Timmins (electoral district)
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Timmins was a federal electoral district
represented in the Canadian
House of Commons
from 1949 to 1979. It was located around the city of Timmins
in the northeastern part of the province
of Ontario
. This riding was created in 1947 from parts of Cochrane
and Timiskaming
ridings.
It consisted of portions of the territorial districts of Timiskaming and Cochrane.
The electoral district was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed between Timiskaming and Timmins—Chapleau
ridings.
|Liberal
|Karl EYRE
|align="right"| 7,949
|Co-operative Commonwealth
|Leo P. LALONDE
|align="right"|5,517
|Progressive Conservative
|Percy BOYCE
|align="right"| 4,377
|Labour-Progressive
| Raymond Leslie STEVENSON
|align="right"| 813
|}
|-
|Liberal
|Karl EYRE
|align="right"|5,541
|Co-operative Commonwealth
|Arnold PETERS
|align="right"| 4,686
|Progressive Conservative
|Maurice BÉLANGER
|align="right"| 3,348
|Labour-Progressive
|Oscar ROY
|align="right"| 369
|}
|-
|Co-operative Commonwealth
|Murdo MARTIN
|align="right"| 6,776
|Liberal
|Joseph J. EVANS
|align="right"|6,290
|Progressive Conservative
|Percy BOYCE
|align="right"| 4,423
|}
|-
|Co-operative Commonwealth
|Murdo MARTIN
|align="right"| 7,342
|Progressive Conservative
| Émile BRUNETTE
|align="right"| 6,252
|Liberal
|Joseph J. EVANS
|align="right"| 5,719
|}
|-
|New Democratic Party
|Murdo MARTIN
|align="right"|8,834
|Liberal
|Émile CLÉMENT
|align="right"|5,439
|Progressive Conservative
|Mary GAUTHIER
|align="right"| 4,676
|Social Credit
|Ralph R. FEAR
|align="right"| 805
|}
|-
|New Democratic Party
|Murdo MARTIN
|align="right"|8,452
|Liberal
|Leo DEL VILLANO
|align="right"| 7,592
|Progressive Conservative
|Émile BRUNETTE
|align="right"| 3,068
|Social Credit
|Clément LAROCHELLE
|align="right"| 719
|}
|-
|New Democratic Party
|Murdo MARTIN
|align="right"|10,071
|Liberal
|Elmer E. SMITH
|align="right"| 6,456
|Progressive Conservative
|Bob KILLINGBECK
|align="right"| 2,715
|Independent
|John James BUCHAN
|align="right"| 100
|}
|-
|Liberal
|Jean ROY
|align="right"| 11,141
|New Democratic Party
|Murdo MARTIN
|align="right"|8,807
|Progressive Conservative
|Wyman BREWER
|align="right"| 2,118
|}
|-
|Liberal
|Jean ROY
|align="right"| 10,804
|New Democratic Party
|Murdo MARTIN
|align="right"|9,819
|Progressive Conservative
|Bill HICKEY
|align="right"|2,997
|Social Credit
|John CORNELSEN
|align="right"|770
|}
|-
|Liberal
|Jean ROY
|align="right"|12,904
|New Democratic Party
|Wally RANTALA
|align="right"| 7,681
|Progressive Conservative
|John HUGGINS
|align="right"| 4,098
|Social Credit
|John CORNELSEN
|align="right"| 472
|Communist
|Norman HILL
|align="right"|90
|}
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 1949 to 1979. It was located around the city of Timmins
Timmins, Ontario
Timmins is a city in northeastern Ontario, Canada on the Mattagami River. At the time of the Canada 2006 Census, Timmins' population was 42,997...
in the northeastern part of 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 created in 1947 from parts of Cochrane
Cochrane (electoral district)
Cochrane was a federal and provincial electoral district in the province of Ontario, Canada...
and Timiskaming
Timiskaming (electoral district)
Timiskaming was a federal electoral district in the northeastern part of Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1917 to 1925, and from 1935 to 1997....
ridings.
It consisted of portions of the territorial districts of Timiskaming and Cochrane.
The electoral district was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed between Timiskaming and Timmins—Chapleau
Timmins—Chapleau
Timmins—Chapleau was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1979 to 1997. It was located in the northeast part of the province of Ontario...
ridings.
