Carleton (Ontario electoral district)

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Carleton was a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1968, and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1867 to 1987. It was represented in the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada from 1821 to 1840 and in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from 1841 until 1866.

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[edit] Federal district

The federal riding was created by the British North America Act of 1867. However, the riding has existed since 1821 in the Parliament of Upper Canada and the Parliament of the Province of Canada. It originally consisted of Carleton County. In 1966, it was redistributed into the new electoral districts of Grenville—Carleton, Lanark and Renfrew, Ottawa Centre, Ottawa West and Ottawa—Carleton.

[edit] Members of Parliament of Upper Canada

(returned two members from 1831 to 1840)
  1. William Morris (1821-1825)
  2. George Thew Burke (1825-1829)
  3. Thomas Mabon Radenhurst (1829-1831)
  4. Hamnett Kirkes Pinhey (1831) and John Bower Lewis (1831-1840)
  5. George Lyon (1831-1835)
  6. Edward Malloch (1835-1840)

[edit] Members of Parliament of the Province of Canada

  1. James Johnston, Reformer (1841-1846)
  2. George Lyon, Conservative (1846-1848)
  3. Edward Malloch (1848-1854)
  4. William F. Powell, Conservative (1854-1866)

[edit] Members of Parliament

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

[edit] Federal electoral district - history

The federal riding consisted initially of Carleton County. In 1882, it was redefined to consist of the townships of Nepean, North Gower, Marlboro, March, Torbolton and Goulbourn, and the village of Richmond. In 1903, it was redefined to consist of the county of Carleton, excluding the city of Ottawa and the townships of Gloucester and Osgoode.

In 1914, it was redefined to include parts of the city of Ottawa not included in either the electoral district of Ottawa or Rideau Ward of Ottawa.

In 1924, it was redefined as consisting of the county of Carleton, excluding the townships of Gloucester and Osgoode and that part of the city of Ottawa lying east of a line drawn from south to north along the Canadian Pacific Railway line, Somerset Street, Bayswater Avenue, Bayview Road, and Mason Street to the Ottawa River.

In 1933, it was redefined as consisting of the county of Carleton, excluding the township of Gloucester, the town of Eastview, the village of Rockcliffe Park and the part of the city of Ottawa lying east of Parkdale Avenue.

In 1947, it was redefined as consisting of the county of Carleton, excluding the township of Gloucester, the town of Eastview and the village of Rockcliffe Park, and including the parts of Victoria and Elmdale wards in the city of Ottawa west of Parkdale Avenue, the part of Dalhousie ward south of Carling Avenue, the part of Capital ward south of Carling Avenue and Linden Terrace, and the part of Riverdale ward south of Riverdale Avenue and west of Main Street.

In 1952, it was redefined as consisting of the county of Carleton (excluding the township of Gloucester, the town of Eastview and the village of Rockcliffe Park), and the part of the city of Ottawa west of a line drawn from north to south along Parkdale Avenue, east along Carling Avenue, north along O'Connor Street, east along Linden Terrace to the Rideau Canal, south along the canal, east along Echo Drive, northeast along Riverdale Avenue, south along Main Street, southwest along the Rideau River.

The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed between Grenville—Carleton, Lanark and Renfrew, Ottawa Centre, Ottawa West and Ottawa—Carleton ridings.

[edit] Federal election results

Canadian federal election, 1867
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal-Conservative John Holmes 1,087
     Conservative John Rochester 1,006


Canadian federal election, 1872
Party Candidate Votes
     Conservative John Rochester 1,024
     Unknown John Holmes 901
     Unknown William Montgomery 6
     Unknown J. Mills 2


Canadian federal election, 1874
Party Candidate Votes
     Conservative John Rochester 870
     Unknown John Holmes 631
     Unknown J. Wallace 347


Canadian federal election, 1878
Party Candidate Votes
     Conservative John Rochester 1,282
     Unknown John May 1,196
     Unknown J. A. Grant 86
     Unknown Nicholas Sparks, Jr. 14


Canadian federal election, 1882
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal-Conservative John A. Macdonald 1,185
     Unknown John May 629
     Unknown Erskine Henry Bronson 617


Canadian federal election, 1887
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal-Conservative John A. Macdonald 1,691
     Liberal John K. Stewart 606

On the election of J.A. Macdonald to sit for Kingston:

By-election on 1 February 1888
Party Candidate Votes
     Conservative George Lemuel Dickinson 1,524
     Unknown W. F. Powell 951


Canadian federal election, 1891
Party Candidate Votes
     Conservative William Thomas Hodgins 1,494
     Conservative George Lemuel Dickinson 1,451


Canadian federal election, 1896
Party Candidate Votes
     Conservative William T. Hodgins 1,337
     Liberal John McKellar 1,128
     Independent J.S. Hendricks 299
     McCarthyite Thomas Butler 50


Canadian federal election, 1900
Party Candidate Votes
     Conservative Edward Kidd 1,611
     Liberal John McKellar 884


