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Algoma East

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Algoma East
Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1903
District abolished1966
First contested1904
Last contested1965

Algoma East was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1904 to 1968.[1] It was created in 1903 from parts of Algoma riding.

It initially consisted of the territorial district of Manitoulin and the part of the territorial district of Algoma lying east of a line drawn from south to north along the limit between the townships of Lefroy and Plummer Additional and due north to the northern limit of Algoma.

In 1904, the territorial district of Manitoulin was transferred out of the riding.

In 1914, it was redefined to consist of the eastern part of the territorial district of Algoma, excluding those parts included in Timiskaming, the western part of the territorial district of Sudbury, and the territorial district of Manitoulin

In 1933, it was redefined to consist of the territorial district of Manitoulin, and the parts of the territorial districts of Algoma and Sudbury.

The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed between Algoma, Nickel Belt and Timmins—Chapleau ridings.

Its last, longest-serving, and highest-profile MP was Lester Pearson of the Liberal Party, who was Prime Minister of Canada from 1963 to 1968.

Members of Parliament

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This riding elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Parliament Years Member Party
Riding created from Algoma
10th  1904–1908     Albert Dyment Liberal
11th  1908–1911     William Ross Smyth Conservative
12th  1911–1917
13th  1917–1921     George Nicholson Government (Unionist)
14th  1921–1925     John Carruthers Liberal
15th  1925–1926     George Nicholson Conservative
16th  1926–1930     Beniah Bowman United Farmers of Ontario
17th  1930–1935     George Nicholson Conservative
18th  1935–1940     Thomas Farquhar Liberal
19th  1940–1945
20th  1945–1948
 1948–1949 Lester B. Pearson
21st  1949–1953
22nd  1953–1957
23rd  1957–1958
24th  1958–1962
25th  1962–1963
26th  1963–1965
27th  1965–1968
Riding dissolved into Algoma, Nickel Belt and Timmins—Chapleau

Election results

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1904 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Albert Dyment 2,698
Conservative Byron H. Turner 2,120
1908 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Conservative William Ross Smyth 2,849
Liberal Albert Dyment 2,808
1911 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Conservative William Ross Smyth 3,898
Liberal John Lionel Regan 3,716
1917 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Government (Unionist) George Nicholson 4,742
Opposition (Laurier Liberals) Lawrence O'Connor 3,596
1921 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal John Carruthers 5,007
Conservative George Nicholson 4,194
Progressive John Egerton Wright 3,095
1925 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Conservative George Nicholson 6,209
Liberal John Carruthers 5,665
1926 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
United Farmers of Ontario Beniah Bowman 6,909
Conservative George Nicholson 6,143
1930 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Conservative George Nicholson 7,231
Liberal Beniah Bowman 6,934
1935 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Thomas Farquhar 5,816
Conservative William James Card 2,541
Co-operative Commonwealth Kenneth James Webb Bromley 1,362
Reconstruction Isadore Ernest Provencher 833
1940 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Thomas Farquhar 5,565
National Government John Lorne Campbell 3,126
Co-operative Commonwealth J. W. McVey 1,635
1945 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Thomas Farquhar 4,855
Progressive Conservative Allan McNiece Austin 3,610
Co-operative Commonwealth William Luke Strain 1,468
Canadian federal by-election, 25 October 1948
On Thomas Farquhar being called to the Senate, 10 September 1948
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Lester B. Pearson 4,685
Co-operative Commonwealth Lorne D. Callaghan 2,382
Social Credit John J. Fitzgerald 1,236
1949 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Lester B. Pearson 6,184
Progressive Conservative Grant H. Turner 2,908
Co-operative Commonwealth George Thornton 2,202
1953 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Lester B. Pearson 7,494
Progressive Conservative George H. Bishop 3,877
1957 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Lester B. Pearson 8,574
Progressive Conservative H. Merton Mulligan 5,757
Co-operative Commonwealth Martin S. Reid 2,156
1958 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Lester B. Pearson 11,240
Progressive Conservative Basil Scully 8,208
Co-operative Commonwealth Walter James Corbett 2,309
1962 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Lester B. Pearson 11,934
Progressive Conservative Alex Berthelot 5,631
New Democratic Cam Cork 3,168
1963 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Lester B. Pearson 10,817
Progressive Conservative Paul Jewell 6,146
Social Credit Irénée John Quenneville 2,016
New Democratic Bennett Donahue 1,751
1965 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Lester B. Pearson 9,268
Progressive Conservative Joel Aldred 5,793
New Democratic Walter Stuart 2,053

References

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  1. ^ Kerr, D. G. G. (1970). "The 1867 Elections in Ontario: The Rules of the Game". Canadian Historical Review. 51 (4): 369–385. doi:10.3138/CHR-051-04-01.
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Parliament of Canada
Preceded by Constituency represented by the Prime Minister
1963-1968
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