Port Arthur—Thunder Bay 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 1925 to 1935. 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 1924 from parts of Algoma West

Algoma West

Algoma West was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1904 to 1968. It was created in 1903 from parts of Algoma riding....

 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 consisted of the north-east parts of the territorial districts of Kenora and Thunder Bay.

The electoral district was abolished in 1933 when it was merged into Port Arthur

Port Arthur (electoral district)

Port Arthur was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1935 to 1979. It was located in the province of Ontario...

 riding.

Electoral history

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|Conservative

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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...

|LANGWORTHY, William Fitzgerald
|align="right"| 3,277

|Independent Conservative
|CARRICK, John James
|align="right"| 2,424

|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...

|MATTHEWS, Isaac Lamont
|align="right"| 2,413

|Labour

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|SMITH, Albert Edward
|align="right"| 1,363
|}
|-

|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...

|COWAN, Donald James
|align="right"| 4,349

|Liberal-Labour

Liberal-Labour (Canada)

The Liberal-Labour banner has also been used several times by candidates in Canadian elections:In the early twentieth century when the idea of trade unionists running for elected office under their own banner gained ground, several working class candidates on the provincial or federal level were...

|MCCOMBER, Alexander Jarvis
|align="right"| 2,990

|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...

|SMITH, Albert Edward
|align="right"| 1,382
|}
|-

|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...

|COWAN, Donald James
|align="right"| 6,371

|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...

|CARRICK, John James
|align="right"| 4,415
|}

See also

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