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Fort William was a federal electoral district
Electoral district (Canada)
An electoral district in Canada, also known as a constituency or a riding, is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based...

 represented in the Canadian
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 House of Commons
Canadian House of Commons
The House of Commons of Canada is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign and the Senate. The House of Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 308 members known as Members of Parliament...

 from 1925 to 1979. It was located in the province
Provinces and territories of Canada
The provinces and territories of Canada combine to make up the world's second-largest country by area. There are ten provinces and three territories...

 of Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

. This riding was created in 1924 from parts of Fort William and Rainy River
Fort William and Rainy River
Fort William and Rainy River was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1917 to 1925. It was located in the province of Ontario...

 riding.

It was initially defined to consist of the southern parts of the territorial districts of Rainy River, Kenora and Thunder Bay adjacent to the southern boundary of Canada.

In 1947, it was defined to consist of the city of Fort William
Fort William, Ontario
Fort William was a city in Northern Ontario, located on the Kaministiquia River, at its entrance to Lake Superior. It amalgamated with Port Arthur and the townships of Neebing and McIntyre to form the city of Thunder Bay in January 1970. Ever since then it has been the largest city in Northwestern...

 and the southern parts of the territorial districts of Rainy River, Kenora and Thunder Bay adjacent to by the southern boundary of Canada.

In 1966, it was defined to consist of the City of Fort William and the Townships of Aldina, Blake, Crooks, Devon, Fraleigh, Gillies, Hartington, Lismore, Lybster, Marks, Neebing, O'Connor, Paipoonge, Pardee, Pearson, Scoble and Strange in the territorial district of Thunder Bay.

The electoral district was abolished in 1976 when it was merged into Thunder Bay—Atikokan
Thunder Bay—Atikokan
For the current provincial electoral district, see Thunder Bay—Atikokan Thunder Bay—Atikokan was a federal electoral district in northwestern Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1979 to 2003 and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1999 to 2007...

 riding.

Election results



|-

|Hon. Robert James Manion
Robert James Manion
Robert James Manion, PC, MC was leader of the Conservative Party of Canada from 1938 until 1940....


|align="right"| 6,205
|-

|DeWitt Clinton Garver
|align="right"| 2,830
|}
|-

|Hon. Robert James Manion
Robert James Manion
Robert James Manion, PC, MC was leader of the Conservative Party of Canada from 1938 until 1940....


|align="right"| 5,173
|-

|William Nassau Welsh
|align="right"| 2,440
|}
|-

|Hon. Robert James Manion
Robert James Manion
Robert James Manion, PC, MC was leader of the Conservative Party of Canada from 1938 until 1940....


|align="right"| 6,939
|-

|Charles White Wilson
|align="right"|3,262
|-

|Albert Edward Smith
Albert Edward Smith
Rev. Albert Edward Smith was a Canadian religious leader and politician. A social gospeller, Smith was for many years a minister in the Canadian Methodist Church before starting his own "People's Church". He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1920 to 1922 as a Labour...


|align="right"| 594
|}

On Mr. Manion being named Minister of Railways and Canals, 7 August 1930:

|-

|Hon. Robert James Manion
Robert James Manion
Robert James Manion, PC, MC was leader of the Conservative Party of Canada from 1938 until 1940....


|align="right"| acclaimed
|}
|-

|Daniel McIvor
|align="right"| 5,481
|-

|Hon. Robert James Manion
Robert James Manion
Robert James Manion, PC, MC was leader of the Conservative Party of Canada from 1938 until 1940....


|align="right"| 4,565
|-

|Clement Edward Chapple
|align="right"| 2,030
|-

|Garfield Anderson
Garfield Anderson
Garfield Anderson was an Ontario political figure. He represented Fort William in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1943 to 1948 as a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation member....


|align="right"| 1,635
|-

|John Joseph Spooner
|align="right"| 78
|}
|-

|Daniel McIvor
|align="right"| 8,504
|-

|Hon. Robert James Manion
Robert James Manion
Robert James Manion, PC, MC was leader of the Conservative Party of Canada from 1938 until 1940....


|align="right"| 6,768
|-

|Garfield Anderson
Garfield Anderson
Garfield Anderson was an Ontario political figure. He represented Fort William in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1943 to 1948 as a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation member....


