Cochrane (electoral district)
Encyclopedia
Cochrane was a federal and provincial electoral district
in the province
of Ontario
, Canada
. It was represented in the Canadian House of Commons
from 1935 to 1997 and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
from 1914 until 1998.
riding.
The electoral district was abolished in 1996 when it was redistributed between Algoma, Kenora—Rainy River
, Thunder Bay—Nipigon, Timiskaming—Cochrane
and Timmins—James Bay
ridings.
In 1947, it was redefined to consist of the northern part of the territorial district of Cochrane and the eastern part of the district of Patricia. In the 1960s, it was redefined to consist of the northern parts of the territorial district of Algoma, Cochrane, Kenora (Patricia Portion), Sudbury and Timiskaming.
The electoral district was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed between Algoma, Cochrane North, Timiskaming
and Timmins—Chapleau
ridings.
"Cochrane North" was formed in 1976 from parts of Cochrane and Thunder Bay
ridings. It consisted of the northern part of the Territorial District of Algoma, northwest part of the Territorial District of Cochrane, the eastern part of the Territorial District of Kenora (Patricia Portion), and the southeast part of the Territorial District of Thunder Bay. The name of the electoral district was changed in 1977 to "Cochrane", and in 1980 to "Cochrane—Superior".
Cochrane—Superior initially consisted of the northern part of the Territorial District of Algoma, the north-west of the Territorial District of Cochrane, the eastern part of the Territorial District of Kenora (Patricia Portion), and the south-east part of the Territorial District of Thunder Bay.
It was redefined in 1987 to consist of the north-east part of the Territorial District of Algoma, the north-west part of the Territorial District of Cochrane, the eastern part of the Territorial District of Kenora, and the eastern part of the Territorial District of Thunder Bay.
|BRADETTE, Joseph Arthur
|align="right"| 12,719
|-
|BEACH, Harry Hughes
|align="right"| 3,247
|-
|MURTAGH, Andrew Patrick
|align="right"| 2,593
|-
|EWEN, Thomas Alexander
|align="right"|1,004
|-
|BRADETTE, Joseph Arthur
|align="right"| 16,785
|-
|CRUMB, Robert Whitney
|align="right"|5,652
|Farmer-Labour
|TEEPLE, W. Garth
|align="right"| 3,922
|-
|BRADETTE, Joseph A.
|align="right"| 13,285
|-
|PARISIEN, Wilfrid
|align="right"|7,355
|-
|SPOONER, Joseph Wilfrid
|align="right"|4,711
|-
|BRADETTE, Joseph-Arthur
|align="right"| 6,352
|-
|BRUNELLE, René-Joseph-Napoléon
|align="right"| 3,885
|-
|LEFEBVRE, Elmo-Stanislas
|align="right"| 2,331
|-
|AYOTTE, Joseph-Apolidor-Flor
|align="right"| 891
|-
|HABEL, Joseph Alphonse Anac
|align="right"| 6,667
|-
|BRUNELLE, René Joseph Napoléon
|align="right"| 5,194
|-
|CARTER, John Pereira
|align="right"| 2,448
|-
|HABEL, J.A. Anaclet
|align="right"| 6,626
|-
|LEFEBVRE, Elmo
|align="right"| 3,319
|-
|LACASSE, Norman
|align="right"| 2,552
|-
|FILION, André J.
|align="right"| 2,351
|-
|HABEL, J. Anaclet
|align="right"| 7,851
|-
|BRUNELLE, René
|align="right"| 6,941
|-
|BALLANTYNE, James
|align="right"|2,729
|-
|HABEL, Joseph-Anaclet
|align="right"| 7,969
|-
|PATERSON, Ross A.
|align="right"| 4,814
|-
|BORDELEAU, François
|align="right"|4,072
|-
|ALBERT, Levi
|align="right"| 1,459
|-
|HABEL, Joseph-Anaclet
|align="right"| 7,809
|-
|PATERSON, Ross A.
|align="right"| 5,498
|-
|PALANGIO, Mike
|align="right"|3,276
|-
|BRISSON, Alphonse
|align="right"| 2,204
|-
|HABEL, Joseph-Anaclet
|align="right"| 7,505
|-
|PATERSON, Ross A.
