Parry Sound was a federal

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represented in the

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from 1904 to 1949. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was first created in 1903 from parts of Muskoka and Parry Sound riding. It consisted of the territorial district of Parry Sound. In 1933, it was expanded to include, in the territorial district of Nipissing, the townships of Ballantyne, Wilkes, Pentland, Boyd, Paxton, Biggar, Osler, Lister, Butt, Devine, Bishop, Freswick, McCraney, Hunter, McLaughlin, Bower, Finlayson, Peck, Canisbay and Sproule. The electoral district was abolished in 1947 when it was merged into

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riding.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Election results

, - , Liberal , Robert James Watson , align="right", 2,410 , Conservative , James S. Freeborn , align="right", 2,035 , - , Conservative ,

James Arthurs James Arthurs (4 October 1866 – 7 October 1937) was a Canadian senator for the Conservative party, representing the province of Ontario. Arthurs attended public school and Hamilton Collegiate Institute, then became a hardware merchant. He ...

, align="right", 2,932 , Liberal , Robert James Watson , align="right", 2,135 , - , Conservative ,

, align="right", 2,976 , Liberal , George Morrison , align="right", 1,918 , - , Government (Unionist) ,

, align="right", 5,182 , Opposition (Laurier Liberals) , Norman Cecil Hocken , align="right", 2,043 , - , Conservative ,

, align="right", 3,229 , Independent , William Robert Mason , align="right", 3,157 , - , Conservative ,

, align="right", 5,224 , Liberal , William Robert Mason , align="right", 3,922 , - , Conservative ,

, align="right", 5,418 , Liberal , James Ludgate , align="right", 4,358 , - , Conservative ,

, align="right", 5,504 , Liberal , Joseph Hilliar , align="right", 4,365 , - , Liberal ,

Arthur Slaght Arthur Graeme Slaght (3 May 1877 – 21 January 1964) was a Canadian lawyer and politician. Slaght served as a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Simcoe, Ontario. Slaght attended secondary school at Simc ...

, align="right", 6,230 , Conservative , Milton Henry Limbert , align="right", 3,965 , - , Liberal ,

, align="right", 5,850 ,

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, A. Coulter McLean , align="right", 4,159 , New Democratic , Clarence E. Culbert , align="right", 786 , - , Liberal , Wilfred McDonald , align="right", 5,301 , Progressive Conservative , A. Coulter McLean , align="right", 4,909 , Co-operative Commonwealth , Earle Torrie Taylor , align="right", 1,951

External links

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Members of Parliament

Election results

See also

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