Canadian federal election, 1904
Party Candidate Votes
     Conservative Edward Kidd 2,055
     Liberal James E. Caldwell 1,178

On Mr. Kidd's resignation, 19 January 1905, to provide a seat for Robert Laird Borden:

By-election on 4 February 1905
Party Candidate Votes
     Conservative Robert Laird Borden acclaimed


Canadian federal election, 1908
Party Candidate Votes
     Conservative Robert Laird Borden 2,667
     Liberal James Ernest Caldwell 1,297

On Mr. Borden being elected for Halifax and Carleton and on his choosing to sit for Halifax, 25 January 1909:

By-election on 22 February 1909
Party Candidate Votes
     Conservative Edward Kidd acclaimed


Canadian federal election, 1911
Party Candidate Votes
     Conservative Edward Kidd 2,616
     Liberal Donald Hector MacLean 1,339

On Mr. Kidd's death, 16 September 1912:

By-election on 30 October 1912
Party Candidate Votes
     Conservative William Foster Garland acclaimed


Canadian federal election, 1917
Party Candidate Votes
     Government George Boyce 5,290
     Opposition Frederick Henry Honeywell 2,669


Canadian federal election, 1921
Party Candidate Votes
     Conservative William Foster Garland 5,537
     Liberal William Lochead Gourlay 4,142
     Progressive Bower Henry 3,474
     Independent Edward Hill Good 257


Canadian federal election, 1925
Party Candidate Votes
     Conservative William Foster Garland 7,757
     Liberal Mortimer Newton Cummings 5,748


Canadian federal election, 1926
Party Candidate Votes
     Conservative William Foster Garland 7,415
     Liberal Mortimer Newton Cummings 5,744


Canadian federal election, 1930
Party Candidate Votes
     Conservative William Foster Garland 7,317
     Liberal Mortimer Newton Cummings 7,027
     Independent Conservative Robert Ormond Morris 2,369


Canadian federal election, 1935
Party Candidate Votes
     Conservative Alonzo Bowen Hyndman 6,872
     Liberal Herbert Samuel Arkell 5,919
     Reconstruction Herman Ralph James 3,431


Canadian federal election, 1940
Party Candidate Votes
     National Government Alonzo Bowen Hyndman 7,736
     Liberal Herbert Samuel Arkell 6,617

On Mr. Hyndman's death, 9 April 1940:

By-election on 19 August 1940
Party Candidate Votes
     Progressive Conservative George Russell Boucher 6,045
     New Democracy John Nelson McCracken 1,483


Canadian federal election, 1945
Party Candidate Votes
     Progressive Conservative G. Russell Boucher 10,916
     Liberal Leonard Anthony Davis 5,309
     Co-operative Commonwealth Douglas D. Irwin 1,309

On Mr. Boucher's resignation, 1 November 1948:

By-election on 20 December 1948
Party Candidate Votes
     Progressive Conservative George Drew 12,284
     Co-operative Commonwealth Eugene Forsey 3,371
     Social Credit J. Nelson McCracken 451


Canadian federal election, 1949
Party Candidate Votes
     Progressive Conservative George Drew 18,141
     Liberal John H. McDonald 13,937
     Co-operative Commonwealth Eugene Forsey 2,155


Canadian federal election, 1953
Party Candidate Votes
     Progressive Conservative George Drew 20,137
     Liberal John H. McDonald 14,676
     Co-operative Commonwealth Stewart I. Crawford 1,075
     Social Credit Eric Kingsley Fallis 562


Canadian federal election, 1957
Party Candidate Votes
     Progressive Conservative Richard Albert Bell 27,865
     Liberal Frank Egan Dunlap 15,298
     Co-operative Commonwealth Stewart I. Crawford 1,334
     Social Credit Eric Kingsley Fallis 607


Canadian federal election, 1958
Party Candidate Votes
     Progressive Conservative Richard Albert Bell 32,741
     Liberal George Humble 13,652
     Co-operative Commonwealth Stewart I. Crawford 1,777
     Social Credit Grace Gough 355


Canadian federal election, 1962
Party Candidate Votes
     Progressive Conservative Richard Albert Bell 32,125
     Liberal Lloyd Francis 26,109
     New Democrat Lewis Hanley 3,024
     Social Credit Harold Herbert Splett 922


Canadian federal election, 1963
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal Lloyd Francis 32,325
     Progressive Conservative Richard Albert Bell 31,168
     New Democrat Lewis Hanley 3,144
     Social Credit Harold Herbert Splett 699


Canadian federal election, 1965
Party Candidate Votes
     Progressive Conservative Richard Albert Bell 32,456
     Liberal Lloyd Francis 31,523
     New Democrat Donald V. Stirling 9,953

[edit] Provincial district

[edit] Geography

For the last three elections when Carleton existed (1987, 1990 and 1995) the riding included the municipalities of West Carleton Township, Goulbourn Township, Rideau Township, Osgoode Township and the City of Kanata. It was abolished in 1999 into Nepean—Carleton and Lanark—Carleton

[edit] Members of the Legislative Assembly/Members of Provincial Parliament

This riding elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:

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