Lanark–Renfrew–Carleton (also known as Lanark and Renfrew) was a federal electoral district

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 represented in the Canadian

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 House of Commons

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 from 1968 to 1988. It was located in the province

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 of Ontario

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.

This riding was created as "Lanark and Renfrew" in 1966 from parts of Carleton

Carleton (Ontario electoral district)

Carleton was a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1968, and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1867 to 1987...

, Lanark

Lanark (electoral district)

Lanark was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1917 to 1968. It was located in the province of Ontario...

, Renfrew North

Renfrew North

Renfrew North was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1979. It was located in the province of Ontario. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867...

 and Renfrew South

Renfrew South

Renfrew South was a federal and provincial electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1968, and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. It was located in the province of Ontario...

 ridings.

Lanark and Renfrew was initially defined to consist of:

(a) in the County of Carleton, the Townships of Fitzroy, Huntley, March and Torbolton;

(b) in the County of Lanark, the Townships of Beckwith, Darling, Drummond, Lanark, Pakenham and Ramsay; and

(c) in the County of Renfrew, the Townships of Admaston, Bagot, Blythfield, Bromley, Horton, McNab, Ross and Westmeath.

The name of the electoral district was changed in 1970 to Lanark–Renfrew–Carleton.
In 1976, it was redefined to consist of

(a) in the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton, the Townships of March and West Carleton;

(b) the County of Lanark, including the Town of Smiths Falls; and

(c) in the County of Renfrew, the Townships of Bagot and Blythfield and McNab.

The electoral district was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed between Lanark–Carleton and Renfrew.

Lanark and Renfrew

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|BASKIN, James W.
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|RONSON, James
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Lanark–Renfrew–Carleton

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|DICK, Paul

Paul Dick

Paul Wyatt Dick, PC is a lawyer and former Canadian politician.He was born in Kapuskasing, Ontario, the son of Wyatt Dick and Constance Grace Harrison, and educated in Arnprior, Port Hope, at the University of Western Ontario and the University of New Brunswick. Dick was called to the Ontario bar...

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|MCBRIDE, Murray
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|MELLEMA, Henry
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|DICK, Paul

Paul Dick

Paul Wyatt Dick, PC is a lawyer and former Canadian politician.He was born in Kapuskasing, Ontario, the son of Wyatt Dick and Constance Grace Harrison, and educated in Arnprior, Port Hope, at the University of Western Ontario and the University of New Brunswick. Dick was called to the Ontario bar...

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|BARRETT, Bud
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|MORRISON, Stuart
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|DICK, Paul

Paul Dick

Paul Wyatt Dick, PC is a lawyer and former Canadian politician.He was born in Kapuskasing, Ontario, the son of Wyatt Dick and Constance Grace Harrison, and educated in Arnprior, Port Hope, at the University of Western Ontario and the University of New Brunswick. Dick was called to the Ontario bar...

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|CARROLL, Pat
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|GILHULY, Gord
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|DICK, Paul

Paul Dick

Paul Wyatt Dick, PC is a lawyer and former Canadian politician.He was born in Kapuskasing, Ontario, the son of Wyatt Dick and Constance Grace Harrison, and educated in Arnprior, Port Hope, at the University of Western Ontario and the University of New Brunswick. Dick was called to the Ontario bar...

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|CARROLL, Pat
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|GILHULY, Gord
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|NEILSON, Stuart
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|DICK, Paul

Paul Dick

Paul Wyatt Dick, PC is a lawyer and former Canadian politician.He was born in Kapuskasing, Ontario, the son of Wyatt Dick and Constance Grace Harrison, and educated in Arnprior, Port Hope, at the University of Western Ontario and the University of New Brunswick. Dick was called to the Ontario bar...

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|MCNABB, Brooke
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|PAGE, Don
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|CRAIG, Floyd J.
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See also

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

External links

• Parliamentary website: Lanark and Renfrew

Parliamentary website: Lanark—Renfrew—Carleton