Algoma East
Encyclopedia
Algoma East was a federal electoral district
in Ontario
, Canada
, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons
from 1904 to 1968. It was created in 1903 from parts of Algoma riding
.
It initially consisted of the territorial district of Manitoulin and the part of the territorial district of Algoma lying east of a line drawn from south to north along the limit between the townships of Lefroy and Plummer Additional and due north to the northern limit of Algoma.
In 1904, the territorial district of Manitoulin was transferred out of the riding.
In 1914, it was redefined to consist of the eastern part of the territorial district of Algoma, excluding those parts included in Timiskaming
, the western part of the territorial district of Sudbury, and the territorial district of Manitoulin
In 1933, it was redefined to consist of the territorial district of Manitoulin, and the parts of the territorial districts of Algoma and Sudbury.
The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed between Algoma, Nickel Belt and Timmins—Chapleau
ridings.
Its most high-profile MP was Lester Pearson of the Liberal Party, who was Prime Minister 1963-68.
:
|DYMENT, Albert Edward
|align="right"| 2,698
|-
|TURNER, Byron H.
|align="right"|2,120
|}
|-
|SMYTH, William Ross
|align="right"|2,849
|-
|DYMENT, Albert Edward
|align="right"|2,808
|}
|-
|SMYTH, William Ross
|align="right"| 3,898
|-
|REGAN, John Lionel
|align="right"|3,716
|}
|-
|NICHOLSON, George Brecken
|align="right"| 4,742
|-
|O'CONNOR, Lawrence
|align="right"|3,596
|}
|-
|CARRUTHERS, John
|align="right"| 5,007
|-
|NICHOLSON, George Brecken
|align="right"| 4,194
|-
|WRIGHT, John Egerton
|align="right"| 3,095
|}
|-
|NICHOLSON, George Brecken
|align="right"|6,209
|-
|CARRUTHERS, John
|align="right"|5,665
|}
|United Farmers
|BOWMAN, Beniah
|align="right"|6,909
|-
|NICHOLSON, George Brecken
|align="right"|6,143
|}
|-
|NICHOLSON, George Brecken
|align="right"|7,231
|-
|BOWMAN, Beniah
|align="right"|6,934
|}
|-
|FARQUHAR, Thomas
|align="right"| 5,816
|-
|CARD, William James
|align="right"| 2,541
|-
|BROMLEY, Kenneth James Webb
|align="right"| 1,362
|-
|PROVENCHER, Isadore Ernest
|align="right"| 833
|}
|-
|FARQUHAR, Thomas
|align="right"|5,565
|-
|CAMPBELL, John Lorne
|align="right"|3,126
|-
|MCVEY, J.W.
|align="right"|1,635
|}
|-
|FARQUHAR, Thomas
|align="right"|4,855
|-
|AUSTIN, Allan McNiece
|align="right"|3,610
|-
|STRAIN, William Luke
|align="right"|1,468
|}
On Mr. Farquar being called to the Senate, 10 September 1948:
|-
|PEARSON, Hon. Lester B.
|align="right"|4,685
|-
|CALLAGHAN, Lorne D.
|align="right"|2,382
|-
|FITZGERALD, John J.
|align="right"|1,236
|}
|-
|PEARSON, Hon. Lester B.
|align="right"| 6,184
|-
|TURNER, Grant H.
|align="right"| 2,908
|-
|THORNTON, George
|align="right"| 2,202
|}
|-
|PEARSON, Hon. Lester Bowles
|align="right"| 7,494
|-
|BISHOP, George H.
|align="right"| 3,877
|}
|-
|PEARSON, Lester B.
|align="right"| 8,574
|-
|MULLIGAN, H. Merton
|align="right"|5,757
|-
|REID, Martin S.
|align="right"| 2,156
|}
|-
|PEARSON, Lester B.
|align="right"| 11,240
|-
|SCULLY, Basil
|align="right"| 8,208
|-
|CORBETT, Walter James
|align="right"| 2,309
|}
|-
|PEARSON, Lester B.
|align="right"| 11,934
|-
|BERTHELOT, Alex
|align="right"| 5,631
|-
|CORK, Cam
|align="right"| 3,168
|}
|-
|PEARSON, Lester B.
