- Peterborough East
Peterborough East was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1925. It was located in the province of
Ontario . It was created by theBritish North America Act of1867 which divided the County of Peterborough into two ridings.The East Riding consisted of the Townships of Asphodel, Belmont and Methuen, Douro, Dummer, Galway, Harvey, Minden, Stanhope and Dysart, Otonabee, and Snowden, and the Village of Ashburnham, and any other surveyed Townships lying to the north.
In 1882, it was defined to consist of the townships of Asphodel, Belmont, Methuen, Douro, Dummer, Burleigh, Anstruther, Chandos, Dysart, Dudley, Harcourt, Guilford, Harburn, Bruton, Havelock, Eyre, Clyde, Nightingale, Livingstone, Lawrence, Cavendish, Glamorgan, Cardiff, Monmouth, Otonabee and Harvey, and the villages of Ashburnham, Lakefield and Norwood.
In 1903, it was redefined to consist of the townships of Anstruther, Asphodel, Belmont, Burleigh, Chandos, Douro, Dummer, Methuen and Otonabee, and the villages of Havelock, Lakefield and Norwood. In 1914, it was redefined of the townships of Anstruther, Asphodel, Belmont, Burleigh, Chandos, Douro, Dummer, Methuen and Otonabee, and the villages of Havelock, Lakefield and Norwood.
The electoral district was abolished in 1924 when it was redistributed between
Hastings—Peterborough andPeterborough West ridings.Electoral history
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Conservative
GROVER, Peregrine Maitland
align="right"| 956
Unknown
ANDERSON,
align="right"| 644-
Conservative
GROVER, Peregrine Maitland
align="right"| 804
Unknown
INGRAM,
align="right"|752-
Liberal
HALL, James
align="right"| 993
Unknown
ROGERS, R.D.
align="right"|879-
Conservative
BURNHAM, J.
align="right"| 1,262
Unknown
BUCK, T.
align="right"| 1,236-
Conservative
BURNHAM, John
align="right"| 1,449
Unknown
ROXBURGH, Wm. E.
align="right"|1,192-
Independent Liberal
LANG, John
align="right"| 1,697
Conservative
BURNHAM, John
align="right"|1,588-
Conservative
BURNHAM, John
align="right"|1,832
Liberal
RORK, Thomas
align="right"| 1,803Independent Liberal
LANG, John
align="right"| 2,353
Conservative
BURNHAM, John
align="right"| 1,738-
Independent Liberal
LANG, John
align="right"|1,876
Conservative
SEXSMITH, John A.
align="right"|1,702-
Liberal
FINLAY, John
align="right"|1,588
Conservative
SEXSMITH, John
align="right"| 1,518-
Conservative
SEXSMITH, John A.
align="right"| 1,922
Liberal
TANNER, Edward Alexander
align="right"| 1,540-
Conservative
SEXSMITH, John Albert
align="right"| 1,992
Liberal
KERR, Francis Dean
align="right"| 1,399-
Government
SEXSMITH, John Albert
align="right"| 2,555
Opposition
JOHNSTON, William H.
align="right"| 1,389-
Progressive
BRETHEN, George Arthur
align="right"|2,647
Conservative
SEXSMITH, John Albert
align="right"| 2,296
Liberal
DEWART, John A.
align="right"|1,503See also
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List of Canadian federal electoral districts
*Past Canadian electoral districts External links
* Website of the [http://www.parl.gc.ca/ Parliament of Canada]
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