Ottawa (City of) (electoral district) explained

Province:Ontario
Fed-Status:defunct
Fed-Created:1867
Fed-Abolished:1933
Fed-Election-First:1867
Fed-Election-Last:1930

Ottawa (City of) was a federal electoral district in the province of Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1935.

It was created by the British North America Act of 1867. It consisted of the city of Ottawa. After 1872, two MPs represented this electoral district at any one time.

In 1892, it was redefined to exclude the New Edinburgh district of the city. In 1903, it was redefined as the city of Ottawa, excluding Rideau Ward. In 1914, it was redefined to exclude Hintonburgh (sic), Bayswater and Mechanicsville neighbourhoods as well as Rideau Ward. It continued to return two members.

In 1924, it was redefined as the city of Ottawa, excluding Rideau Ward and that part of the city lying west of a line beginning at the intersection of the Rideau Canal with the Canadian Pacific Railway in the south, and following the railway, Somerset Street, Bayswater Avenue, Bayview Road and Mason Street, to the Ottawa River.

The electoral district was abolished in 1933 when it was divided into Ottawa West and Ottawa East ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

ParliamentYearsMemberPartyMemberParty
1st1867–1872   Joseph Merrill CurrierLiberal–Conservative
2nd1872–1874   John Bower LewisConservative
3rd1874–1877   Pierre St. JeanLiberal
1877–1878
4th1878–1882   Joseph TasséConservative
5th1882–1887   Charles H. MackintoshConservative
6th1887–1890William Goodhue Perley   Honoré RobillardLiberal–Conservative
1890–1891Charles H. Mackintosh
7th1891–1893
1893–1896James Grant
8th1896–1900   William H. HutchisonLiberal   Napoléon BelcourtLiberal
9th1900–1904   Thomas BirkettConservative
10th1904–1907   Robert StewartLiberal
1907–1908Jean-Baptiste Thomas Caron
11th1908–1910Wilfrid LaurierHarold McGiverin
1910–1911Albert Allard
12th1911–1917   Alfred Ernest FrippConservative   John Léo ChabotConservative
13th1917–1921   Government (Unionist)   Government (Unionist)
14th1921–1925   Harold McGiverinLiberal   Edgar-Rodolphe-Eugène ChevrierLiberal
15th1925–1926   Stewart McClenaghanConservative   John Léo ChabotConservative
16th1926–1930   Edgar-Rodolphe-Eugène ChevrierLiberal   Gordon Cameron EdwardsLiberal
17th1930–1935T. Franklin Ahearn
Riding dissolved into Ottawa West and Ottawa East

Election history

|Liberal-Conservative|Joseph Merrill Currier|align="right"|974|align=right|96.92|Unknown|Alexander Gibb|align="right"|25|align=right| 2.49|Unknown|Edward McGillivray|align="right"|5|align=right| 0.50|Unknown|E. Martineau|align="right"| 1|align=right| 0.10|Unknown|Moss Kent Dickinson|align="right"| 0|align=right| 0.00|Unknown|Philip Thompson|align="right"| 0|align=right| 0.00|}

Result by ward

|-|Liberal-Conservative|Joseph Merrill Currier|align="right"| acclaimed|align=center|x|Conservative|John Bower Lewis|align="right"|acclaimed|align=center|x|}

|-|Liberal-Conservative|J. M. Currier|align="right"| 1,458|align=center|x|Liberal|St. Jean|align="right"|1,213|align=center|x|Liberal-Conservative|Joseph Aumand[1] |align="right"| 1,101|align=center|  |Unknown| John Sweetland[2] |align="right"| 8|align=center|  |}

On Mr. Currier's resignation for having infringed the Independence of Parliament Act by conducting business dealings with the government while still a member:|-|Liberal-Conservative|Joseph Merrill Currier|align="right"| 2,035|align=center| x|Unknown|J. P. Featherston|align="right"|772|align=center|  |}

|-|Liberal-Conservative|Joseph Merrill Currier|align="right"| 1,854|align=center|x|Conservative|Joseph Tassé|align="right"| 1,748|align=center|x|Liberal|Pierre St. Jean|align="right"| 1,353|align=center|  |Unknown|C. W. Bangs|align="right"| 1,239|align=center|  |}

|-|Conservative|Charles H. Mackintosh|align="right"| 1,692|align=center|x|Conservative|Joseph Tassé|align="right"| 1,557|align=center|x|Liberal|A. F. McIntyre|align="right"| 1,229|align=center|  |Liberal|P. St. Jean|align="right"| 1,213|align=center|  |}

|-|Conservative|William Goodhue Perley|align="right"| 3,339|align=center|x|Liberal-Conservative|Honoré Robillard|align="right"| 3,207|align=center|x|Liberal|A. F. McIntyre|align="right"| 2,389|align=center|  |Liberal|St. Jean|align="right"| 2,368|align=center|  |}

