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Lanark (federal electoral district)

{{Short description|Former federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada}}

{{About|the federal electoral district|the provincial electoral district|Lanark (provincial electoral district)}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=December 2024}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}}

{{Infobox Canada electoral district

| province = Ontario

| image =

| caption =

| fed-status = defunct

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| fed-created = 1914

| fed-abolished = 1966

| fed-election-first = 1917

| fed-election-last = 1965

}}

Lanark was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1968. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was first created in 1914 from Lanark North and Lanark South ridings.

It consisted of the county of Lanark.

The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed between Frontenac—Lennox and Addington and Lanark and Renfrew ridings.

Members of Parliament

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

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{{CanMP nodata|Riding created from Lanark North and Lanark South}}

{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 1917

| ToYr = 1918†

| Assembly# = 13

| #ByElections = 1

| CanParty = Unionist

| PartyTerms# = 2

| RepName = Adelbert Edward Hanna

}}

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| FromYr = 1918

| ToYr = 1921

| RepName = John Alexander Stewart

| RepLink = John Alexander Stewart (politician)

| RepTerms# = 2

}}

{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 1921

| ToYr = 1922†

| Assembly# = 14

| #ByElections = 1

| CanParty = Conservative (historical)

| PartyTerms# = 4

}}

{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 1922

| ToYr = 1925

| RepName = Richard Franklin Preston

| RepTerms# = 3

}}

{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 1925

| ToYr = 1926

| Assembly# = 15

}}

{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 1926

| ToYr = 1929†

| Assembly# = 16

| #ByElections = 1

}}

{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 1929

| ToYr = 1930

| CanParty = Independent Conservative

| PartyTerms# = 1

| RepName = William Samuel Murphy

| RepTerms# = 1

}}

{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 1930

| ToYr = 1935

| Assembly# = 17

| CanParty = Conservative (historical)

| PartyTerms# = 2

| RepName = Thomas Alfred Thompson

| RepTerms# = 2

}}

{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 1935

| ToYr = 1940

| Assembly# = 18

}}

{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 1940

| ToYr = 1945

| Assembly# = 19

| CanParty = Liberal

| RepName = Bert Soper

}}

{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 1945

| ToYr = 1949

| Assembly# = 20

| CanParty = PC

| PartyTerms# = 9

| RepName = William Gourlay Blair

| RepTerms# = 4

}}

{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 1949

| ToYr = 1953

| Assembly# = 21

}}

{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 1953

| ToYr = 1957

| Assembly# = 22

}}

{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 1957

| ToYr = 1957†

| Assembly# = 23

| #ByElections = 1

}}

{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 1957

| ToYr = 1958

| RepName = George Doucett

| RepTerms# = 4

}}

{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 1958

| ToYr = 1962

| Assembly# = 24

}}

{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 1962

| ToYr = 1963

| Assembly# = 25

}}

{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 1963

| ToYr = 1965

| Assembly# = 26

}}

{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 1965

| ToYr = 1968

| Assembly# = 27

| RepName = Desmond Code

}}

{{CanMP nodata|Riding dissolved into Lanark and Renfrew and
Frontenac—Lennox and Addington}}

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Electoral history

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1917}}

{{CANelec|CA|Unionist|Adelbert Edward Hanna |5,816 }}

{{CANelec|CA|Laurier Liberals|Boyd Alexander Conyn Caldwell |2,609 }}

{{CANelec|CA|Unknown|George Arthur Burgess| 661 }}

|}

On Mr. Hanna's death, 27 February 1918:

{{CanElec1-by|2 May 1918}}

{{CANelec|CA|Unionist|John Alexander Stewart |acclaimed }}

|}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1921}}

{{CANelec|CA|Conservative (historical)|John Alexander Stewart |9,250 }}

{{CANelec|CA|Progressive|Robert Matheson Anderson|6,615 }}

{{CANelec|CA|Labour|William George Ferguson |158 }}

|}

On Mr. Stewart's death, 7 October 1922:

{{CanElec1-by| 4 December 1922}}

{{CANelec|CA|Conservative (historical)|Richard Franklin Preston |8,497 }}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|David Findlay|7,048 }}

|}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1925}}

{{CANelec|CA|Conservative (historical)|Richard Franklin Preston |7,620 }}

{{CANelec|CA|Independent|Duncan Herbert Gemmell |4,416 }}

|}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1926}}

{{CANelec|CA|Conservative (historical)|Richard Franklin Preston |8,122 }}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal-Progressive|George W. Buchanan|4,908 }}

{{end}}

On Mr. Preston's death, 8 February 1929:

{{CanElec1-by| 29 July 1929}}

{{CANelec|CA|Independent Conservative|William Samuel Murphy |7,174 }}

{{CANelec|CA|Conservative (historical)|Thomas Alfred Thompson |5,682 }}

|}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1930}}

{{CANelec|CA|Conservative (historical)|Thomas Alfred Thompson |7,064 }}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Bert Soper |5,699 }}

{{CANelec|CA|Independent Conservative|William Samuel Murphy |3,937 }}

{{CANelec|CA|Independent Conservative|Mildred Amelia Low |75 }}

|}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1935}}

{{CANelec|CA|Conservative (historical)|Thomas Alfred Thompson |8,043 }}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Bert Soper |7,381 }}

{{CANelec|CA|Reconstruction|George L. Comba |2,252 }}

|}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1940}}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Bert Soper | 8,821 }}

{{CANelec|CA|National Government|Thomas Alfred Thompson |7,180 }}

|}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1945}}

{{CANelec|CA|PC|William Gourlay Blair |10,350 }}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Bert Soper |6,053 }}

{{CANelec|CA|CCF|Lauri A. Hetanen |753 }}

|}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1949}}

{{CANelec|CA|PC|William Gourlay Blair |10,921 }}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Frederick Sylvester Doyle |6,682 }}

{{CANelec|CA|CCF|William Henry Powell |632 }}

|}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1953}}

{{CANelec|CA|PC|William Gourlay Blair |10,029 }}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|H. Burnett Montgomery |5,316 }}

{{CANelec|CA|CCF|William Henry Powell |451 }}

|}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1957}}

{{CANelec|CA|PC|William Gourlay Blair |11,629 }}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|W. Peter Burchell | 4,504 }}

|}

On Mr. Blair's death, 16 June 1957:

{{CanElec1-by| 26 August 1957}}

{{CANelec|CA|PC|George Doucett | acclaimed }}

|}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1958}}

{{CANelec|CA|PC|George Doucett |12,116 }}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|William Y. Wood |4,315 }}

|}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1962}}

{{CANelec|CA|PC|George Doucett |10,462 }}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Vincent Kelly |6,823 }}

{{CANelec|CA|Social Credit|R. H. James |660 }}

{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Charles Ogilvie |410 }}

|}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1963}}

{{CANelec|CA|PC|George Doucett |10,475 }}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|R. Arthur Stewart |7,043 }}

{{CANelec|CA|NDP|James O. W. Griffith |601 }}

{{CANelec|CA|Social Credit|Oscar Wilmot Ventress |312 }}

|}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1965}}

{{CANelec|CA|PC|Desmond Code |9,784 }}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|John Steele Kirkland |6,826 }}

{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Stanley Livingstone |775 }}

{{CANelec|CA|Social Credit|William Hunter |335 }}

|}

See also

References

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External links

  • [http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=367 Parliamentary website]

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