Haldimand and Monck
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Haldimand and Monck was a federal electoral district
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...

 represented in the Canadian
Canada
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 House of Commons
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 from 1892 to 1904. It was located in the province
Provinces and territories of Canada
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 of Ontario
Ontario
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.

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

 and Monck ridings.

It consisted of the townships of Oneida, Rainham, Seneca, North Cayuga and South Cayuga, Canboro', Dunn, Moulton, Sherbrooke and Wainfleet, and the villages of Caledonia, Cayuga, Hagersville and Dunnville.

The electoral district was abolished in 1903 when it was redistributed between Haldimand and Welland
Welland (electoral district)
Welland is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1988, and since 2004. Its population in 2006 was 112,875....

 ridings.

Election results

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|MONTAGUE, Hon. W.H.
Walter Humphries Montague
Walter Humphries Montague, PC was a Canadian politician. He was a federal cabinet minister in the governments of Mackenzie Bowell and Charles Tupper, and subsequently a provincial cabinet minister in the Manitoba government of Rodmond Palen Roblin...


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|DAVIS, A.A.
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|BECK, S.A.
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|THOMPSON, A.T.
Andrew Thorburn Thompson
Andrew Thorburn Thompson was a military officer, editor, lawyer and a third generation political figure in Canada....


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|MONTAGUE, Hon. W.H.
Walter Humphries Montague
Walter Humphries Montague, PC was a Canadian politician. He was a federal cabinet minister in the governments of Mackenzie Bowell and Charles Tupper, and subsequently a provincial cabinet minister in the Manitoba government of Rodmond Palen Roblin...

 
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