|align="right"|6,685
|-
|MOORE, Bob
|align="right"| 3,025
|-
|BRISSON, Alphonse
|align="right"| 837
|-
|KELLY, Philip T.
|align="right"|316
|-
|STEWART, Ralph W.
|align="right"|9,803
|-
|PATERSON, Ross A.
|align="right"|7,034
|-
|MAYBURY, George W.
|align="right"|2,875
|-
|LAVOIE, Jeanne
|align="right"|433
|-
|STEWART, Ralph W.
|align="right"| 10,405
|-
|CONSTANTINE, Bud
|align="right"| 5,405
|-
|BROWN, Blair
|align="right"| 4,626
|-
|PETRIN, Emmanuel
|align="right"|1,477
|-
|MULLINS, Richard B.
|align="right"| 204
|-
|STEWART, Ralph
|align="right"| 11,379
|-
|BRIXHE, Carol
|align="right"|5,539
|-
|TOUCHETTE, Alphonse
|align="right"|2,957
|-
|GOSSELIN, François
|align="right"|1,099
|-
|PENNER, Keith
|align="right"| 12,889
|-
|FORTIN, Robert
|align="right"| 11,080
|-
|KOSOWAN, Carole
|align="right"| 5,001
|-
|PENNER, Keith
|align="right"| 15,280
|-
|FORTIN, Robert
|align="right"| 10,814
|-
|TURNER, J. Elgin
|align="right"| 2,852
|-
|STEVENS, Doris
|align="right"| 111
|PENNER, Keith
|align="right"| 12,359
|-
|DESJARDINS, Guy
|align="right"| 9,590
|-
|BRUNET, Ray
|align="right"| 7,672
|-
|BÉLAIR, Réginald
|align="right"| 11,954
|-
|WOOD, Len
|align="right"| 10,753
|-
|DESJARDINS, Guy
|align="right"| 7,032
|-
|BÉLAIR, Réginald
|align="right"|19,511
|-
|BANKS, Don
|align="right"| 2,590
|-
|PARENT, Muriel J.
|align="right"| 2,470
|-
|LAJEUNESSE, Jean Paul
|align="right"| 2,429
(except Timmins
, the geographic townships bordering Timmins on the west, Iroquois Falls
, and all the communities and townships south of a line extending east from the northern boundary of Iroquois Falls to Lake Abitibi
and then all communities and townships south of Lake Abitibi). The riding also included the two geographic townships in Algoma District
immediately south of Hearst
and all of Kenora District
east of the prolongation of the westerly border of Cochrane District. The riding was abolished in 1998 into Timmins—James Bay
, Algoma—Manitoulin and Timiskaming—Cochrane
. Prior to 1926, the riding was known as Cochrane.
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...
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....
, Canada
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...
. It was represented in the Canadian 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 1935 to 1997 and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario , is the legislature of the Canadian province of Ontario, and is the second largest provincial legislature of Canada...
from 1914 until 1998.
Federal electoral district
This riding was created in 1933 as "Cochrane" from parts of Timiskaming NorthTimiskaming North
Timiskaming North was a Canadian electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1925 to 1935. It was located in the northeastern part of the province of Ontario...
riding.
The electoral district was abolished in 1996 when it was redistributed between Algoma, Kenora—Rainy River
Kenora—Rainy River
Kenora—Rainy River was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1925 to 2004. It was located in the province of Ontario...
, Thunder Bay—Nipigon, Timiskaming—Cochrane
Timiskaming—Cochrane
Timiskaming—Cochrane was a federal electoral district in Ontario that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1997 to 2003. It was located in the northeast part of Ontario...
and Timmins—James Bay
Timmins—James Bay
Timmins—James Bay is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997. Its population in 2001 was 84,001....
ridings.
Geography
It initially consisted of the northern part of the territorial district of Timiskaming, and the eastern part of the territorial district of Cochrane and the district of Patricia. In Timiskaming, the riding included the part of the district lying north of and including the townships of Pontiac and Keefer and the townships in between them. In Cochrane, it included the part of th district lying east of a line drawn along the eastern boundaries of the townships of McCoig and Mulloy and north to the northern limit of the district. In Patricia, it included the part lying east of the projection north of the western boundary of the electoral district of Cochrane.In 1947, it was redefined to consist of the northern part of the territorial district of Cochrane and the eastern part of the district of Patricia. In the 1960s, it was redefined to consist of the northern parts of the territorial district of Algoma, Cochrane, Kenora (Patricia Portion), Sudbury and Timiskaming.
