Carleton (Ontario electoral district)

Carleton is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1968 and since 2015. It was represented in the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada from 1821 to 1840 and in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from 1841 until 1866.

Carleton
Ontario electoral district
Carleton in relation to other electoral districts in Ottawa
Federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
MP
 
 
 
Pierre Poilievre
Conservative
District created1867
First contested1867
Last contested2019
District webpageprofile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)[1]102,918
Electors (2015)71,947
Area (km²)[1]1,229
Pop. density (per km²)83.7
Census division(s)Ottawa
Census subdivision(s)Ottawa

The original riding was created by the British North America Act of 1867. However, the riding had existed since 1821 in the Parliament of Upper Canada and the Parliament of the Province of Canada. It originally consisted of Carleton County. In 1966, it was redistributed into the new electoral districts of Grenville—Carleton, Lanark and Renfrew, Ottawa Centre, Ottawa West and Ottawa—Carleton.

This riding was re-created by the 2012 electoral redistribution from parts of Nepean—Carleton (59%), Carleton—Mississippi Mills (41%) and a small portion of Ottawa South. It was contested in the 2015 federal election.

Demographics

According to the Canada 2016 Census[2][3]

Ethnic groups: 80.9% White, 4.5% Indigenous, 3.0% Arab, 2.7% Chinese, 2.7% South Asian, 2.6% Black
Languages: 78.3% English, 9.3% French, 2.4% Arabic, 1.1% Mandarin
Religions (2011): 76.0% Christian (39.5% Catholic, 10.5% United Church, 10.4% Anglican, 2.4% Presbyterian, 1.5% Christian Orthodox, 1.2% Lutheran, 1.2% Baptist, 9.4% Other) , 2.1% Muslim, 19.8% None
Median income: $51,253 (2015)
Average income: $62,030 (2015)

Riding history

The federal riding consisted initially of Carleton County. In 1882, it was redefined to consist of the townships of Nepean, North Gower, Marlboro, March, Torbolton and Goulbourn, and the village of Richmond. In 1903, it was redefined to consist of the county of Carleton, excluding the city of Ottawa and the townships of Gloucester and Osgoode.

In 1914, it was redefined to include parts of the city of Ottawa not included in either the electoral district of Ottawa or Rideau Ward of Ottawa.

In 1924, it was redefined as consisting of the county of Carleton, excluding the townships of Gloucester and Osgoode and that part of the city of Ottawa lying east of a line drawn from south to north along the Canadian Pacific Railway line, Somerset Street, Bayswater Avenue, Bayview Road, and Mason Street to the Ottawa River.

In 1933, it was redefined as consisting of the county of Carleton, excluding the township of Gloucester, the town of Eastview, the village of Rockcliffe Park and the part of the city of Ottawa lying east of Parkdale Avenue.

In 1947, it was redefined as consisting of the county of Carleton, excluding the township of Gloucester, the town of Eastview and the village of Rockcliffe Park, and including the parts of Victoria and Elmdale wards in the city of Ottawa west of Parkdale Avenue, the part of Dalhousie ward south of Carling Avenue, the part of Capital ward south of Carling Avenue and Linden Terrace, and the part of Riverdale ward south of Riverdale Avenue and west of Main Street.

In 1952, it was redefined as consisting of the county of Carleton (excluding the township of Gloucester, the town of Eastview and the village of Rockcliffe Park), and the part of the city of Ottawa west of a line drawn from north to south along Parkdale Avenue, east along Carling Avenue, north along O'Connor Street, east along Linden Terrace to the Rideau Canal, south along the canal, east along Echo Drive, northeast along Riverdale Avenue, south along Main Street, southwest along the Rideau River.

The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed between Grenville—Carleton, Lanark and Renfrew, Ottawa Centre, Ottawa West and Ottawa—Carleton ridings.

The riding was recreated in 2015 by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. Initially, the riding was known as Rideau—Carleton. 40.58% of the riding came from the riding of Carleton—Mississippi Mills, 59.37% from Nepean—Carleton and 0.04% from Ottawa South. It came into effect upon the call of the next federal election in October 2015.

