Port Arthur (electoral district) - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Port Arthur 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

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House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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from 1935 to 1979. 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 1933 from parts of Port Arthur—Thunder Bay

Port Arthur—Thunder Bay

Port Arthur—Thunder Bay was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1925 to 1935. It was located in the province of Ontario...

riding.

It consisted initially of the parts of the territorial districts of Algoma, Cochrane, Kenora, and Thunder Bay not included in the electoral districts of Algoma West, Cochrane, Fort William, and Kenora-Rainy River herein defined, and including the city of Port Arthur, together with that part of the district of Patricia not included in the electoral districts of Kenora—Rainy River

Kenora—Rainy River

Kenora—Rainy River was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1925 to 2004. It was located in the province of Ontario...

and Cochrane

Cochrane (electoral district)

Cochrane was a federal and provincial electoral district in the province of Ontario, Canada...

.

In 1966, it was defined as consisting of the part of the territorial district of Thunder Bay contained in the City of Port Arthur and the Townships of Adrian, Blackwell, Conmee, Forbes, Fowler, Goldie, Gorham, Horne, Jacques, Laurie, MacGregor, McIntyre, McTavish, Oliver, Sackville, Sibley and Ware.

The electoral district was abolished in 1976 when it was merged into Thunder Bay—Nipigon riding.

Members of Parliament for Port Arthur

Port Arthur elected the following Members of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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C.D. Howe, 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...

(1935-1957)
Doug Fisher
Doug Fisher
Douglas Mason "Doug" Fisher was a Canadian political columnist and politician.-Life and career:...

, Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
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...

/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...

(1957-1965)
Bob Andras
Bob Andras
Robert Knight Andras, PC was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral districts of Port Arthur from 1965 to 1979, and Thunder Bay—Nipigon from 1979 to 1980, in the Canadian House of Commons as a member of the Liberal Party of Canada.Andras moved to Port Arthur, Ontario in 1958 as the...

, Liberal (1965-1979)

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...

|Clarence Decatur HOWE
|align="right"| 6,591

|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...

|George WARDROPE
|align="right"| 2,807

|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...

|Alex GIBSON
|align="right"| 1,357

|Conservative

Conservative Party of Canada (historical)

|Albert Edward SMITH
|align="right"| 1,161

|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...

|Peter Allan LEGROW
|align="right"| 519
|}
|-

|Liberal

Liberal Party of Canada

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

|Alex GIBSON
|align="right"|3,128
|}
|-

|Liberal

Liberal Party of Canada

|Hon. Clarence Decatur HOWE
|align="right"|10,045

|Co-operative Commonwealth

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

|John Arthur THOMPSON
|align="right"|5,504

|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....

|George Calvin WARDROPE
|align="right"| 3,516

|Labour-Progressive

Communist Party of Canada

The Communist Party of Canada is a communist political party in Canada. Although is it currently a minor or small political party without representation in the Federal Parliament or in provincial legislatures, historically the Party has elected representatives in Federal Parliament, Ontario...

|Robert Melbourne AYLWARD
|align="right"| 1,004
|}
|-

|Liberal

Liberal Party of Canada

|Rt. Hon. Clarence Decatur HOWE
|align="right"| 12,646

|Co-operative Commonwealth

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

|James Thomas CAWLEY
|align="right"| 6,401

|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....

|Robert Ainslie ROBINSON
|align="right"|5,068

|Social Credit

Social Credit Party of Canada

The Social Credit Party of Canada was a conservative-populist political party in Canada that promoted social credit theories of monetary reform...

|John Emil DAGSVIK
|align="right"| 627
|}
|-

|Liberal

Liberal Party of Canada

|Rt. Hon. Clarence Decatur HOWE
|align="right"| 12,272

|Co-operative Commonwealth

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

|Ronald Vincent WILMOT
|align="right"| 5,865

|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....

|Bob ROBINSON
|align="right"| 5,415

|Labour-Progressive

Communist Party of Canada

|Bruce MAGNUSON
|align="right"|923
|}
|-

|Co-operative Commonwealth

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

|Douglas M. FISHER

Doug Fisher

Douglas Mason "Doug" Fisher was a Canadian political columnist and politician.-Life and career:...

