Kenora—Rainy River - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Kenora—Rainy River 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

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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from 1925 to 2004. It was located in the province

Provinces and territories of Canada

The provinces and territories of Canada combine to make up the world's second-largest country by area. There are ten provinces and three territories...

of 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....

. This riding was created in 1924 from parts of Fort William and Rainy River

Fort William and Rainy River

Fort William and Rainy River was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1917 to 1925. It was located in the province of Ontario...

and Port Arthur and Kenora

Port Arthur and Kenora

Port Arthur and Kenora was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1917 to 1925. It was located in the province of Ontario...

ridings.

It initially consisted of the parts of the territorial districts of Kenora and Rainy River lying west of the fifth meridian

114th meridian west

The meridian 114° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, North America, the Pacific Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole....

passing between the townships of Melgund and Revell.

In 1933, it was redefined as consisting of the part of the province of Ontario lying west of the fourth meridian

110th meridian west

The meridian 110° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, North America, the Pacific Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole....

including Sioux Lookout, Ignace and Atikokan.

In 1966, it was redefined as consisting of the western parts of the territorial districts of Rainy River and Kenora west of a line drawn (from south to north) beginning at the Duluth, Winnipeg and Pacific Railway bridge and ending at the northern limit of the province.

In 1976, it was redefined as consisting of the western parts of the Territorial Districts of Kenora, Rainy River and Thunder Bay.

The electoral district was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed between Kenora

Kenora (electoral district)

Kenora is a federal and former provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004, and was represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from the early twentieth century....

and Thunder Bay—Rainy River

Thunder Bay—Rainy River

Thunder Bay—Rainy River is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004...

ridings.

Election results

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|HEENAN, Peter

Peter Heenan

Peter Heenan, PC was a Canadian politician.Born in Tullaree, County Monaghan, Ireland, he was a locomotive engineer before being elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as the Labour candidate for the riding of Kenora in the 1919 election...

|align="right"| 3,898
|-

|MACHIN, Harold Arthur Clemen
|align="right"| 3,707

|Farmer-Labour

Labour candidates and parties in Canada

There have been various groups in Canada that have nominated candidates under the label Labour Party or Independent Labour Party or other variations from the 1870s until the 1960s...

|MACLEAN, Roderick
|align="right"|762
|}
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|HEENAN, Peter

Peter Heenan

|align="right"| 5,626
|-

|GEORGE, Arthur Dufferin
|align="right"|5,016
|}

Acceptance by Mr. Heenan of an office of emolument under the Crown, October 11, 1926:

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|HEENAN, Hon. Peter

Peter Heenan

|align="right"| acclaimed
|}
|-

|HEENAN, Hon. Peter

Peter Heenan

|align="right"| 6,313
|-

|MCMANUS, Francis James
|align="right"| 5,811
|}

On Mr. Heenan's resignation and on his election to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, July 10, 1934:

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|MCKINNON, Hugh Bathgate
|align="right"| 8,618
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|DERRY, Joseph
|align="right"| 2,453
|}
|-

|MCKINNON, Hugh Bathgate
|align="right"| 8,271
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|MCMANUS, Francis James
|align="right"| 2,837
|-

|CALLAN, John Fullerton
|align="right"| 2,169
|-

|GEDDES, George
|align="right"| 1,326
|}
|-

|MCKINNON, Hugh B.
|align="right"| 10,595
|-

|DEAN, John Albert
|align="right"| 5,286
|-

|IVENS, William
|align="right"| 3,173
|}
|-

|BENIDICKSON, William Moore
|align="right"| 7,309
|-

|SHERRETT, Joseph Allan
|align="right"| 5,260
|-

|JAMES, Ralph Jackson
|align="right"| 4,762
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|HILL, Amos Tobias
|align="right"| 705
|}
|-

|BENIDICKSON, William Moore
|align="right"|11,297
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|FREGEAU, Joseph Victor
|align="right"| 5,024
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|JAMES, Ralph Jackson
|align="right"| 3,869
|}
|-

|BENIDICKSON, William Moore
|align="right"| 11,380
|-

|GRAY, William John
|align="right"| 5,822
|-

|JAMES, Ralph Jackson
|align="right"|2,411
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|FARRINGTON, Albert Harold
|align="right"| 369
|}
|-

|BENIDICKSON, William Moore
|align="right"| 10,701
|-

|GRAY, William John
|align="right"| 7,087
|-

|CARTER, Jo
|align="right"| 4,689
|}
|-

|BENIDICKSON, William Moore
|align="right"| 11,956
|-

|ROBERTSON, John A. Pete

John Alexander Robertson

John Alexander Robertson was a Canadian Senator.Robertson was a freight train conductor for the Canadian Pacific Railway at the time of his surprise appointment by John George Diefenbaker to the Canadian Senate in 1962...

|align="right"| 11,773
|-

|WELSBY, Andre
|align="right"|3,487
|}
|-

|BENIDICKSON, William Moore
|align="right"| 15,412
|-

|CROXFORD, Victor K.
|align="right"| 7,123
|-

|MCRAE, Paul E.
|align="right"| 5,157
|}
|-

|BENIDICKSON, William Moore
|align="right"| 16,794
|-

|MILLAR, Jean
|align="right"| 10,221
|}
|-

|REID, John M.

John Mercer Reid