The electoral district was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed between Algoma, Cochrane North, Timiskaming
Timiskaming (electoral district)
Timiskaming was a federal electoral district in the northeastern part of Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1917 to 1925, and from 1935 to 1997....
and Timmins—Chapleau
Timmins—Chapleau
Timmins—Chapleau was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1979 to 1997. It was located in the northeast part of the province of Ontario...
ridings.
"Cochrane North" was formed in 1976 from parts of Cochrane and Thunder Bay
Thunder Bay (electoral district)
Thunder Bay was a federal electoral district in the northwestern part of the province of Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1968 to 1979....
ridings. It consisted of the northern part of the Territorial District of Algoma, northwest part of the Territorial District of Cochrane, the eastern part of the Territorial District of Kenora (Patricia Portion), and the southeast part of the Territorial District of Thunder Bay. The name of the electoral district was changed in 1977 to "Cochrane", and in 1980 to "Cochrane—Superior".
Cochrane—Superior initially consisted of the northern part of the Territorial District of Algoma, the north-west of the Territorial District of Cochrane, the eastern part of the Territorial District of Kenora (Patricia Portion), and the south-east part of the Territorial District of Thunder Bay.
It was redefined in 1987 to consist of the north-east part of the Territorial District of Algoma, the north-west part of the Territorial District of Cochrane, the eastern part of the Territorial District of Kenora, and the eastern part of the Territorial District of Thunder Bay.
Cochrane
|-|BRADETTE, Joseph Arthur
|align="right"| 12,719
|-
|BEACH, Harry Hughes
|align="right"| 3,247
|-
|MURTAGH, Andrew Patrick
|align="right"| 2,593
|-
|EWEN, Thomas Alexander
|align="right"|1,004
|-
|BRADETTE, Joseph Arthur
|align="right"| 16,785
|-
|CRUMB, Robert Whitney
|align="right"|5,652
|Farmer-Labour
Labour candidates and parties in Canada
There have been various groups in Canada that have nominated candidates under the label Labour Party or Independent Labour Party or other variations from the 1870s until the 1960s...
|TEEPLE, W. Garth
|align="right"| 3,922
|-
|BRADETTE, Joseph A.
|align="right"| 13,285
|-
|PARISIEN, Wilfrid
|align="right"|7,355
|-
|SPOONER, Joseph Wilfrid
|align="right"|4,711
|-
|BRADETTE, Joseph-Arthur
|align="right"| 6,352
|-
|BRUNELLE, René-Joseph-Napoléon
|align="right"| 3,885
|-
|LEFEBVRE, Elmo-Stanislas
|align="right"| 2,331
|-
|AYOTTE, Joseph-Apolidor-Flor
|align="right"| 891
|-
|HABEL, Joseph Alphonse Anac
|align="right"| 6,667
|-
|BRUNELLE, René Joseph Napoléon
|align="right"| 5,194
|-
|CARTER, John Pereira
|align="right"| 2,448
|-
|HABEL, J.A. Anaclet
|align="right"| 6,626
|-
|LEFEBVRE, Elmo
|align="right"| 3,319
|-
|LACASSE, Norman
|align="right"| 2,552
|-
|FILION, André J.
|align="right"| 2,351
|-
|HABEL, J. Anaclet
|align="right"| 7,851
|-
|BRUNELLE, René
|align="right"| 6,941
|-
|BALLANTYNE, James
|align="right"|2,729
|-
|HABEL, Joseph-Anaclet
|align="right"| 7,969
|-
|PATERSON, Ross A.
|align="right"| 4,814
|-
|BORDELEAU, François
|align="right"|4,072
|-
|ALBERT, Levi
|align="right"| 1,459
|-
|HABEL, Joseph-Anaclet
|align="right"| 7,809
|-
|PATERSON, Ross A.
|align="right"| 5,498
|-
|PALANGIO, Mike
|align="right"|3,276
|-
|BRISSON, Alphonse
|align="right"| 2,204
|-
|HABEL, Joseph-Anaclet
|align="right"| 7,505
|-
|PATERSON, Ross A.
