This article is about the federal electoral district. For the provincial electoral district, see Lanark (provincial electoral district) .
Lanark Ontario electoral district Legislature House of Commons District created 1914 District abolished 1966 First contested 1917 Last contested 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:
Electoral history [ ]
1917 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
Government (Unionist)
Adelbert Edward Hanna
5,816
Opposition (Laurier Liberals)
Boyd Alexander Conyn Caldwell
2,609
Unknown
George Arthur Burgess
661
On Mr. Hanna's death, 27 February 1918:
1921 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
Conservative
John Alexander Stewart
9,250
Progressive
Robert Matheson Anderson
6,615
Labour
William George Ferguson
158
On Mr. Stewart's death, 7 October 1922:
By-election on 4 December 1922
Party
Candidate
Votes
Conservative
Richard Franklin Preston
8,497
Liberal
David Findlay
7,048
1925 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
Conservative
Richard Franklin Preston
7,620
Independent
Duncan Herbert Gemmell
4,416
1926 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
Conservative
Richard Franklin Preston
8,122
Liberal–Progressive
George W. Buchanan
4,908
On Mr. Preston's death, 8 February 1929:
By-election on 29 July 1929
Party
Candidate
Votes
Independent Conservative
William Samuel Murphy
7,174
Conservative
Thomas Alfred Thompson
5,682
1930 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
Conservative
Thomas Alfred Thompson
7,064
Liberal
Bert Soper
5,699
Independent Conservative
William Samuel Murphy
3,937
Independent Conservative
Mildred Amelia Low
75
1935 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
Conservative
Thomas Alfred Thompson
8,043
Liberal
Bert Soper
7,381
Reconstruction
George L. Comba
2,252
1940 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
Liberal
Bert Soper
8,821
National Government
Thomas Alfred Thompson
7,180
1949 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
Progressive Conservative
William Gourlay Blair
10,921
Liberal
Frederick Sylvester Doyle
6,682
Co-operative Commonwealth
William Henry Powell
632
1953 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
Progressive Conservative
William Gourlay Blair
10,029
Liberal
H. Burnett Montgomery
5,316
Co-operative Commonwealth
William Henry Powell
451
1957 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
Progressive Conservative
William Gourlay Blair
11,629
Liberal
W. Peter Burchell
4,504
On Mr. Blair's death, 16 June 1957:
By-election on 26 August 1957
Party
Candidate
Votes
Progressive Conservative
George Doucett
acclaimed
1958 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
Progressive Conservative
George Doucett
12,116
Liberal
William Y. Wood
4,315
1962 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
Progressive Conservative
George Doucett
10,462
Liberal
Vincent Kelly
6,823
Social Credit
R. H. James
660
New Democratic
Charles Ogilvie
410
1963 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
Progressive Conservative
George Doucett
10,475
Liberal
R. Arthur Stewart
7,043
New Democratic
James O. W. Griffith
601
Social Credit
Oscar Wilmot Ventress
312
1965 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
Progressive Conservative
Desmond Code
9,784
Liberal
John Steele Kirkland
6,826
New Democratic
Stanley Livingstone
775
Social Credit
William Hunter
335
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