Ontario (federal electoral district)

Former federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada

For the defunct provincial electoral district represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, see Ontario (provincial electoral district).

Ontario Ontario electoral district

Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature| House of Commons
District created| 1924
District abolished| 1996
First contested| 1925
Last contested| 1993
Demographics
Population (1991)[1]| 183,160

Ontario was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1925 to 1997. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1924 from Ontario South riding.

It initially consisted of the townships of Pickering, Whitby (East and West), Reach, and Scugog, and the city of Oshawa in the county of Ontario. In 1947, the townships Scott and Uxbridge were added to the riding.

In 1966, it was redefined to consist of, in the County of Ontario, the Townships of Pickering, Reach, Scott, Scugog, Uxbridge, East Whitby and Whitby (excluding the area between the west limit of the City of Oshawa and the east limit of the Town of Whitby lying south of the road allowance between Concessions 2 and 3), and, in the County of York, the Townships of Georgina and North Gwillimbury, and all the islands of Georgina Island Indian Reserve No. 33.

In 1976, it was redefined to consist of the Township of Uxbridge, and the Towns of Ajax, Pickering and Whitby. In 1987, the Township of Uxbridge was excluded from the riding, along with the part of the Town of Whitby north of Taunton Road East and Taunton Road West (Durham Regional Road No. 4).

The electoral district was abolished in 1996 when it was redistributed between Pickering—Ajax—Uxbridge and Whitby—Ajax 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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Riding created from Ontario South
15th |  1925–1926 |      | Thomas Erlin Kaiser | Conservative
16th |  1926–1930
17th |  1930–1935 |      | William Henry Moore | Liberal
18th |  1935–1940
19th |  1940–1945
20th |  1945–1948† | W. E. N. Sinclair
1948–1949 |      | Arthur Henry Williams | Co-operative Commonwealth
21st |  1949–1952 |      | Walter Thomson | Liberal
1952–1953 |      | Michael Starr | Progressive Conservative
22nd |  1953–1957
23rd |  1957–1958
24th |  1958–1962
25th |  1962–1963
26th |  1963–1965
27th |  1965–1968
28th |  1968–1972 |      | Norman Cafik | Liberal
29th |  1972–1974
30th |  1974–1979
31st |  1979–1980 |      | Thomas Fennell | Progressive Conservative
32nd |  1980–1984
33rd |  1984–1988
34th |  1988–1993 | René Soetens
35th |  1993–1997 |      | Dan McTeague | Liberal
Riding dissolved into Pickering—Ajax—Uxbridge and Whitby—Ajax

## Election results

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1925 Canadian federal election: Ontario

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Conservative | Thomas Erlin Kaiser | 7,835
| Liberal | Lawson Omar Clifford | 6,595

1926 Canadian federal election: Ontario

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Conservative | Thomas Erlin Kaiser | 8,567
| Liberal | William Henry Moore | 7,689

1930 Canadian federal election: Ontario

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | William Henry Moore | 10,116
| Conservative | Thomas Erlin Kaiser | 9,646

1935 Canadian federal election: Ontario

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | William Henry Moore | 10,228
| Conservative | Alex C. Hall  | 7,300
| Co-operative Commonwealth | William Edmund Noble  | 1,847
| Reconstruction | Robert Myers Holtby  | 1,412

1940 Canadian federal election: Ontario

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | William Henry Moore | 12,176
| National Government | Harry Allen Newman  | 7,914

1945 Canadian federal election: Ontario

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | W. E. N. Sinclair | 12,079
| Progressive Conservative | James Ross MacBrien  | 8,996
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Robert Lorne McTavish  | 4,389
| Labor–Progressive | Alexander James Turner  | 671

By-election: Due to Mr. Sinclair's death, 6 June 1948:
Ontario

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Arthur Henry Williams | 10,187
| Liberal | Lyman Alfred Gifford  | 8,311
| Progressive Conservative | Frank McCallum  | 7,541

1949 Canadian federal election: Ontario

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | Walter Thomson | 13,412
| Progressive Conservative | Frank McCallum  | 9,803
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Arthur Henry Williams | 9,344

