Fort William (provincial electoral district)

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Fort William
Flag of Ontario.svg Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created1908
District abolished1999
First contested 1908
Last contested 1999
Demographics
Census division(s) Thunder Bay District
Census subdivision(s) Fort WilliamThunder Bay

Fort William was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of Ontario, active from 1908 to 1999. The district was created out of the former Fort William and Lake of the Woods district for the 1908 election, serving the city of Fort William and the surrounding area.

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When the city of Fort William merged with the neighbouring city of Port Arthur in 1970 to create the current city of Thunder Bay, the district of Fort William and the corresponding electoral district of Port Arthur continued as separate districts serving the new city.

For the 1999 provincial election, the government of Mike Harris redistributed provincial electoral districts to correspond to the same boundaries and names that were in use for the province's federal electoral districts. Fort William was merged at that time into the new district of Thunder Bay—Atikokan.

Members of Provincial Parliament

AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Fort William and Lake of the Woods
10th  1902–1905   Douglas Cameron Liberal
11th  1905–1908   Thomas Smellie Conservative
Fort William
12th  1908–1911   Thomas Smellie Conservative
13th  1911–1914 Charles William Jarvis
14th  1914–1919
15th  1919–1923   Harry Mills Labour
16th  1923–1926   Franklin Harford Spence Conservative
17th  1926–1929
18th  1929–1934
19th  1934–1937   Joseph Edmund Crawford Liberal
20th  1937–1943   Franklin Harford Spence Conservative
21st  1943–1945   Garfield Anderson Co-operative Commonwealth
22nd  1945–1948
23rd  1948–1951   Charles Winnans Cox Liberal
24th  1951–1955   Clare Mapledoram Progressive Conservative
25th  1955–1959
26th  1959–1963   John Boyle Chapple Liberal
27th  1963–1967   Ted Freeman New Democratic
28th  1967–1971   Jim Jessiman Progressive Conservative
29th  1971–1975
30th  1975–1977   Iain Angus New Democratic
31st  1977–1981   Mickey Hennessy Progressive Conservative
32nd  1981–1985
33rd  1985–1987
34th  1987–1990   Lyn McLeod Liberal
35th  1990–1995
36th  1995–1999
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly [1]
Merged into Thunder Bay—Atikokan before the 1999 election

