Algoma East

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Algoma East
Flag of Ontario.svg Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created1903
District abolished1966
First contested 1904
Last contested 1965

Algoma East was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1904 to 1968. [1] It was created in 1903 from parts of Algoma riding.

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It initially consisted of the territorial district of Manitoulin and the part of the territorial district of Algoma lying east of a line drawn from south to north along the limit between the townships of Lefroy and Plummer Additional and due north to the northern limit of Algoma.

In 1904, the territorial district of Manitoulin was transferred out of the riding.

In 1914, it was redefined to consist of the eastern part of the territorial district of Algoma, excluding those parts included in Timiskaming, the western part of the territorial district of Sudbury, and the territorial district of Manitoulin

In 1933, it was redefined to consist of the territorial district of Manitoulin, and the parts of the territorial districts of Algoma and Sudbury.

The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed between Algoma, Nickel Belt and Timmins—Chapleau ridings.

Its last, longest-serving, and highest-profile MP was Lester Pearson of the Liberal Party, who was Prime Minister of Canada from 1963 to 1968.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

ParliamentYearsMemberParty
Riding created from Algoma
10th  1904–1908   Albert Dyment Liberal
11th  1908–1911   William Ross Smyth Conservative
12th  1911–1917
13th  1917–1921   George Nicholson Government (Unionist)
14th  1921–1925   John Carruthers Liberal
15th  1925–1926   George Nicholson Conservative
16th  1926–1930   Beniah Bowman United Farmers of Ontario
17th  1930–1935   George Nicholson Conservative
18th  1935–1940   Thomas Farquhar Liberal
19th  1940–1945
20th  1945–1948
 1948–1949 Lester B. Pearson
21st  1949–1953
22nd  1953–1957
23rd  1957–1958
24th  1958–1962
25th  1962–1963
26th  1963–1965
27th  1965–1968
Riding dissolved into Algoma, Nickel Belt and Timmins—Chapleau

Election results

1904 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Albert Dyment 2,698
Conservative Byron H. Turner2,120
1908 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative William Ross Smyth 2,849
Liberal Albert Dyment 2,808
1911 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative William Ross Smyth 3,898
Liberal John Lionel Regan3,716
1917 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Government (Unionist) George Nicholson 4,742
Opposition (Laurier Liberals) Lawrence O'Connor3,596
1921 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal John Carruthers 5,007
Conservative George Nicholson 4,194
Progressive John Egerton Wright3,095
1925 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative George Nicholson 6,209
Liberal John Carruthers 5,665
1926 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
United Farmers of Ontario Beniah Bowman 6,909
Conservative George Nicholson 6,143
1930 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative George Nicholson 7,231
Liberal Beniah Bowman 6,934
1935 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Thomas Farquhar 5,816
Conservative William James Card2,541
Co-operative Commonwealth Kenneth James Webb Bromley1,362
Reconstruction Isadore Ernest Provencher833
1940 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Thomas Farquhar 5,565
National Government John Lorne Campbell3,126
Co-operative Commonwealth J. W. McVey1,635
1945 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Thomas Farquhar 4,855
Progressive Conservative Allan McNiece Austin3,610
Co-operative Commonwealth William Luke Strain1,468
Canadian federal by-election, 25 October 1948
On Thomas Farquhar being called to the Senate, 10 September 1948
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Lester B. Pearson 4,685
Co-operative Commonwealth Lorne D. Callaghan2,382
Social Credit John J. Fitzgerald1,236
1949 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Lester B. Pearson 6,184
Progressive Conservative Grant H. Turner2,908
Co-operative Commonwealth George Thornton2,202
1953 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Lester B. Pearson 7,494
Progressive Conservative George H. Bishop3,877
1957 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Lester B. Pearson 8,574
Progressive Conservative H. Merton Mulligan5,757
Co-operative Commonwealth Martin S. Reid2,156
1958 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Lester B. Pearson 11,240
Progressive Conservative Basil Scully8,208
Co-operative Commonwealth Walter James Corbett2,309
1962 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Lester B. Pearson 11,934
Progressive Conservative Alex Berthelot5,631
New Democratic Cam Cork3,168
1963 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Lester B. Pearson 10,817
Progressive Conservative Paul Jewell6,146
Social Credit Irénée John Quenneville2,016
New Democratic Bennett Donahue1,751
1965 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Lester B. Pearson 9,268
Progressive Conservative Joel Aldred5,793
New Democratic Walter Stuart2,053

See also

References

  1. Kerr, D. G. G. (1970). "The 1867 Elections in Ontario: The Rules of the Game". Canadian Historical Review. 51 (4): 369–385. doi:10.3138/CHR-051-04-01.
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