Timmins (federal electoral district)
 Ontario electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal electoral district | |
| Legislature | House of Commons |
| District created | 1947 |
| District abolished | 1976 |
| First contested | 1949 |
| Last contested | 1974 |
Timmins was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1949 to 1979. It was located around the city of Timmins in the northeastern part of the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1947 from parts of Cochrane and Timiskaming ridings.
It consisted of portions of the territorial districts of Timiskaming and Cochrane.
The electoral district was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed between Timiskaming and Timmins—Chapleau ridings.
Members of Parliament
[edit]| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riding created from Cochrane and Timiskaming | ||||
| 21st | 1949–1953 | Karl Eyre | Liberal | |
| 22nd | 1953–1957 | |||
| 23rd | 1957–1958 | Murdo Martin | Co-operative Commonwealth | |
| 24th | 1958–1962 | |||
| 25th | 1962–1963 | New Democratic | ||
| 26th | 1963–1965 | |||
| 27th | 1965–1968 | |||
| 28th | 1968–1972 | Jean Roy | Liberal | |
| 29th | 1972–1974 | |||
| 30th | 1974–1979 | |||
| Riding dissolved into Timiskaming and Timmins—Chapleau | ||||
Electoral history
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Karl Eyre | 7,949 | |||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Leo P. Lalonde | 5,517 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Percy Boyce | 4,377 | |||
| Labor–Progressive | Raymond Leslie Stevenson | 813 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Karl Eyre | 5,541 | |||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Arnold Peters | 4,686 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Maurice Bélanger | 3,348 | |||
| Labor–Progressive | Oscar Roy | 369 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Murdo Martin | 6,776 | |||
| Liberal | Joseph J. Evans | 6,290 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Percy Boyce | 4,423 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Murdo Martin | 7,342 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Émile Brunette | 6,252 | |||
| Liberal | Joseph J. Evans | 5,719 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Democratic | Murdo Martin | 8,834 | |||
| Liberal | Émile Clément | 5,439 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Mary Gauthier | 4,676 | |||
| Social Credit | Ralph R. Fear | 805 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Democratic | Murdo Martin | 8,452 | |||
| Liberal | Leo del Villano | 7,592 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Émile Brunette | 3,068 | |||
| Social Credit | Clément Larochelle | 719 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Democratic | Murdo Martin | 10,071 | |||
| Liberal | Elmer E. Smith | 6,456 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Bob Killingbeck | 2,715 | |||
| Independent | John James Buchan | 100 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Jean Roy | 11,141 | |||
| New Democratic | Murdo Martin | 8,807 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Wyman Brewer | 2,118 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Jean Roy | 10,804 | |||
| New Democratic | Murdo Martin | 9,819 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Bill Hickey | 2,997 | |||
| Social Credit | John Cornelsen | 770 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Jean Roy | 12,904 | |||
| New Democratic | Wally Rantala | 7,681 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | John Huggins | 4,098 | |||
| Social Credit | John Cornelsen | 472 | |||
| Communist | Norman Hill | 90 | |||
See also
[edit]External links
[edit]- Website of the Parliament of Canada
