Haldimand (federal electoral district)

This article is about the federal electoral district. For the provincial electoral district, see Haldimand (provincial electoral district). For the pre-Confederation electoral district, see Haldimand (Province of Canada electoral district).

Haldimand was a federal electoral district in the province of Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1892 and from 1904 to 1953. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867.

Haldimand

Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1867, 1903
District abolished	1892, 1952
First contested	1867
Last contested	1949

It initially consisted of the Townships of Oneida, Seneca, Cayuga North, Cayuga South, Rainham, Walpole, and Dunn. In 1872, the Township of Dunn was excluded from the riding. In 1882, it was defined to consist of the townships of Walpole, Oneida, Rainham, Seneca and North Cayuga, and the villages of Cayuga and Caledonia.

The electoral district was abolished in 1892 when it was merged into Haldimand and Monck riding.

Haldimand riding was recreated in 1903, consisting of the county of Haldimand.

The electoral district was abolished in 1952 when it was merged into Brant—Haldimand riding.

Members of Parliament

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

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
1st	1867–1872		David Thompson	Liberal
2nd	1872–1874
3rd	1874–1878
4th	1878–1882
5th	1882–1886†
	1886–1887		Charles Wesley Colter
6th	1887–1887		Walter Humphries Montague	Conservative
	1887–1889
	1889–1890		Charles Wesley Colter	Liberal
	1890–1891		Walter Humphries Montague	Conservative
7th	1891–1895
	1895–1896
Riding dissolved into Haldimand and Monck
Riding re-created from Haldimand and Monck
10th	1904–1908		Francis Ramsey Lalor	Conservative
11th	1908–1911
12th	1911–1917
13th	1917–1921			Government (Unionist)
14th	1921–1925		Mark Senn	Conservative
15th	1925–1926
16th	1926–1930
17th	1930–1935
18th	1935–1940
19th	1940–1945
20th	1945–1949			Progressive Conservative
21st	1949–1953		Earl Catherwood
Riding dissolved into Brant—Haldimand

Election results

1867–1896

1867 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	David Thompson	1,391
	Unknown	R. McKinnon	1,022
Eligible voters			3,114
Source: Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1871

1872 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	David Thompson	acclaimed

1874 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	David Thompson	acclaimed

1878 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	David Thompson	1,566
	Conservative	Nicholas Flood Davin	1,400
	Unknown	Thomas Lester	30

1882 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	David Thompson	1,490
	Unknown	William H. Merritt	1,364

By-election on 8 September 1886 On Mr. Thompson's death, 18 April 1886
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Wesley Colter	acclaimed

By-election on 12 November 1887 On the election being declared void
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Walter Humphries Montague	1,828
	Liberal	Charles Wesley Colter	1,811

By-election on 30 January 1889 On the election being declared void
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Wesley Colter	1,803
	Conservative	Walter Humphries Montague	1,757

By-election on 20 February 1890 On the election being declared void
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Walter Humphries Montague	unknown
	Liberal	Charles Wesley Colter	unknown

By-election on 17 April 1895 On Mr. Montague being appointed Secretary of State, 26 March 1895
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Walter Humphries Montague	acclaimed

1904–1943

1908 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Francis Ramsey Lalor	2,644
	Liberal	Robert Francis Miller	2,398

1911 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Francis Ramsey Lalor	2,817
	Liberal	Robert Francis Miller	2,138

1917 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Government (Unionist)	Francis Ramsey Lalor	3,696
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	John James Parsons	2,480

1921 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Mark Senn	4,517
	Progressive	Samuel Adam Beck	3,800
	Liberal	David Zealand Gibson	1,467

1925 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Mark Senn	5,415
	Liberal	Thomas Marshall	4,266

1926 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Mark Senn	5,511
	Progressive	Warren Stringer	4,028

1930 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Mark Senn	6,171
	Liberal	William Whyte Camelford	4,864

1935 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Mark Senn	5,750
	Liberal	Frank Laidlaw	5,031
	Reconstruction	John James Parsons	554

1940 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Mark Senn	5,515
	Liberal	Basil North Macaulay	4,712

1945 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Mark Senn	5,844
	Liberal	Edgar Fraser Raney	4,255
	Co-operative Commonwealth	William Ernest Jones	695

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

External links

• Riding history 1867 to 1892 from the Library of Parliament
• Riding history 1904 to 1953 from the Library of Parliament