Kingston (electoral district)

Kingston was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1925 and from 1953 to 1968. It was located in the province of Ontario. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867, and initially consisted of the city of Kingston, Ontario. In 1903, it was expanded to include the village of Portsmouth.

The electoral district was abolished in 1924 when it was redistributed into Kingston City riding.

In 1952, a new Kingston riding was created from Kingston City and parts of Frontenac—Addington ridings. It consisted of the city of Kingston and the townships of Pittsburg, Storrington, Kingston, Howe Island, and Wolfe Island (including Simcoe Island, Horse Shoe Island, and Mud Island) in the county of Frontenac.

The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed between Frontenac—Lennox and Addington and Kingston and the Islands ridings.

Members of Parliament

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

  1. Sir John A. Macdonald, Liberal-Conservative (1867–1878)
  2. Alexander Gunn, Liberal (1878–1887)
  3. Sir John A. Macdonald, Conservative (1887–1891)
  4. James Henry Metcalfe, Conservative (1892–1896)
  5. Byron Moffatt Britton, Liberal (1896–1901)
  6. William Harty, Liberal (1902–1911)
  7. William Folger Nickle, Conservative (1911–1919)
  8. Sir Henry Lumley Drayton, Unionist (1919–1921)
  9. Arthur Edward Ross, Conservative (1921–1925)
  1. William James Henderson, Liberal (1953–1958)
  2. Benjamin Graydon Allmark, Progressive Conservative (1958–1962)
  3. Edgar John Benson, Liberal (1962–1968)

Election results
1867 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal–ConservativeJohn A. Macdonald735
LiberalJohn Stewart142
1872 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal–ConservativeJohn A. Macdonald735
UnknownJohn Carruthers604
1874 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal–ConservativeJohn A. Macdonald839
UnknownJohn Carruthers801
By-election on 29 December 1874

On Mr. Macdonald's election being declared void, 21 November 1874

Party Candidate Votes
Liberal–ConservativeJohn A. Macdonald889
UnknownJohn Carruthers872
1878 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalAlexander Gunn991
Liberal–ConservativeJohn A. Macdonald847
UnknownJ. Stewart6
1882 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalAlexander Gunn889
UnknownMichael Sullivan797
1887 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeJohn A. Macdonald1,368
LiberalAlexander Gunn1,351
1891 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeJohn A. Macdonald1,784
LiberalAlexander Gunn1,301
ConservativeMajor Edwards29
By-election on 28 January 1892

On Mr. Macdonald's death, 6 June 1891

Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeJames Henry Metcalfeacclaimed
1896 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalByron Moffatt Britton1,671
ConservativeDonald Malcolm McIntyre1,519
1900 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalByron Moffatt Britton1,879
ConservativeDonald Malcolm McIntyre1,687
By-election on 15 January 1902

On Mr. Britton being appointed Judge of the Court of King's Bench for Ontario, 24 September 1901

Party Candidate Votes
LiberalWilliam Harty2,116
ConservativeJames Henry Metcalfe1,364
1904 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalWilliam Harty2,267
ConservativeJohn Gaskin1,735
UnknownChristopher J. Graham55
1908 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalWilliam Harty2,224
ConservativeArthur Edward Ross1,875
1911 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeWilliam Folger Nickle2,322
LiberalJohn McDonald Mowat1,977
1917 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Government (Unionist)William Folger Nickle6,194
Opposition (Laurier Liberals)Alexander White Richardson1,782
By-election on 20 October 1919

On Mr. Nickle's resignation, 7 July 1919

Party Candidate Votes
Government (Unionist)Henry Lumley Draytonacclaimed
1921 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeArthur Edward Ross6,055
LiberalJohn Murdoch Campbell5,884
1953 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalWilliam James Henderson14,663
Progressive ConservativeWilbert Aylesworth11,806
Co-operative CommonwealthPearl Runnalls731
1957 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalWilliam James Henderson14,728
Progressive ConservativeThomas Ashmore Kidd12,977
Co-operative CommonwealthJames Allan Millard1,032
1958 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeBenjamin Allmark16,989
LiberalWilliam James Henderson14,862
Co-operative CommonwealthJohn H. McKinnon887
1962 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalEdgar John Benson16,828
Progressive ConservativeBenjamin Allmark13,599
New DemocraticJohn McKinnon1,468
Social CreditErnest Hogan214
1963 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalEdgar John Benson18,425
Progressive ConservativeJ. Earl McEwen12,879
New DemocraticDenis Kalman2,400
Social CreditGrace C.A. Gough194
1965 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalEdgar John Benson16,022
Progressive ConservativeJ. Earl McEwen12,766
New DemocraticJohn Meister3,530
Parliament of Canada
Preceded by
None		 Riding represented by the Prime Minister
1867-1873		 Succeeded by
Lambton
Preceded by
Carleton		 Riding represented by the Prime Minister
1887-1891		 Succeeded by
Vacant; next was Antigonish, in 1892
gollark: And they haven't actually turned out to doom us all to an eternity of disinformation. At least more than usual.
gollark: As locally runnable ones, not through an API.
gollark: Besides, somewhat worse GPT models have been available for some time.
gollark: It isn't as if you can't hire underpaid humans to do it.
gollark: They have been dead since 1996.

See also

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.