Parry Sound (federal electoral district)

Former federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada

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

Parry Sound Ontario electoral district

Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature| House of Commons
District created| 1903
District abolished| 1947
First contested| 1904
Last contested| 1945

Parry Sound was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1904 to 1949. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was first created in 1903 from parts of Muskoka and Parry Sound riding.

It consisted of the territorial district of Parry Sound.

In 1933, it was expanded to include, in the territorial district of Nipissing, the townships of Ballantyne, Wilkes, Pentland, Boyd, Paxton, Biggar, Osler, Lister, Butt, Devine, Bishop, Freswick, McCraney, Hunter, McLaughlin, Bower, Finlayson, Peck, Canisbay and Sproule.

The electoral district was abolished in 1947 when it was merged into Parry Sound-Muskoka riding.

## Members of Parliament

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

Parliament | Years | Member | Party

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Riding created from Muskoka and Parry Sound
10th |  1904–1908 |  | Robert James Watson | Liberal
11th |  1908–1911 |  | James Arthurs | Conservative
12th |  1911–1917
13th |  1917–1921 |  | Government (Unionist)
14th |  1921–1925 |  | Conservative
15th |  1925–1926
16th |  1926–1930
17th |  1930–1935
18th |  1935–1940 |  | Arthur Slaght | Liberal
19th |  1940–1945
20th |  1945–1949 | Wilfred McDonald
Riding dissolved into Parry Sound-Muskoka

## Election results

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1904 Canadian federal election: Parry Sound

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | Robert James Watson | 2,410
| Conservative | James S. Freeborn  | 2,035

1908 Canadian federal election: Parry Sound

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Conservative | James Arthurs | 2,932
| Liberal | Robert James Watson | 2,135

1911 Canadian federal election: Parry Sound

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Conservative | James Arthurs | 2,976
| Liberal | George Morrison  | 1,918

1917 Canadian federal election: Parry Sound

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Government (Unionist) | James Arthurs | 5,182
| Opposition (Laurier Liberals) | Norman Cecil Hocken  | 2,043

1921 Canadian federal election: Parry Sound

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Conservative | James Arthurs | 3,229
| Independent | William Robert Mason  | 3,157
| Progressive | Augustus Wellington Partridge | 2,784

1925 Canadian federal election: Parry Sound

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Conservative | James Arthurs | 5,224
| Liberal | William Robert Mason  | 3,922

1926 Canadian federal election: Parry Sound

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Conservative | James Arthurs | 5,418
| Liberal | James Ludgate  | 4,358

1930 Canadian federal election: Parry Sound

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Conservative | James Arthurs | 5,504
| Liberal | Joseph Hilliar  | 4,365

1935 Canadian federal election: Parry Sound

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | Arthur Slaght | 6,230
| Conservative | Milton Henry Limbert  | 3,965
| Reconstruction | William Robert Mason | 1,245

1940 Canadian federal election: Parry Sound

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | Arthur Slaght | 5,850
| National Government | A. Coulter McLean  | 4,159
| New Democracy (Canada) | Clarence E. Culbert  | 786

1945 Canadian federal election: Parry Sound

Party  | Candidate  | Votes
| Liberal | Wilfred McDonald | 5,301
| Progressive Conservative | A. Coulter McLean  | 4,909
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Earle Torrie Taylor  | 1,951

## 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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* Website of the Parliament of Canada

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