Members of Parliament of Upper Canada

(returned two members from 1831 to 1840)
  1. William Morris (1821–1825)
  2. George Thew Burke (1825–1829)
  3. Thomas Mabon Radenhurst (1829–1831)
  4. Hamnett Kirkes Pinhey (1831) and John Bower Lewis (1831–1840)
  5. George Lyon (1831–1835)
  6. Edward Malloch (1835–1840)

Members of Parliament of the Province of Canada

  1. James Johnston, Reformer (1841–1846)
  2. George Lyon, Conservative (1846–1848)
  3. Edward Malloch (1848–1854)
  4. William F. Powell, Conservative (1854–1866)

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Carleton
Parliament Years Member Party
1st  1867–1872     John Holmes Liberal–Conservative
2nd  1872–1874     John Rochester Conservative
3rd  1874–1878
4th  1878–1882
5th  1882–1887     John A. Macdonald Liberal–Conservative
6th  1887–1888
 1888–1891     George Lemuel Dickinson Conservative
7th  1891–1896 William Thomas Hodgins
8th  1896–1900
9th  1900–1904 Edward Kidd
10th  1904–1905
 1905–1908 Robert Borden
11th  1908–1909
 1909–1911 Edward Kidd
12th  1911–1912
 1912–1917 William Foster Garland
13th  1917–1921     George Boyce Government (Unionist)
14th  1921–1925     William Foster Garland Conservative
15th  1925–1926
16th  1926–1930
17th  1930–1935
18th  1935–1940 Alonzo Hyndman
19th  1940–1940     National Government
 1940–1945     George Russell Boucher Conservative
20th  1945–1948     Progressive Conservative
 1948–1949 George A. Drew
21st  1949–1953
22nd  1953–1957
23rd  1957–1958 Dick Bell
24th  1958–1962
25th  1962–1963
26th  1963–1965     Cyril Lloyd Francis Liberal
27th  1965–1968     Dick Bell Progressive Conservative
Riding dissolved into Grenville—Carleton, Lanark and Renfrew,
Ottawa Centre, Ottawa West, and Ottawa—Carleton
Riding re-created from Carleton—Mississippi Mills,
Nepean—Carleton, and Ottawa South
42nd  2015–2019     Pierre Poilievre Conservative
43rd  2019–present

Election results

Carleton, 2015–present

Graph of election results in Carleton (since 2011, minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
2019 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
ConservativePierre Poilievre32,14746.35-0.51$95,365.47
LiberalChris Rodgers26,51838.23-5.51$106,000.32
New DemocraticKevin Hua6,4799.34+3.21$2,169.60
GreenGordon Kubanek3,4234.94+1.68$5,330.23
People'sAlain Musende7921.14+1.14none listed
Total valid votes/Expense limit 69,359100.0  
Total rejected ballots 4080.60+0.27
Turnout 67,76777.18-3.77
Eligible voters 87,807
Conservative hold Swing +2.50
Source: Elections Canada[4][5]
2015 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
ConservativePierre Poilievre27,76246.86-14.81$166,805.35
LiberalChris Rodgers25,91343.74+22.88$101,336.54
New DemocraticKC Larocque3,6326.13-7.22$17,692.44
GreenDeborah Coyne1,9323.26-0.86$15,632.31
Total valid votes/Expense limit 59,239100.00 $206,141.87
Total rejected ballots 1960.33
Turnout 59,43580.95
Eligible voters 73,418
Conservative hold Swing -18.84
2011 federal election redistributed results[6]
Party Vote %
  Conservative28,92861.67
  Liberal9,78620.86
  New Democratic6,26213.35
  Green1,9324.11

Carleton, 1867–1968

Graph of election results in Carleton (1896-1968, minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
1965 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeDick Bell32,45643.90–2.39
LiberalLloyd Francis31,52342.64–5.37
New DemocraticDonald V. Stirling9,95313.46+8.79
Total valid votes 73,932100.0  
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +1.49
1963 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalLloyd Francis32,32548.01+6.02
Progressive ConservativeDick Bell31,16846.29–5.40
New DemocraticLewis Hanley3,1444.67–0.19
Social CreditHarold Herbert Splett6991.04–0.44
Total valid votes 67,336100.0  
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +5.71
1962 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeDick Bell32,12551.66–15.81
LiberalLloyd Francis26,10941.99+13.86
New DemocraticLewis Hanley3,0244.86+1.20
Social CreditHarold Herbert Splett9221.48+0.75
Total valid votes 62,180100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing –14.84
1958 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeDick Bell32,74167.47+5.69
LiberalGeorge Humble13,65228.13–5.79
Co-operative CommonwealthStewart I. Crawford1,7773.66+0.70
Social CreditGrace Gough3550.73–0.62
Total valid votes 48,525100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +5.74
1957 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeDick Bell27,86561.78+6.53
LiberalFrank Egan Dunlap15,29833.92–6.34
Co-operative CommonwealthStewart I. Crawford1,3342.96+0.01
Social CreditEric Kingsley Fallis6071.35–0.19
Total valid votes 45,104100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +6.44
1953 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeGeorge Drew20,13755.25+2.26
LiberalJohn H. McDonald14,67640.26–0.45
Co-operative CommonwealthStewart I. Crawford1,0752.95–3.35
Social CreditEric Kingsley Fallis5621.54
Total valid votes 36,450100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +1.36
1949 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeGeorge Drew18,14152.99–23.28
LiberalJohn H. McDonald13,93740.71
Co-operative CommonwealthEugene Forsey2,1556.30–14.63
Total valid votes 34,233100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing –32.00
Canadian federal by-election, 20 December 1948
On the resignation of G. Russell Boucher, 1 November 1948
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeGeorge Drew12,28476.27+14.01
Co-operative CommonwealthEugene Forsey3,37120.93+13.46
Social CreditJ. Nelson McCracken4512.80
Total valid votes 16,106100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +0.28
1945 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeG. Russell Boucher10,91662.26–18.04
LiberalLeonard Anthony Davis5,30930.28
Co-operative CommonwealthDouglas D. Irwin1,3097.47
Total valid votes 17,534100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing –24.16
Canadian federal by-election, 19 August 1940
On the death of Alonzo Hyndman, 9 April 1940
Party Candidate Votes%±%
ConservativeGeorge Russell Boucher6,04580.30+26.40
New DemocracyJohn Nelson McCracken1,48319.70
Total valid votes 7,528100.0  
Conservative hold Swing  
1940 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
National GovernmentAlonzo Hyndman7,73653.90+11.54
LiberalHerbert Samuel Arkell6,61746.10+9.61
Total valid votes 14,353100.0  
National Government hold Swing +0.96
1935 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
ConservativeAlonzo Hyndman6,87242.36–1.42
LiberalHerbert Samuel Arkell5,91936.49–5.56
ReconstructionHerman Ralph James3,43121.15
Total valid votes 16,222100.0  
Conservative hold Swing +2.07
1930 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
ConservativeWilliam Foster Garland7,31743.78–12.57
LiberalMortimer Newton Cummings7,02742.05–1.60
Independent ConservativeRobert Ormond Morris2,36914.17
Total valid votes 16,713100.0  
Conservative hold Swing –5.48
1926 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
ConservativeWilliam Foster Garland7,41556.35–1.09
LiberalMortimer Newton Cummings5,74443.65+1.09
Total valid votes 13,159100.0  
Conservative hold Swing –1.09
1925 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
ConservativeWilliam Foster Garland7,75757.44+16.15
LiberalMortimer Newton Cummings5,74842.56+11.67
Total valid votes 13,505100.0  
Conservative hold Swing +2.24
1921 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