|align="right"|6,685
|-
|MOORE, Bob
|align="right"| 3,025
|-
|BRISSON, Alphonse
|align="right"| 837
|-
|KELLY, Philip T.
|align="right"|316
|-
|STEWART, Ralph W.
|align="right"|9,803
|-
|PATERSON, Ross A.
|align="right"|7,034
|-
|MAYBURY, George W.
|align="right"|2,875
|-
|LAVOIE, Jeanne
|align="right"|433
|-
|STEWART, Ralph W.
|align="right"| 10,405
|-
|CONSTANTINE, Bud
|align="right"| 5,405
|-
|BROWN, Blair
|align="right"| 4,626
|-
|PETRIN, Emmanuel
|align="right"|1,477
|-
|MULLINS, Richard B.
|align="right"| 204
|-
|STEWART, Ralph
|align="right"| 11,379
|-
|BRIXHE, Carol
|align="right"|5,539
|-
|TOUCHETTE, Alphonse
|align="right"|2,957
|-
|GOSSELIN, François
|align="right"|1,099
|-
|PENNER, Keith
|align="right"| 12,889
|-
|FORTIN, Robert
|align="right"| 11,080
|-
|KOSOWAN, Carole
|align="right"| 5,001
|-
|PENNER, Keith
Keith Penner
B. Keith Penner is a Canadian public official and former politician. He is best known for having chaired a House of Commons committee on Indian self-government in the early 1980s, and for the report of the committee known as the Penner Report.-Early life:Raised in Alberta, Penner later moved to...
|align="right"| 15,280
|-
|FORTIN, Robert
|align="right"| 10,814
|-
|TURNER, J. Elgin
|align="right"| 2,852
|-
|STEVENS, Doris
|align="right"| 111
Cochrane—Superior
|-|PENNER, Keith
Keith Penner
B. Keith Penner is a Canadian public official and former politician. He is best known for having chaired a House of Commons committee on Indian self-government in the early 1980s, and for the report of the committee known as the Penner Report.-Early life:Raised in Alberta, Penner later moved to...
|align="right"| 12,359
|-
|DESJARDINS, Guy
|align="right"| 9,590
|-
|BRUNET, Ray
|align="right"| 7,672
|-
|BÉLAIR, Réginald
|align="right"| 11,954
|-
|WOOD, Len
|align="right"| 10,753
|-
|DESJARDINS, Guy
|align="right"| 7,032
|-
|BÉLAIR, Réginald
|align="right"|19,511
|-
|BANKS, Don
|align="right"| 2,590
|-
|PARENT, Muriel J.
|align="right"| 2,470
|-
|LAJEUNESSE, Jean Paul
|align="right"| 2,429
Provincial electoral district
From the 1987 election until its abolition, Cochrane North included most of the District of CochraneCochrane District, Ontario
Cochrane District, Ontario is a district and census division in Northeastern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario. It was created in 1921 from parts of Timiskaming and Thunder Bay districts....
(except Timmins
Timmins, Ontario
Timmins is a city in northeastern Ontario, Canada on the Mattagami River. At the time of the Canada 2006 Census, Timmins' population was 42,997...
, the geographic townships bordering Timmins on the west, Iroquois Falls
Iroquois Falls, Ontario
Iroquois Falls is a small town in Northern Ontario, Canada, with a population of 4,729 in the Canada 2006 Census.The town centre lies just off of Hwy 11 on the banks the Abitibi River, west of Lake Abitibi. Timmins, one of the largest cities in northern Ontario is approximately to the west...
, and all the communities and townships south of a line extending east from the northern boundary of Iroquois Falls to Lake Abitibi
Lake Abitibi
Lake Abitibi is a lake in northeastern Ontario and western Quebec, Canada. The lake is separated in two distinct portions by a short narrows, making it actually 2 lakes. Its total area is 931 km², and net area 903 km². The lake is shallow and studded with islands...
and then all communities and townships south of Lake Abitibi). The riding also included the two geographic townships in Algoma District
Algoma District, Ontario
Algoma District is a district and census division in Northeastern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario. It was created in 1858 comprising territory as far west as Minnesota...
immediately south of Hearst
Hearst, Ontario
Hearst is a town in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is located in Northern Ontario, approximately west of Kapuskasing, approximately north of Toronto and east of Thunder Bay on Highway 11...
and all of Kenora District
Kenora District, Ontario
Kenora District is a district and census division in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1907 from parts of Rainy River District. It is, geographically, the largest division in that province; at 407,192.66 km2 it comprises almost 38 percent of the province's land area...
east of the prolongation of the westerly border of Cochrane District. The riding was abolished in 1998 into Timmins—James Bay
Timmins—James Bay
Timmins—James Bay is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997. Its population in 2001 was 84,001....
