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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.
[edit] 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
[edit] Electoral history
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, 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, 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 canadien |
CAMPEAU, Lionel |
3,538 |
| |
Labour-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 farmer, |
4,836 |
| |
Co-operative Commonwealth |
DICKERSON, Merle E. |
3,663 |
| |
Social Credit |
SHAW, John L. |
1,552 |
| |
Union des électeurs |
CHAMPAGNE, Rolland |
489 |
On Mr. Garland's death, 14 March 1964:
| Canadian federal election, 1993 |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
| |
Liberal |
WOOD, Bob |
25,285 |
| |
Reform |
LIGHTFOOT, Geraldine |
6,791 |
| |
Progressive Conservative |
MANTHA, Moe |
6,565 |
| |
New Democrat |
CAMPBELL, Arthur James |
1,324 |
| |
Natural Law |
ISABELLE, Manon Charleen |
214 |
| |
Abolitionist |
HAMELIN, Alcide |
73 |
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