Hastings—Peterborough 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...

 represented in the Canadian

Canada

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 House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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 from 1925 to 1953. It was located in the province

Provinces and territories of Canada

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 of Ontario

Ontario

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. This riding was created in 1924 from parts of 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 Peterborough East

Peterborough East

Peterborough 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...

 ridings.

It was initially defined as consisting of the part of the county of Peterborough lying east of and including the townships of Anstruther, Burleigh, Dummer and Asphodel; and the part of the county of Hastings lying north of and including the townships of Rawdon, Huntingdon, Madoc and Elzevir.

In 1933, it was redefined to consist of the part of the county of Peterborough lying east of and including the townships of Anstruther, Burleigh, Dummer and Asphodel; and hat part of the county, together with that part of the county of Hastings lying north of a line described as commencing at the southwest corner of the township of Rawdon and following the south boundary of the said township, the south and east boundaries of the township of Huntingdon and the south boundary of the townships of Madoc and Elzevir to the east boundary of the said county.

The electoral district was abolished in 1952 when it was redistributed between Hastings—Frontenac

Hastings—Frontenac

Hastings—Frontenac was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1953 to 1968, and from 1979 to 2004.-Constituency boundaries:...

 and Peterborough

Peterborough (electoral district)

Peterborough is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1953.The riding's borders have differed slightly since its creation in 1953, but has always included most or all of Peterborough County and its county seat of...

 ridings.

Election results

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|EMBURY, Alexander Thomas
|align="right"|6,511
|-

|BRETHEN, George Arthur
|align="right"|3,747
|}
|-

|EMBURY, Alexander Thomas
|align="right"|6,797
|-

|MARSHALL, John Smith
|align="right"|2,680
|}
|-

|EMBURY, Alexander Thomas
|align="right"|6,993
|-

|AYLSWORTH, Fraser
|align="right"| 2,999
|}
|-

|FERGUSON, Rork Scott
|align="right"|5,671
|-

|EMBURY, Alexander Thomas
|align="right"|4,619
|-

|GUNTER, Judson Armstrong
|align="right"|2,552
|}
|-

|WHITE, George Stanley
|align="right"|5,471
|-

|FERGUSON, Rork Scott
|align="right"|5,207
|}
|-

|WHITE, George Stanley
|align="right"|6,876
|-

|FERGUSON, Rork Scott
|align="right"|4,226
|-

|TURNER, Ralph Francis
|align="right"|673
|}
|-

|WHITE, George Stanley
|align="right"|6,578
|-

|MUNRO, John Wellington
|align="right"| 4,681
|-

|HAFFEY, John Thomas Basil
|align="right"|732
|}

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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