|align="right"| 1,778
|}
|-

|Daniel McIvor
|align="right"| 7,209
|-

|Wilfred Carson McKenzie
|align="right"|5,858
|-

|Robert Barclay Pow
|align="right"| 4,945
|-

|Donald Stewart
|align="right"| 772
|}
|-

|Daniel McIvor
|align="right"| 9,569
|-

|J. Mac Spence
|align="right"| 5,751
|-

|Garfield Anderson
Garfield Anderson
Garfield Anderson was an Ontario political figure. He represented Fort William in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1943 to 1948 as a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation member....


|align="right"| 4,830
|-

|Alvin L. Johnson
|align="right"| 746
|}
|-

|Daniel McIvor
|align="right"| 10,402
|-

|Murray Babe
|align="right"| 5,030
|-

|William Johnson
|align="right"| 3,847
|-

|Naomi Mara Powell
|align="right"| 508
|}
|-

|Daniel McIvor
|align="right"| 8,552
|-

|Art Widnall
|align="right"| 7,926
|-

|Michael Chicorli
|align="right"| 5,903
|}
|-

|Hubert Badanai
Hubert Badanai
Hubert Badanai was a Canadian automobile dealer and politician.Born at Azzano Decimo in the Province of Pordenone, northern Italy, he moved to Canada when he was 18 and worked at a brickyard in Rosslyn. He later opened a successful car dealership and became an alderman in Fort William, Ontario for...


|align="right"| 9,915
|-

|Art Widnall
|align="right"| 9,798
|-

|Michael Chicorli
|align="right"| 4,953
|-

|Bruce A.H. Magnuson
|align="right"| 224
|}
|-

|Hubert Badanai
Hubert Badanai
Hubert Badanai was a Canadian automobile dealer and politician.Born at Azzano Decimo in the Province of Pordenone, northern Italy, he moved to Canada when he was 18 and worked at a brickyard in Rosslyn. He later opened a successful car dealership and became an alderman in Fort William, Ontario for...


|align="right"| 12,229
|-

|Bernard Black (politician)
|align="right"|

|Edward G. Freeman
|align="right"| 5,713
|-

|Arthur W. Hutton
|align="right"| 361
|}
|-

|Hubert Badanai
Hubert Badanai
Hubert Badanai was a Canadian automobile dealer and politician.Born at Azzano Decimo in the Province of Pordenone, northern Italy, he moved to Canada when he was 18 and worked at a brickyard in Rosslyn. He later opened a successful car dealership and became an alderman in Fort William, Ontario for...


|align="right"| 11,765
|-

|Edward G. Freeman
|align="right"| 7,619
|-

|C.B. Devlin
|align="right"| 6,618
|-

|Arthur W. Hutton
|align="right"| 309
|}
|-

|Hubert Badanai
Hubert Badanai
Hubert Badanai was a Canadian automobile dealer and politician.Born at Azzano Decimo in the Province of Pordenone, northern Italy, he moved to Canada when he was 18 and worked at a brickyard in Rosslyn. He later opened a successful car dealership and became an alderman in Fort William, Ontario for...


|align="right"| 12,432
|-

|Charles A. Grant
|align="right"| 8,993
|-

|Ben Devlin
|align="right"| 4,773
|}
|-

|Hubert Badanai
Hubert Badanai
Hubert Badanai was a Canadian automobile dealer and politician.Born at Azzano Decimo in the Province of Pordenone, northern Italy, he moved to Canada when he was 18 and worked at a brickyard in Rosslyn. He later opened a successful car dealership and became an alderman in Fort William, Ontario for...


|align="right"| 10,635
|-

|Charles A. Grant
|align="right"| 7,394
|-

|Lionel Hastings
|align="right"| 7,284
|}
|-

|Paul McRae
Paul McRae
Paul Edmund McRae was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Toronto, Ontario and became a school principal by career....


|align="right"| 11,545
|-

|Lionel Hastings
|align="right"| 10,263
|-

|Ian Stewart
|align="right"| 7,497
|}
|-

|Paul McRae
Paul McRae
Paul Edmund McRae was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Toronto, Ontario and became a school principal by career....


|align="right"| 13,789
|-

|Ty Kaipio
|align="right"| 8,094
|-

|Lawrence Timko
|align="right"| 6,129
|-

|Bruce Barrett
|align="right"| 149
|-

|Dianne Robinson
|align="right"| 72
|}

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