Election results

1902 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Douglas Cameron 1,48356.95
Conservative Thomas Smellie 1,12143.05
Total valid votes2,604100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots411.55
Turnout2,64552.78
Eligible voters5,011
1905 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Thomas Smellie 1,53655.57+12.52
Liberal Douglas Cameron 1,22844.43-12.52
Total valid votes2,764100.00-
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots491.74+0.19
Turnout2,81344.35-8.43
Eligible voters6,343
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +12.52
1908 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Thomas Smellie 1,31761.06+5.49
Liberal William Hamilton84038.94-5.49
Total valid votes2,157100.00-
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots532.40+0.66
Turnout2,21057.63+13.28
Eligible voters3,835
Conservative hold Swing +5.49
1911 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles William Jarvis 1,36343.53-17.53
Liberal James Tonkin1,10935.42-3.52
Independent Joseph Martin65921.05-
Total valid votes3,131100.00-
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots491.54-0.86
Turnout3,18052.04-5.59
Eligible voters6,111
Conservative hold Swing -10.52
1914 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles William Jarvis 2,38555.63+12.10
Liberal Walter Hogarth1,90244.37+8.95
Total valid votes4,287100.00-
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots1603.60+2.06
Turnout4,44760.84+8.80
Eligible voters7,309
Conservative hold Swing +10.52
1919 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Harry Mills 3,74551.48-
Liberal Archibald McGillivray2,23230.68-13.69
Conservative Charles William Jarvis 1,29817.84-37.79
Total valid votes7,275100.00-
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots2182.91+0.85
Turnout7,49365.99+5.15
Eligible voters11,354
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +32.58
1923 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Franklin Harford Spence 2,86639.94+22.10
Labour Harry Mills 2,65837.04-14.44
Liberal B. Allen1,15216.05-14.63
Independent D.R. Byers5006.97-
Total valid votes7,176100.00-
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots751.03-1.88
Turnout7,25157.97-8.02
Eligible voters12,509
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +
1926 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Franklin Harford Spence 5,28676.10+36.16
Liberal Ira Evans1,66023.90+7.85
Total valid votes6,946100.00-
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots300.43-0.60
Turnout6,97650.56-7.41
Eligible voters13,797
Conservative hold Swing +22.00
1929 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Franklin Harford Spence 5,46758.73-17.37
Liberal Joseph Edmund Crawford 3,84141.27+17.37
Total valid votes9,308100.00-
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots1031.09+0.66
Turnout9,41162.52+11.96
Eligible voters15,053
Conservative hold Swing -17.37
1934 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Joseph Edmund Crawford 9,10062.87+21.6
Conservative Franklin Harford Spence 5,37537.13-21.6
Total valid votes14,475100.00-
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots1320.90-0.19
Turnout14,60783.22+20.70
Eligible voters17,553
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +21.6
1937 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Franklin Harford Spence 5,73139.93+2.80
Liberal Harry Murphy5,23636.48-26.39
Independent Liberal Joseph Edmund Crawford 1,84512.85-
Co-operative Commonwealth E. Miles1,54210.74-
Total valid votes14,354100.00-
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots1921.32+0.42
Turnout14,54679.61-3.61
Eligible voters18,272
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +14.59
1943 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Co-operative Commonwealth Garfield Anderson 8,70160.36+49.62
Progressive Conservative Roy Kirkup3,08121.37-18.56
Liberal Campbell Hanna2,63418.27-18.21
Total valid votes14,416100.00-
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots1230.85-0.47
Turnout14,53966.56-13.05
Eligible voters21,844
Co-operative Commonwealth gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +34.09
1945 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Co-operative Commonwealth Garfield Anderson 8,19741.88-18.48
Progressive Conservative Robert Keane5,60728.65+7.28
Liberal Frederick Kelly4,59823.49+5.22
Labor–Progressive Charles Weir1,1715.98-
Total valid votes19,573100.00-
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots1520.77-0.08
Turnout19,72574.29+7.73
Eligible voters26,553
Co-operative Commonwealth hold Swing +12.88
1948 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Charles Winnans Cox 6,86035.93+12.44
Co-operative Commonwealth Garfield Anderson 6,63534.75-7.13
Progressive Conservative Roy Kirkup5,59629.31+0.66
Total valid votes19,091100.00-
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots1530.80+0.03
Turnout19,22473.47-0.82
Eligible voters26,192
Liberal gain from Co-operative Commonwealth Swing +9.78
1951 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Clare Mapledoram 8,05742.60+13.29
Liberal Charles Winnans Cox 7,33538.78+2.85
Co-operative Commonwealth George Fawcett3,15716.69-18.06
Independent Alfred Batters3661.93-
Total valid votes18,915100.00-
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots1900.99+0.19
Turnout19,10572.74-0.73
Eligible voters26,266
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +8.07
1955 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Clare Mapledoram 8,86846.78+4.18
Co-operative Commonwealth William Johnson4,91825.94+9.25
Liberal Irvin Rechtshaffen4,78825.26-13.52
Labor–Progressive Arnold Vesterback3832.02-
Total valid votes18,957100.00-
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots3051.58+0.59
Turnout19,26271.05-1.69
Eligible voters27,109
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +6.71
1959 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Boyle Chapple 9,25542.10+16.84
Progressive Conservative Clare Mapledoram 7,91936.01-10.77
Co-operative Commonwealth William Johnson4,43420.16-5.78
Independent Hubert Limbrick3821.74-
Total valid votes21,990100.00-
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots2281.03-0.55
Turnout22,21874.10+3.05
Eligible voters29,625
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +13.80
1963 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic Ted Freeman 8,42737.45+17.29
Progressive Conservative Christopher Asseff7,25532.24-3.77
Liberal John Boyle Chapple 6,82030.31-11.79
Total valid votes22,502100.00-
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots1120.49-0.54
Turnout22,61471.14-2.96
Eligible voters31,790
New Democratic gain from Liberal Swing +10.53
1967 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Jim Jessiman 7,74434.32+2.08
Liberal Walter Assef 7,53633.40+3.09
New Democratic Ted Freeman 7,28232.28-5.17
Total valid votes22,562100.00-
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots1900.40-0.09
Turnout22,75275.76+4.62
Eligible voters30,033
Progressive Conservative gain from New Democratic Swing +2.58
1971 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Jim Jessiman 13,42849.05+14.73
New Democratic David Hughes9,65135.25+2.97
Liberal Dale Willoughby4,29615.69-17.71
Total valid votes27,375100.00-
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots1360.49+0.09
Turnout27,51175.91+0.15
Eligible voters36,243
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +8.85
1975 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic Iain Angus 9,17336.59+1.34
Progressive Conservative Jim Jessiman 8,21632.77-16.28
Liberal Dale Willoughby7,44929.72+14.03
Communist Clifford Wahl2300.92-
Total valid votes25,068100.00-
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots1600.63+0.14
Turnout25,22764.61-11.30
Eligible voters39,048
New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +8.81
1977 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Mickey Hennessy 12.23046.28+13.51
New Democratic Iain Angus 9,97437.74+1.15
Liberal Dick O’Donnell4,08015.44-14.28
Communist Clifford Wahl1420.54-0.38
Total valid votes26,426100.00-
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots1490.56-0.07
Turnout26,57566.03+1.42
Eligible voters40,247
Progressive Conservative gain from New Democratic Swing +7.33
1981 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Mickey Hennessy 13,03854.32+8.04
New Democratic Paul Lannon7,58531.60-6.14
Liberal Mike Burns3,38114.08-1.36
Total valid votes24,004100.00-
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots930.39-0.17
Turnout24,09759.66-6.37
Eligible voters40,393
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +7.09
1985 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Mickey Hennessy 14,45256.66+2.34
New Democratic Don Smith7,07126.74-4.86
Liberal Norris Badanai4,62917.51+3.43
Communist John Maclennan2891.09-
Total valid votes26,441100.00-
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots1610.60+0.21
Turnout26,60263.83+4.17
Eligible voters41,674
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +3.60
1987 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Lyn McLeod 11,16838.46+20.95
Progressive Conservative Mickey Hennessy 9,70533.43-23.23
New Democratic Don Smith7,86126.32-0.42
Communist John Maclennan3001.03-0.06
Total valid votes29,034100.00-
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots1390.48-0.12
Turnout29,17367.69+3.86
Eligible voters43,101
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +22.09
1990 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Lyn McLeod 11,79844.435.97
New Democratic Don Hutsul10,45339.3713.05
Progressive Conservative Harold Wilson4,30016.29-17.14
Total valid votes26,551100.00-
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots5091.88+1.40
Turnout27,06062.74-4.95
Eligible voters43,133
Liberal hold Swing +9.51
1995 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Lyn McLeod 15,68157.31+12.88
Progressive Conservative Evelyn Dodds7,11626.01+9.72
New Democratic Greg Laws4,56116.67-22.70
Total valid votes27,358100.00-
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots2640.96-0.92
Turnout27,62263.290.55
Eligible voters43,643
Liberal hold Swing +11.30