By-election: On Mr. Thomson's resignation,
26 May 1952: Ontario

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Progressive Conservative | Michael Starr | 12,275
| Liberal | John Legge Lay  | 9,091
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Herbert Roy Scott  | 8,464

1953 Canadian federal election: Ontario

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Progressive Conservative | Michael Starr | 12,482
| Liberal | John Lay  | 11,285
| Co-operative Commonwealth | J. Wesley Powers  | 5,524
| Labor–Progressive | Thomas Lloyd Peel  | 393

1957 Canadian federal election: Ontario

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Progressive Conservative | Michael Starr | 18,468
| Co-operative Commonwealth | W. John Naylor  | 13,806
| Liberal | Claude H. Vipond  | 10,896

1958 Canadian federal election: Ontario

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Progressive Conservative | Michael Starr | 26,887
| Liberal | Claude H. Vipond  | 10,848
| Co-operative Commonwealth | John Brady  | 8,023
| Independent | Helge Neilson  | 248

1962 Canadian federal election: Ontario

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Progressive Conservative | Michael Starr | 23,158
| Liberal | Norman Cafik | 16,051
| New Democratic | Aileen Hall  | 14,461
| Social Credit | Allan A. Alton  | 488

1963 Canadian federal election: Ontario

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Progressive Conservative | Michael Starr | 22,902
| Liberal | Norman Cafik | 20,174
| New Democratic | Aileen Hall  | 15,020

1965 Canadian federal election: Ontario

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Progressive Conservative | Michael Starr | 22,752
| Liberal | Claude Vipond  | 20,515
| New Democratic | Oliver Hodges  | 16,207
| Independent | James Edward Rundle  | 1,026

1968 Canadian federal election: Ontario

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | Norman Cafik | 13,483
| Progressive Conservative | Clark T. Muirhead  | 10,579
| New Democratic | Robert L. Wing  | 7,607

1972 Canadian federal election: Ontario

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | Norman Cafik | 16,328
| Progressive Conservative | Frank McGee  | 16,324
| New Democratic | Alban C. Ward  | 9,498

1974 Canadian federal election: Ontario

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | Norman Cafik | 20,096
| Progressive Conservative | Joyce Bowerman  | 15,590
| New Democratic | Bill Lishman | 6,649

1979 Canadian federal election: Ontario

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Progressive Conservative | Thomas Fennell | 22,583
| Liberal | Norman Cafik | 15,730
| New Democratic | Geoff Rison  | 11,510
| Libertarian | Rolf H. Posma  | 160
| Marxist–Leninist | Dawn Carrell  | 72

1980 Canadian federal election: Ontario

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Progressive Conservative | Thomas Fennell | 19,963
| Liberal | Doug Dickerson  | 15,494
| New Democratic | Geoff Rison  | 12,812
| Rhinoceros | J.C. Stranart | 313
| Libertarian | Rolf H. Posma  | 211
| Marxist–Leninist | Dawn Carrell  | 42

1984 Canadian federal election: Ontario

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Progressive Conservative | Thomas Fennell | 35,163
| Liberal | Gary Herrema  | 14,519
| New Democratic | Geoff Rison  | 12,995

1988 Canadian federal election: Ontario

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Progressive Conservative | René Soetens | 34,969
| Liberal | John Roberts | 23,091
| New Democratic | Jim Wiseman  | 12,751
| Libertarian | D'Arcy Cain  | 485
| Commonwealth of Canada | Val Haché  | 147
1993 Canadian federal election

Party  | Candidate  | Votes | %
| Liberal | Dan McTeague | 38,680  | 43.35
| Reform | Don Sullivan  | 28,097  | 31.49
| Progressive Conservative | René Soetens | 16,872  | 18.91
| New Democratic | Lynn Jacklin  | 2,746  | 3.08
| National | Rob McMenemy  | 869  | 0.97
| Independent | Doug Anderson  | 692  | 0.78
| Libertarian | George S. Kozaroff  | 424  | 0.48
| Green | Scott Laycox | 402 | 0.45
| Natural Law | Gerard Morris  | 352  | 0.39
| Commonwealth of Canada | Val Haché  | 55  | 0.06
| Abolitionist | Peter Woods  | 42  | 0.05

## See also

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

## References

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1. ^ "1991 Census Area Profiles". Statistics Canada. 1991. Retrieved 26 July 2020.

