Lincoln (federal electoral district)

This article is about the former federal electoral district. For the former Ontario provincial district, see Lincoln (provincial electoral district). For the pre-Confederation electoral district, see Lincoln North (Province of Canada electoral district). For the British parliamentary constituency, see Lincoln (UK Parliament constituency).

Lincoln was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1883 and from 1904 to 1997. It was on the Niagara Peninsula in the Canadian province of Ontario. At various times, there was also an electoral district of the same name used in provincial elections.

Lincoln

Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1867, 1903
District abolished	1882, 1996
First contested	1867
Last contested	1993

At various times, the riding included all or parts of the former Lincoln County (including its successor, the Regional Municipality of Niagara). After 1976, it also represented parts of the Regional Municipality of Hamilton-Wentworth, mainly Stoney Creek. As a suburban riding of Hamilton, it tended to vote Conservative much more often than the city proper.

By the 1997 election, the riding borders and name were changed to Stoney Creek although it included many areas outside that city.

Geography

It initially consisted of the Townships of Clinton, Grantham, Grimsby, and Louth, and the Town of St. Catharines. It was abolished in 1882 when it was redistributed between Lincoln and Niagara and Wentworth South ridings.

It was recreated from those two ridings in 1903, and defined as consisting of the County of Lincoln.

In 1947, it was defined as consisting of the county of Lincoln, including the city of St. Catharines.

In 1966, it was defined as consisting of

(a) in the County of Lincoln, the southeast part of the City of St. Catharines, and the Townships of Caistor, Clinton, Gainsborough, Grimsby North, Grimsby South, Louth and Niagara;

(b) in the County of Welland, the Townships of Pelham and Thorold.

In 1976, it was defined as consisting of:

(a) in the Regional Municipality of Hamilton-Wentworth, the Town of Stoney Creek and the part of the City of Hamilton east of Red Hill Creek between Windermere Road in the north and the brow of the Mountain and the limit of the City of Hamilton in the south, and (b) in the Regional Municipality of Niagara, the Towns of Grimsby and Lincoln.

In 1987, the City of Hamilton part of the ridings was redefined to consist of the part of the city south of Queenston Road, east of Redhill Creek and north of the brow of the Niagara Escarpment.

It was abolished in 1996 when it was redistributed between Erie—Lincoln and Stoney Creek ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
1st	1867–1868		James Rea Benson	Liberal–Conservative
	1868–1872		Thomas Rodman Merritt	Liberal
2nd	1872–1874
3rd	1874–1874		James Norris
	1874–1877
	1877–1878
4th	1878–1882		John Charles Rykert	Conservative
Riding dissolved into Lincoln and Niagara and Wentworth South
Riding re-created from Lincoln and Niagara and Wentworth South
10th	1904–1908		Edward Arthur Lancaster	Conservative
11th	1908–1911
12th	1911–1917
13th	1917–1921		James Dew Chaplin	Government (Unionist)
14th	1921–1925			Conservative
15th	1925–1926
16th	1926–1930
17th	1930–1935
18th	1935–1940		Norman Lockhart
19th	1940–1945			National Government
20th	1945–1949			Progressive Conservative
21st	1949–1953		Harry Cavers	Liberal
22nd	1953–1957
23rd	1957–1958		John Smith	Progressive Conservative
24th	1958–1962
25th	1962–1963		James McNulty	Liberal
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968
28th	1968–1972		H. Gordon Barrett
29th	1972–1974		Kenneth Higson	Progressive Conservative
30th	1974–1979		William Andres	Liberal
31st	1979–1980		Kenneth Higson	Progressive Conservative
32nd	1980–1984		Bryce Mackasey	Liberal
33rd	1984–1988		Shirley Martin	Progressive Conservative
34th	1988–1993
35th	1993–1997		Tony Valeri	Liberal
Riding dissolved into Erie—Lincoln and Stoney Creek

Electoral history

Lincoln, 1867–1882

1867 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	James Rea Benson	acclaimed

By-election on 13 April 1868 James Benson called to the Senate, 14 March 1868
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Thomas Rodman Merritt	720
	Unknown	O.S. Phillips	120

1872 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Thomas Rodman Merritt	1,118
	Unknown	J. McKowins	555

1874 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James Norris	1,493
	Unknown	T. Clark	1,338

By-election on 17 November 1874 James Norris was unseated, 8 September 1874
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James Norris	1,406
	Unknown	Augustus Jukes	1,270
	Unknown	Reuben Wynne	7

By-election on 9 May 1877 James Norris resigned, April 1877
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James Norris	1,831
	Unknown	James Miller	1,746

Lincoln, 1904–1997

1904 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Edward Arthur Lancaster	3,558
	Liberal	E.J. Lovelace	3,240

1908 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Edward Arthur Lancaster	3,853
	Liberal	Welland Devaux Woodruff	3,604

