Nipissing (electoral district)

For the current provincial electoral district, see Nipissing (provincial electoral district).

Nipissing

Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
First contested	1896
Last contested	2004
Demographics
Census divisions	Nipissing District, Parry Sound
Census subdivisions	Bonfield, Callander, East Ferris, Mattawa, North Bay, Temagami, West Nipissing

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 North.

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 northeastern part of the 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.

Members of Parliament

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

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
8th	1896–1900		James Klock	Conservative
9th	1900–1905		Charles McCool	Liberal
10th	1905–1908
11th	1908–1911		George Gordon	Conservative
12th	1911
	1911–1917		Francis Cochrane	Conservative
13th	1917–1921		Charles Robert Harrison	Unionist/Conservative
14th	1921–1925		Edmond Lapierre	Liberal
15th	1925–1926
16th	1926–1930
17th	1930–1935		Raoul Hurtubise	Liberal
18th	1935–1940
19th	1940–1945
20th	1945–1949		Léoda Gauthier	Liberal
21st	1949–1953		Jack Garland	Liberal
22nd	1953–1957
23rd	1957–1958
24th	1958–1962
25th	1962–1963
26th	1963–1964
	1964–1965		Carl Legault	Liberal
27th	1965–1968
28th	1968–1972
29th	1972–1974		Jean-Jacques Blais	Liberal
30th	1974–1979
31st	1979–1980
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988		Moe Mantha	Progressive Conservative
34th	1988–1993		Bob Wood	Liberal
35th	1993–1997
36th	1997–2000
37th	2000–2004
Nipissing—Timiskaming after 2004.

Electoral history

Canadian federal election, 1896
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	KLOCK, James Bell	2,477
	Liberal	CONMEE, James	1,513

Canadian federal election, 1900
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	MCCOOL, Charles Arthur	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1911
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	GORDON, George	5,872
	Liberal	YOUNG, Alfred James	5,327

On Mr. Gordon's resignation, 25 October 1911:

By-election on 8 November 1911
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	COCHRANE, Hon. Francis	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1921
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	LAPIERRE, Edmond Anthony	9,886
	Conservative	HARRISON, Charles Robert	5,589
	Progressive	LEVERT, Benoni	3,280

Canadian federal election, 1925
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	LAPIERRE, Edmond Anthony	9,128
	Conservative	FERGUSSON, John	9,031

Canadian federal election, 1930
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	HURTUBISE, Joseph Raoul	12,588
	Conservative	MOREL, Henri	10,437
	Communist	HILL, Amos Tobias	531

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	HURTUBISE, Joseph Raoul	20,114
	Conservative	MCNAMARA, John Michael	7,991
	Co-operative Commonwealth	LEVERT, Joseph	2,236
	Reconstruction	STEWART, Kelvin Alexander	2,007
	Communist	HILL, Amos Tobias	931

Canadian federal election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	HURTUBISE, Joseph Raoul	26,916
	National Government	LAROCQUE, Onésime	11,229

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	GAUTHIER, Leoda	17,416
	Co-operative Commonwealth	LEVERT, J. Benonie	11,349
	Progressive Conservative	GEMMELL, Welland Stewart	10,437
	Bloc populaire	CAMPEAU, Lionel	3,538
	Labor–Progressive	SMITH, Clarence	1,525
	Social Credit	SHAW, John Loudon	1,379

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	GARLAND, John Richard	11,061
	Progressive Conservative	SEGUIN, Avit	4,836
	Co-operative Commonwealth	DICKERSON, Merle E.	3,663
	Social Credit	SHAW, John L.	1,552
	Union des électeurs	CHAMPAGNE, Rolland	489

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	GARLAND, John Richard	12,415
	Progressive Conservative	PALMER, Thomas Merton	5,329
	Co-operative Commonwealth	REID, MacDonald Hector	1,637
	Independent Liberal	LAFRAMBOISE, Lionel	216

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	GARLAND, John Richard	12,528
	Progressive Conservative	PALMER, Thomas Merton	7,351
	Co-operative Commonwealth	DICKINSON, William Arthur	1,999

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	GARLAND, John Richard	15,046
	Progressive Conservative	KENNEDY, Johnston Albert	10,422
	Co-operative Commonwealth	THOMAS, Leonard Herbert	1,242

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	GARLAND, John Richard	17,164
	Progressive Conservative	SHAW, Gary	7,127
	New Democratic	KOWALCHUK, Bill	2,573
	Ralliement créditiste	LAROCQUE, Raymond	631

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	GARLAND, John Richard	16,547
	Progressive Conservative	HEWITT, Cecil	7,283
	New Democratic	KOWALCHUK, Bill	2,351
	Ralliement créditiste	LAROCQUE, Raymond	1,587

On Mr. Garland's death, 14 March 1964:

By-election on 22 June 1964
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	LEGAULT, Carl	14,002
	Progressive Conservative	DONNELLY, Dick	8,581
	New Democratic	MACKAY, Harry	3,581

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	LEGAULT, Carl	14,025
	Progressive Conservative	LAVALLEE, Norman	5,653
	New Democratic	KOWALCHUK, Bill	4,763

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	BLAIS, Jean-Jacques	12,451
	Progressive Conservative	SMYLIE, Jack	10,812
	New Democratic	WYNTER, Jack	6,276
	Ralliement créditiste	LAROCHELLE, Clem	457

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	BLAIS, Jean-Jacques	16,549
	Progressive Conservative	SMYLIE, Jack	8,609
	New Democratic	O'HALLARN, Mike	5,477

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	BLAIS, Jean-Jacques	15,184
	Progressive Conservative	MARCHAND, Marie	12,987
	New Democratic	HUGHES, Patricia	5,681

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	BLAIS, Jean-Jacques	16,394
	Progressive Conservative	MARCHAND, Marie	11,661
	New Democratic	PELTOMAA, Art	4,515

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	MANTHA, Moe	17,247
	Liberal	BLAIS, Jean-Jacques	14,558
	New Democratic	BENNETT, Lynne	4,735

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	WOOD, Bob	15,488
	Progressive Conservative	MANTHA, Moe	15,003
	New Democratic	PRATT, Dawson	6,479
	Confederation of Regions	QUINLAN, Tim	522
	Independent	BROWN, David C.	187

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	WOOD, Bob	25,285
	Reform	LIGHTFOOT, Geraldine	6,791
	Progressive Conservative	MANTHA, Moe	6,565
	New Democratic	CAMPBELL, Arthur James	1,324
	Natural Law	ISABELLE, Manon Charleen	214
	Abolitionist	HAMELIN, Alcide	73

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	WOOD, Bob	19,786
	Reform	KIDD, Laurie	7,390
	Progressive Conservative	MILLER, Gord	5,666
	New Democratic	CAMPBELL, Art	2,280

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	WOOD, Bob	18,888
	Alliance	FERRON, Ken	7,461
	Progressive Conservative	DAYES, Alan	4,192
	New Democratic	YOUNG, Wendy	2,572

External links

• Library of Parliament website