Cochrane (electoral district)

Cochrane
Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1933
District abolished	1976
First contested	1935
Last contested	1974

Cochrane (also known as Cochrane North and Cochrane—Superior) was a federal electoral district in the province of Ontario, Canada. It was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1997.

Electoral district[]

This riding was created in 1933 as "Cochrane" from parts of Timiskaming North riding. The electoral district was abolished in 1996 when it was redistributed between Algoma, Kenora—Rainy River, Thunder Bay—Nipigon, Timiskaming—Cochrane and Timmins—James Bay ridings.

Geography[]

It initially consisted of the northern part of the territorial district of Timiskaming, and the eastern part of the territorial district of Cochrane and the district of Patricia. In Timiskaming, the riding included the part of the district lying north of and including the townships of Pontiac and Keefer and the townships in between them. In Cochrane, it included the part of the district lying east of a line drawn along the eastern boundaries of the townships of McCoig and Mulloy and north to the northern limit of the district. In Patricia, it included the part lying east of the projection north of the western boundary of the electoral district of Cochrane.

In 1947, it was redefined to consist of the northern part of the territorial district of Cochrane and the eastern part of the district of Patricia. In the 1960s, it was redefined to consist of the northern parts of the territorial district of Algoma, Cochrane, Kenora (Patricia Portion), Sudbury and Timiskaming.

The electoral district was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed between Algoma, Cochrane North, Timiskaming and Timmins—Chapleau ridings.

"Cochrane North" was formed in 1976 from parts of Cochrane and Thunder Bay ridings. It consisted of the northern part of the Territorial District of Algoma, northwest part of the Territorial District of Cochrane, the eastern part of the Territorial District of Kenora (Patricia Portion), and the southeast part of the Territorial District of Thunder Bay. The name of the electoral district was changed in 1977 to "Cochrane", and in 1980 to "Cochrane—Superior".

Cochrane—Superior initially consisted of the northern part of the Territorial District of Algoma, the north-west of the Territorial District of Cochrane, the eastern part of the Territorial District of Kenora (Patricia Portion), and the south-east part of the Territorial District of Thunder Bay.

It was redefined in 1987 to consist of the north-east part of the Territorial District of Algoma, the north-west part of the Territorial District of Cochrane, the eastern part of the Territorial District of Kenora, and the eastern part of the Territorial District of Thunder Bay.

Members of Parliament[]

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Cochrane Riding created from Timiskaming North
18th	1935–1940	Joseph-Arthur Bradette	Liberal
19th	1940–1945
20th	1945–1949
21st	1949–1953
22nd	1953–1957	Joseph-Anaclet Habel
23rd	1957–1958
24th	1958–1962
25th	1962–1963
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968
28th	1968–1972	Ralph Stewart
29th	1972–1974
30th	1974–1979
Cochrane North
31st	1979–1980	Keith Penner	Liberal
32nd	1980–1984	Keith Penner	Liberal
Cochrane—Superior
33rd	1984–1988	Keith Penner	Liberal
34th	1988–1993	Réginald Bélair
35th	1993–1997	Réginald Bélair
Riding dissolved into Algoma, Kenora—Rainy River, Thunder Bay—Nipigon, Timiskaming—Cochrane and Timmins—James Bay

Election results[]

Cochrane[]

1935 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph-Arthur Bradette	12,719
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Harry Hughes Beach	3,247
	Reconstruction	Andrew Patrick Murtagh	2,593
	Communist	Thomas McEwen	1,004

1940 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph-Arthur Bradette	16,785
	National Government	Robert Whitney Crumb	5,652
	Farmer–Labour	W. Garth Teeple	3,922

1945 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph-Arthur Bradette	13,285
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Wilfrid Parisien	7,355
	Progressive Conservative	Joseph Wilfrid Spooner	4,711

1949 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph-Arthur Bradette	6,352
	Progressive Conservative	René-Joseph-Napoléon Brunelle	3,885
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Elmo-Stanislas Lefebvre	2,331
	Union des électeurs	Joseph-Apolidor-Flor Ayotte	891

1953 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph-Anaclet Habel	6,667
	Progressive Conservative	René Joseph Napoléon Brunelle	5,194
	Co-operative Commonwealth	John Pereira Carter	2,448

1957 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph-Anaclet Habel	6,626
	Progressive Conservative	Elmo Lefebvre	3,319
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Norman Lacasse	2,552
	Independent Social Credit	André J. Filion	2,351

1958 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph-Anaclet Habel	7,851
	Progressive Conservative	René Brunelle	6,941
	Co-operative Commonwealth	James Ballantyne	2,729

1962 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph-Anaclet Habel	7,969
	New Democratic	Ross A. Paterson	4,814
	Progressive Conservative	François Bordeleau	4,072
	Social Credit	Levi Albert	1,459

1963 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph-Anaclet Habel	7,809
	New Democratic	Ross A. Paterson	5,498
	Progressive Conservative	Mike Palangio	3,276
	Social Credit	Alphonse Brisson	2,204

1965 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph-Anaclet Habel	7,505
	New Democratic	Ross A. Paterson	6,685
	Progressive Conservative	Bob Moore	3,025
	Social Credit	Alphonse Brisson	837
	Independent	Philip Kelly	316

1968 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Ralph Stewart	9,803
	New Democratic	Ross A. Paterson	7,034
	Progressive Conservative	George W. Maybury	2,875
	Social Credit	Jeanne Lavoie	433

1972 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Ralph Stewart	10,405
	New Democratic	Bud Constantine	5,405
	Progressive Conservative	Blair Brown	4,626
	Social Credit	Emmanuel Petrin	1,477
	Independent	Richard B. Mullins	204

1974 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Ralph Stewart	11,379
	New Democratic	Carol Brixhe	5,539
	Progressive Conservative	Alphonse Touchette	2,957
	Not affiliated	François Gosselin	1,099

Cochrane North[]

1979 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Keith Penner	12,889
	New Democratic	Robert Fortin	11,080
	Progressive Conservative	Carole Kosowan	5,001

1980 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Keith Penner	15,280
	New Democratic	Robert Fortin	10,814
	Progressive Conservative	J. Elgin Turner	2,852
	Marxist–Leninist	Doris Stevens	111

Cochrane—Superior[]

1984 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Keith Penner	12,359
	Progressive Conservative	Guy Desjardins	9,590
	New Democratic	Ray Brunet	7,672

1988 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Réginald Bélair	11,954
	New Democratic	Len Wood	10,753
	Progressive Conservative	Guy Desjardins	7,032

1993 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Réginald Bélair	19,511
	Reform	Don Banks	2,590
	Progressive Conservative	Muriel J. Parent	2,470
	New Democratic	Jean Paul Lajeunesse	2,429

External links[]

Riding history for Cochrane 1935-1976 from the Library of Parliament
Riding history for Cochrane-North 1976-1977 from the Library of Parliament
Riding history for Cochrane 1977-1980 from the Library of Parliament
Riding history for Cochrane-Superior 1980-1997 from the Library of Parliament

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