Kenora—Rainy River

Kenora—Rainy River
Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1924
District abolished	2003
First contested	1925
Last contested	2000

Kenora—Rainy River was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1925 to 2004. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1924 from parts of Fort William and Rainy River and Port Arthur and Kenora ridings.

It initially consisted of the parts of the territorial districts of Kenora and Rainy River lying west of the fifth meridian passing between the townships of Melgund and Revell.

In 1933, it was redefined as consisting of the part of the province of Ontario lying west of the fourth meridian including Sioux Lookout, Ignace and Atikokan.

In 1966, it was redefined as consisting of the western parts of the territorial districts of Rainy River and Kenora west of a line drawn (from south to north) beginning at the Duluth, Winnipeg and Pacific Railway bridge and ending at the northern limit of the province.

In 1976, it was redefined as consisting of the western parts of the Territorial Districts of Kenora, Rainy River and Thunder Bay.

The electoral district was abolished in 2003. Rainy River was merged with Thunder Bay—Atikokan to form Thunder Bay—Rainy River, while the rest of the riding became Kenora.

Members of Parliament[]

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Riding created from Fort William and Rainy River and Port Arthur and Kenora
15th	1925–1926	Peter Heenan	Liberal
16th	1926–1926
16th	1926–1930
17th	1930–1934
17th	1934–1935	Hugh McKinnon
18th	1935–1940
19th	1940–1945
20th	1945–1949	William Moore Benedickson
21st	1949–1953		Liberal–Labour
22nd	1953–1957
23rd	1957–1958
24th	1958–1962
25th	1962–1963
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968	John Mercer Reid	Liberal
28th	1968–1972		Liberal–Labour
29th	1972–1974		Liberal
30th	1974–1979
31st	1979–1980
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988	John Edmund Parry	New Democratic
34th	1988–1993	Bob Nault	Liberal
35th	1993–1997
36th	1997–2000
37th	2000–2004
Riding dissolved into Kenora and Thunder Bay—Rainy River

Election results[]

1925 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Peter Heenan	3,898
	Conservative	Harold Machin	3,707
	Farmer Labour	Roderick MacLean	762

1926 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Peter Heenan	5,626
	Conservative	Arthur Dufferin George	5,016

Acceptance by Mr. Heenan of an office of emolument under the Crown, October 11, 1926:

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 2 November 1926
	Liberal	Peter Heenan	acclaimed

1930 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Peter Heenan	6,313
	Unknown	Francis James McManus	5,811

On Mr. Heenan's resignation and on his election to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, July 10, 1934:

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 24 September 1934
	Liberal	Hugh McKinnon	8,618
	Conservative	Joseph Derry	2,453

1935 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Hugh McKinnon	8,271
	Conservative	Francis James McManus	2,837
	Co-operative Commonwealth	John Fullerton Callan	2,169
	Reconstruction	George Geddes	1,326

1940 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Hugh McKinnon	10,595
	National Government	John Albert Dean	5,286
	Co-operative Commonwealth	William Ivens	3,173

1945 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Moore Benedickson	7,309
	Progressive Conservative	Joseph Allan Sherrett	5,260
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Ralph Jackson James	4,762
	Labor–Progressive	Amos Tobias Hill	705

1949 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Labour	William Moore Benedickson	11,297
	Progressive Conservative	Joseph Victor Fregeau	5,024
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Ralph Jackson James	3,869

1953 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Labour	William Moore Benedickson	11,380
	Progressive Conservative	William John Gray	5,822
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Ralph Jackson James	2,411
	Independent	Albert Harold Farrington	369

1957 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Labour	William Moore Benedickson	10,701
	Progressive Conservative	William John Gray	7,087
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Jo Carter	4,689

1958 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Labour	William Moore Benedickson	11,956
	Progressive Conservative	John Alexander Robertson	11,773
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Andre Welsby	3,487

1962 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Labour	William Moore Benedickson	15,412
	Progressive Conservative	Victor K. Croxford	7,123
	New Democratic	Paul E. McRae	5,157

1963 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Labour	William Moore Benedickson	16,794
	Progressive Conservative	Jean Millar	10,221

1965 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Mercer Reid	11,488
	Progressive Conservative	Jean Millar	7,789
	New Democratic	Thomas Moroz	6,650

1968 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Labour	John Mercer Reid	10,144
	New Democratic	Harvey H. Moats	5,711
	Progressive Conservative	T. Howard Webb	4,655

1972 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Mercer Reid	9,241
	Progressive Conservative	Arnold Beebe	8,238
	New Democratic	Bill Watkins	5,263
	Independent	Bill Brown	272

1974 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Mercer Reid	10,319
	Progressive Conservative	Arnold Beebe	7,821
	New Democratic	Bill Watkins	4,894

1979 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Mercer Reid	11,793
	New Democratic	John Edmund Parry	10,844
	Progressive Conservative	Bob Kahoot	10,555
	Social Credit	Don Clink	253
	Marxist–Leninist	Jerry Sawanas	99

1980 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Mercer Reid	14,688
	New Democratic	John Edmund Parry	14,322
	Progressive Conservative	Dan Kotz	5,571
	Marxist–Leninist	Jerry Sawanas	120

1984 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democratic	John Edmund Parry	13,319
	Progressive Conservative	Al Lugli	12,699
	Liberal	John Mercer Reid	9,928

1988 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Bob Nault	13,313
	New Democratic	John Edmund Parry	12,102
	Progressive Conservative	Dick Motlong	7,496
	Christian Heritage	Ed Carlson	1,477
	Rhinoceros	Julian Morelli	394

1993 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Bob Nault	22,157
	Reform	Mel Fisher	7,094
	New Democratic	Peter Kirby	2,194
	Progressive Conservative	George Hainsworth	2,062
	National	Harold Rowe	698
	Not affiliated	April I. McCormick	284

1997 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Bob Nault	14,084
	Reform	Ken Hyatt	9,782
	New Democratic	Ruth Bergman	6,922
	Progressive Conservative	Gordon Lee	2,799

2000 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Bob Nault	14,416
	Alliance	Ed Prefontaine	9,125
	New Democratic	Susan Barclay	6,868
	Progressive Conservative	Brian Barrett	1,476

External links[]

Riding history from the Library of Parliament

Coordinates: 49°30′N 92°36′W / 49.5°N 92.6°W / 49.5; -92.6

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Kenora—Rainy River

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Members of Parliament[]

Election results[]

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