Muskoka and Parry Sound

Muskoka and Parry Sound was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1883 to 1904. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created from parts of Algoma and Muskoka ridings.

It consisted of the townships of Watt, Cardwell, Humphrey, Conger, Stephenson, Brunel, Franklin, Sinclair, Chaffey, Bethune, Perry, Proud foot, Foley, Cowper, McDougall, Parry Sound Village and Island, Fergusson, Carling, Burpee, Shawanaga and settlements on the lake shore to the mouth of French River, Christie, Monteith, McKellar, Hagerman, Spence, Croft, McKenzie, Ferrie, Wilson, Mills, McConkey, Hardy, Chapman, Strong, Magnetawan, Joly, Lount, Machar, Laurier, Ryerson, Armour, McMurrich, Stisted, Pringle, Gurd, Himsworth, Nipissing, Burton, Gibson, Harrison, Wallbridge, Patterson, Blair, Mowat, and Brown, and the part of the territorial district of Muskoka lying to the south of the township of Conger and east of the townships of Medora and Wood.

The electoral district was abolished in 1903 when it was merged into a new Muskoka riding.

Electoral history

Canadian federal election, 1882
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	O'BRIEN, William E.	1,296
	Unknown	MILLER, John C.	1,293

Canadian federal election, 1887
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	O'BRIEN, W.E.	1,595
	Liberal	MCMURRICH, W.B.	1,556

Canadian federal election, 1891
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	O'BRIEN, W.E.	1,916
	Liberal	FITZGERALD, J.W.	1,768

Canadian federal election, 1896
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal-Conservative	MCCORMICK, George	2,249
	Liberal	PRATT, William H.	1,991
	McCarthyite	O'BRIEN, William E.	1,068

Canadian federal election, 1900
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal-Conservative	MCCORMICK, George	2,637
	Liberal	WATSON, R.J.	2,515

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

• Website of the Library of Parliament website