|align="right"| 10,817
|-
|JEWELL, Paul
|align="right"|6,146
|-
|QUENNEVILLE, Irénée John
|align="right"| 2,016
|-
|DONAHUE, Bennett
|align="right"| 1,751
|}
|-
|PEARSON, Lester B.
|align="right"| 9,268
|-
|ALDRED, Joel
|align="right"| 5,793
|-
|STUART, Walter
|align="right"| 2,053
|}
Electoral district (Canada)
An electoral district in Canada, also known as a constituency or a riding, is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based...
in Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
, Canada
Canada
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, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons
Canadian House of Commons
The House of Commons of Canada is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign and the Senate. The House of Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 308 members known as Members of Parliament...
from 1904 to 1968. It was created in 1903 from parts of Algoma riding
Electoral district (Canada)
An electoral district in Canada, also known as a constituency or a riding, is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based...
.
It initially consisted of the territorial district of Manitoulin and the part of the territorial district of Algoma lying east of a line drawn from south to north along the limit between the townships of Lefroy and Plummer Additional and due north to the northern limit of Algoma.
In 1904, the territorial district of Manitoulin was transferred out of the riding.
In 1914, it was redefined to consist of the eastern part of the territorial district of Algoma, excluding those parts included in Timiskaming
Timiskaming (electoral district)
Timiskaming was a federal electoral district in the northeastern part of Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1917 to 1925, and from 1935 to 1997....
, the western part of the territorial district of Sudbury, and the territorial district of Manitoulin
In 1933, it was redefined to consist of the territorial district of Manitoulin, and the parts of the territorial districts of Algoma and Sudbury.
The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed between Algoma, Nickel Belt and Timmins—Chapleau
Timmins—Chapleau
Timmins—Chapleau was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1979 to 1997. It was located in the northeast part of the province of Ontario...
ridings.
Its most high-profile MP was Lester Pearson of the Liberal Party, who was Prime Minister 1963-68.
Members of Parliament
This riding elected the following members of the Canadian House of CommonsCanadian House of Commons
The House of Commons of Canada is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign and the Senate. The House of Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 308 members known as Members of Parliament...
:
- Albert Edward DymentAlbert Edward DymentAlbert Edward Dyment was a Canadian politician and businessman.Born at Lynden, County of Wentworth, Ontario, the son of Nathaniel Dyment, of English descent, and Annie McRae, of Scottish origin, he was educated at Barrie Collegiate Institute and at Upper Canada College...
, LiberalLiberal Party of CanadaThe Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
(1904-1908) - William Ross SmythWilliam Ross SmythWilliam Ross Smyth was an Ontario merchant and political figure. He represented Algoma in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1902 to 1908 and Algoma East in the Canadian House of Commons from 1908 to 1917 as a Conservative member.He was born in Thomroam Tarves, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the...
, Conservative (1908-1917) - George Brecken Nicholson, UnionistUnionist Party (Canada)The Unionist Party was formed in 1917 by Members of Parliament in Canada who supported the "Union government" formed by Sir Robert Borden during the First World War....
(1917-1921) - John CarruthersJohn CarruthersJohn Carruthers was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Hamilton, Canada West and became a physician and mayor of Little Current, Ontario....
, Liberal (1921-1925) - George Brecken Nicholson, Conservative (1925-1926)
- Beniah BowmanBeniah BowmanBeniah Bowman was an Ontario farmer and political figure. He represented Manitoulin in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from October 24, 1918 to October 18, 1926 and Algoma East in the Canadian House of Commons from 1926 to 1930 as a United Farmers member.He was born in Waterloo County, Ontario...
, United Farmers of OntarioUnited Farmers of OntarioThe United Farmers of Ontario was a political party in Ontario, Canada. It was the Ontario provincial branch of the United Farmers movement of the early part of the 20th century.- Foundation and rise :...
(1926-1930) - George Brecken Nicholson, Conservative (1930-1935)
- Thomas FarquharThomas FarquharThomas Farquhar was a Canadian politician.- Life and early work :...
, Liberal (1935-1948) - Rt. Hon.The Right HonourableThe Right Honourable is an honorific prefix that is traditionally applied to certain people in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the Anglophone Caribbean and other Commonwealth Realms, and occasionally elsewhere...
