NIPISSING (ELECTORAL DISTRICT)

:''For the current provincial electoral district, see Nipissing (provincial electoral district)''
'Nipissing' was a federal electoral district that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1896 to 2004. It was located in the northeastern part of Ontario, Canada.
When it was first created, the riding took in the eastern half of Northeastern Ontario, including the towns of North Bay and Sudbury. Before 1892, this region was part of the electoral district of Renfrew.
It initially consisted of the temporary judicial district of Nipissing, and the townships of Head, Clara and Maria in the county of Renfrew, and a part of the district of Algoma.
In 1892, it was redefined to consist of the townships of Airey, Appleby, Awrey, Badgerow, Ballantyne, Biggar, Bishop, Blezard, Bonfield, Boulter, Bower, Boyd, Broder, Butt, Caldwell, Calvin, Cameron, Canisbay, Chisholm, Clara, Deacon, Devine, Dill, Dryden, Dunnet, Ferris, Field, Finlayson, Fitzgerald, French, Freswick, Grant, Hagar, Hawley, Head, Hugel, Hunter, Kirkpatrick, Lauder, Lister, Lorrain, Lyell, Maria, Mattawan, McCraney, McKim, McLaughlin, Merrick, Mulock, Murchison, Neelon, Olrig, Osler, Papineau, Paxton, Peck, Pentland, Phelps, Ratter, Robinson, Sabine, Springer, Widdifield and Wilkes, and a broad swath of northeastern Ontario between Georgian Bay and Hudson Bay/James Bay.
In 1903, it was redefined to consist of the territorial district of Nipissing, and the townships of Clara, Head and Maria in the county of Renfrew. In 1914, it was defined to consist of the territorial district of Nipissing, the eastern part of the territorial district of Sudbury, and the townships of Clara, Head and Maria in the county of Renfrew. In 1924, it was defined to consist of the southwest part of the territorial district of Nipissing, and the southeast part of the territorial district of Sudbury.
In 1947, it was defined to consist of the eastern part of the territorial district of Sudbury and the territorial district of Nipissing, excluding he townships of Ballantyne, Wilkes, Pentland, Boyd and Cameron and all townships south of them. Sudbury riding was created from the western portion of Nipissing.
In 1976, it was defined to consist of the northwest part of the Territorial District of Nipissing. In 1996, it was defined to consist of parts of the eastern part of territorial district of Parry Sound, and the western part of the Territorial District of Nipissing.
The electoral district was abolished in 2003 when it was merged into Nipissing—Timiskaming riding.

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Members of Parliament

Electoral history

External link

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of the Canadian House of Commons:

