Algoma West

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Algoma West
Flag of Ontario.svg Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created1903
District abolished1966
First contested 1904
Last contested 1965

Algoma West was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1904 to 1968. It was created in 1903 from parts of Algoma riding.

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The west riding of Algoma was defined to consist of the portion of the territorial district of Algoma lying west of Algoma East riding.

The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed between Algoma, Cochrane, Sault Ste. Marie and Timmins—Chapleau ridings. Algoma West was created in 1903 from Algoma, and was abolished in 1966 into Algoma and Sault Ste. Marie.

Members of Parliament

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

ParliamentYearsMemberParty
Riding created from Algoma
10th  1904–1908   Arthur Cyril Boyce Conservative
11th  1908–1911
12th  1911–1917
13th  1917–1921   Thomas Edward Simpson Government (Unionist)
14th  1921–1925   Conservative
15th  1925–1926
16th  1926–1930
17th  1930–1935
18th  1935–1940   Henry Sidney Hamilton Liberal
19th  1940–1945 George E. Nixon
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 Algoma and Sault Ste. Marie

Election results

1904 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Arthur Cyril Boyce 1,675
Liberal J. J. Kehoe1,580
1908 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Arthur Cyril Boyce 2,079
Liberal Robert James Gibson1,870
1911 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Arthur Cyril Boyce 2,738
Liberal Charles Napier Smith2,180
1917 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Government (Unionist) Thomas Edward Simpson 4,780
Opposition (Laurier Liberals) Charles Napier Smith2,510
Labour James Lockwood658
1921 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Thomas Edward Simpson 4,279
Liberal Henry Sidney Hamilton3,565
Progressive Thomas Farquhar 2,822
1925 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Thomas Edward Simpson 6,767
Liberal Thomas John McCauley3,574
1926 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Thomas Edward Simpson 7,171
Liberal–Labour Albert Ernest Whytall4,187
1930 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Thomas Edward Simpson 7,531
Liberal Albert Ernest Whytall6,108
1935 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Henry Sidney Hamilton 6,788
Conservative Ernest Victor McMillan4,844
Co-operative Commonwealth Albert Edward Headrick1,669
Liberal Albert Reid Wood1,180
Reconstruction Vincent Hector Prewer252
1940 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal George E. Nixon 8,632
National Government John L. Lang5,612
Co-operative Commonwealth Harry P. Waite2,196
1945 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal George E. Nixon 7,476
Progressive Conservative Harold Scott Trefry5,619
Co-operative Commonwealth Lloyd George Shepherd4,281
1949 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal George E. Nixon 10,127
Progressive Conservative Arthur Allison Wishart5,056
Co-operative Commonwealth Richard Wellington Johns4,716
1953 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal George E. Nixon 10,461
Progressive Conservative James Sydney Foulds5,571
Co-operative Commonwealth John G. Barker4,428
1957 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal George E. Nixon 10,166
Progressive Conservative Henry M. Lang8,345
Co-operative Commonwealth Harvey Claude Willoughby5,027
1958 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal George E. Nixon 12,390
Progressive Conservative Henry Lang11,355
Co-operative Commonwealth Lorne D. Callahan4,801
1962 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal George E. Nixon 13,832
Progressive Conservative Henry Lang9,681
New Democratic Morris Wernick8,274
1963 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal George E. Nixon 14,023
Progressive Conservative Charles Eaid10,119
New Democratic Morris Wernick9,351
Social Credit Ronald James Ash355
1965 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal George E. Nixon 12,034
Progressive Conservative Russ Ramsay 11,914
New Democratic Erhart Regier 9,564

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