Lester B. PearsonLester B. PearsonLester Bowles "Mike" Pearson, PC, OM, CC, OBE was a Canadian professor, historian, civil servant, statesman, diplomat, and politician, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1957 for organizing the United Nations Emergency Force to resolve the Suez Canal Crisis...
, Liberal (1948-1968)
Election results
|-|DYMENT, Albert Edward
|align="right"| 2,698
|-
|TURNER, Byron H.
|align="right"|2,120
|}
|-
|SMYTH, William Ross
|align="right"|2,849
|-
|DYMENT, Albert Edward
|align="right"|2,808
|}
|-
|SMYTH, William Ross
|align="right"| 3,898
|-
|REGAN, John Lionel
|align="right"|3,716
|}
|-
|NICHOLSON, George Brecken
|align="right"| 4,742
|-
|O'CONNOR, Lawrence
|align="right"|3,596
|}
|-
|CARRUTHERS, John
|align="right"| 5,007
|-
|NICHOLSON, George Brecken
|align="right"| 4,194
|-
|WRIGHT, John Egerton
|align="right"| 3,095
|}
|-
|NICHOLSON, George Brecken
|align="right"|6,209
|-
|CARRUTHERS, John
|align="right"|5,665
|}
|United Farmers
United Farmers of Ontario
The United Farmers of Ontario was a political party in Ontario, Canada. It was the Ontario provincial branch of the United Farmers movement of the early part of the 20th century.- Foundation and rise :...
|BOWMAN, Beniah
|align="right"|6,909
|-
|NICHOLSON, George Brecken
|align="right"|6,143
|}
|-
|NICHOLSON, George Brecken
|align="right"|7,231
|-
|BOWMAN, Beniah
|align="right"|6,934
|}
|-
|FARQUHAR, Thomas
|align="right"| 5,816
|-
|CARD, William James
|align="right"| 2,541
|-
|BROMLEY, Kenneth James Webb
|align="right"| 1,362
|-
|PROVENCHER, Isadore Ernest
|align="right"| 833
|}
|-
|FARQUHAR, Thomas
|align="right"|5,565
|-
|CAMPBELL, John Lorne
|align="right"|3,126
|-
|MCVEY, J.W.
|align="right"|1,635
|}
|-
|FARQUHAR, Thomas
|align="right"|4,855
|-
|AUSTIN, Allan McNiece
|align="right"|3,610
|-
|STRAIN, William Luke
|align="right"|1,468
|}
On Mr. Farquar being called to the Senate, 10 September 1948:
|-
|PEARSON, Hon. Lester B.
|align="right"|4,685
|-
|CALLAGHAN, Lorne D.
|align="right"|2,382
|-
|FITZGERALD, John J.
|align="right"|1,236
|}
|-
|PEARSON, Hon. Lester B.
|align="right"| 6,184
|-
|TURNER, Grant H.
|align="right"| 2,908
|-
|THORNTON, George
|align="right"| 2,202
|}
|-
|PEARSON, Hon. Lester Bowles
|align="right"| 7,494
|-
|BISHOP, George H.
|align="right"| 3,877
|}
|-
|PEARSON, Lester B.
|align="right"| 8,574
|-
|MULLIGAN, H. Merton
|align="right"|5,757
|-
|REID, Martin S.
|align="right"| 2,156
|}
|-
|PEARSON, Lester B.
|align="right"| 11,240
|-
|SCULLY, Basil
|align="right"| 8,208
|-
|CORBETT, Walter James
|align="right"| 2,309
|}
|-
|PEARSON, Lester B.
|align="right"| 11,934
|-
|BERTHELOT, Alex
|align="right"| 5,631
|-
|CORK, Cam
|align="right"| 3,168
|}
|-
|PEARSON, Lester B.
|align="right"| 10,817
|-
|JEWELL, Paul
|align="right"|6,146
|-
|QUENNEVILLE, Irénée John
|align="right"| 2,016
|-
|DONAHUE, Bennett
|align="right"| 1,751
|}
|-
|PEARSON, Lester B.
|align="right"| 9,268
|-
|ALDRED, Joel
|align="right"| 5,793
|-
|STUART, Walter
|align="right"| 2,053
|}
External links
- Riding history from the Library of ParliamentLibrary of ParliamentThe Library of Parliament is the main information repository and research resource for the Parliament of Canada...