## External links

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* Website of the Parliament of Canada

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Federal ridings in Ontario

Central
Ontario|

* Barrie—Innisfil
* Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte
* Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound
* Dufferin—Caledon
* Durham
* Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock
* Newmarket—Aurora
* Northumberland—Peterborough South
* Peterborough
* Simcoe—Grey
* Simcoe North
* York—Simcoe

Eastern
Ontario|

* Bay of Quinte
* Glengarry—Prescott—Russell
* Hastings—Lennox and Addington
* Kingston and the Islands
* Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston
* Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes
* Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke
* Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry

S Durham
& York|

| SW Durham|

* Ajax
* Oshawa
* Pickering—Uxbridge
* Whitby

|

S York|

* Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill
* King—Vaughan
* Markham—Stouffville
* Markham—Thornhill
* Markham—Unionville
* Richmond Hill
* Thornhill
* Vaughan—Woodbridge

City of Toronto
(Suburbs & Downtown)|

| Scarborough|

* Scarborough—Agincourt
* Scarborough Centre
* Scarborough-Guildwood
* Scarborough North
* Scarborough—Rouge Park
* Scarborough Southwest

|

* Beaches—East York
* Davenport
* Don Valley East
* Don Valley North
* Don Valley West
* Eglinton—Lawrence
* Humber River—Black Creek
* Parkdale—High Park
* Spadina—Fort York
* Toronto Centre
* Toronto—Danforth
* Toronto—St. Paul's
* University—Rosedale
* Willowdale
* York Centre
* York South—Weston

Etobicoke|

* Etobicoke Centre
* Etobicoke—Lakeshore
* Etobicoke North

Cities of
Brampton &
Mississauga|

| Brampton|

* Brampton Centre
* Brampton East
* Brampton North
* Brampton South
* Brampton West

|

Mississauga|

* Mississauga Centre
* Mississauga East—Cooksville
* Mississauga—Erin Mills
* Mississauga—Lakeshore
* Mississauga—Malton
* Mississauga—Streetsville

Southern
Halton,
Hamilton
and Niagara|

| Southwestern Halton|

* Burlington
* Milton
* Oakville
* Oakville North—Burlington

|

City of Hamilton|

* Flamborough—Glanbrook
* Hamilton Centre
* Hamilton East—Stoney Creek
* Hamilton Mountain
* Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas

Niagara|

* Niagara Centre
* Niagara Falls
* Niagara West
* St. Catharines

Midwestern
Ontario|

* Brantford—Brant
* Cambridge
* Guelph
* Haldimand—Norfolk
* Huron—Bruce
* Kitchener Centre
* Kitchener—Conestoga
* Kitchener South—Hespeler
* Oxford
* Perth Wellington
* Waterloo
* Wellington—Halton Hills

Northern
Ontario|

* Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing
* Kenora
* Nickel Belt
* Nipissing—Timiskaming
* Parry Sound-Muskoka
* Sault Ste. Marie
* Sudbury
* Thunder Bay—Rainy River
* Thunder Bay—Superior North
* Timmins-James Bay

Southwestern
Ontario|

* Chatham-Kent—Leamington
* Elgin—Middlesex—London
* Essex
* Lambton—Kent—Middlesex
* London—Fanshawe
* London North Centre
* London West
* Sarnia—Lambton
* Windsor—Tecumseh
* Windsor West

Ottawa|

* Carleton
* Kanata—Carleton
* Nepean
* Orléans
* Ottawa Centre
* Ottawa South
* Ottawa—Vanier
* Ottawa West—Nepean

* See also: Former federal ridings in Ontario
* Provincial ridings in Ontario

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