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Elgin—Norfolk
Elgin (also known as Elgin—Norfolk) was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1997. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1933 from parts of Elgin West and Norfolk—Elgin ridings. It initially consisted of the county of Elgin, including the city of St. Thomas. In 1966, it was redefined to consist of the County of Elgin and the Village of Belmont in the County of Middlesex. In 1987, it was redefined to consist of the County of Elgin and the Township of Norfolk in the Regional Municipality of Haldimand-Norfolk. The name of electoral district was changed in 1990 to Elgin—Norfolk. The electoral district was abolished in 1996 when it was redistributed between Elgin—Middlesex—London and Haldimand—Norfolk—Brant ridings. Members of Parliament This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament: Election results Elgin On Mr. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gar Knutson
Thomas Garfield "Gar" Knutson, (born May 4, 1956) is a lawyer and former member of the Parliament of Canada, as well as a former Cabinet Minister in the Government of Canada. Gar Knutson holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario, as well as a B.A. in History. Following University, Gar graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) degree from the University of Windsor. He attended high school at the Jesuit Brebeuf College School in Toronto. In the 1993 federal election, he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Elgin—Norfolk riding as a candidate representing the Liberal Party. He was re-elected in the 1997 and 2000 elections to the re-organized riding of Elgin—Middlesex—London. He served as Parliamentary Secretary to Prime Minister Jean Chrétien from 2000 to 2002. In 2002, he was named Secretary of State for Central and Eastern Europe a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elgin—Middlesex—London
Elgin—Middlesex—London is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1997. It was created in 1996 from Elgin—Norfolk, Lambton—Middlesex, and London—Middlesex ridings. This riding lost territory to London—Fanshawe during the 2012 electoral redistribution. Members of Parliament This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament: Election results Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election. Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election. See also * List of Canadian federal electoral districts * Past Canadian electoral districts References *Federal riding history from theLibrary of Parliament The Library of Parliament (french: Bibliothèque du Parlement) is the mai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haldimand—Norfolk—Brant
Haldimand—Norfolk—Brant was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2004. This riding was created in 1996 from parts of Elgin—Norfolk and Haldimand—Norfolk ridings. It consisted of the Regional Municipality of Haldimand-Norfolk (excluding the Town of Dunnville), the townships of Burford, Oakland and Onondaga in the County of Brant, the Six Nations Indian reserve No. 40 and the New Credit Indian Reserve No. 40A. The electoral district was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed between Brant, Haldimand—Norfolk and Oxford ridings. Members of Parliament The riding has elected the following Members of Parliament: Election results , - , style="width: 130px" , Liberal , Bob Speller , align="right", 21,043 , align="right", 45.5 , align="right", -8.1 , - , Progressive Conservative , Sharon Hazen , align="right", 9,704 , align="right", 21.0 , align="right", +4.8 , New Democratic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Monteith
Kenneth Ernest Monteith (26 June 1938 – 3 February 2023) was a Canadian politician who was a member of the House of Commons from 1988 to 1993. His background was in agriculture. Monteith was born in St. Thomas, Ontario in 1938. He was elected in the 1988 federal election at the Elgin electoral district for the Progressive Conservative party. He served in the 34th Canadian Parliament but lost to Gar Knutson of the Liberal Party The Liberal Party is any of many political parties around the world. The meaning of ''liberal'' varies around the world, ranging from liberal conservatism on the right to social liberalism on the left. __TOC__ Active liberal parties This is a li ... in the 1993 federal election when it was renamed Elgin—Norfolk. Prior to being an MP, Monteith served in municipal roles: * Deputy Reeve of Southwold Township, Ontario – 1978–1980 * Township Councillor of Southwold Township, Ontario – 1978–1980 * Reeve of Southwold Township, Ontari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District (Canada)
An electoral district in Canada is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based. It is officially known in Canadian French as a ''circonscription'' but frequently called a ''comté'' (county). In English it is also colloquially and more commonly known as a Riding (division), riding or constituency. Each federal electoral district returns one Member of Parliament (Canada), Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of Canada; each Provinces and territories of Canada, provincial or territorial electoral district returns one representative—called, depending on the province or territory, Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA), National Assembly of Quebec, Member of the National Assembly (MNA), Member of Provincial Parliament (Ontario), Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) or Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly, Member of the House of Assembly (MHA)—to the provincial or territorial legislature. Since 2015, there have been 338 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Alexander McBain
James Alexander McBain (30 May 1910 – 11 August 1988) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in St. Thomas, Ontario and became a farmer by career. McBain held municipal office in Ontario's Yarmouth Township in Elgin County first as a councillor in 1940, then as Deputy Reeve from 1945, then was township Reeve in 1947 and 1948. He was elected to Parliament at the Elgin riding in a 22 March 1954 by-election, then re-elected there for general elections in 1957, 1958, 1962 and 1963. McBain was defeated by Harold Stafford of the Liberal party The Liberal Party is any of many political parties around the world. The meaning of ''liberal'' varies around the world, ranging from liberal conservatism on the right to social liberalism on the left. __TOC__ Active liberal parties This is a li ... in the 1965 federal election. From August 1962 to February 1963, McBain served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transpo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Past Canadian Electoral Districts
This is a list of past arrangements of Canada's electoral districts. Each district sends one member to the House of Commons of Canada. In 1999 and 2003, the Legislative Assembly of Ontario was elected using the same districts within that province. 96 of Ontario's 107 provincial electoral districts, roughly those outside Northern Ontario, remain coterminous with their federal counterparts. Federal electoral districts in Canada are re-adjusted every ten years based on the Canadian census and proscribed by various constitutional seat guarantees, including the use of a Grandfather clause, for Quebec, the Central Prairies and the Maritime provinces, with the essential proportions between the remaining provinces being "locked" no matter any further changes in relative population as have already occurred. Any major changes to the status quo, if proposed, would require constitutional amendments approved by seven out of ten provinces with two-thirds of the population to ratify constituti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Canadian Federal Electoral Districts
This is a list of Canada's 338 federal electoral districts (commonly referred to as '' ridings'' in Canadian English) as defined by the ''2013 Representation Order''. Canadian federal electoral districts are constituencies that elect members of Parliament to Canada's House of Commons every election. Provincial electoral districts often have names similar to their local federal counterpart, but usually have different geographic boundaries. Canadians elected members for each federal electoral district most recently in the 2021 federal election on . There are four ridings established by the British North America Act of 1867 that have existed continuously without changes to their names or being abolished and reconstituted as a riding due to redistricting: Beauce (Quebec), Halifax (Nova Scotia), Shefford (Quebec), and Simcoe North (Ontario). These ridings, however, have experienced territorial changes since their inception. On October 27, 2011, the Conservative government ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Wise (Canadian Politician)
John Wise (December 12, 1935 – January 9, 2013) was a Canadian dairy cattle farmer and politician from Ontario. Early years Born in St. Thomas, Ontario, Wise was a dairy farmer and a local politician in St. Thomas - Elgin: * Township councillor and deputy reeve of Yarmouth Township 1966-1967 * Reeve of Yarmouth Township 1967-1968 * Warden for Elgin County 1969 Federal politics Wise was first elected as a Progressive Conservative to the House of Commons of Canada representing the riding of Elgin in 1972. He was re-elected in 1974, 1979, 1980 and 1984. He was the Minister of Agriculture in both Joe Clark Charles Joseph Clark (born June 5, 1939) is a Canadian statesman, businessman, writer, and politician who served as the 16th prime minister of Canada from 1979 to 1980. Despite his relative inexperience, Clark rose quickly in federal polit ...'s cabinet (June 4, 1979 – March 2, 1980) and Brian Mulroney's cabinet (September 17, 1984 – Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Stafford
Harold Edwin Stafford (20 April 1921 – 18 January 2005) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Fredericton, New Brunswick and became a lawyer by career. After two defeats at the Elgin riding in the 1962 and 1963 federal elections, Stafford was elected there in the 1965 election and re-elected in 1968. After serving two terms, the 27th and 28th Canadian Parliament The 28th Canadian Parliament was in session from September 12, 1968, until September 1, 1972. The membership was set by the 1968 federal election on June 25, 1968, and it changed only slightly due to resignations and by-elections until it was dis ...s, Stafford was defeated in the 1972 election by John Wise of the Progressive Conservative party. External links * 1921 births 2005 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario Liberal Party of Canada MPs Lawyers in Ontario Politicians from Fredericton {{Liberal-Ontario-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilson Mills
Wilson Henry Mills (10 January 1882 – 27 March 1955) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Sparta, Ontario and became a farmer and apple grower by career. Mills attended schools in Elgin. He served for eight years as a municipal councillor in Sparta, Ontario and for four years as a regional councillor for Elgin County, Ontario, becoming that county's warden in 1920. He was first elected to Parliament at the Elgin West riding in a by-election on 24 September 1934, replacing Mitchell Hepburn who resigned to run in the 1934 provincial election becoming Premier of Ontario. Mills was re-elected at Elgin in the 1935 federal election and again in 1940. After completing his term in the 19th Canadian Parliament The 19th Canadian Parliament was in session from 16 May 1940, until 16 April 1945. The membership was set by the 1940 federal election on 26 March 1940, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections unt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Delmer Coyle
Charles Delmer Coyle (September 16, 1887 – January 19, 1954) was a Canadian Member of Parliament for the federal riding of Elgin from 1945 to 1954. Born in Kinglake, Ontario, Coyle was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. Prior to his election to Parliament, Coyle was a tobacco Tobacco is the common name of several plants in the genus '' Nicotiana'' of the family Solanaceae, and the general term for any product prepared from the cured leaves of these plants. More than 70 species of tobacco are known, but the ... farmer, councillor for Straffordville (1925-1928), deputy reeve (1929-1930) and reeve of Bayham Township (1931–33 and 1943–1945). References 1887 births 1954 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs {{ProgressiveConservative-Ontario-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
