Hastings (federal electoral district)

For other uses, see Hastings (disambiguation).

Hastings was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1979. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1966 from parts of Hastings South and Hastings—Frontenac ridings.

Hastings

Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1966
District abolished	1976
First contested	1968
Last contested	1974

It consisted of the City of Belleville and the Townships of Cashel, Dungannon, Elzevir, Faraday, Grimsthorpe, Hungerford, Huntingdon, Lake, Limerick, Madoc, Marmora, Mayo, Thurlow, Tudor, Tyendinaga and Wollaston in the County of Hastings.

The electoral district was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed between Prince Edward and Hastings—Frontenac ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Hastings South and Hastings—Frontenac
28th	1968–1972		Lee Grills	Progressive Conservative
29th	1972–1974		Jack Ellis
30th	1974–1979
Riding dissolved into Prince Edward and Hastings—Frontenac

Election results

1968 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Lee Grills	13,555
	Liberal	Robert Temple	10,875
	New Democratic	Donald G. Burshaw	3,195

1972 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Jack Ellis	16,591
	Liberal	Frank Follwell	11,391
	New Democratic	Elridge G. Brethour	3,378

1974 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Jack Ellis	14,893
	Liberal	Marie Kurchak	12,474
	New Democratic	Bob Sanders	3,382
	Social Credit	Floyd Hawley	194

See also

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

External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament