Ottawa (City of) (electoral district)

Ottawa (City of) (French: Ottawa (Cité d')) was a federal electoral district in the province of Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1935.

It was created by the British North America Act of 1867. It consisted of the city of Ottawa. After 1872, there were two members elected in this electoral district.

In 1892, it was redefined to exclude the New Edinburgh district of the city. In 1903, it was redefined as the city of Ottawa, excluding Rideau Ward. In 1914, it was redefined to exclude Hintonburgh (sic), Bayswater and Mechanicsville neighbourhoods as well as Rideau Ward. It continued to return two members.

In 1924, it was redefined as the city of Ottawa, excluding Rideau Ward and that part of the city lying west of a line beginning at the intersection of the Rideau Canal with the Canadian Pacific Railway in the south, and following the railway, Somerset Street, Bayswater Avenue, Bayview Road and Mason Street, to the Ottawa River.

The electoral district was abolished in 1933 when it was divided into Ottawa West and Ottawa East ridings.

Members of Parliament[]

Joseph Merrill Currier, Liberal-Conservative (1867-1882)
John Bower Lewis, Conservative (1872-1874)
Pierre St-Jean, Liberal (1874-1878)
Joseph Tassé, Conservative (1878-1887)
Charles H. Mackintosh, Conservative (1882-1887)
William Goodhue Perley, Conservative (1887-1890)
Charles H. Mackintosh, Conservative (1890-1893)
Honoré Robillard, Liberal-Conservative (1882-1896)
James Alexander Grant, Conservative (1893-1896)
William H. Hutchison, Liberal (1896-1900)
Napoléon Antoine Belcourt, Liberal (1896-1907)
Thomas Birkett, Liberal (1900-1904)
Robert Stewart, Liberal (1904-1908)
Jean-Baptiste Thomas Caron, Liberal (1907-1908) (by-election)
Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Liberal (1908-1910)
Harold B. McGiverin, Liberal (1908-1911)
Albert Allard, Liberal (1910-1911) (by-election)
Alfred Ernest Fripp, Conservative (1911-1921)
John Léo Chabot, Conservative (1911-1921)
Harold B. McGiverin, Liberal (1921-1925)
Edgar-Rodolphe-Eugène Chevrier, Liberal (1921-1925)
Stewart McClenaghan, Conservative (1925-1926)
John Léo Chabot, Conservative (1925-1926)
Edgar-Rodolphe-Eugène Chevrier, Liberal (1926-1933)
Gordon Cameron Edwards, Liberal (1926-1930)
Thomas Franklin Ahearn, Liberal (1930-1933)

Electoral history[]

1867 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Liberal-Conservative	Joseph Merrill Currier	974	x
	Unknown	Alexander Gibb	25
	Unknown	Edward McGillivray	5
	Unknown	E. Martineau	1
	Unknown	Moss Kent Dickinson	0
	Unknown	Philip Thompson	0

1872 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Liberal-Conservative	Joseph Merrill Currier	acclaimed	x
	Conservative	John Bower Lewis	acclaimed	x

1874 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Liberal-Conservative	CURRIER, J.M.	1,458	x
	Liberal	ST. JEAN, Dr.	1,213	x
	Liberal-Conservative	AUMAND, Joseph^[1]	1,101
	Unknown	SWEETLAND, Dr. John^[2]	8

On Mr. Currier's resignation for having infringed the Independence of Parliament Act by conducting business dealings with the government while still a member:

By-election: 9 May 1877
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Liberal-Conservative	CURRIER, Joseph Merrill	2,035	x
	Unknown	FEATHERSTON, J.P.	772

1878 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Liberal-Conservative	CURRIER, Jos. Merrill	1,854	x
	Conservative	TASSÉ, Joseph	1,748	x
	Liberal	ST. JEAN, Pierre	1,353
	Unknown	BANGS, C.W.	1,239

1882 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Conservative	MACKINTOSH, Charles H.	1,692	x
	Conservative	TASSÉ, Joseph	1,557	x
	Liberal	MCINTYRE, A.F.	1,229
	Liberal	ST. JEAN, P	1,213

1887 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Conservative	William Goodhue Perley	3,339	x
	Liberal-Conservative	Honoré Robillard	3,207	x
	Liberal	A. F. McIntyre	2,389
	Liberal	ST. JEAN,	2,368

On Mr. Perley's death:

By-election: 26 April 1890
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Conservative	Charles H. Mackintosh	2,454	x
	Equal Rights	Hay	1,596
	Liberal	Chrysler	1,242

