Fort William (electoral district)
Fort William was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1925 to 1979. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1924 from parts of Fort William and Rainy River riding.
Defunct federal electoral district | |
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Legislature | House of Commons |
District created | 1924 |
District abolished | 1976 |
First contested | 1925 |
Last contested | 1974 |
It was initially defined to consist of the southern parts of the territorial districts of Rainy River, Kenora and Thunder Bay adjacent to the southern boundary of Canada.
In 1947, it was defined to consist of the city of Fort William and the southern parts of the territorial districts of Rainy River, Kenora and Thunder Bay adjacent to by the southern boundary of Canada.
In 1966, it was defined to consist of the City of Fort William and the Townships of Aldina, Blake, Crooks, Devon, Fraleigh, Gillies, Hartington, Lismore, Lybster, Marks, Neebing, O'Connor, Paipoonge, Pardee, Pearson, Scoble and Strange in the territorial district of Thunder Bay.
The electoral district was abolished in 1976 when it was merged into Thunder Bay—Atikokan riding.
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:
Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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Riding created from Fort William and Rainy River | ||||
15th | 1925–1926 | Robert James Manion | Conservative | |
16th | 1926–1930 | |||
17th | 1930–1930 | |||
1930–1935 | ||||
18th | 1935–1940 | Dan McIvor | Liberal | |
19th | 1940–1945 | |||
20th | 1945–1949 | |||
21st | 1949–1953 | |||
22nd | 1953–1957 | |||
23rd | 1957–1958 | |||
24th | 1958–1962 | Hubert Badanai | ||
25th | 1962–1963 | |||
26th | 1963–1965 | |||
27th | 1965–1968 | |||
28th | 1968–1972 | |||
29th | 1972–1974 | Paul McRae | ||
30th | 1974–1979 | |||
Riding dissolved into Thunder Bay—Atikokan |
Election results
1925 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Conservative | Hon. Robert James Manion | 6,205 | ||||||
Liberal | DeWitt Clinton Garver | 2,830 |
1926 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Conservative | Hon. Robert James Manion | 5,173 | ||||||
Labour | William Nassau Welsh | 2,440 |
1930 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Conservative | Hon. Robert James Manion | 6,939 | ||||||
Liberal | Charles White Wilson | 3,262 | ||||||
Independent | Albert Edward Smith | 594 |
On Mr. Manion being named Minister of Railways and Canals, 7 August 1930:
Canadian federal by-election, 25 August 1930 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Conservative | Hon. Robert James Manion | acclaimed |
1935 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | Daniel McIvor | 5,481 | ||||||
Conservative | Hon. Robert James Manion | 4,565 | ||||||
Reconstruction | Clement Edward Chapple | 2,030 | ||||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | Garfield Anderson | 1,635 | ||||||
Independent | John Joseph Spooner | 78 |
1940 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | Daniel McIvor | 8,504 | ||||||
National Government | Hon. Robert James Manion | 6,768 | ||||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | Garfield Anderson | 1,778 |
1945 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | Daniel McIvor | 7,209 | ||||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | Wilfred Carson McKenzie | 5,858 | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | Robert Barclay Pow | 4,945 | ||||||
Labor–Progressive | Donald Stewart | 772 |
1949 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | Daniel McIvor | 9,569 | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | J. Mac Spence | 5,751 | ||||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | Garfield Anderson | 4,830 | ||||||
Labor–Progressive | Alvin L. Johnson | 746 |
1953 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | Daniel McIvor | 10,402 | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | Murray Babe | 5,030 | ||||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | William Johnson | 3,847 | ||||||
Labor–Progressive | Naomi Mara Powell | 508 |
1957 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | Daniel McIvor | 8,552 | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | Art Widnall | 7,926 | ||||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | Michael Chicorli | 5,903 |
1958 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | Hubert Badanai | 9,915 | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | Art Widnall | 9,798 | ||||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | Michael Chicorli | 4,953 | ||||||
Labor–Progressive | Bruce Magnuson | 224 |
1962 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | Hubert Badanai | 12,229 | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | Bernard Black | |||||||
New Democratic | Edward G. Freeman | 5,713 | ||||||
Social Credit | Arthur W. Hutton | 361 |
1963 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | Hubert Badanai | 11,765 | ||||||
New Democratic | Edward G. Freeman | 7,619 | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | Ben Devlin | 6,618 | ||||||
Social Credit | Arthur W. Hutton | 309 |
1965 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | Hubert Badanai | 12,432 | ||||||
New Democratic | Charles A. Grant | 8,993 | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | Ben Devlin | 4,773 |
1968 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | Hubert Badanai | 10,635 | ||||||
New Democratic | Charles A. Grant | 7,394 | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | Lionel Hastings | 7,284 |
1972 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | Paul McRae | 11,545 | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | Lionel Hastings | 10,263 | ||||||
New Democratic | Ian Stewart | 7,497 |
1974 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | Paul McRae | 13,789 | ||||||
New Democratic | Ty Kaipio | 8,094 | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | Lawrence Timko | 6,129 | ||||||
Communist | Bruce Barrett | 149 | ||||||
Marxist–Leninist | Dianne Robinson | 72 |
See also
- List of Canadian federal electoral districts
- Past Canadian electoral districts