Lambton—Kent

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Lambton—Kent was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1935 to 1979. This riding was created in 1933 from parts of Kent, Lambton East and Lambton West ridings.

It was initially defined as consisting of:

• the part of the county of Lambton contained in the townships of Brooke, Dawn, Enniskillen, Euphemia, Sombra, and Warwick, including the town of Forest, Walpole Island, St. Ann Island and the other islands at the mouth of the St. Clair River; and
• the part of the county of Kent contained in the townships of the Gore of Chatham, Gore of Camden, Camden and Zone.

In 1947, it was redefined to exclude the village of Arkona (Lambton County); and the townships of Gore of Camden (Kent County).

In 1966, it was defined to consist of:

• the part of the County of Kent contained in the Townships of Camden, Chatham, Dover, Harwich, Howard, Orford and Zone;
• the part of the County of Lambton contained in the Townships of Brooke, Dawn, Euphemia, Enniskillen and Sombra;
• Walpole Island Indian Reserve No. 46.

The electoral district was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed between Essex—Kent, Kent and Lambton—Middlesex ridings.

Contents 1 Members of Parliament 2 Electoral history 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

• Hugh Alexander Mackenzie, Liberal (1935-1957)
• Ernest John Campbell, Progressive Conservative (1957-1962)
• John W. Burgess, Liberal (1962-1963)
• Mac Thomas McCutcheon, Progressive Conservative (1963-1972)
• J.R. Bob Holmes, Progressive Conservative (1972-1979)

[edit] Electoral history

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	MCKENZIE, Hugh Alexander	6,744
	Conservative	SPROULE, John Thomas	5,064
	Reconstruction	FANSHER, Burt Wendell	3,349

Canadian federal election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal-Progressive	MACKENZIE, Hugh Alexander	8,834
	National Government	STONEHOUSE, Calvert Stanley	6,089

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	HENDERSON, Robert James	7,829
	Liberal	MACKENZIE, Hugh Alexander	7,615
	Co-operative Commonwealth	KAY, Joseph Wesley	911

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	MACKENZIE, Hugh Alexander	9,674
	Progressive Conservative	HENDERSON, Robert James	8,189

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	MACKENZIE, Hugh Alexander	9,432
	Progressive Conservative	DEAN, Grant Stanley	7,248

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	CAMPBELL, Ernest John	9,745
	Liberal	MACKENZIE, Hugh Alexander	7,752

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	CAMPBELL, Ernest John	12,835
	Liberal	MCBRAYNE, Roy	5,749

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	BURGESS, John W.	9,874
	Progressive Conservative	CAMPBELL, Ernest John	9,052
	Social Credit	VERHEYDEN, Lawrence	521

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	MCCUTCHEON, Mac T.	9,520
	Liberal	BURGESS, John W.	9,496
	New Democrat	CUNNINGHAM, Cecil A.	576
	Social Credit	KELLETT, William E.	379

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	MCCUTCHEON, Mac Thomas	10,303
	Liberal	BEATTY, Jack	9,413

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	MCCUTCHEON, M.T. Mac	14,460
	Liberal	LUCIER, Len	11,094
	New Democrat	MCGAFFEY, Ray	2,342

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	HOLMES, J.R. Bob	16,306
	Liberal	SONNEVELD, Gus	11,187
	New Democrat	MUXLOW, Mel	2,970

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	HOLMES, J.R. Bob	14,315
	Liberal	REINHARDT, Fred	12,483
	New Democrat	HOWES, Ron	2,764

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External links

• Parliamentary website