Ontario electoral district | |
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Defunct federal electoral district | |
Legislature | House of Commons |
District created | 1867 |
District abolished | 1952 |
First contested | 1867 |
Last contested | 1949 |
Peterborough West was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1953. It was located in the province of Ontario. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867 which divided the County of Peterborough was into two ridings. The West Riding consisted of the Townships of South Monaghan (in the County of Northumberland), North Monaghan, Smith, and Ennismore, and the Town of Peterborough.
In 1903, the townships of Cavendish, Galway, Harvey, and the village of Ashburnham were added to the riding. In 1914, the village of Ashburnham was excluded.
In 1924, Peterborough West was defined to consist of the part of the county of Peterborough included in the townships of Galway, Cavendish, Harvey, Ennismore, Smith, Douro, Otanabee and North Monaghan, and that part of the county of Northumberland included in the township of South Monaghan, together with the city of Peterborough. In 1947, South Monaghan was excluded from the riding.
The electoral district was abolished in 1952 when it was merged into Peterborough riding.
This riding elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:
Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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1st | 1867–1872 | Charles Perry | Conservative | |
2nd | 1872–1872 | John Bertram | Liberal | |
1872–1874 | William Cluxton | Conservative | ||
3rd | 1874–1878 | John Bertram | Liberal | |
4th | 1878–1882 | George Hilliard | Liberal–Conservative | |
5th | 1882–1887 | |||
6th | 1887–1891 | James Stevenson | Conservative | |
7th | 1891–1896 | |||
8th | 1896–1900 | James Kendry | ||
9th | 1900–1904 | |||
10th | 1904–1908 | Robert Richard Hall | Liberal | |
11th | 1908–1911 | James Robert Stratton | ||
12th | 1911–1917 | John Hampden Burnham | Conservative | |
13th | 1917–1920 | Government (Unionist) | ||
1920–1921 | Independent Conservative | |||
1921–1921 | George Newcombe Gordon | Liberal | ||
14th | 1921–1925 | |||
15th | 1925–1926 | Edward Armour Peck | Conservative | |
16th | 1926–1930 | |||
17th | 1930–1935 | |||
18th | 1935–1940 | Joseph James Duffus | Liberal | |
19th | 1940–1945 | Gordon Fraser | National Government | |
20th | 1945–1949 | Progressive Conservative | ||
21st | 1949–1953 | |||
Riding dissolved into Peterborough |
1867 Canadian federal election: West Riding of Peterborough | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
Conservative | Charles Perry | 681 | ||||
Unknown | J. Gordon | 652 | ||||
Eligible voters | 1,686 | |||||
Source: Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1871 [1] |
1872 Canadian federal election: West Riding of Peterborough | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
Liberal | John Bertram | 735 | ||||
Conservative | William Cluxton | 702 |
1874 Canadian federal election: West Riding of Peterborough | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
Liberal | John Bertram | 892 | ||||
Conservative | William Hepburn Scott | 801 |
1878 Canadian federal election: West Riding of Peterborough | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
Liberal–Conservative | George Hilliard | 1,071 | ||||
Liberal | John Bertram | 874 |
1882 Canadian federal election: West Riding of Peterborough | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
Liberal–Conservative | George Hilliard | 1,035 | ||||
Unknown | John J. Lundy | 875 |
1887 Canadian federal election: West Riding of Peterborough | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
Conservative | James Stevenson | 1,280 | ||||
Liberal | George Albertus Cox | 1,264 |
1891 Canadian federal election: West Riding of Peterborough | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
Conservative | James Stevenson | 1,447 | ||||
Liberal | Robert Richard Hall | 1,215 |
1896 Canadian federal election: West Riding of Peterborough | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
Conservative | James Kendry | 1,485 | ||||
Liberal | Robert Richard Hall | 1,166 | ||||
Independent | Robert C. Newman | 622 |
1900 Canadian federal election: West Riding of Peterborough | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
Conservative | James Kendry | 1,750 | ||||
Liberal | Joseph H. McClellan | 1,399 |
1904 Canadian federal election: West Riding of Peterborough | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
Liberal | Robert Richard Hall | 2,467 | ||||
Conservative | James Kendry | 2,280 |
1908 Canadian federal election: West Riding of Peterborough | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
Liberal | James Robert Stratton | 2,851 | ||||
Conservative | John Hampden Burnham | 2,518 |
1911 Canadian federal election: West Riding of Peterborough | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
Conservative | John Hampden Burnham | 2,944 | ||||
Liberal | James Robert Stratton | 2,902 |
1917 Canadian federal election: West Riding of Peterborough | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
Government (Unionist) | John Hampden Burnham | 6,382 | ||||
Opposition (Laurier Liberals) | Robert Richard Hall | 2,964 |
By-election: On Mr. Burnham's resignation, 7 February 1921: West Riding of Peterborough | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
Liberal | George Newcombe Gordon | 4,093 | ||||
National Liberal and Conservative | Roland Denne | 2,811 | ||||
Independent Conservative | John Hampden Burnham | 2,595 | ||||
United Farmers of Ontario | James Corbett Campbell | 2,319 | ||||
Labour | Thomas Joseph McMurray | 1,103 |
1921 Canadian federal election: West Riding of Peterborough | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
Liberal | George Newcombe Gordon | 6,890 | ||||
Conservative | John Hampden Burnham | 4,732 |
1925 Canadian federal election: Peterborough West | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
Conservative | Edward Armour Peck | 9,100 | ||||
Liberal | George Newcombe Gordon | 7,137 |
1926 Canadian federal election: Peterborough West | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
Conservative | Edward Armour Peck | 8,934 | ||||
Liberal | Joseph James Duffus | 6,825 |
1930 Canadian federal election: Peterborough West | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
Conservative | Edward Armour Peck | 9,663 | ||||
Liberal | Joseph James Duffus | 7,902 |
1935 Canadian federal election: Peterborough West | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
Liberal | Joseph James Duffus | 8,027 | ||||
Conservative | James Fordyce Strickland | 6,342 | ||||
Reconstruction | Charles Hadyn Ackerman | 3,071 | ||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | Lorna Cotton Thomas | 1,489 |
1940 Canadian federal election: Peterborough West | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
National Government | Gordon Fraser | 9,683 | ||||
Liberal | Roland Maxwell Glover | 9,505 |
1945 Canadian federal election: Peterborough West | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Gordon Fraser | 10,949 | ||||
Liberal | Roland Maxwell Glover | 8,181 | ||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | Lorna Cotton Thomas | 2,512 |
1949 Canadian federal election: Peterborough West | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Gordon Fraser | 10,981 | ||||
Liberal | Aubrey Victor Clapper | 10,738 | ||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | John Howard Miles | 2,804 |
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