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Kenora—Rainy River (federal Electoral District)
Kenora—Rainy River was a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1925 to 2004. It was located in the provinces and territories of Canada, province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1924 from parts of Fort William and Rainy River and Port Arthur and Kenora Riding (division), ridings. It initially consisted of the parts of the territorial districts of Kenora and Rainy River lying west of the 114th meridian west, fifth meridian passing between the townships of Melgund and Revell. In 1933, it was redefined as consisting of the part of the province of Ontario lying west of the 110th meridian west, fourth meridian including Sioux Lookout, Ignace and Atikokan. In 1966, it was redefined as consisting of the western parts of the territorial districts of Rainy River and Kenora west of a line drawn (from south to north) beginning at the Duluth, Winnipeg and Pacific Railway bridge and ending at the northern limit o ... [...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 Canadian 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. Beginning with t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Machin
Harold Arthur Clement Machin (May 9, 1875 – October 13, 1931) was an Ontario lawyer and political figure. He represented Kenora in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Conservative member from 1908 to 1919. He was also a Ku Klux Klan organizer who attempted to start a chapter in Winnipeg, but was unsuccessful. He was born in Rochester, New York, the son of Reverend Canon C.J. Machin who was born in England and grew up in St. John's, Newfoundland and Port Arthur, Ontario. Machin was educated in England and then studied law at Osgoode Hall. After being called to the bar, he set up practice in Rat Portage in 1898. He served in a Canadian contingent in South Africa during the Second Boer War and then served in the South African constabulary before returning to Canada in 1904. For a time after his return to Canada, Machin prospected for minerals in northern Quebec. He served overseas with a Canadian labour battalion and with the British Army during World War I. In 1918, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Former Federal Electoral Districts Of Ontario
A former is an object, such as a template, gauge or cutting die, which is used to form something such as a boat's hull. Typically, a former gives shape to a structure that may have complex curvature. A former may become an integral part of the finished structure, as in an aircraft fuselage, or it may be removable, being used in the construction process and then discarded or re-used. Aircraft formers Formers are used in the construction of aircraft fuselage, of which a typical fuselage has a series from the nose cone to the empennage, typically perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the aircraft. The primary purpose of formers is to establish the shape of the fuselage and reduce the column length of stringers to prevent instability. Formers are typically attached to longerons, which support the skin of the aircraft. The "former-and-longeron" technique (also called stations and stringers) was adopted from boat construction, and was typical of light aircraft built until ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Library Of Parliament
The Library of Parliament () is the main information repository and research resource for the Parliament of Canada. The main branch of the library sits at the rear of the Centre Block on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario. The library survived the 1916 fire that destroyed Centre Block. The library has been augmented and renovated several times since its construction in 1876, the last between 2002 and 2006, though the form and decor remain essentially authentic. The building today serves as a Canadian icon, and appears on the obverse of the Canadian ten-dollar bill. The library is overseen by the Parliamentary Librarian of Canada and an associate or assistant librarian. The Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate is considered to be an officer of the library. Main branch characteristics Designed by Thomas Fuller and Chilion Jones, and inspired by the British Museum Reading Room, the building is formed as a chapter house, separated from the main body of the Centre Block by a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Historical Federal Electoral Districts Of Canada
This is a list of past arrangements of Electoral district (Canada), Canada's electoral districts. Each district sends one member to the House of Commons of Canada. 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 Canadian Prairies, Prairies and the Maritimes, 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 constitutional changes allowing changes in the existing imbalance of seats between various provinces. During the Canadian federal electoral redistribution, 2012, 2012 federal electoral redistribution, an attempt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Canadian Electoral Districts
This is a list of Canada's 343 federal electoral districts (commonly referred to as '' ridings'' in Canadian English) as defined by the ''2023 Representation Order''. Canadian federal electoral districts are constituencies that elect members of Parliament to the House of Commons of Canada 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 2025 federal election on April 28, 2025. There are four districts established by the ''British North America Act 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 districts, however, have undergone territorial changes since their inception. Alberta – 37 seats * Air ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Nault