★ James Klock, Conservative - 1896-1900

★ Charles McCool, Liberal - 1900-1908

★ George Gordon, Conservative - 1908-1911

★ Francis Cochrane, Conservative - 1911-1917

★ Charles Robert Harrison, Unionist/Conservative - 1917-1921

★ Edmond Lapierre, Liberal - 1921-1930

★ Joseph Hurtubise, Liberal - 1930-1945

★ Léoda Gauthier, Liberal - 1945-1949

★ Jack Garland, Liberal - 1949-1964

★ Carl Legault, Liberal - 1964-1972

★ Jean-Jacques Blais, Liberal - 1972-1984

★ Moe Mantha, Progressive Conservative - 1984-1988

★ Bob Wood, Liberal - 1998-2003

Electoral history

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|KLOCK, James Bell
|align="right"|2,477
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| CONMEE, James
|align="right"| 1,513
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|MCCOOL, Charles Arthur
|align="right"|acclaimed
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|MCCOOL, Charles Arthur
|align="right"|2,747
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|GORDON, George
|align="right"|2,559
|}
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|GORDON, George
|align="right"|4,301
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|MCCOOL, Charles Arthur
|align="right"|4,280
|}
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|GORDON, George
|align="right"|5,872
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|YOUNG, Alfred James
|align="right"|5,327
|}
On Mr. Gordon's resignation, 25 October 1911:
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|COCHRANE, Hon. Francis
|align="right"|acclaimed
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|HARRISON, Charles Robert
|align="right"| 6,411
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|LAPIERRE, Edmond Anthony
|align="right"|6,367
|}
|-
|LAPIERRE, Edmond Anthony
|align="right"|9,886
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|HARRISON, Charles Robert
|align="right"|5,589
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|LEVERT, Benoni
|align="right"|3,280
|}
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|LAPIERRE, Edmond Anthony
|align="right"|9,128
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|FERGUSSON, John
|align="right"|9,031
|}
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|LAPIERRE, Edmond Anthony
|align="right"|11,587
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|LABERGE, Joseph Alfred
|align="right"|8,963
|}
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|HURTUBISE, Joseph Raoul
|align="right"|12,588
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|MOREL, Henry
|align="right"|10,437
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|HILL, Amos Tobias
|align="right"|531
|}
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|HURTUBISE, Joseph Raoul
|align="right"|20,114
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|MCNAMARA, John Michael
|align="right"|7,991
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|LEVERT, Joseph
|align="right"|2,236
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|STEWART, Kelvin Alexander
|align="right"|2,007
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|HILL, Amos Tobias
|align="right"|931
|}
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|HURTUBISE, Joseph Raoul
|align="right"|26,916
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|LAROCQUE, Onésime
|align="right"|11,229
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|GAUTHIER, Leoda
|align="right"|17,416
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|LEVERT, J. Benonie
|align="right"|11,349
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|GEMMELL, Welland Stewart
|align="right"|10,437
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|CAMPEAU, Lionel
|align="right"|3,538
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|SMITH, Clarence
|align="right"|1,525
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|SHAW, John Loudon
|align="right"|1,379
|}
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|GARLAND, John Richard
|align="right"|11,061
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|SEGUIN, Avit farmer,
|align="right"|4,836
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|DICKERSON, Merle E.
|align="right"|3,663
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|SHAW, John L.
|align="right"|1,552
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|CHAMPAGNE, Rolland
|align="right"| 489
|}
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|GARLAND, John Richard
|align="right"| 12,415
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|PALMER, Thomas Merton
|align="right"| 5,329
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|REID, MacDonald Hector
|align="right"|1,637
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|LAFRAMBOISE, Lionel
|align="right"|216
|}
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|GARLAND, John Richard
|align="right"|12,528
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|PALMER, Thomas Merton
|align="right"|7,351
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|DICKINSON, William Arthur
|align="right"|1,999
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|GARLAND, John Richard
|align="right"|15,046
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|KENNEDY, Johnston Albert
|align="right"|10,422
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|THOMAS, Leonard Herbert
|align="right"|1,242
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|GARLAND, Jack
|align="right"|17,164
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|SHAW, Gary
|align="right"|7,127
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|KOWALCHUK, Bill
|align="right"|2,573
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|LAROCQUE, Raymond
|align="right"|631
|}
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|GARLAND, Jack
|align="right"|16,547
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|HEWITT, Cec
|align="right"|7,283
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|KOWALCHUK, Bill
|align="right"|2,351
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|LAROCQUE, Raymond
|align="right"|1,587
|}
On Mr. Garland's death, 14 March 1964:
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|LEGAULT, Carl
|align="right"|14,002
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|DONNELLY, Dick
|align="right"|8,581
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|MACKAY, Harry
|align="right"| 3,581
|}
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|LEGAULT, Carl
|align="right"| 14,025
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|LAVALLEE, Norman
|align="right"|5,653
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|KOWALCHUK, Bill
|align="right"| 4,763
|}
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|LEGAULT, Carl
|align="right"| 13,524
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|GOULET, Bruce J.
|align="right"|8,412
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|PRICE, Bob
|align="right"| 3,267
|}
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|BLAIS, J.-J.
|align="right"|12,451
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|SMYLIE, Jack
|align="right"|10,812
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|WYNTER, Jack
|align="right"|6,276
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|LAROCHELLE, Clem
|align="right"| 457
|}
|-
|BLAIS, Jean-Jacques
|align="right"|16,549
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|SMYLIE, Jack
|align="right"|8,609
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|O'HALLARN, Mike
|align="right"|5,477
|}
|-
|BLAIS, J.-J.
|align="right"| 15,184
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|MARCHAND, Marie
|align="right"|12,987
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|HUGHES, Patricia
|align="right"|5,681
|}
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|BLAIS, J.-J.
|align="right"|16,394
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|MARCHAND, Marie
|align="right"| 11,661
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|PELTOMAA, Art
|align="right"|4,515
|}
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|MANTHA, Moe
|align="right"| 17,247
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|BLAIS, Jean-Jacques
|align="right"|14,558
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|BENNETT, Lynne
|align="right"| 4,735
|}
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|WOOD, Bob
|align="right"|15,488
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|MANTHA, Moe
|align="right"|15,003
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|PRATT, Dawson
|align="right"|6,479
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|QUINLAN, Tim
|align="right"| 522
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|BROWN, David C
|align="right"|187
|}
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|WOOD, Bob
|align="right"|25,285
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|LIGHTFOOT, Geraldine
|align="right"|6,791
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|MANTHA, Moe
|align="right"|6,565
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|CAMPBELL, Arthur James
|align="right"|1,324
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|ISABELLE, Manon Charleen
|align="right"|214
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|HAMELIN, Alcide
|align="right"|73
|}
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|WOOD, Bob
|align="right"| 19,786
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|KIDD, Laurie
|align="right"|7,390
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|MILLER, Gord
|align="right"|5,666
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|CAMPBELL, Art
|align="right"|2,280
|}
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|WOOD, Bob
|align="right"|18,888
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|FERRON, Ken
|align="right"|7,461
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|DAYES, Alan
|align="right"|4,192
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|YOUNG, Wendy
|align="right"|2,572
|}

External link

★ Library of Parliament website