- Peterborough West
Peterborough West was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1953. It was located in the province of
Ontario . It was created by theBritish North America Act of1867 which divided the County of Peterborough was into two ridings. The West Riding consisted of the Townships of South Monaghan (in the County of Northumberland), North Monaghan, Smith, and Ennismore, and the Town of Peterborough.In 1903, the townships of Cavendish, Galway, Harvey, and the village of Ashburnham were added to the riding. In 1914, the village of Ashburnham was excluded.
In 1924, Peterborough West was defined to consist of the part of the county of Peterborough included in the townships of Galway, Cavendish, Harvey, Ennismore, Smith, Douro, Otanabee and North Monaghan, and that part of the county of Northumberland included in the township of South Monaghan, together with the city of Peterborough. In 1947, South Monaghan was excluded from the riding.
The electoral district was abolished in 1952 when it was merged into Peterborough riding.
Electoral history
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Conservative
PERRY, Charles
align="right"| 681
Unknown
GORDON,
align="right"|652-
Liberal
BERTRAM, John
align="right"| 735
Conservative
CLUXTON, Wm.
align="right"|702-
Liberal
BERTRAM, John
align="right"| 892
Unknown
SCOTT, W.H.
align="right"|801-
Liberal-Conservative
HILLIARD, George
align="right"| 1,071
Liberal
BERTRAM, J.
align="right"| 874-
Liberal-Conservative
HILLIARD, George
align="right"| 1,035
Unknown
LUNDY, John J.
align="right"| 875-
Conservative
STEVENSON, James
align="right"| 1,280
Liberal
COX, George A.
align="right"|1,264-
Conservative
STEVENSON, James
align="right"| 1,447
Liberal
HALL, Richard
align="right"|1,215-
Conservative
KENDRY, James
align="right"| 1,485
Liberal
HALL, Richard
align="right"|1,166
Independent
NEWMAN, Rob. C.
align="right"| 622-
Conservative
KENDRY, James manufacturer 1,750
Liberal
MCCLELLAN, Joseph H. 1,399-
Liberal
HALL, R.R.
align="right"| 2,467
Conservative
KENDRY, James
align="right"|2,280-
Liberal
STRATTON, James Robert
align="right"| 2,851
Conservative
BURNHAM, John Hampden
align="right"| 2,518-
Conservative
BURNHAM, John Hampden
align="right"|2,944
Liberal
STRATTON, James Robert
align="right"|2,902-
Government
BURNHAM, John Hampden
align="right"|6,382
Opposition
HALL, Robert Richard
align="right"|2,964-
Liberal
GORDON, George Newcombe
align="right"| 4,093
National Liberal and Conservative
DENNE, Roland
align="right"|2,811
Independent Conservative
BURNHAM, John Hampden
align="right"| 2,595
United Farmers of Ontario
CAMPBELL, James Corbett
align="right"|2,319
Labour
MCMURRAY, Thomas Joseph
align="right"| 1,103-
Liberal
GORDON, George Newcombe
align="right"| 6,890
Conservative
BURNHAM, John Hampden
align="right"|4,732-
Conservative
PECK, Edward Armour
align="right"| 9,100
Liberal
GORDON, Hon. George Newcombe
align="right"| 7,137-
Conservative
PECK, Edward Armour
align="right"| 8,934
Liberal
DUFFUS, Joseph James
align="right"| 6,825-
Conservative
PECK, Edward Armour
align="right"|9,663
Liberal
DUFFUS, Joseph James
align="right"| 7,902-
Liberal
DUFFUS, Joseph James
align="right"|8,027
Conservative
STRICKLAND, James Fordyce
align="right"|6,342
Reconstruction
ACKERMAN, Charles Hadyn
align="right"| 3,071
Co-operative Commonwealth
THOMAS, Lorna Cotton
align="right"| 1,489-
National Government
FRASER, Gordon Knapman
align="right"|9,683
Liberal
GLOVER, Roland Maxwell
align="right"| 9,505-
Progressive Conservative
FRASER, Gordon Knapman
align="right"| 10,949
Liberal
GLOVER, Roland Maxwell
align="right"| 8,181
Co-operative Commonwealth
THOMAS, Lorna Cotton
align="right"|2,512-
Progressive Conservative
FRASER, Gordon Knapman
align="right"| 10,981
Liberal
CLAPPER, Aubrey Victor
align="right"| 10,738
Co-operative Commonwealth
MILES, John Howard
align="right"| 2,804See also
*
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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