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References

  1. For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
    • For Douglas Cameron's Legislative Assembly information see "Douglas Cameron, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
    • For Thomas Smellie's Legislative Assembly information see "Thomas Smellie, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
    • For Charles William Jarvis's Legislative Assembly information see "Charles William Jarvis, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
    • For Harry Mills's Legislative Assembly information see "Harry Mills, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
    • For Franklin Harford Spence's Legislative Assembly information see "Franklin Harford Spence, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
    • For Joseph Edmund Crawford's Legislative Assembly information see "Joseph Edmund Crawford, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
    • For Garfield Anderson's Legislative Assembly information see "Garfield Anderson, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
    • For Charles Winnans Cox's Legislative Assembly information see "Charles Winnans Cox, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
    • For Clare Mapledoram's Legislative Assembly information see "Clare Mapledoram, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
    • For John Boyle Chapple's Legislative Assembly information see "John Boyle Chapple, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
    • For Ted Freeman's Legislative Assembly information see "Ted Freeman, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
    • For Jim Jessiman's Legislative Assembly information see "Jim Jessiman, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
    • For Iain Angus's Legislative Assembly information see "Iain Angus, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
    • For Mickey Hennessy's Legislative Assembly information see "Mickey Hennessy, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
    • For Lyn McLeod's Legislative Assembly information see "Lyn McLeod, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.