Leeds North and Grenville North 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 1867 to 1904. It was located in the province

Provinces and territories of Canada

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 of Ontario

Ontario

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. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867 which allocated one member to the combined riding of the North Riding of Leeds and the North Riding of Grenville.

In 1882, the North Riding of Leeds and Grenville was defined to consist of the townships of South Elmsley, Wolford, Oxford and South Gower, and the villages of Smith's Falls, Kemptville and Merrickville.

The electoral district was abolished in 1903 when it was redistributed between Grenville

Grenville (electoral district)

Grenville was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1904 to 1925. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1903 from parts of Grenville South and Leeds North and Grenville North ridings...

 and Leeds

Leeds (electoral district)

Leeds was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1904 to 1979. It was located in the province of Ontario...

 ridings.

Electoral history

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|JONES, Francis

Francis Jones (Canadian politician)

Francis Jones was an Ontario civil engineer, provincial land surveyor and political figure. He represented Leeds North and Grenville North in the Canadian House of Commons as a Conservative member from 1867 to 1874....

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|MONTGOMERY,
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|JONES, Francis
|align="right"|963
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|MONTGOMERY, G.A.
|align="right"|771
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|FERGUSON, Charles F.
|align="right"|918
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|JONES, F.
|align="right"|785
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On Mr. Ferguson being unseated, 10 November 1874:

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|FERGUSON, Charles Frederick
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|WEIR, John K.
|align="right"|765
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|FERGUSON, Charles Frederick
|align="right"|859
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|JONES, F.
|align="right"|823
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|FERGUSON, Charles Frederick
|align="right"| 1,048
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|FROST, F.T.
|align="right"| 762
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|FERGUSON, C.F.
|align="right"| 1,140
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|BUCHANAN, Angus
|align="right"|747
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|KIDD, George Eldon
|align="right"|291
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|FERGUSON, Charles Frederick
|align="right"|1,311
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|FROST, Francis Theodore
|align="right"|1,165
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|FROST, Francis T.
|align="right"|1,432
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|LAVELL, John N.
|align="right"| 1,423
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|LAVELL, John R.
|align="right"| 1,590
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|FROST, Francis T.
|align="right"| 1,267
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See also

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

External links

• Parliamentary website