Grenville (federal electoral district)

Not to be confused with Electoral district of Grenville or Electoral district of Granville.

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

Grenville was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1904 to 1925. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1903 from parts of Grenville South and Leeds North and Grenville North ridings. It consisted of the county of Grenville.

Grenville

Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1903
District abolished	1924
First contested	1904
Last contested	1922 by-election

The electoral district was abolished in 1924 when it was merged into Grenville—Dundas riding.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Grenville South and Leeds North and Grenville North
10th	1904–1908		John Dowsley Reid	Conservative
11th	1908–1911
12th	1911–1911
	1911–1917
13th	1917–1921			Government (Unionist)
14th	1921–1921		Arza Clair Casselman	Conservative
	1922–1925		Arthur Meighen
Riding dissolved into Grenville—Dundas

Election results

1904 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Dowsley Reid	2,239	58.22
	Liberal	John Edwards	1,607	41.78

1908 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Dowsley Reid	2,380	57.70
	Liberal	Samuel John Martin	1,745	42.30

1911 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Dowsley Reid	2,286	62.48
	Unknown	Samuel John Martin	1,373	37.52

On Mr. Reid being appointed Minister of Customs, 10 October 1911:

By-election on 27 October 1911
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Dowsley Reid	acclaimed

1917 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Government (Unionist)	John Dowsley Reid	3,011	63.46
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	Pember Alton MacKintosh	1,734	36.54

1921 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Arza Clair Casselman	4,325	49.54
	Progressive	George Arthur Payne	2,392	27.40
	Liberal	Pember Alton MacIntosh	2,014	23.07

On Mr. Casselman's acceptance of an office of emolument under the Crown, 27 December 1921:

Canadian federal by-election, Jan. 26 1922
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Arthur Meighen	4,482	61.38
	Progressive	Arthur Kidd Patterson	2,820	38.62

See also

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

External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament