Fort William (electoral district)

Fort William
Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1924
District abolished	1976
First contested	1925
Last contested	1974

Fort William was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1925 to 1979. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1924 from parts of Fort William and Rainy River riding.

It was initially defined to consist of the southern parts of the territorial districts of Rainy River, Kenora and Thunder Bay adjacent to the southern boundary of Canada.

In 1947, it was defined to consist of the city of Fort William and the southern parts of the territorial districts of Rainy River, Kenora and Thunder Bay adjacent to by the southern boundary of Canada.

In 1966, it was defined to consist of the City of Fort William and the Townships of Aldina, Blake, Crooks, Devon, Fraleigh, Gillies, Hartington, Lismore, Lybster, Marks, Neebing, O'Connor, Paipoonge, Pardee, Pearson, Scoble and Strange in the territorial district of Thunder Bay.

The electoral district was abolished in 1976 when it was merged into Thunder Bay—Atikokan riding.

History

S.C. 1924, c.63

Consisting of those parts of the territorial districts of Rainy River, Kenora and Thunder Bay bounded on the south by the southern boundary of Canada, and on the west, north and east by a line described as commencing on the said southern boundary at the intersection of the fifth meridian passing between the townships of Melgund and Revell; thence north along the said meridian to a point five miles north of the Canadian Pacific Railway; thence southeast parallel to and at a distance of five miles northerly from the said line of railway to a point five miles due north of the station of Poland, south to the said railway and continuing along the same to the intersection of the projection westerly to the north boundary of the township of Forbes; thence along the north and east boundaries of the said township, the north and east boundaries of the townships of Conmee and Oliver, and the north boundary of the townships of Paipoonge and Neebing, and their projection easterly to the eighty-ninth meridian; thence along the said meridian to the southern boundary of Canada.

S.C. 1933, c.54

Consisting of those parts of the territorial districts of Rainy River, Kenora and Thunder Bay bounded on the south by the southern boundary of Canada, on the west by the Fourth Meridan and on the north and east by a line described as commencing at a point on the said Fourth Meridian five miles north of the Canadian Pacific Railway; thence southeast parallel to and at a distance of five miles northerly from the said line of railway to a point five miles due north of the station of Poland; thence south to the said railway and continuing along the said railway to the intersection of the north boundary of the township of Goldie; thence along the north boundaries of the townships of Goldie and Forbes; thence south along the east boundaries of the townships of Forbes and Conmee; thence east and south along the north and east boundaries respectively of the township of Oliver; thence along the north boundaries of the townships of Paipoonge and Neebing and their projection easterly to the Eighty-ninth Meridian; thence south along the said meridian to the southern boundary of Canada.

S.C. 1947, c.71

Consisting of the city of Fort William and of those parts of the territorial districts of Rainy River, Kenora and Thunder Bay bounded on the south by the southern boundary of Canada; on the west by the Fourth Meridian; (excluding Atikokan Improvement District) and on the north and east by a line described as commencing at a point on the said Fourth Meridian five miles north of the Canadian Pacific Railway; thence southeast parallel to and at a distance of five miles northerly from the said line of railway to a point five miles due north of the former station of Poland, which was situated approximately at the intersection of the said railway line with the north boundary of the township of Fallis, five and one half miles westerly from Argon station; thence south to the said railway and continuing along the said railway to the intersection of the north boundary of the township of Goldie; thence along the north boundaries of the townships of Goldie and Forbes; thence south along the east boundaries of the townships of Forbes and Conmee; thence east and south along the north and east boundaries respectively of the township of Oliver; thence along the north boundaries of the townships of Paipoonge and Neebing and their prolongation easterly to the Eighty-ninth Meridian of west longitude; thence south along the said Meridian to the southern boundary of Canada.

S.C. 1952, c.48

Consisting of the city of Fort William and of those parts of the territorial districts of Rainy River, Kenora and Thunder Bay bounded on the south by the southern boundary of Canada; on the west by the Fourth Meridian; (excluding Atikokan Improvement District) and on the north and east by a line described as commencing at a point on the said Fourth Meridian five miles north of the Canadian Pacific Railway; thence southeast parallel to and at a distance of five miles northerly from the said line of railway to a point five miles due north of the former station of Poland, which was situated approximately at the intersection of the said railway line with the north boundary of the township of Fallis, five and one half miles westerly from Argon station; thence south to the said railway and continuing along the said railway to the intersection of the north boundary of the township of Goldie; thence along the north boundaries of the townships of Goldie and Forbes; thence south along the east boundaries of the townships of Forbes and Conmee; thence east and south along the north and east boundaries respectively of the township of Oliver; thence along the north boundaries of the townships of Paipoonge and Neebing and their prolongation easterly to the Eighty-ninth Meridian of west longitude; thence south along the said Meridian to the southern boundary of Canada.

Representation Order, 1966

Consisting of that part of the territorial district of Thunder Bay contained in the City of Fort William and the Townships of Aldina, Blake, Crooks, Devon, Fraleigh, Gillies, Hartington, Lismore, Lybster, Marks, Neebing, O'Connor, Paipoonge, Pardee, Pearson, Scoble and Strange.[1]

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Riding created from Fort William and Rainy River
15th	1925–1926	Robert James Manion	Conservative
16th	1926–1930
17th	1930–1930
17th	1930–1935
18th	1935–1940	Dan McIvor	Liberal
19th	1940–1945
20th	1945–1949
21st	1949–1953
22nd	1953–1957
23rd	1957–1958
24th	1958–1962	Hubert Badanai
25th	1962–1963
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968
28th	1968–1972
29th	1972–1974	Paul McRae
30th	1974–1979	Paul McRae
Riding dissolved into Thunder Bay—Atikokan

Election results

1925 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Hon. Robert James Manion	6,205
	Liberal	DeWitt Clinton Garver	2,830

1926 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Hon. Robert James Manion	5,173
	Labour	William Nassau Welsh	2,440

1930 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Hon. Robert James Manion	6,939
	Liberal	Charles White Wilson	3,262
	Independent	Albert Edward Smith	594

On Mr. Manion being named Minister of Railways and Canals, 7 August 1930:

Canadian federal by-election, 25 August 1930
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Hon. Robert James Manion	acclaimed

1935 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Daniel McIvor	5,481
	Conservative	Hon. Robert James Manion	4,565
	Reconstruction	Clement Edward Chapple	2,030
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Garfield Anderson	1,635
	Independent	John Joseph Spooner	78

1940 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Daniel McIvor	8,504
	National Government	Hon. Robert James Manion	6,768
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Garfield Anderson	1,778

1945 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Daniel McIvor	7,209
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Wilfred Carson McKenzie	5,858
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Barclay Pow	4,945
	Labor–Progressive	Donald Stewart	772

1949 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Daniel McIvor	9,569
	Progressive Conservative	J. Mac Spence	5,751
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Garfield Anderson	4,830
	Labor–Progressive	Alvin L. Johnson	746

1953 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Daniel McIvor	10,402
	Progressive Conservative	Murray Babe	5,030
	Co-operative Commonwealth	William Johnson	3,847
	Labor–Progressive	Naomi Mara Powell	508

1957 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Daniel McIvor	8,552
	Progressive Conservative	Art Widnall	7,926
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Michael Chicorli	5,903

1958 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Hubert Badanai	9,915
	Progressive Conservative	Art Widnall	9,798
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Michael Chicorli	4,953
	Labor–Progressive	Bruce Magnuson	224

1962 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Hubert Badanai	12,229
	Progressive Conservative	Bernard Black
	New Democratic	Edward G. Freeman	5,713
	Social Credit	Arthur W. Hutton	361

1963 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Hubert Badanai	11,765
	New Democratic	Edward G. Freeman	7,619
	Progressive Conservative	Ben Devlin	6,618
	Social Credit	Arthur W. Hutton	309

1965 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Hubert Badanai	12,432
	New Democratic	Charles A. Grant	8,993
	Progressive Conservative	Ben Devlin	4,773

1968 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Hubert Badanai	10,635
	New Democratic	Charles A. Grant	7,394
	Progressive Conservative	Lionel Hastings	7,284

1972 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Paul McRae	11,545
	Progressive Conservative	Lionel Hastings	10,263
	New Democratic	Ian Stewart	7,497

1974 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Paul McRae	13,789
	New Democratic	Ty Kaipio	8,094
	Progressive Conservative	Lawrence Timko	6,129
	Communist	Bruce Barrett	149
	Marxist–Leninist	Dianne Robinson	72

References

https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/ElectionsRidings/Ridings/Profile?OrganizationId=3103

External links

Riding history from the Library of Parliament

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