, Algoma—Manitoulin and Timiskaming—Cochrane
Timiskaming—Cochrane
Timiskaming—Cochrane was a federal electoral district in Ontario that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1997 to 2003. It was located in the northeast part of Ontario...
. Prior to 1926, the riding was known as Cochrane.
Members
- Malcolm LangMalcolm LangMalcolm Lang was a Canadian politician, prospector and contractor.He was born in Eagle, Elgin County, Ontario. Lang was first elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1914 provincial election as the Ontario Liberal Party Member of the Legislative Assembly for Cochrane. He was re-elected in 1919...
, LiberalOntario Liberal PartyThe Ontario Liberal Party is a provincial political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. It has formed the Government of Ontario since the provincial election of 2003. The party is ideologically aligned with the Liberal Party of Canada but the two parties are organizationally independent and...
(1914-1926) - Albert Waters, ConservativeProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioThe Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario , is a right-of-centre political party in Ontario, Canada. The party was known for many years as "Ontario's natural governing party." It has ruled the province for 80 of the years since Confederation, including an uninterrupted run from 1943 to 1985...
(1926-1934) - Joseph-Anaclet Habel, Liberal (1934-1948)
- John CarrèreJohn Carrère (politician)Jean-Paul Carrère was a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Cochrane North in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 1948. A member of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party, he was elected in the 1948 election, but died in a car accident after just a few months in...
, Progressive ConservativeProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioThe Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario , is a right-of-centre political party in Ontario, Canada. The party was known for many years as "Ontario's natural governing party." It has ruled the province for 80 of the years since Confederation, including an uninterrupted run from 1943 to 1985...
(1948) - Marcel Léger, Progressive Conservative (1949-1951)
- Philip Kelly, Progressive Conservative (1951-1958)
- René BrunelleRené BrunelleRené Joseph Napoléon Brunelle was a Canadian politician, who represented Cochrane North in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1958 to 1981 as a Progressive Conservative member....
, Progressive Conservative (1958-1981) - René PichéRené PichéRené L. Piché was a Canadian politician, who served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1981 to 1985.He briefly served as a cabinet minister for Northern Transportation in the government of Frank Miller. He was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party...
, Progressive Conservative (1981-1985) - René FontaineRené FontaineJacques Noe René Fontaine is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1985 to 1990, and was a cabinet minister in the government of David Peterson....
, Liberal (1985-1990) - Len WoodLen WoodLen Wood is a former Canadian politician. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1990 to 1999, sitting for the New Democratic Party of Ontario.-Background:...
, New Democratic PartyOntario New Democratic PartyThe Ontario New Democratic Party or , formally known as New Democratic Party of Ontario, is a social democratic political party in Ontario, Canada. It is a provincial section of the federal New Democratic Party. It was formed in October 1961, a few months after the federal party. The ONDP had its...
(1990-1999)
See also
- List of Canadian federal electoral districts
- Past Canadian electoral districts
External links
- Riding history for Cochrane 1935-1976 from the Library of ParliamentLibrary of ParliamentThe Library of Parliament is the main information repository and research resource for the Parliament of Canada...
- Riding history for Cochrane-North 1976-1977 from the Library of ParliamentLibrary of ParliamentThe Library of Parliament is the main information repository and research resource for the Parliament of Canada...
- Riding history for Cochrane 1977-1980 from the Library of ParliamentLibrary of ParliamentThe Library of Parliament is the main information repository and research resource for the Parliament of Canada...
- Riding history for Cochrane-Superior 1980-1997 from the Library of ParliamentLibrary of ParliamentThe Library of Parliament is the main information repository and research resource for the Parliament of Canada...