Kingston City

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Kingston City was a former federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1925 to 1953. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1924 from parts of Kingston riding.

It consisted of the city of Kingston, Ontario, and the village of Portsmouth.

The electoral district was abolished in 1952 when it was merged into Kingston riding.

[edit] Election results

Canadian federal election, 1925
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	ROSS, Arthur Edward	6,765
	Liberal	CAMPBELL, John Murdoch	5,004

Canadian federal election, 1926
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	ROSS, Arthur Edward	6,256
	Liberal	HALLIDAY, James	4,174

Canadian federal election, 1930
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	ROSS, Arthur Edward	6,539
	Liberal	HALLIDAY, James	4,771

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	ROGERS, Norman McLeod	6,897
	Conservative	ROSS, Arthur Edward	5,979
	Co-operative Commonwealth	COMPTON, John Alfred	373

Canadian federal election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	ROGERS, Hon. Norman McLeod	9,609
	National Government	KIDD, Thomas Ashmore	7,475

On Mr. Rogers' death, 10 June 1940:

By-election on 12 August 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Unknown	MACDONALD, Hon. Angus Lewis	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	KIDD, Thomas Ashmore	9,175
	Liberal	PLAXTON, Hugh John	7,588
	Co-operative Commonwealth	LEONARD, William George	1,271

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	HENDERSON, William James	10,045
	Progressive Conservative	KIDD, Thomas Ashmore	7,831
	Co-operative Commonwealth	CARTWRIGHT, Henry Lennox	786

[edit] See also

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

[edit] External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament