Essex South
Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	1875
District abolished	1996
First contested	1875
Last contested	1995

Essex South was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1875 when the riding of Essex was split into Essex North and Essex South. It was abolished in 1996 before the 1999 election.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Essex South
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
*Riding created from Essex in 1875*
3rd	1875–1879		Lewis Wigle	Conservative
4th	1879–1882		Lewis Wigle	Conservative
4th	1882–1883		William Balfour	Liberal
5th	1883–1886
6th	1886–1890
7th	1890–1894
8th	1894–1896
8th	1896–1898		John Allan Auld	Liberal
9th	1898–1902
10th	1902–1905
11th	1905–1908
12th	1908–1911		Charles Anderson	Conservative
13th	1911–1914		Charles Anderson	Conservative
14th	1914–1919		Lambert Peter Wigle	Liberal
15th	1919–1923		Milton C. Fox	United Farmers
16th	1923–1926		Adolphus T. Armstrong	Conservative
17th	1926–1929		Charles George Fletcher	Liberal
18th	1929–1934		Austin Burton Smith	Conservative
19th	1934–1937		Lambert Peter Wigle	Liberal
20th	1937–1943		Charles George Fletcher	Liberal
21st	1943–1945		William Murdoch	Progressive Conservative
22nd	1945–1948
23rd	1948–1951
24th	1951–1955
25th	1955–1959
26th	1959–1963
27th	1963–1967		Donald Paterson	Liberal
28th	1967–1971
29th	1971–1975
30th	1975–1977		Remo Mancini	Liberal
31st	1977–1981
32nd	1981–1985
33rd	1985–1987
34th	1987–1990
35th	1990–1993
35th	1993–1995		Bruce Crozier	Liberal
36th	1995–1999		Bruce Crozier	Liberal
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly^[1]
*Merged into Essex riding before the 1999 election*

Election results

v t e 1875 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Lewis Wigle	1,014	51.19
	Liberal	J.C. Iler	967	48.81
Turnout			1,981	69.61
Eligible voters			2,846
Election voided
Source: Elections Ontario^[2]

v t e Ontario provincial by-election, September 1875 Previous election voided
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Lewis Wigle	1,310	58.53
	Liberal	J.C. Iler	928	41.47
Total valid votes			2,238
	Conservative pickup new district.
Source: History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario^[3]^: 81

References

^
For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
- For Lewis Wigle's Legislative Assembly information see "Lewis Wigle, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
- For William Balfour's Legislative Assembly information see "William Balfour, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
- For John Allen Auld's Legislative Assembly information see "John Allen Auld, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
- For Charles N. Anderson's Legislative Assembly information see "Charles N. Anderson, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
- For Lambert Peter Wigle's Legislative Assembly information see "Lambert Peter Wigle, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
- For Milton C. Fox's Legislative Assembly information see "Milton C. Fox, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
- For Adolphus T. Armstrong's Legislative Assembly information see "Adolphus T. Armstrong, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
- For Charles George Fletcher's Legislative Assembly information see "Charles George Fletcher, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
- For Austin Burton Smith's Legislative Assembly information see "Austin Burton Smith, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
- For William Murdoch's Legislative Assembly information see "William Murdoch, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
- For Donald Paterson's Legislative Assembly information see "Donald Paterson, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
- For Remo Mancini's Legislative Assembly information see "Remo Mancini, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
- For Bruce Crozier's Legislative Assembly information see "Bruce Crozier, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
^ "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.