Hastings West was a federal electoral district

Electoral district (Canada)

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 in the province

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 of Ontario

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, Canada

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, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons

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 from 1867 to 1925. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867 which divided the County of Hastings, divided into three ridings: Hastings West, Hastings East

Hastings East

Hastings East was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1925. It was located in the province of Ontario...

 and Hastings North

Hastings North

Hastings North was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1904. It was located in the province of Ontario...

.

The West Riding consisted of the Town of Belleville, the Township of Sydney, and the Village of Trenton.

In 1903, the county of Hastings was divided into two ridings: Hastings West and Hastings East.

The west riding consisted of the townships of Sydney, Rawdon, Huntingdon, Marmora and Lake, Wollaston, Faraday, Herschel, McClure, Wicklow and Bangor, the city of Belleville, the town of Trenton, and the villages of Marmora and Sterling.

The electoral district was abolished in 1924 when it was redistributed between Hastings South

Hastings South

Hastings South was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1925 to 1968. It was located in the province of Ontario...

 and Hastings—Peterborough

Hastings—Peterborough

Hastings—Peterborough was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1925 to 1953. It was located in the province of Ontario...

 ridings.

Election results

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|BROWN, James

James Brown (Canadian politician)

James Brown was an Ontario businessman and politician. He represented Hastings West in the Canadian House of Commons as a Conservative member from 1867 to 1882.He was born in Scotland in 1828...

 
|align="right"| 773
|-

|HOLDEN,
|align="right"| 313
|}
|-

|BROWN, James
|align="right"| 1,030
|-

|PATTERSON, H.
|align="right"| 575
|-

|BROWN, James
|align="right"| 414
|-

|WILLS, T.
|align="right"| 49
|-

|BROWN, James
|align="right"|1,306
|-

|WALLBRIDGE,
|align="right"| 1,055
|-

|ROBERTSON, Alexander

Alexander Robertson (Canadian politician)

Alexander Robertson was an Ontario lawyer and political figure. He represented Hastings West in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1879 to 1882 and in the Canadian House of Commons from 1882 to 1888 as a Conservative member.He was born in Trenton, Upper Canada, the son of William Robertson,...

 
|align="right"| 1,317
|-

|BROWN, James
|align="right"| 1,081
|-

|ROBERTSON, Alexander
|align="right"| 1,728
|-

|FROST, John G.
|align="right"| 1,550
On Mr. Robertson's death, 29 February 1888:

|-

|CORBY, Henry A.

Henry Corby, Jr.

Henry "Harry" Corby was an Ontario businessman and political figure. He represented Hastings West as a Conservative member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1888 to 1901....

 
|align="right"|acclaimed
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|CORBY, Henry
|align="right"| 1,955
|-

|CLUTE, R.C.
|align="right"| 1,595
On Mr. Corby's resignation, 22 June 1894:

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|CORBY, Henry A.
|align="right"| acclaimed
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|CORBY, H.
|align="right"| 1,836
|-

|RITCHIE, Thomas
|align="right"|1,591
|-

|CORBY, Henry
|align="right"|2,094
|-

|YOUNG, Stephen Johnston
|align="right"|1,252
On Mr. Corby's resignation, 28 February 1901:

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|PORTER, E.G.
|align="right"| 1,831
|-

|FROST, J.G.
|align="right"| 1,330
|-

|PORTER, E. Guss
|align="right"| 3,240
|-

|LOTT, Byron O.
|align="right"| 2,361
|-

|PORTER, Edward Guss
|align="right"| 3,360
|-

|FUNNELL, Jesse
|align="right"| 2,199
|-

|PORTER, Edward Guss
|align="right"| 3,623
|-

|HUBBELL, William Henry
|align="right"|1,852
|-

|PORTER, Edward Guss
|align="right"| 5,710
|-

|GRAHAM, Robert James
|align="right"|4,085
|-

|PORTER, Edward Guss
|align="right"| 7,279
|-

|MCINTOSH, Arza Daniel
|align="right"| 6,108
On Mr. Porter's resignation, 27 June 1924:

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|HANNA, Charles Edward
|align="right"| 8,315
|-

|PORTER, E.G.
|align="right"| 7,901

See also

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

External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament
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