Template:1873 Ontario provincial by-elections/Brant South

Ontario provincial by-election, May 1873: Brant South Resignation of Edmund Burke Wood
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Arthur Sturgis Hardy	1,288	53.76	+6.45
	Independent	J.J. Hawkins	1,108	46.24
Total valid votes			2,396	100.0	+7.73
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+6.45
Source: History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario