Parry Sound (electoral district)
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Parry Sound was a federal electoral district
represented in the Canadian
House of Commons
from 1904 to 1949. It was located in the province
of Ontario
. This riding was first created in 1903 from parts of Muskoka and Parry Sound
riding.
It consisted of the territorial district of Parry Sound.
In 1933, it was expanded to include, in the territorial district of Nipissing
, the townships of Ballantyne, Wilkes, Pentland, Boyd, Paxton, Biggar, Osler, Lister, Butt, Devine, Bishop, Freswick, McCraney, Hunter, McLaughlin, Bower, Finlayson, Peck, Canisbay and Sproule.
The electoral district was abolished in 1947 when it was merged into Parry Sound—Muskoka
riding.
|Liberal
|WATSON, Robert James
|align="right"| 2,410
|Conservative
|FREEBORN, James S.
|align="right"|2,035
|}
|-
|Conservative
|ARTHURS, James
|align="right"| 2,932
|Liberal
|WATSON, Robert James
|align="right"| 2,135
|}
|-
|Conservative
|ARTHURS, James
|align="right"| 2,976
|Liberal
|MORRISON, George
|align="right"|1,918
|}
|-
|Government
|ARTHURS, James
|align="right"| 5,182
|Opposition
|HOCKEN, Norman Cecil
|align="right"|2,043
|}
|-
|Conservative
|ARTHURS, James
|align="right"| 3,229
|Independent
|MASON, William Robert
|align="right"| 3,157
|Progressive
|PARTRIDGE, Augustus Wellington
|align="right"|2,784
|}
|-
|Conservative
|ARTHURS, James
|align="right"| 5,224
|Liberal
|MASON, William Robert
|align="right"|3,922
|}
|-
|Conservative
|ARTHURS, James
|align="right"| 5,418
|Liberal
|LUDGATE, James
|align="right"|4,358
|}
|-
|Conservative
|ARTHURS, James
|align="right"| 5,504
|Liberal
|HILLIAR, Joseph
|align="right"| 4,365
|}
|-
|Liberal
|SLAGHT, Arthur G.
|align="right"| 6,230
|Conservative
|LIMBERT, Milton Henry
|align="right"| 3,965
|Reconstruction
|MASON, William Robert
|align="right"| 1,245
|}
|-
|Liberal
|SLAGHT, Arthur G.
|align="right"|5,850
|National Government
|MCLEAN, A.Coulter
|align="right"| 4,159
|New Democratic Party
|CULBERT, Clarence E.
|align="right"| 786
|}
|-
|Liberal
|MCDONALD, Bucko
|align="right"| 5,301
|Progressive Conservative
|MCLEAN, A. Coulter
|align="right"| 4,909
|Co-operative Commonwealth
|TAYLOR, Earle Torrie
|align="right"| 1,951
|}
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
The House of Commons of Canada is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign and the Senate. The House of Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 308 members known as Members of Parliament...
from 1904 to 1949. 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 first created in 1903 from parts of Muskoka and Parry Sound
Muskoka and Parry Sound
Muskoka and Parry Sound was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1883 to 1904. It was located in the province of Ontario...
riding.
It consisted of the territorial district of Parry Sound.
In 1933, it was expanded to include, in the territorial district of Nipissing
Nipissing District, Ontario
Nipissing District, Ontario is a district in Northeastern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario. It was created in 1858. The district seat is North Bay.In 2006, the population was 84,688...
, the townships of Ballantyne, Wilkes, Pentland, Boyd, Paxton, Biggar, Osler, Lister, Butt, Devine, Bishop, Freswick, McCraney, Hunter, McLaughlin, Bower, Finlayson, Peck, Canisbay and Sproule.
The electoral district was abolished in 1947 when it was merged into Parry Sound—Muskoka
Parry Sound—Muskoka
Parry Sound—Muskoka is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1949....
riding.
Electoral history
|-|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
|WATSON, Robert James
Robert James Watson
Robert James Watson was a Canadian politician.Born in Saint John, New Brunswick, he was educated at a Public School and Hamilton University. A farmer, he ran unsuccessfully in the Ontario riding of Muskoka and Parry Sound for the Canadian House of Commons in 1900. He was elected in the 1904...
|align="right"| 2,410
|Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
|FREEBORN, James S.
|align="right"|2,035
|}
|-
|Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
|ARTHURS, James
|align="right"| 2,932
|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
|WATSON, Robert James
Robert James Watson
Robert James Watson was a Canadian politician.Born in Saint John, New Brunswick, he was educated at a Public School and Hamilton University. A farmer, he ran unsuccessfully in the Ontario riding of Muskoka and Parry Sound for the Canadian House of Commons in 1900. He was elected in the 1904...
|align="right"| 2,135
|}
|-
|Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
|ARTHURS, James
|align="right"| 2,976
|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
|MORRISON, George
|align="right"|1,918
|}
|-
|Government
|ARTHURS, James
|align="right"| 5,182
|Opposition
Laurier Liberals
Prior to the 1917 federal election in Canada, the Liberal Party of Canada split into two factions:* the Laurier Liberals, who opposed conscription of soldiers to support Canada's involvement in World War I and who were led by former Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier; and* the Liberal Unionists who...
|HOCKEN, Norman Cecil
|align="right"|2,043
|}
|-
|Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
|ARTHURS, James
|align="right"| 3,229
|Independent
|MASON, William Robert
|align="right"| 3,157
|Progressive
Progressive Party of Canada
The Progressive Party of Canada was a political party in Canada in the 1920s and 1930s. It was linked with the provincial United Farmers parties in several provinces and, in Manitoba, ran candidates and formed governments as the Progressive Party of Manitoba...
|PARTRIDGE, Augustus Wellington
|align="right"|2,784
|}
|-
|Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
|ARTHURS, James
|align="right"| 5,224
|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
|MASON, William Robert
|align="right"|3,922
|}
|-
|Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
|ARTHURS, James
|align="right"| 5,418
|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
|LUDGATE, James
|align="right"|4,358
|}
|-
|Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
|ARTHURS, James
|align="right"| 5,504
|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
|HILLIAR, Joseph
|align="right"| 4,365
|}
|-
|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
|SLAGHT, Arthur G.
|align="right"| 6,230
|Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
|LIMBERT, Milton Henry
|align="right"| 3,965
|Reconstruction
Reconstruction Party of Canada
The Reconstruction Party was a Canadian political party founded by Henry Herbert Stevens, a long-time Conservative Member of Parliament . Stevens served as Minister of Trade in the Arthur Meighen government of 1921, and as Minister of Trade and Commerce from 1930 to 1934 in the Depression-era...
|MASON, William Robert
|align="right"| 1,245
|}
|-
|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
|SLAGHT, Arthur G.
|align="right"|5,850
|National Government
|MCLEAN, A.Coulter
|align="right"| 4,159
|New Democratic Party
New Democratic Party
The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in...
|CULBERT, Clarence E.
|align="right"| 786
|}
|-
|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
|MCDONALD, Bucko
|align="right"| 5,301
|Progressive Conservative
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....
|MCLEAN, A. Coulter
|align="right"| 4,909
|Co-operative Commonwealth
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation was a Canadian political party founded in 1932 in Calgary, Alberta, by a number of socialist, farm, co-operative and labour groups, and the League for Social Reconstruction...
|TAYLOR, Earle Torrie
|align="right"| 1,951
|}
See also
- List of Canadian federal electoral districts
- Past Canadian electoral districts