
| 5th | 1883–1886 | George Prevost McKay | Conservative |
| Abolished in 1886, reestablished in 1908 |||||
| 12th | 1908–1911 | Alexander Ferguson | Conservative |
| 13th | 1911–1914 | Alexander Ferguson | Conservative |
| 14th | 1914–1919 | Alexander Ferguson | Conservative |
| 15th | 1919–1923 | Edgar James Evans | United Farmers |
| 16th | 1923–1926 | William Earl Rowe | Conservative |
| Renamed Simcoe Southwest before the 1926 election |||||
| 17th | 1926–1929 | John Henry Mitchell | Liberal–Progressive |
| 18th | 1929–1934 | James Edgar Jamieson | Conservative |
| Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly |||||
| Merged into Simcoe Centre and Simcoe East before the 1934 election |||||

## Election results

vte1867 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Thomas Roberts Ferguson | Acclaimed |
| Source: Elections Ontario |||||||
vte1871 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Thomas Roberts Ferguson | Acclaimed |
| Source: Elections Ontario |||||||
vteOntario provincial by-election, January 1874 Resignation of Thomas Roberts Ferguson :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | D'Arcy Boulton | 1,622 | 54.12 |
| | Independent | T. Saunders | 1,375 | 45.88 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 2,997 | 100.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | Swing |
| Source: History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario$^{:352}$ |||||||
vte1875 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | D'Arcy Boulton | 1,057 | 58.17 | +4.05 |
| | Liberal | R. Snelling | 760 | 41.83 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 1,817 | 67.15 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 2,706 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | +4.05 |
| Source: Elections Ontario |||||||
vteOntario provincial by-election, June 1875 Death of D'Arcy Boulton :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent Liberal | William McDougall | 817 | 60.30 | |
| | Independent | G. Dinwoody | 538 | 39.70 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 1,355 |
| | Independent Liberal gain from Conservative | Independent Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | Swing | – |
| Source: History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario$^{:352}$ |||||||
vteOntario provincial by-election, October 1878 Resignation of William McDougall :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Elected |
| | Conservative | William James Parkhill | Un­known | Y |
| | Independent | J.H.W. Wilson | Un­known | |
| | Conservative gain from Independent Liberal | Conservative gain from Independent Liberal | Swing | Swing |
| Source: History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario$^{:352}$ |||||||
vte1879 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | William James Parkhill | Acclaimed |
| Source: Elections Ontario |||||||