Ontario (federal electoral district)

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

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.

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)	183,160

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

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
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

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

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

External links

• Website of the Parliament of Canada