1891 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Conservative	MACKINTOSH, C.H.	3,029	x
	Liberal-Conservative	ROBILLARD, Honoré	2,363	x
	Liberal	BELCOURT, N.A.	1,946
	Liberal	PATTERSON, J.W.	1,287
	Equal Rights	LEWIS, W.H.	770
	Liberal	NAGLE, R.	55

On Mr. Mackintosh's resignation:

By-election: 7 December 1893
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Conservative	GRANT, James Alexander	acclaimed

1896 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Liberal	HUTCHINSON, W.	3,333	x
	Liberal	BELCOURT, N.A.	2,942	x
	Conservative	ROBINSON, Hiram	2,751
	Conservative	CHAMPAGNE, N.	2,654
	Protestant Protective	MCVEITY, Taylor	2,100

1900 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Conservative	BIRKETT, Thos.	4,897	x
	Liberal	BELCOURT, N.A.	4,524	x
	Conservative	CHAMPAGNE, Napoléon	4,507
	Liberal	STEWART, Robt.	4,419

1904 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Liberal	BELCOURT, N.A.	6,275	x
	Liberal	STEWART, Robert	5,871	x
	Conservative	BIRKETT, Thomas	4,818
	Conservative	CHAMPAGNE, N.	4,547

On Mr. Belcourt being called to the Senate:

By-election: 23 December 1907
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Liberal	CARON, J.B.T.	4,474	x
	Unknown	MORRIS, W.D.	1,145

v t 1908 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal	Wilfrid Laurier	6,584	26.53	Y
	Liberal	Harold McGiverin	6,388	25.74	Y
	Conservative	Thomas Birkett	5,959	24.01
	Conservative	John Léo Chabot	5,890	23.73
Total valid votes			24,821	100.00
Source(s) "Ottawa (City of), Ontario (1867-08-06 - 1935-08-13)". History of Federal Ridings Since 1867. Library of Parliament. Retrieved 24 March 2020.

On Mr. Laurier's resignation:

By-election: 29 January 1910
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Liberal	ALLARD, Albert	5,779	x
	Conservative	CHABOT, John Leo	5,121

v t 1911 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Conservative	Alfred Ernest Fripp	7,062	Y
	Conservative	John Leo Chabot	6,892	Y
	Liberal	Harold Buchanan McGiverin	6,540
	Liberal	Joseph Albert Pinard	6,366
	Socialist	Allan Gordon McCallum	298

v t 1917 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Government (Unionist)	Alfred Ernest Fripp	18,547	29.33	Y
	Government (Unionist)	John Léo Chabot	18,312	28.96	Y
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	Wilfrid Laurier	13,289	21.02
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	Harold McGiverin	13,077	20.68
Total valid votes			63,225	100.00
Source(s) "Ottawa (City of), Ontario (1867-08-06 - 1935-08-13)". History of Federal Ridings Since 1867. Library of Parliament. Retrieved 24 March 2020.

1921 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Liberal	MCGIVERIN, Harold Buchanan	22,087	x
	Liberal	CHEVRIER, Edgar Rodolphe Eugèn	21,107	x
	Conservative	FRIPP, Alfred Ernest	15,829
	Conservative	CHAMPAGNE, Napoléon	15,450
	Progressive	LOUGHNAN, David	5,302
	Progressive	BOURQUE, Edmond	4,444

1925 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Conservative	MCCLENAGHAN, Stewart	21,604	x
	Conservative	CHABOT, John Léo	21,281	x
	Liberal	CHEVRIER, Edgar Rodolphe	19,725
	Liberal	WILSON, Norman Frank	19,165

1926 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Liberal	CHEVRIER, Edgar Rodolphe Eugène	23,012	x
	Liberal	EDWARDS, Gordon Cameron	22,950	x
	Conservative	MCCLENAGHAN, Stewart	21,917
	Conservative	CHABOT, Hon. John Léo	21,614

1930 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Liberal	CHEVRIER, Edgar Rodolphe Eugène	25,721	x
	Liberal	AHEARN, T. Frank	25,632	x
	Conservative	PLANT, Frank Henry	23,166
	Conservative	LAFORTUNE, Frank	22,579

References[]

"Ottawa (City of), Ontario (1867 - 1933)". History of Federal Ridings since 1867. Parliament of Canada.

^ Pilon, Henri (1972). "Aumond, Joseph-Ignace". In Hayne, David (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. X (1871–1880) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
^ Mackintosh, Charles Herbert (1878). The Canadian Parliamentary Companion and Annual Register. p. 196.

[1] Pilon, Henri (1972). "Aumond, Joseph-Ignace". In Hayne, David (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. X (1871–1880) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.

[2] Mackintosh, Charles Herbert (1878). The Canadian Parliamentary Companion and Annual Register. p. 196.

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