Peel (federal electoral district)

This article is about the federal riding. For the provincial riding, see Peel (provincial electoral district).

Peel was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1968. It was located in the province of Ontario. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867.

It consisted of the Townships of Chinguacousy, Toronto, and the Gore of Toronto, and the Villages of Brampton and Streetsville.

In 1903, it was redefined to consist of the county of Peel.

The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed between Peel South and Peel—Dufferin ridings.

Members of Parliament

Peel
Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Riding created
1st	1867–1872		John Hillyard Cameron	Conservative
2nd	1872–1874		Robert Smith	Liberal
3rd	1874–1878
4th	1878–1882		William Elliott	Conservative
5th	1882–1887		James Fleming	Liberal
6th	1887–1891		William Armstrong McCulla	Conservative
7th	1891–1892		Joseph Featherston	Liberal
	1892–1896
8th	1896–1900
9th	1900–1904		Richard Blain	Conservative
10th	1904–1908
11th	1908–1911
12th	1911–1917
13th	1917–1921		Samuel Charters	Government (Unionist)
14th	1921–1925			Conservative
15th	1925–1926
16th	1926–1930
17th	1930–1935
18th	1935–1940		Gordon Graydon
19th	1940–1945			National Government
20th	1945–1949			Progressive Conservative
21st	1949–1953
22nd	1953–1954
	1954–1957		John Pallett
23rd	1957–1958
24th	1958–1962
25th	1962–1963		Bruce Beer	Liberal
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968

Electoral history

Canadian federal election, 1867
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Hillyard Cameron	1,138	51.40
	Unknown	Robert Barber	1,076	48.60
Total valid votes			2,214	100.0
Source(s)

Canadian federal election, 1872
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Robert Smith	1,261	50.32	–
	Conservative	John Hillyard Cameron	1,245	49.68	-1.72
Total valid votes			2,506	100.0
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		–
Source(s)

Canadian federal election, 1874
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Robert Smith	1,299	50.27	-0.05
	Conservative	William Elliott	1,285	49.73	+0.05
Total valid votes			2,584	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		-0.05
Source(s)

Canadian federal election, 1878: Peel
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	William Elliott	1,414
	Liberal	Robert Smith	1,325

Canadian federal election, 1882: Peel
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James Fleming	1,430
	Unknown	Robert Barber	1,387

Canadian federal election, 1887: Peel
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	William Armstrong McCulla	1,711
	Liberal	James Fleming	1,668

Canadian federal election, 1891: Peel
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph Featherston	1,667
	Conservative	William Armstrong McCulla	1,613

By-election: On election being declared void, 11 February 1892 : Peel
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	FEATHERSTON, Joseph	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1896: Peel
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	FEATHERSTON, Joseph	1,891
	Conservative	CAMPBELL, A.F.	1,425

Canadian federal election, 1900: Peel
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	BLAIN, Richard	1,705
	Liberal	FEATHERSTON, Joseph	1,592

Canadian federal election, 1904: Peel
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	BLAIN, Richard	2,640
	Liberal	MILNER, W.E.	2,524

Canadian federal election, 1908: Peel
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	BLAIN, Richard	2,758
	Liberal	GRAHAM, Edward George	2,469

Canadian federal election, 1911: Peel
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	BLAIN, Richard	2,656
	Liberal	LOWE, William James	2,340

Canadian federal election, 1917: Peel
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Government	CHARTERS, Samuel	4,751
	Opposition	PETCH, Benjamin	2,499

Canadian federal election, 1921: Peel
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	CHARTERS, Samuel	4,892
	Liberal	LOWE, William James	3,732
	Progressive	TAYLOR, Herbert J.W.	3,350

Canadian federal election, 1925: Peel
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	CHARTERS, Samuel	7,047
	Liberal	PARKER, William Ruston Perci	6,546

Canadian federal election, 1926: Peel
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	CHARTERS, Samuel	7,002
	Liberal	LOWE, William James	6,294

Canadian federal election, 1930: Peel
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	CHARTERS, Samuel	7,112
	Liberal	LOWE, William James	6,847

Canadian federal election, 1935: Peel
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	GRAYDON, Gordon	7,132
	Liberal	LOWE, William James	6,962
	Co-operative Commonwealth	MAUND, Joseph	1,036
	Reconstruction	DINGWALL, John Bertram	842

Canadian federal election, 1940: Peel
Party		Candidate	Votes
	National Government	GRAYDON, Gordon	8,486
	Liberal	FARR, George R.	7,638

Canadian federal election, 1945: Peel
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	GRAYDON, Gordon	10,357
	Liberal	HARMER, Stanley George	5,489
	Co-operative Commonwealth	SMEATON, Robert Craig	1,788

Canadian federal election, 1949: Peel
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	GRAYDON, Gordon	10,570
	Liberal	HARMER, Stanley G.	7,788
	Co-operative Commonwealth	JENKINS, Charles Donson	3,043

Canadian federal election, 1953: Peel
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	GRAYDON, Gordon	13,487
	Liberal	O'MARRA, Alfred Joseph Clifford	9,263
	Co-operative Commonwealth	ADAMS, James	2,560

By-election: On Mr. Graydon's death, 22 March 1954: Peel
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	PALLETT, John	13,500
	Liberal	O'MARRA, Alfred Joseph Clifford	8,944
	Co-operative Commonwealth	GANE, Lloyd Hartis	1,985

Canadian federal election, 1957: Peel
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	PALLETT, John	19,818
	Liberal	Robert Speck	10,467
	Co-operative Commonwealth	WHITEHOUSE, John R.W.	3,418
	Social Credit	CARMICHAEL, Neil	913

Canadian federal election, 1958: Peel
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	PALLETT, John	23,379
	Liberal	FASKEN, Bob	10,357
	Co-operative Commonwealth	WHITEHOUSE, John R.W.	3,848
	Social Credit	CARMICHAEL, Neil	640

Canadian federal election, 1962: Peel
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	BEER, Bruce	21,221
	Progressive Conservative	PALLETT, John	19,238
	New Democratic Party	LAWLOR, Patrick	8,341
	Social Credit	ASTLE, David	611

Canadian federal election, 1963: Peel
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	BEER, Bruce S.	28,009
	Progressive Conservative	FOX, John	15,921
	New Democratic Party	LAWLOR, Patrick	8,836
	Social Credit	SIBBALD, Ronald Gordon	354

Canadian federal election, 1965: Peel
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	BEER, Bruce S.	29,057
	Progressive Conservative	Ron Searle	17,955
	New Democratic Party	WOOLLARD, Keith	13,404
	Social Credit	SIBBALD, Ronald G.	551

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

• Website of the Parliament of Canada