North Riding of Yorkshire North Riding of Yorkshire The North Riding of Yorkshire is one of the three historic subdivisions (ridings) of the English county of Yorkshire, alongside the East and West ridings. From the Restoration it was used as a lieutenancy area, having been part of the Yorkshire lieutenancy previously. The three ridings were treated as three counties for many purposes, such as having separate quarter sessions. An administrative county was created with a county council in 1889 under the Local Government Act 1888 on the historic boundaries. In 1974 both the administrative county and the Lieutenancy of the North Riding of Yorkshire
Northumberland—Quinte West Commission accepted these criticisms and restored Northumberland County's riding as Northumberland—Pine Ridge, which was later renamed Northumberland—Peterborough South. This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament: Northumberland—Quinte West Northumberland—Quinte West was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004. Its population in 2001 was 118,906. Following the Canadian federal electoral redistribution, 2012, the electoral district was dissolved into the ridings of Northumberland—Peterborough South and Bay of Quinte. The district included the County of Northumberland and the City of Quinte West. The electoral district was created in 2003: