Lincoln was a federal
electoral district
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represented in the
House of Commons of Canada
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from 1867 to 1883 and from 1904 to 1997. It was on the
Niagara Peninsula
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in the
Canadian province
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of
Ontario
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. At various times, there was also an electoral district of the same name used in
provincial elections.
At various times, the riding included all or parts of the former
Lincoln County (including its successor, the
Regional Municipality of Niagara
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). After 1976, it also represented parts of the
Regional Municipality of Hamilton-Wentworth
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, mainly
Stoney Creek. As a suburban riding of
Hamilton Hamilton may refer to:
People
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** The Duke of Hamilton, the premier peer of Scotland
** Lord Hamilt ...
, it tended to vote Conservative much more often than the city proper.
By the 1997 election, the riding borders and name were changed to
Stoney Creek although it included many areas outside that city.
Geography
It initially consisted of the Townships of Clinton, Grantham, Grimsby, and Louth, and the Town of St. Catharines. It was abolished in 1882 when it was redistributed between
Lincoln and Niagara and
Wentworth South ridings.
It was recreated from those two ridings in 1903, and defined as consisting of the County of Lincoln.
In 1947, it was defined as consisting of the county of Lincoln, including the city of St. Catharines.
In 1966, it was defined as consisting of
(a) in the County of Lincoln, the southeast part of the City of St. Catharines, and the Townships of Caistor, Clinton, Gainsborough, Grimsby North, Grimsby South, Louth and Niagara;
(b) in the County of Welland, the Townships of Pelham and Thorold.
In 1976, it was defined as consisting of:
(a) in the Regional Municipality of Hamilton-Wentworth, the Town of Stoney Creek and the part of the City of Hamilton east of Red Hill Creek between Windermere Road in the north and the brow of the Mountain and the limit of the City of Hamilton in the south, and
(b) in the Regional Municipality of Niagara, the Towns of Grimsby and Lincoln.
In 1987, the City of Hamilton part of the ridings was redefined to consist of the part of the city south of Queenston Road, east of Redhill Creek and north of the brow of the Niagara Escarpment.
It was abolished in 1996 when it was redistributed between
Erie—Lincoln
Erie—Lincoln was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2004, and was a provincial electoral district represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1999 ...
and
Stoney Creek ridings.
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following
Members of Parliament
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:
Electoral history
Lincoln, 1867–1882
Lincoln, 1904–1997
External links
Parliamentary website (first riding)Parliamentary website (second riding)
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Former federal electoral districts of Ontario