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...
|Karl EYRE
Karl Eyre
Karl Arliss Eyre was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Timmins in the Canadian House of Commons from 1949 to 1957 as a member of the Liberal Party....
|align="right"| 7,949
|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...
|Leo P. LALONDE
|align="right"|5,517
|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....
|Percy BOYCE
|align="right"| 4,377
|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...
| Raymond Leslie STEVENSON
Ray Stevenson
Raymond Leslie "Ray" Stevenson was a writer and political activist in Canada. He was an executive member of the International Council for Friendship and Solidarity with Soviet People and Associate Editor of Northstar Compass - the organization's organ publication. Stevenson wrote articles for and...
|align="right"| 813
|}
|-
|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...
|Karl EYRE
Karl Eyre
Karl Arliss Eyre was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Timmins in the Canadian House of Commons from 1949 to 1957 as a member of the Liberal Party....
|align="right"|5,541
|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...
|Arnold PETERS
Arnold Peters
William Arnold Peters was a Canadian politician. He represented the riding of Timiskaming in the Canadian House of Commons from 1957 to 1980...
|align="right"| 4,686
|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....
|Maurice BÉLANGER
|align="right"| 3,348
|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...
|Oscar ROY
|align="right"| 369
|}
|-
|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...
|Murdo MARTIN
Murdo Martin
Murdo William Martin was a Canadian politician.Born in Gould, Quebec, Martin was a firefighter with the town of Timmins when he was elected to the House of Commons for the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation in the 1957 federal election...
|align="right"| 6,776
|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...
|Joseph J. EVANS
|align="right"|6,290
|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....
|Percy BOYCE
|align="right"| 4,423
|}
|-
|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...
|Murdo MARTIN
Murdo Martin
Murdo William Martin was a Canadian politician.Born in Gould, Quebec, Martin was a firefighter with the town of Timmins when he was elected to the House of Commons for the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation in the 1957 federal election...
|align="right"| 7,342
|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....
| Émile BRUNETTE
|align="right"| 6,252
|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...
|Joseph J. EVANS
|align="right"| 5,719
|}
|-
|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...
|Murdo MARTIN
Murdo Martin
Murdo William Martin was a Canadian politician.Born in Gould, Quebec, Martin was a firefighter with the town of Timmins when he was elected to the House of Commons for the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation in the 1957 federal election...
|align="right"|8,834
|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...
|Émile CLÉMENT
|align="right"|5,439
|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....
|Mary GAUTHIER
|align="right"| 4,676
|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...
|Ralph R. FEAR
|align="right"| 805
|}
|-
|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...
|Murdo MARTIN
Murdo Martin
Murdo William Martin was a Canadian politician.Born in Gould, Quebec, Martin was a firefighter with the town of Timmins when he was elected to the House of Commons for the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation in the 1957 federal election...
|align="right"|8,452
|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...
|Leo DEL VILLANO
|align="right"| 7,592
|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....
|Émile BRUNETTE
|align="right"| 3,068
|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...
|Clément LAROCHELLE
|align="right"| 719
|}
|-
|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...
|Murdo MARTIN
Murdo Martin
Murdo William Martin was a Canadian politician.Born in Gould, Quebec, Martin was a firefighter with the town of Timmins when he was elected to the House of Commons for the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation in the 1957 federal election...
|align="right"|10,071
|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...
|Elmer E. SMITH
|align="right"| 6,456
|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 KILLINGBECK
|align="right"| 2,715
|Independent
|John James BUCHAN
|align="right"| 100
|}
|-
|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...
|Jean ROY
Jean Roy
Jean Robert Roy was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Timmins, Ontario and became a businessman, contractor and quantity surveyor by career....
|align="right"| 11,141
|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...
|Murdo MARTIN
Murdo Martin
Murdo William Martin was a Canadian politician.Born in Gould, Quebec, Martin was a firefighter with the town of Timmins when he was elected to the House of Commons for the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation in the 1957 federal election...
|align="right"|8,807
|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....
|Wyman BREWER
|align="right"| 2,118
|}
|-
|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...
|Jean ROY
Jean Roy
Jean Robert Roy was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Timmins, Ontario and became a businessman, contractor and quantity surveyor by career....
|align="right"| 10,804
|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...
|Murdo MARTIN
Murdo Martin
Murdo William Martin was a Canadian politician.Born in Gould, Quebec, Martin was a firefighter with the town of Timmins when he was elected to the House of Commons for the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation in the 1957 federal election...
|align="right"|9,819
|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....
|Bill HICKEY
|align="right"|2,997
|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 CORNELSEN
|align="right"|770
|}
|-
|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...
|Jean ROY
Jean Roy
Jean Robert Roy was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Timmins, Ontario and became a businessman, contractor and quantity surveyor by career....
|align="right"|12,904
|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...
|Wally RANTALA
|align="right"| 7,681
|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 HUGGINS
|align="right"| 4,098
|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 CORNELSEN
|align="right"| 472
|Communist
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...
|Norman HILL
|align="right"|90
|}
See also
- List of Canadian federal electoral districts
- Past Canadian electoral districts