Leeds Ontario electoral district Legislature House of Commons District created 1903 District abolished 1976 First contested 1904 Last contested 1974
Leeds was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1904 to 1979. It was located in the province of Ontario . This riding was first created in 1903 from parts of Leeds North and Grenville North and Leeds South ridings.
It was initially defined to consist of the county of Leeds, excluding parts included in the electoral district of Brockville . The Brockville riding was initially defined as the Town of Brockville and the Township of Elizabethtown . From 1882 to 1903 it included the Township of Kitley and from 1903 to 1914 it also included the Townships of , and the village of Athens .
It 1914, it was redefined to consist of the whole county of Leeds, including the town of Brockville. In 1966 it added the Townships of North Burgess , North Elmsley and Montague excepting the Village of Merrickville from Lanark County .
The electoral district was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed between Lanark—Renfrew—Carleton and Leeds—Grenville ridings.
Members of Parliament [ ]
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament :
Election results [ ]
1908 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Conservative
George Taylor
2,356
62.20
Liberal
William Cushing Fredenburgh
1,432
37.80
On Mr. George Taylor's resignation on 25 October 1911:
By-election on 6 November 1911
Party
Candidate
Votes
Conservative
William Thomas White
acclaimed
1917 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Government (Unionist)
William Thomas White
7,236
64.01
Opposition (Laurier Liberals)
Arthur Charles Hardy
4,069
35.99
1921 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Conservative
Hugh Alexander Stewart
7,868
45.58
Liberal
Amassa Whitney Mallory
5,830
33.77
Progressive
George Fletcher Warren
3,564
20.65
1925 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Conservative
Hugh Alexander Stewart
8,931
57.18
Liberal
William Henry Comstock
6,689
42.82
1926 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Conservative
Hugh Alexander Stewart
9,092
55.99
Liberal
William Henry Comstock
7,148
44.01
1930 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Conservative
Hugh Alexander Stewart
9,401
60.04
Liberal
James Roderick MacLaren
6,256
39.96
On Mr. Stewart's acceptance of an office of emolument under the Crown, 7 August 1930:
Canadian federal by-election, 25 August 1930
Party
Candidate
Votes
Conservative
Hugh Alexander Stewart
Acclaimed
1935 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Conservative
Hugh Alexander Stewart
9,487
49.63
Liberal
Donald Elswood Lewis
8,737
45.71
Reconstruction
Frank William Logan
892
4.67
1940 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
George Fulford
10,322
55.65
National Government
Hugh Alexander Stewart
8,227
44.35
1945 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Progressive Conservative
George Webb
9,714
51.44
Liberal
George Fulford
8,263
43.76
Co-operative Commonwealth
Albert Earl Godfrey
907
4.80
1949 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
George Fulford
10,080
50.20
Progressive Conservative
John Lionel Carroll
9,302
46.32
Co-operative Commonwealth
Stewart Hastie
699
3.48
1953 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Progressive Conservative
Hayden Stanton
10,097
50.91
Liberal
George Fulford
9,736
49.09
1957 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Progressive Conservative
Hayden Stanton
11,065
51.26
Liberal
George Fulford
10,125
46.91
Social Credit
Charles William Shaw
395
1.83
1958 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Progressive Conservative
Hayden Stanton
12,675
58.09
Liberal
George Fulford
9,145
41.91
On Mr. Stanton's death, 8 December 1960:
Canadian federal by-election, 29 May 1961
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
John Matheson
11,352
56.32
Unknown
Richard Elwood Stewart
8,804
43.68
1962 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
John Matheson
12,071
52.90
Progressive Conservative
Jack Langmuir
10,325
45.25
Social Credit
Bill Hunter
424
1.86
1965 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Liberal
John Matheson
10,365
48.49
Progressive Conservative
John MacLean
10,066
47.09
New Democratic
William F. Thompson
946
4.43
1968 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Progressive Conservative
Desmond Code
13,536
46.56
Liberal
John Matheson
13,532
46.54
New Democratic
Clayton C. Graves
2,005
6.90
1972 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Progressive Conservative
Thomas Cossitt
18,130
53.91
Liberal
Gervis Black
10,650
31.67
New Democratic
Keith Sutcliffe
4,850
14.42
1974 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Progressive Conservative
Thomas Cossitt
17,744
53.37
Liberal
Donna M. Healey
10,845
32.62
New Democratic
Keith Sutcliffe
4,659
14.01
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