Lanark (federal electoral district)

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Lanark
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Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created1914
District abolished1966
First contested 1917
Last contested 1965

Lanark was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1968. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was first created in 1914 from Lanark North and Lanark South ridings.

Contents

It consisted of the county of Lanark.

The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed between Frontenac—Lennox and Addington and Lanark and Renfrew ridings.

Members of Parliament

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

ParliamentYearsMemberParty
Riding created from Lanark North and Lanark South
13th  1917–1918†   Adelbert Edward Hanna Government (Unionist)
 1918–1921 John Alexander Stewart
14th  1921–1922†   Conservative
 1922–1925 Richard Franklin Preston
15th  1925–1926
16th  1926–1929†
 1929–1930   William Samuel Murphy Independent Conservative
17th  1930–1935   Thomas Alfred Thompson Conservative
18th  1935–1940
19th  1940–1945   Bert Soper Liberal
20th  1945–1949   William Gourlay Blair Progressive Conservative
21st  1949–1953
22nd  1953–1957
23rd  1957–1957†
 1957–1958 George Doucett
24th  1958–1962
25th  1962–1963
26th  1963–1965
27th  1965–1968 Desmond Code
Riding dissolved into Lanark and Renfrew and
Frontenac—Lennox and Addington

Electoral history

1917 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Government (Unionist) Adelbert Edward Hanna 5,816
Opposition (Laurier Liberals) Boyd Alexander Conyn Caldwell2,609
UnknownGeorge Arthur Burgess661

On Mr. Hanna's death, 27 February 1918:

By-election on 2 May 1918
PartyCandidateVotes
Government (Unionist) John Alexander Stewart acclaimed
1921 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative John Alexander Stewart 9,250
Progressive Robert Matheson Anderson6,615
Labour William George Ferguson158

On Mr. Stewart's death, 7 October 1922:

By-election on 4 December 1922
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Richard Franklin Preston 8,497
Liberal David Findlay7,048
1925 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Richard Franklin Preston 7,620
Independent Duncan Herbert Gemmell4,416
1926 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Richard Franklin Preston 8,122
Liberal–Progressive George W. Buchanan4,908

On Mr. Preston's death, 8 February 1929:

By-election on 29 July 1929
PartyCandidateVotes
Independent Conservative William Samuel Murphy 7,174
Conservative Thomas Alfred Thompson 5,682
1930 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Thomas Alfred Thompson 7,064
Liberal Bert Soper 5,699
Independent Conservative William Samuel Murphy 3,937
Independent Conservative Mildred Amelia Low75
1935 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Thomas Alfred Thompson 8,043
Liberal Bert Soper 7,381
Reconstruction George L. Comba2,252
1940 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Bert Soper 8,821
National Government Thomas Alfred Thompson 7,180
1945 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Progressive Conservative William Gourlay Blair 10,350
Liberal Bert Soper 6,053
Co-operative Commonwealth Lauri A. Hetanen753
1949 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Progressive Conservative William Gourlay Blair 10,921
Liberal Frederick Sylvester Doyle6,682
Co-operative Commonwealth William Henry Powell632
1953 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Progressive Conservative William Gourlay Blair 10,029
Liberal H. Burnett Montgomery5,316
Co-operative Commonwealth William Henry Powell451
1957 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Progressive Conservative William Gourlay Blair 11,629
Liberal W. Peter Burchell4,504

On Mr. Blair's death, 16 June 1957:

By-election on 26 August 1957
PartyCandidateVotes
Progressive Conservative George Doucett acclaimed
1958 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Progressive Conservative George Doucett 12,116
Liberal William Y. Wood4,315
1962 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Progressive Conservative George Doucett 10,462
Liberal Vincent Kelly6,823
Social Credit R. H. James660
New Democratic Charles Ogilvie410
1963 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Progressive Conservative George Doucett 10,475
Liberal R. Arthur Stewart7,043
New Democratic James O. W. Griffith601
Social Credit Oscar Wilmot Ventress312
1965 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Progressive Conservative Desmond Code 9,784
Liberal John Steele Kirkland6,826
New Democratic Stanley Livingstone775
Social Credit William Hunter335

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