Elgin (federal electoral district)

Former federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada

This article is about the federal electoral district. For the provincial electoral district, see Elgin (provincial electoral district).

Elgin Ontario electoral district

Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature| House of Commons
District created| 1933
District abolished| 1996
First contested| 1935
Last contested| 1993

Elgin (also known as Elgin—Norfolk) was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1997. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1933 from parts of Elgin West and Norfolk—Elgin ridings.

It initially consisted of the county of Elgin, including the city of St. Thomas. In 1966, it was redefined to consist of the County of Elgin and the Village of Belmont in the County of Middlesex. In 1987, it was redefined to consist of the County of Elgin and the Township of Norfolk in the Regional Municipality of Haldimand-Norfolk.

The name of electoral district was changed in 1990 to Elgin—Norfolk.

The electoral district was abolished in 1996 when it was redistributed between Elgin—Middlesex—London and Haldimand—Norfolk—Brant ridings.

## Members of Parliament

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This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament | Years | Member | Party

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Elgin
Riding created from Elgin West and Norfolk—Elgin
18th |  1935–1940 |  | Wilson Mills | Liberal
19th |  1940–1945
20th |  1945–1949 |  | Charles Delmer Coyle | Progressive Conservative
21st |  1949–1953
22nd |  1953–1954†
1954–1957 | James Alexander McBain
23rd |  1957–1958
24th |  1958–1962
25th |  1962–1963
26th |  1963–1965
27th |  1965–1968 |  | Harold Stafford | Liberal
28th |  1968–1972
29th |  1972–1974 |  | John Wise | Progressive Conservative
30th |  1974–1979
31st |  1979–1980
32nd |  1980–1984
33rd |  1984–1988
34th |  1988–1993 | Ken Monteith
Elgin—Norfolk
35th |  1993–1997 |  | Gar Knutson | Liberal
Riding dissolved into Elgin—Middlesex—London
and Haldimand—Norfolk—Brant

## Election results

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### Elgin

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1935 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | Wilson Mills | 11,295
| Conservative | Herbert James Davis | 9,508
| Reconstruction | John Lawrence Stansell | 1,793
1940 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | Wilson Mills | 11,867
| National Government | Norman Roy Martin | 8,905
1945 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Progressive Conservative | Charles Delmer Coyle | 11,652
| Liberal | Gordon Newell | 7,484
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Peter Laing | 2,397
1949 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Progressive Conservative | Charles Delmer Coyle | 10,265
| Liberal | Gordon Newell | 9,085
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Colin Charles Stafford | 1,783
1953 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Progressive Conservative | Charles Delmer Coyle | 12,482
| Liberal | John Frederick Peterson | 10,743

On Mr. Coyle's death, 19 January 1954:

By-election on 22 March 1954

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Progressive Conservative | James Alexander McBain | 11,821
| Liberal | Harold Scott Rodney | 10,680
1957 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Progressive Conservative | James Alexander McBain | 14,822
| Liberal | James Carman Hindley | 7,280
| Social Credit | Frank H. Whatmore | 1,407
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Lloyd George Allen | 1,233
1958 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Progressive Conservative | James Alexander McBain | 17,146
| Liberal | Peter Laing | 6,656
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Lloyd Allen | 1,008
| Social Credit | Harold G. Youcke | 252
1962 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Progressive Conservative | James Alexander McBain | 12,569
| Liberal | Harold Edwin Stafford | 12,491
| New Democratic | Stuart Henry Phoenix | 1,936
| Social Credit | Richard Orval Tustian | 622
1963 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Progressive Conservative | James Alexander McBain | 13,957
| Liberal | Harold Stafford | 12,910
| New Democratic | Harold Nathaniel Brooks | 1,127
| Social Credit | Kenneth E. Shackleton | 757
1965 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | Harold Stafford | 13,343
| Progressive Conservative | James Alexander McBain | 12,309
| New Democratic | Eric Dennis Hargreaves | 1,530
| Social Credit | Clare Inger | 520
1968 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | Harold Stafford | 12,856
| Progressive Conservative | John S. Ker | 11,799
| New Democratic | Barry P. Whittaker | 4,227
1972 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Progressive Conservative | John Wise | 17,281
| Liberal | Harold Stafford | 13,289
| New Democratic | Leroy B. Wright | 3,345
1974 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Progressive Conservative | John Wise | 15,851
| Liberal | Marietta Roberts | 13,349
| New Democratic | Bob McNaughton | 4,373
| Social Credit | William Triska | 126
1979 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Progressive Conservative | John Wise | 21,181
| Liberal | Joe Tokar | 9,273
| New Democratic | Mary Lou Weitzel | 4,293
1980 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Progressive Conservative | John Wise | 16,845
| Liberal | Gary Johnson | 12,410
| New Democratic | Mary Lou Weitzel | 4,508
| Marxist–Leninist | Roger Beland | 57
1984 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Progressive Conservative | John Wise | 23,302
| Liberal | Gary Johnson | 6,797
| New Democratic | Bob Habkirk | 4,646
1988 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Progressive Conservative | Ken Monteith | 15,694
| Liberal | Tony Csinos | 13,953
| New Democratic | Bob Habkirk | 8,447
| Christian Heritage | Will Wymenga | 2,529

### Elgin—Norfolk

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1993 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | Gar Knutson | 17,438
| Progressive Conservative | Ken Monteith | 11,118
| Reform | John Van der Veen | 8,236
| New Democratic | Bob Habkirk | 2,168
| Christian Heritage | Bob A. Dekraker | 1,263
| Natural Law | Rod Falk | 242
| Abolitionist | Mai Ly | 51

## See also

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* List of Canadian electoral districts
* Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

## References

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## External links

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* Riding history of Elgin from the Library of Parliament
* Riding history of Elgin-Norfolk from the Library of Parliament

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