1911 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Edward Arthur Lancaster	4,576
	Liberal	Edwin John Lovelace	3,023

1917 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Government (Unionist)	James Dew Chaplin	9,335
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	Edwin John Lovelace	3,816

1921 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	James Dew Chaplin	8,087
	Labour	Edwin John Lovelace	6,212
	Progressive	Arthur Adams Craise	3,066

1925 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	James Dew Chaplin	12,054
	Liberal	Hamilton Killally Woodruff	5,942

1926 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	James Dew Chaplin	11,475
	Liberal	Terrence Myles Mccarron	5,555

1930 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	James Dew Chaplin	13,474
	Liberal	May Louise Greenwood	7,526

1935 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Norman James Macdonald Lockhart	11,398
	Liberal	Albert Ernest Coombs	11,135
	Reconstruction	Howard L. Craise	2,349
	Co-operative Commonwealth	George Pay	1,224

1945 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Norman James Macdonald Lockhart	15,911
	Liberal	Edward Frank McCordick	10,962
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Allen E. Schroeder	4,540
	Labor–Progressive	Thomas Wakefield Dealy	1,514

1949 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Harry Cavers	17,407
	Progressive Conservative	C. Bruce Hill	14,038
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Allen Eugene Schroeder	5,793
	Independent	Howard Prentice	742

1953 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Harry Cavers	16,113
	Progressive Conservative	Romaine Kay Ross	14,694
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Ralph H. Frayne	4,575
	Christian Liberal	Howard A. Prentice	1,505

1957 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	John Smith	25,409
	Liberal	Harry Cavers	15,794
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Auldham Roy Petrie	4,829
	Social Credit	Howard Prentice	2,233

1958 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	John Smith	29,958
	Liberal	Harry Cavers	15,063
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Auldham Roy Petrie	4,978
	Social Credit	Howard Prentice	949

1962 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James C. McNulty	23,386
	Progressive Conservative	John Smith	20,445
	Social Credit	Herbert Heppner	5,262
	New Democratic	Rose Cookson	5,130

1963 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James C. McNulty	25,902
	Progressive Conservative	Romaine K. Ross	21,345
	New Democratic	Rose Cookson	5,315
	Social Credit	James R. Walters	2,841

1965 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James C. McNulty	25,820
	Progressive Conservative	Joe Reid	19,324
	New Democratic	Arthur Matti Peltomaa	8,395
	Social Credit	George S. Mallory	1,913

1968 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	H. Gordon Barrett	13,328
	Progressive Conservative	Kenneth Higson	12,692
	New Democratic	John Martin	6,763

1972 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Kenneth Higson	16,840
	Liberal	H. Gordon Barrett	13,562
	New Democratic	Ron Leavens	6,714
	Social Credit	Jim Walters	612

1974 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Andres	17,499
	Progressive Conservative	Kenneth Higson	14,221
	New Democratic	Ron Leavens	6,548
	Social Credit	James Robert Walters	611

1979 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Kenneth Higson	19,612
	Liberal	Norm Marshall	15,026
	New Democratic	Ken Lee	13,400
	Marxist–Leninist	Don McLean	151

1980 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Bryce Mackasey	17,449
	Progressive Conservative	Kenneth Higson	16,741
	New Democratic	Kenneth I. Lee	13,500
	Marxist–Leninist	Don McLean	133

1984 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Shirley Martin	26,318
	Liberal	Joseph Macaluso	14,646
	New Democratic	John Mayer	11,888
	Green	Robert A. Keddy	345
	Independent	Larry E. Johnston	171
	Independent	Ann Stasiuk	121
	Social Credit	A. J. Sid Hamelin	120

1988 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Shirley Martin	19,955
	Liberal	John Munro	19,517
	New Democratic	John Mayer	9,037
	Christian Heritage	Peggy Humby	2,742
	Independent	Albert Papazian	280
	Independent	David Olchowecki	76
	Independent	Ann Stasiuk	67
	Independent	André Vachon	28

1993 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Tony Valeri	29,048	52.19	$48,491
	Reform	Andy Sweck	14,325	25.74	$36,455
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Merritt	8,731	15.69	$43,063
	New Democratic	Peter Cassidy	2,182	3.92	$16,976
	National	Brian Dolby	935	1.68	$3,164
	Natural Law	Cynthia Marchand	307	0.55	$200
	Independent	Ken Morningstar	128	0.23	$247
Total valid votes			55,656	100.00
Total rejected ballots			544
Turnout			56,200	72.08
Electors on the lists			77,974
Source: Thirty-fifth General Election, 1993: Official Voting Results, Published by the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada. Financial figures taken from official contributions and expenses provided by Elections Canada.

External links

• Parliamentary website (first riding)
• Parliamentary website (second riding)