Robert Daniel Nault (born November 9, 1955) is a Canadian politician. A member of the Liberal Party of Canada, Nault began his career as city councillor for Kenora City Council. He was first elected to the House of Commons as the representative for Kenora—Rainy River in 1988, beating NDP incumbent John Parry. Following the 1988 election, Nault ran successfully in the 1993,1997, and 2000 federal elections. Nault also served as Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development in the cabinet of Jean Chrétien from 1999 to 2003. While in cabinet, he introduced the '' First Nations Governance Act'', a program of reform and financial accountability measures for First Nations. In February 2004, he announced he would leave politics to set up a consulting business, Western Frontier International Group. He did not seek re-election in the 2004 election. In January 2015, Nault announced his intention to seek the Liberal Party of Canada nomination for Kenora, which includes near ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Edmund Parry
John Edmund Parry (born February 6, 1946) is a Canadian politician. He served in the House of Commons of Canada from 1984 to 1988, as a member of the New Democratic Party. History Parry was born in London, England, UK. He was educated at Woodford Green in Essex, England, and at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario. Parry has a Master of Business Administration degree, and works as a business consultant. Prior to his election to the House of Commons, he served for six years as mayor of Sioux Lookout in Northern Ontario. He first campaigned for the House of Commons in the 1979 federal election, and finished a close second against Liberal candidate John M. Reid in Kenora—Rainy River. He ran again in the 1980 election, and lost to Reid a second time by only 366 votes. Parry was finally elected in Kenora-Rainy River to the House of Commons on his third attempt, in the 1984 election. He defeated Progressive Conservative candidate Al Lugli by 620 vot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Mercer Reid
John Mercer Reid, (8 February 1937 – 25 August 2022) was a Canadian politician and an Information Commissioner of Canada who served as president of the Canadian Nuclear Association. History He earned university degrees in history from the University of Manitoba and was studying for his doctorate from the University of Toronto when he was offered a job as special assistant to member of parliament William Benidickson. In 1965 Benedickson was nominated to the Senate of Canada and Reid was nominated to replace him as candidate for his seat as an MP in the 1965 election. He was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1965 Canadian federal election, 1965 election as a Liberal Party of Canada, Liberal Member of Parliament (Canada), Member of Parliament (MP). In the 1968 Canadian federal election, 1968 federal election, he was returned as Canada's sole Liberal-Labour (Canada), Liberal-Labour MP, although he remained in the Liberal caucus. The Liberal-Labour label w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Alexander Robertson
John Alexander (Pete) Robertson (October 6, 1913 – February 19, 1965) was a Canadian politician who served as a member of the Senate of Canada. Robertson was born in Medicine Hat, Alberta and worked as a grocery store manager in the 1930s. During World War II, he served in the Canadian Army as a member of the Canadian Provost Corps as a corporal and then acting sergeant. He was a freight train conductor for the Canadian Pacific Railway at the time of his surprise appointment by Prime Minister John Diefenbaker to the Senate in 1962."Comings and Goings", ''Globe and Mail'', December 3, 1962 He was told of his appointment while in a caboose at Ignace, Ontario."Senator told of appointment in CPR caboose", ''Globe and Mail'', February 22, 1965 Earlier he had been the Progressive Conservative candidate in the riding of Kenora—Rainy River in the 1958 federal election, but was defeated by 183 votes. He also ran for the Ontario legislature in a 1962 by-election in the riding of Kenor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Moore Benidickson
William Moore Benidickson (8 April 1911 – 4 January 1985) was a Canadian politician. He was the Liberal-Labour Member of Parliament for Kenora—Rainy River for over twenty years. Born in Manitoba of Icelandic stock, Benidickson served in World War II as a Wing-Commander in the Royal Canadian Air Force. Following the war, he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1945 federal election. Due to the politics of Kenora—Rainy River which had a history electing Independent Labour politicians and where the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation posed a serious threat, the Liberals worked with the Communist Party of Canada to run Liberal-Labour candidates in federal and provincial elections. Accordingly, Benidickson ran and was elected as a "Liberal-Labour" MP for most of his parliamentary career though he always sat with the Liberal caucus and was considered a Liberal for all intents and purposes. Benidickson served as parliamentary assistant to the minister o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Ivens
William Ivens (June 28, 1878 – June 20, 1957) was a religious and political figure in Manitoba, Canada. He was a leading figure in the Winnipeg General Strike,, and subsequently served as a Labour member of the Manitoba legislature from 1920 to 1936. Early life William Ivens was born in 1878 at Barford, in Warwickshire, England, to William Henry Ivens and Sarah Willis. He was the second eldest of seven siblings and was from a family who were actively involved in the local community. William emigrated to Canada in 1896 and initially found work as a farm labourer and gardener in rural Manitoba. He was educated at Wesley College, Winnipeg and was greatly influenced by Reverend Salem Bland. He wrote for the school newspaper Vox Wesleyana and a poem published in a 1906 edition demonstrates his early and emerging political views. Titled ‘the Three Voices’, it was concerned with unproductive, hedonistic and materialistic lifestyles. William graduated from Wesley College ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
