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Hastings South
Hastings South was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1925 to 1968. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1924 from parts of Hastings East and Hastings West ridings. It consisted of the townships of Hungerford, Tyendinaga, Thurlow and Sydney, and including the city of Belleville and towns of Trenton and Deseronto in the County of Hastings. The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed between Hastings and Prince Edward—Hastings ridings. Members of Parliament This riding elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada: Election results See also * List of Canadian federal electoral districts * Historical federal electoral districts of Canada External links Riding history from theLibrary of Parliament The Library of Parliament (french: Bibliothèque du ... [...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] |
Prince Edward—Hastings (federal Electoral District)
Prince Edward—Hastings was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that existed in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 2015. Its population in 2006 was 113,227. It was redistributed between Bay of Quinte electoral district and Hastings—Lennox and Addington electoral district as a result of the Canadian federal electoral redistribution, 2012. History The electoral district was created in 1966 from parts of Hastings South, Hastings—Frontenac, Northumberland, and Prince Edward—Lennox ridings. It consisted of the County of Prince Edward, the Townships of Rawdon and Sidney (excluding the City of Belleville) in the County of Hastings, and the Townships of Brighton, Cramahe, Murray and Seymour in the County of Northumberland. The electoral district was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed between Northumberland and Prince Edward ridings, but Prince Edward riding was renamed "Prince Edward—Hastings" in 1978 before an election was held. In 1976, Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Historical Federal Electoral Districts Of Canada
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 constitutio ... [...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] |
Anthony Robert Temple
Anthony Robert Temple (8 October 1926 – 9 July 1987) was a Canadian lawyer and politician. Life and career Temple was born in Belleville, Ontario on 8 October 1926. He was a lawyer by profession and an alderman in Belleville in the 1950s. Temple was the Liberal Party of Canada's candidate for the House of Commons of Canada in Hastings South throughout the 1960s. His first attempt to win a seat was in the 1962 federal election but he was elected in the 1963 federal election and served as a Member of Parliament for two years before being defeated in 1965. He attempted to regain his seat in the 1968 federal election but was unsuccessful. Temple was also active in the Ontario Liberal Party The Ontario Liberal Party (OLP; french: Parti libéral de l'Ontario, PLO) is a political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. The party has been led by interim leader John Fraser since August 2022. The party espouses the principles of li ... and was a candidate in the 1954 Ontari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Grills
Lee Elgy Grills (20 April 1904 – 3 November 1982) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a dairy farmer and proprietor by career. He was born in Belleville, Ontario. Grills was a member of Sidney Township council starting in 1946. He became deputy reeve of that municipality in 1949 and reeve in 1951. In 1952, he was warden of Hastings County, leaving municipal politics later that year. He first campaigned for a seat in the House of Commons in the 1953 federal election at the Hastings South riding, but was unsuccessful then. He won the seat on his second attempt in the 1957 election, defeating incumbent Frank Follwell. Grills was re-elected in 1958 and 1962, defeated in 1963 by Liberal candidate Robert Temple, then returned to Parliament in the 1965 election. With new riding boundaries, Grills returned to Parliament for the Hastings riding in the 1968 election. After finishing his term in the 28th Canadian Parliament ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Follwell
Frank Sidney Follwell (6 May 1906 – 3 December 1992) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada, merchant and realtor. He was born in London, England. He was the mayor of Belleville, Ontario from 1945 to 1947. He was first elected to Parliament at the Hastings South riding in the 1949 general election then re-elected in 1953. Follwell was defeated by Lee Grills Lee Elgy Grills (20 April 1904 – 3 November 1982) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a dairy farmer and proprietor by career. He was born in Belleville, Ontario. Grills was a member of ... of the Progressive Conservative party in the 1957 election. References External links * 1906 births 1992 deaths British expatriates in Canada Canadian merchants Liberal Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario Politicians from London Mayors of Belleville, Ontario {{Liberal-Ontario-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Henry Stokes
George Henry Stokes (22 June 1876 – 19 April 1959) was a Canadian politician, breeder of Ayrshire cattle and a farmer by career. Stokes served as a National Government and Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Rawdon Township, Ontario. He became the clerk for Hungerford Township from 1901 to 1915, then became the township's reeve from 1927 to 1931. He served as sheriff for Hastings County from 1931 until 1935. He was first elected to Parliament at the Hastings South riding in the 1940 general election under the National Government party banner, then re-elected in 1945 general election The following elections occurred in the year 1945. Africa * 1945 South-West African legislative election Asia * 1945 Indian general election Australia * 1945 Fremantle by-election Europe * 1945 Albanian parliamentary election * 1945 Bulgaria ... as a Progressive Conservative. Stokes did not seek re-election in 1949 general ele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Charles Alexander Cameron
John Charles Alexander Cameron (29 November 1891 – 24 March 1976) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Morrisburg, Ontario and became a barrister and judge. Cameron attended public and secondary school at Morrisburg, then attended Queen's University, the law school at the University of Alberta and Osgoode Hall Law School, attaining a Bachelor of Arts degree. Cameron was first elected to Parliament at the Hastings South riding in the 1935 general election and resigned on 26 March 1940 before the end of the 19th Canadian Parliament. That year, he was appointed a judge at Hastings County Hastings County is located in the province of Ontario, Canada. Geographically, it is located on the border of Eastern Ontario and Central Ontario. Hastings County is the second-largest county in Ontario, after Renfrew County, and its county sea ... and frequently presided in an acting capacity at Ottawa's Exchequer Court. In 1946 he was formally appo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Edward Hanna
Charles Edward Hanna (17 May 1884 – 10 October 1932) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Belleville, Ontario and became a merchant in the hardware business. Hanna was a municipal politician in Belleville, three years as an alderman and two years as mayor, and a member of the board of education. He was elected to Parliament at the Hastings West riding in a by-election on 25 November 1924. After completing the remainder of the term of the 14th Canadian Parliament, Hanna sought re-election at Hastings South but was defeated by William Ernest Tummon of the Conservatives Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and to preserve traditional institutions, practices, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civilization in ... in the 1925 federal election. Hanna also made an unsuccessful campaign to unseat Tummon in the 1930 election. Ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Ernest Tummon
William Ernest Tummon (6 February 1879 – 14 December 1960) was a Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Huntingdon Township, Ontario in Hastings County and became a contractor and farmer. Tummon attended public and secondary school in Hastings County. He was a councillor at Huntington Township for 14 years and a reeve there for five years. He was first elected to Parliament at the Hastings South riding in the 1925 general election then re-elected in 1926 and 1930. Tummon was defeated by John Charles Alexander Cameron 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 1935 election. References External links * 1879 births 1960 deaths Canadian farmers Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) MPs Memb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hastings (federal Electoral District)
Hastings was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1979. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1966 from parts of Hastings South and Hastings—Frontenac ridings. It consisted of the City of Belleville and the Townships of Cashel, Dungannon, Elzevir, Faraday, Grimsthorpe, Hungerford, Huntingdon, Lake, Limerick, Madoc, Marmora, Mayo, Thurlow, Tudor, Tyendinaga and Wollaston in the County of Hastings. The electoral district was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed between Prince Edward and Hastings—Frontenac ridings. Members of Parliament This riding has elected the following members of Parliament: Election results See also * List of Canadian federal electoral districts * Historical federal electoral districts of Canada External links Riding history from theLibrary of Parliament The Library of Parliament (french: Bibliothèque du Parlement) is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