|align="right"| 12,228

|Liberal

Liberal Party of Canada

|Clarence Decatur HOWE
|align="right"|10,813

|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....

|Ina M. VIGARS
|align="right"|5,261
|}
|-

|Co-operative Commonwealth

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

|Douglas M. FISHER

Doug Fisher

Douglas Mason "Doug" Fisher was a Canadian political columnist and politician.-Life and career:...

|align="right"| 12,217

|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....

|Norman R. WILSON
|align="right"| 10,215

|Liberal

Liberal Party of Canada

|Edward V. ANTEN
|align="right"|9,043
|}
|-

|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...

|Douglas M. FISHER

Doug Fisher

Douglas Mason "Doug" Fisher was a Canadian political columnist and politician.-Life and career:...

|align="right"|13,437

|Liberal

Liberal Party of Canada

|David W. MORGAN
|align="right"| 11,502

|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....

|Norman R. WILSON
|align="right"| 9,226

|Communist

Communist Party of Canada

|Osmo R. LAHTI
|align="right"| 418

|Social Credit

Social Credit Party of Canada

The Social Credit Party of Canada was a conservative-populist political party in Canada that promoted social credit theories of monetary reform...

|Gilbert HEATH
|align="right"| 352
|}
|-

|New Democratic Party

New Democratic Party

|Douglas M. FISHER

Doug Fisher

Douglas Mason "Doug" Fisher was a Canadian political columnist and politician.-Life and career:...

|align="right"| 16,141

|Liberal

Liberal Party of Canada

|Saul LASKIN

Saul Laskin

Saul Laskin was a Canadian politician. He was the first mayor of the City of Thunder Bay, Ontario.Born in Fort William, Ontario, he was the younger brother of jurist Bora Laskin. He was educated in Fort William and Toronto, and served overseas in World War II...

|align="right"| 13,132

|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....

|Harvey W. SMITH
|align="right"| 6,316
|}
|-

|Liberal

Liberal Party of Canada

|Robert ANDRAS
|align="right"| 14,706

|New Democratic Party

New Democratic Party

|Gordon Oliver ROTHNEY
|align="right"| 12,275

|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....

|Harvey SMITH
|align="right"| 8,075
|}
|-

|Liberal

Liberal Party of Canada

|Robert K. ANDRAS

Bob Andras

Robert Knight Andras, PC was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral districts of Port Arthur from 1965 to 1979, and Thunder Bay—Nipigon from 1979 to 1980, in the Canadian House of Commons as a member of the Liberal Party of Canada.Andras moved to Port Arthur, Ontario in 1958 as the...

|align="right"| 11,079

|New Democratic Party

New Democratic Party

|Gordon Oliver ROTHNEY
|align="right"|7,306

|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....

|Carl ROGERS
|align="right"| 4,179

|Communist

Communist Party of Canada

|Norman FREED
|align="right"| 233
|}
|-

|Liberal

Liberal Party of Canada

|Bob ANDRAS

Bob Andras

|align="right"| 14,351

|New Democratic Party

New Democratic Party

|Chris FERGUSON
|align="right"| 6,756

|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....

|John ERICKSON
|align="right"| 6,027

|No affiliation
|Clifford WAHL
|align="right"| 274
|}
|-

|Liberal

Liberal Party of Canada

|Bob ANDRAS

Bob Andras

|align="right"|14,523

|New Democratic Party

New Democratic Party

|Dusty MILLER
|align="right"| 8,591

|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....

|Frank WRIGHT
|align="right"|3,322

|Communist

Communist Party of Canada

|Clifford WAHL
|align="right"| 164

|Marxist-Leninist

Communist Party of Canada (Marxist–Leninist)

The Communist Party of Canada is a Canadian federal Marxist–Leninist political party.The party is registered with Elections Canada as the Marxist–Leninist Party of Canada...

|Janina KLEE
|align="right"|54
|}

Members of Parliament for Port Arthur

Electoral history

See also