Northumberland West
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Northumberland West was a federal electoral district
represented in the Canadian
House of Commons
from 1867 to 1917. It was located in the province
of Ontario
. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867.
The original definition of the riding is not known. In 1903, it was defined to consist of the townships of Alnwick, Haldimand and Hamilton, and the town of Cobourg.
The electoral district was abolished in 1914 when it was merged into Northumberland
riding.
|Conservative
|COCKBURN, Hon. James
|align="right"| acclaimed
|}
|-
|Conservative
|COCKBURN, Hon. James
|align="right"|acclaimed
|}
|-
|Liberal
|KERR, William
|align="right"|1,336
|Conservative
|COCKBURN, J.
|align="right"| 1,105
|}
|-
|Liberal
|KERR, William
|align="right"| 1,315
|Unknown
|SMITH, Sidney
|align="right"| 1,160
|}
|-
|Conservative
|COCKBURN, Hon. James
|align="right"| 1,315
|Liberal
|KERR, W.
|align="right"| 1,227
|}
|-
|Conservative
|GUILLET, George
|align="right"| 1,448
|Unknown
|WATERS, George
|align="right"| 1,378
|}
|-
|Conservative
|GUILLET, George
|align="right"| 1,298
|Liberal
|KERR, Wm.
|align="right"| 1,293
|}
|-
|Conservative
|GUILLET, George
|align="right"|acclaimed
|}
|-
|Conservative
|GUILLET, George
|align="right"|1,648
|Liberal
|DUMBLE, J.H.
|align="right"| 1,611
|}
|-
|Liberal
|HARGRAFT, John
|align="right"| 1,591
|Conservative
| GUILLET, George
|align="right"| 1,554
|}
|-
|Conservative
|GUILLET, George
|align="right"|
|Liberal
|HARGRAFT, John
|align="right"|
|}
|-
|Conservative
|GUILLET, George
|align="right"| 1,200
|Liberal
|MCCOLL, John B.
|align="right"| 1,130
|Patrons of Industry
|ROSEVEAR, John C.
|align="right"|621
|}
|-
|Liberal
|MCCOLL, John B.
|align="right"| 1,506
|Conservative
|GUILLET, George
|align="right"| 1,371
|}
|-
|Liberal
|MCCOLL, John B.
|align="right"| 1,501
|Conservative
|ARMOUR, Eric Norman
|align="right"|1,357
|}
|-
|Liberal
|MCCOLL, John B.
|align="right"| 1,438
|Conservative
|MUNSON, Charles Arthur
|align="right"| 1,308
|}
|-
|Conservative
|MUNSON, Charles Arthur
|align="right"| 1,426
|Liberal
|MCCOLL, John "B."
|align="right"| 1,420
|}
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 1867 to 1917. 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....
. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867.
The original definition of the riding is not known. In 1903, it was defined to consist of the townships of Alnwick, Haldimand and Hamilton, and the town of Cobourg.
The electoral district was abolished in 1914 when it was merged into Northumberland
Northumberland (Ontario electoral district)
Northumberland was a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1917 to 1968 and from 1987 to 2003, ad in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1999 to 2007....
riding.
Electoral history
|-|Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
|COCKBURN, Hon. James
|align="right"| acclaimed
|}
|-
|Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
|COCKBURN, Hon. James
|align="right"|acclaimed
|}
|-
|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
|KERR, William
William Kerr (Canadian politician)
William Kerr was an Ontario lawyer and political figure. He represented Northumberland West in the Canadian House of Commons from 1874 to 1878 as a Liberal member and served in the Senate of Canada from 1899 to 1906....
|align="right"|1,336
|Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
|COCKBURN, J.
|align="right"| 1,105
|}
|-
|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
|KERR, William
|align="right"| 1,315
|Unknown
|SMITH, Sidney
|align="right"| 1,160
|}
|-
|Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
|COCKBURN, Hon. James
|align="right"| 1,315
|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
|KERR, W.
|align="right"| 1,227
|}
|-
|Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
|GUILLET, George
|align="right"| 1,448
|Unknown
|WATERS, George
|align="right"| 1,378
|}
|-
|Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
|GUILLET, George
|align="right"| 1,298
|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
|KERR, Wm.
|align="right"| 1,293
|}
|-
|Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
|GUILLET, George
|align="right"|acclaimed
|}
|-
|Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
|GUILLET, George
|align="right"|1,648
|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
|DUMBLE, J.H.
|align="right"| 1,611
|}
|-
|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
|HARGRAFT, John
|align="right"| 1,591
|Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
| GUILLET, George
|align="right"| 1,554
|}
|-
|Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
|GUILLET, George
|align="right"|
|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
|HARGRAFT, John
|align="right"|
|}
|-
|Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
|GUILLET, George
|align="right"| 1,200
|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
|MCCOLL, John B.
|align="right"| 1,130
|Patrons of Industry
Patrons of Industry
The Grand Association of the Patrons of Industry in Ontario was a Canadian farmers' organization formed in 1890 that cooperated with the urban labour movement to address the political frustrations of both groups with big business....
|ROSEVEAR, John C.
|align="right"|621
|}
|-
|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
|MCCOLL, John B.
|align="right"| 1,506
|Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
|GUILLET, George
|align="right"| 1,371
|}
|-
|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
|MCCOLL, John B.
|align="right"| 1,501
|Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
|ARMOUR, Eric Norman
|align="right"|1,357
|}
|-
|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
|MCCOLL, John B.
|align="right"| 1,438
|Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
|MUNSON, Charles Arthur
|align="right"| 1,308
|}
|-
|Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
|MUNSON, Charles Arthur
|align="right"| 1,426
|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
|MCCOLL, John "B."
|align="right"| 1,420
|}
See also
- List of Canadian federal electoral districts
- Past Canadian electoral districts