On Mr. Perley's death:|-|Conservative|Charles H. Mackintosh|align="right"|2,454|x|Equal Rights|Hay|align="right"|1,596|Liberal|Chrysler|align="right"| 1,242|}

|-|Conservative|C. H. Mackintosh|align="right"| 3,029|align=center|x|Liberal-Conservative|Honoré Robillard|align="right"|2,363|align=center|x|Liberal|N. A. Belcourt|align="right"| 1,946|align=center|  |Liberal|J. W. Patterson|align="right"| 1,287|align=center|  |Equal Rights|W. H. Lewis|align="right"| 770|align=center|  |Liberal|R. Nagle|align="right"| 55|align=center|  |}

On Mr. Mackintosh's resignation:|-|Conservative|James Alexander Grant|align="right"|acclaimed|}

|-|Liberal|W. Hutchinson|align="right"| 3,333|align=center|x|Liberal|N. A. Belcourt|align="right"| 2,942|align=center|x|Conservative|Hiram Robinson|align="right"|2,751|align=center|  |Conservative|N. Champagne|align="right"|2,654|align=center|  |Protestant Protective|Taylor McVeity|align="right"|2,100|align=center|  |}

|-|Conservative|Thomas Birkett|align="right"| 4,897|align=center|x|Liberal|N. A. Belcourt|align="right"| 4,524|align=center|x|Conservative|Napoléon Champagne|align="right"| 4,507|align=center|  |Liberal|Robert Stewart|align="right"|4,419|align=center|  |}

|-|Liberal|N. A. Belcourt|align="right"| 6,275|align=center|x|Liberal|Robert Stewart|align="right"|5,871|align=center|x|Conservative|Thomas Birkett|align="right"| 4,818|align=center|  |Conservative|N. Champagne|align="right"| 4,547|align=center|  |}

On Mr. Belcourt being called to the Senate:|-|Liberal|J. B. T. Caron|align="right"| 4,474|align=center|x|Unknown|W. D. Morris|align="right"| 1,145|align=center|  |}

On Mr. Laurier's resignation:|-|Liberal|Albert Allard|align="right"| 5,779|align=center|x|Conservative|John Leo Chabot|align="right"|5,121|align=center|  |}

|-|Liberal|Harold Buchanan McGiverin|align="right"| 22,087|align=center|x|Liberal|Edgar Rodolphe Eugène Chevrier|align="right"| 21,107|align=center|x|Conservative|Alfred Ernest Fripp|align="right"|15,829|align=center|  |Conservative|Napoléon Champagne|align="right"| 15,450|align=center|  |align=center|  |align=center|  |}

|-|Conservative|Stewart McClenaghan|align="right"| 21,604|align=center|x|Conservative|John Léo Chabot|align="right"|21,281|align=center|x|Liberal|Edgar Rodolphe Chevrier|align="right"|19,725|align=center|  |Liberal|Norman Frank Wilson|align="right"| 19,165|align=center|  |}

|-|Liberal|Edgar Rodolphe Eugène Chevrier|align="right"| 23,012|align=center|x|Liberal|Gordon Cameron Edwards|align="right"| 22,950|align=center|x|Conservative|Stewart McClenaghan|align="right"|21,917|align=center|  |Conservative|Hon. John Léo Chabot|align="right"| 21,614|align=center|  |}

|-|Liberal|Edgar Rodolphe Eugène Chevrier|align="right"| 25,721|align=center|x|Liberal|T. Frank Ahearn|align="right"| 25,632|align=center|x|Conservative|Frank Henry Plant|align="right"| 23,166|align=center|  |Conservative|Frank Lafortune|align="right"| 22,579|align=center|  |}

See also

References

Notes and References

  1. 4803 . Aumond, Joseph-Ignace . 10 . Pilon . Henri.
  2. Book: Mackintosh, Charles Herbert . The Canadian Parliamentary Companion and Annual Register . 196 . 1878.