ConservativeWilliam Foster Garland5,53741.29–25.18
LiberalWilliam Lochead Gourlay4,14230.89–2.64
ProgressiveBower Henry3,47425.91
IndependentEdward Hill Good2571.92
Total valid votes 13,410100.0  
Conservative hold Swing –11.27
1917 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Government (Unionist)George Boyce5,29066.47+0.33
Opposition (Laurier Liberals)Frederick Henry Honeywell2,66933.53–0.33
Total valid votes 7,959100.0  
Government (Unionist) hold Swing +0.33
Canadian federal by-election, 30 October 1912
On the death of Edward Kidd, 16 September 1912
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeWilliam Foster Garlandacclaimed
1911 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
ConservativeEdward Kidd2,61666.14–1.14
LiberalDonald Hector MacLean1,33933.86+1.14
Total valid votes 3,955100.0  
Conservative hold Swing –1.14
Canadian federal by-election, 22 February 1909
On the election of Robert Borden to Halifax and Carleton, and his choosing to sit for Halifax, 25 January 1909
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeEdward Kiddacclaimed
1908 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Elected
ConservativeRobert Borden2,66767.28+3.72Y
LiberalJames Ernest Caldwell1,29732.72–3.72
Total valid votes 3,964100.0  
Conservative hold Swing +3.72
Source(s)
"Carleton, Ontario (1867-08-06 - 1968-04-22)". History of Federal Ridings Since 1867. Library of Parliament. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
Canadian federal by-election, February 4, 1905
On the resignation of Edward Kidd, January 19, 1905
Party Candidate VotesElected
ConservativeRobert BordenacclaimedY
Total valid votes
Source(s)
"Carleton, Ontario (1867-08-06 - 1968-04-22)". History of Federal Ridings Since 1867. Library of Parliament. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
1904 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
ConservativeEdward Kidd2,05563.56–1.01
LiberalJames E. Caldwell1,17836.44+1.01
Total valid votes 3,233100.0  
Conservative hold Swing –1.01
1900 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
ConservativeEdward Kidd1,61164.57+17.06
LiberalJohn McKellar88435.43–4.66
Total valid votes 2,495100.0  
Conservative hold Swing +10.86
1896 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
ConservativeWilliam T. Hodgins1,33747.51–3.22
LiberalJohn McKellar1,12840.09
IndependentJ.S. Hendricks29910.63
McCarthyiteThomas Butler501.78
Total valid votes 2,814100.0  
Conservative hold Swing  
1891 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
ConservativeWilliam Thomas Hodgins1,49450.73
ConservativeGeorge Lemuel Dickinson1,45149.27–12.30
Total valid votes 2,945100.0  
Conservative hold Swing  
Canadian federal by-election, 1 February 1888
On the election of John A. Macdonald to sit for Kingston
Party Candidate Votes%±%
ConservativeGeorge Lemuel Dickinson1,52461.57
UnknownW. F. Powell95138.42
Total valid votes 2,475100.0  
Conservative gain from Liberal–Conservative Swing  
1887 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Liberal–ConservativeJohn A. Macdonald1,69173.62+24.87
LiberalJohn K. Stewart60626.38
Total valid votes 2,297100.0  
Liberal–Conservative hold Swing  
1882 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Liberal–ConservativeJohn A. Macdonald1,18548.75
UnknownJohn May62925.87
UnknownErskine Henry Bronson61725.38
Total valid votes 2,431100.0  
Liberal–Conservative gain from Conservative Swing  
1878 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
ConservativeJohn Rochester1,28249.73+2.65
UnknownJohn May1,19646.39
UnknownJ. A. Grant863.34
UnknownNicholas Sparks, Jr.140.54
Total valid votes 2,578100.0  
Conservative hold Swing  
1874 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
ConservativeJohn Rochester87047.08–5.89
UnknownJohn Holmes63134.15–12.46
UnknownJ. Wallace34718.78
Total valid votes 1,848100.0  
Conservative hold Swing +3.28
1872 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
ConservativeJohn Rochester1,02452.97+4.91
UnknownJohn Holmes90146.61–5.33
UnknownWilliam Montgomery60.31
UnknownJ. Mills20.10
Total valid votes 1,933100.0  
Conservative gain from Liberal–Conservative Swing +5.12
1867 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%
Liberal–ConservativeJohn Holmes1,08751.94
ConservativeJohn Rochester1,00648.06
Total valid votes 2,093100.0  

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