Kingston City

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Kingston City
Flag of Ontario.svg Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created1924
District abolished1952
First contested 1925
Last contested 1949

Kingston City was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1925 to 1953. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1924 from parts of Kingston riding.

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It consisted of the city of Kingston, Ontario, and the village of Portsmouth.

The electoral district was abolished in 1952 when it was merged into Kingston riding.

Members of Parliament

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

ParliamentYearsMemberParty
Riding created from Kingston
15th  1925–1926   Arthur Edward Ross Conservative
16th  1926–1930
17th  1930–1935
18th  1935–1940   Norman McLeod Rogers Liberal
19th  1940–1940†
 1940–1945 Angus Lewis Macdonald
20th  1945–1949   Thomas Kidd Progressive Conservative
21st  1949–1953   William Henderson Liberal
Riding dissolved into Kingston

Election results

1925 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Arthur Edward Ross 6,765
Liberal John Murdoch Campbell5,004
1926 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Arthur Edward Ross 6,256
Liberal James Halliday4,174
1930 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Arthur Edward Ross 6,539
Liberal James Halliday4,771
1935 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Norman McLeod Rogers 6,897
Conservative Arthur Edward Ross 5,979
Co-operative Commonwealth John Alfred Compton373
1940 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Norman McLeod Rogers 9,609
National Government Thomas Kidd 7,475
Canadian federal by-election, August 12, 1940
Death of Norman McLeod Rogers
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Angus Lewis Macdonald acclaimed
1945 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Progressive Conservative Thomas Kidd 9,175
Liberal Hugh Plaxton 7,588
Co-operative Commonwealth William George Leonard1,271
1949 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal William Henderson 10,045
Progressive Conservative Thomas Kidd 7,831
Co-operative Commonwealth Henry Lennox Cartwright786

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