Algoma West was a federal electoral district

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

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, Canada

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, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons

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 from 1904 to 1968. It was created in 1903 from parts of Algoma riding

Electoral district (Canada)

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.

The west riding of Algoma was defined to consist of the portion of the territorial district of Algoma lying west of Algoma East

Algoma East

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....

 riding

Electoral district (Canada)

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.

The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed between Algoma, Cochrane

Cochrane (electoral district)

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,
Sault Ste. Marie

Sault Ste. Marie (electoral district)

Sault Ste. Marie is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968.In 2004, due to population changes in boundary distribution, the riding expanded significantly to include a significant portion of the Algoma District, from...

 and Timmins—Chapleau

Timmins—Chapleau

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 ridings.
Algoma West was created in 1903 from Algoma, and was abolished in 1966 into Algoma and Sault Ste. Marie

Sault Ste. Marie (electoral district)

Sault Ste. Marie is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968.In 2004, due to population changes in boundary distribution, the riding expanded significantly to include a significant portion of the Algoma District, from...

.

Members of Parliament

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

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:

1. Arthur Cyril Boyce
   Arthur Cyril Boyce
   Arthur Cyril Boyce was a Canadian politician.Born in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, Boyce was educated at private educational institutions in Wakefield, York and Carlisle, England, and Osgoode Hall Law School, Toronto. A lawyer, he practised law in Port Arthur , Rat Portage and in Sault Ste...
   
   , Conservative (1904-1917)
2. Thomas Edward Simpson
   Thomas Edward Simpson
   Thomas Edward Simpson was a Canadian politician.Born in Dufferin County, Ontario, Simpson represented the electoral district of Algoma West in the Canadian House of Commons from 1917 to 1935...
   
   , Conservative (1917-1935)
3. Henry Sidney Hamilton
   Henry Sidney Hamilton
   Henry Sidney Hamilton was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Algoma West in the Canadian House of Commons from 1935 to 1940. He was a member of the Liberal Party.-Family:...
   
   , Liberal
   Liberal Party of Canada
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    (1935-1940)
4. George E. Nixon
   George E. Nixon
   George Ewart Nixon was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Algoma West in the Canadian House of Commons from 1940 to 1968. He was a member of the Liberal Party.-External links:...
   
   , Liberal (1940-1968)

Election results

|-

|BOYCE, A.C.
|align="right"| 1,675
|-

|KEHOE, J.J.
|align="right"| 1,580
|}
|-

|BOYCE, Arthur Cyril
|align="right"| 2,079
|-

|GIBSON, Robert James
|align="right"|1,870
|}
|-

|BOYCE, Arthur Cyril
|align="right"|2,738
|-

|SMITH, Charles Napier
|align="right"| 2,180
|}
|-

|SIMPSON, Thomas Edward
|align="right"| 4,780
|-

|SMITH, Charles Napier
|align="right"|2,510
|-

|LOCKWOOD, James
|align="right"| 658
|}
|-

|SIMPSON, Thomas Edward
|align="right"| 4,279
|-

|HAMILTON, Henry Sidney
|align="right"| 3,565
|-

|FARQUHAR, Thomas
|align="right"| 2,822
|}
|-

|SIMPSON, Thomas Edward
|align="right"| 6,767
|-

|MCCAULEY, Thomas John
|align="right"| 3,574
|}
|-

|SIMPSON, Thomas Edward
|align="right"| 7,171
|-

|WHYTALL, Albert Ernest
|align="right"| 4,187
|}
|-

|SIMPSON, Thomas Edward
|align="right"| 7,531
|-

|WHYTALL, Albert Ernest
|align="right"| 6,108
|}
|-

|HAMILTON, Henry Sidney
|align="right"| 6,788
|-

|MCMILLAN, Ernest Victor
|align="right"| 4,844
|-

|HEADRICK, Albert Edward
|align="right"| 1,669
|-

|WOOD, Albert Reid
|align="right"| 1,180
|-

|PREWER, Vincent Hector
|align="right"| 252
|}
|-

|NIXON, George Ewart
|align="right"| 8,632
|-

|LANG, John L.
|align="right"| 5,612
|-

|WAITE, Harry P.
|align="right"| 2,196
|}
|-

|NIXON, George Ewart
|align="right"| 7,476
|-

|TREFRY, Harold Scott
|align="right"| 5,619
|-

|SHEPHERD, Lloyd George
|align="right"| 4,281
|}
|-

|NIXON, George Ewart
|align="right"| 10,127
|-

|WISHART, Arthur Allison
|align="right"| 5,056
|-

|JOHNS, Richard Wellington
|align="right"| 4,716
|}
|-

|NIXON, George Ewart
|align="right"| 10,461
|-

|FOULDS, James Sydney
|align="right"| 5,571
|-

|BARKER, John G.
|align="right"| 4,428
|}
|-

|NIXON, George E.
|align="right"| 10,166
|-

|LANG, Henry M.
|align="right"| 8,345
|-

|WILLOUGHBY, Harvey Claude
|align="right"| 5,027
|}
|-

|NIXON, George Ewart
|align="right"| 12,390
|-

|LANG, Henry
|align="right"| 11,355
|-

|CALLAHAN, Lorne D.
|align="right"| 4,801
|}
|-

|NIXON, George Ewart
|align="right"| 13,832
|-

|LANG, Henry
|align="right"| 9,681
|-

|WERNICK, Morris
|align="right"| 8,274
|}
|-

|NIXON, George Ewart
|align="right"| 14,023
|-

|EAID, Charles
|align="right"| 10,119
|-

|WERNICK, Morris
|align="right"| 9,351
|-

|ASH, Ronald James
|align="right"| 355
|}
|-

|NIXON, George Ewart
|align="right"| 12,034
|-

|RAMSAY, Russ

Russ Ramsay

Russell Harold Ramsay was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1978 to 1985, and was a cabinet minister in the government of William Davis. Ramsay was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party.Ramsay was born in Sault Ste...

 
|align="right"| 11,914
|-

|REGIER, Erhart

Erhart Regier

Erhart Regier was a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Burnaby—Coquitlam in the House of Commons from 1953 to 1962...

 
|align="right"| 9,564
|}

External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament
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