Essex East (electoral district)

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Essex East
Flag of Ontario.svg Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created1924
District abolished1966
First contested 1925
Last contested 1965

Essex East was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1925 to 1968. It was located in the province of Ontario. it was created in 1924 from parts of Essex North and Essex South ridings.

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It initially consisted of the towns of Ford City and Walkerville and the villages of Riverside, Tecumseh and in the townships of Maidstone, Rochester and Tilbury (North and West) in the county of Essex, and the town of Tilbury in the county of Kent.

In 1933, it was redefined to exclude Ford City and the town of Tilbury, include the towns of East Windsor and townships of Sandwich East and Sandwich South, and the part of the city of Windsor south of Tecumseh Road;

In 1947, it was redefined to exclude the towns of East Windsor and Walkerville and the townships of Tilbury West, and Sandwich South, and the part of the city of Windsor east of the line dividing lots facing on Lincoln Road to the east and Gladstone Avenue to the west. In 1952, it was redefined to exclude the town of Tilbury and the town of Essex.

The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed between Essex, Windsor West and Windsor—Walkerville ridings.

Members of Parliament

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

ParliamentYearsMemberParty
Riding created from Essex North and Essex South
15th  1925–1926   Raymond Ducharme Morand Conservative
16th  1926–1930   Edmond George Odette Liberal
17th  1930–1935   Raymond Ducharme Morand Conservative
18th  1935–1940   Paul Martin Sr. Liberal
19th  1940–1945
20th  1945–1949
21st  1949–1953
22nd  1953–1957
23rd  1957–1958
24th  1958–1962
25th  1962–1963
26th  1963–1965
27th  1965–1968
Riding dissolved into Essex, Windsor West and Windsor—Walkerville

Election results

1925 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Raymond Ducharme Morand 6,05250.83
Liberal Edmond George Odette 5,85549.17
Total valid votes 11,907100.00
1926 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Edmond George Odette 7,55552.91+2.08
Conservative Raymond Ducharme Morand 6,72447.09-2.08
Total valid votes 14,279100.00
1930 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Raymond Ducharme Morand 9,24356.44+3.53
Liberal Edmond George Odette 7,13343.56-3.53
Total valid votes 16,376100.00
1935 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Paul Martin Sr. 7,56239.25-4.31
Conservative Raymond Ducharme Morand 6,49333.71-22.73
Co-operative Commonwealth Joseph Ben Levert4,10621.32
Reconstruction J. Gabriel McPharlin1,1025.72
Total valid votes 19,263100.00
1940 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Paul Martin Sr. 9,81146.39+7.14
National Government Raymond Ducharme Morand 8,06038.11+4.40
Co-operative Commonwealth Joseph Ben Levert2,87913.62-7.70
Labour Roy Robert Hicks3981.88
Total valid votes 21,148100.00
1945 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Paul Martin Sr. 16,16556.21+9.82
Progressive Conservative James E. Byrne8,24428.67-9.44
Co-operative Commonwealth William C. MacDonald4,34915.12+1.50
Total valid votes 28,758100.00
1949 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Paul Martin Sr. 16,70952.89-3.32
Progressive Conservative James Russell Turnbull8,20425.97-2.70
Co-operative Commonwealth William Riggs 5,21316.50+1.38
Labor–Progressive Cyril Prince1,4644.64
Total valid votes 31,590100.00
1953 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Paul Martin Sr. 19,94667.16+14.27
Progressive Conservative Aloysius Kennedy5,53018.62-7.35
Co-operative Commonwealth Kenneth Edwin Owen3,01310.14-6.36
Labor–Progressive Michael J. Kennedy1,2124.08-0.56
Total valid votes 29,701100.00
1957 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Paul Martin Sr. 22,02357.15-10.01
Progressive Conservative Roy R. Hicks10,59327.49+8.87
Co-operative Commonwealth Jack Meteer5,91715.36+5.22
Total valid votes 38,533100.00
1958 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Paul Martin Sr. 18,07441.98-15.17
Progressive Conservative Roy R. Hicks16,45138.21+10.72
Co-operative Commonwealth Fred A. Burr8,53019.81+4.45
Total valid votes 43,055100.00
1962 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Paul Martin Sr. 24,96958.69+16.71
New Democratic George Drury8,88820.89+1.08
Progressive Conservative Roland Lionel Demers8,21019.30-18.91
Social Credit T. R. Cory4761.12
Total valid votes 42,543100.00
1963 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Paul Martin Sr. 25,72759.82+1.13
Progressive Conservative David Gourlie8,89420.68+1.38
New Democratic Hugh McConville7,64817.78-3.11
Social Credit Frank Gignac7401.72+0.60
Total valid votes 43,009100.00
1965 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Paul Martin Sr. 26,09463.78+3.96
Progressive Conservative David Gourlie8,14219.90-0.78
New Democratic Hugh McConville6,13314.99-2.79
Communist Bruce A. H. Magnuson 5431.33
Total valid votes 40,912100.00

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