Muskoka—Ontario 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

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...

 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 1925 to 1949. It was located 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....

. This riding was created in 1924 from parts of Muskoka

Muskoka (electoral district)

Muskoka was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1872 to 1882 and from 1904 to 1925. It was located in the province of Ontario...

 and Ontario North

Ontario North

Ontario North 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 the British North America Act of 1867....

 ridings.

It initially consisted of the territorial district of Muskoka and the part of the county of Ontario lying north of and including the township of Uxbridge and north of nbut excluding the township of Reach.

The electoral district was abolished in 1947 when it was redistributed between Ontario

Ontario (electoral district)

Ontario was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1925 to 1997. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1924 from Ontario South riding....

, Parry Sound—Muskoka

Parry Sound—Muskoka

Parry Sound—Muskoka is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1949....

, Simcoe East

Simcoe East

Simcoe East was a federal electoral district in the province of Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1882 to 1968...

 and Victoria

Victoria (Ontario electoral district)

Victoria was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1904 to 1968. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was first created in 1903 from parts of Peterborough East, Victoria North and Victoria South ridings.It was initially defined as...

 ridings.

Electoral history

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|MCGIBBON, Peter
|align="right"|9,184
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|HALBERT, Robert Henry

Robert Henry Halbert

Robert Henry Halbert was an agrarian activist and politician. He was president of the United Farmers of Ontario from 1915 to 1918 and was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in a 1919 by-election as an independent candidate in Ontario North...

|align="right"|5,608
|}
|-

|MCGIBBON, Peter
|align="right"|9,039
|-

|JOHNSTON, John Benjamin
|align="right"|5,757
|}
|-

|MCGIBBON, Peter
|align="right"|8,828
|-

|MACDONALD, James Dean
|align="right"|5,880
|}
|-

|FURNISS, Stephen Joseph
|align="right"|8,183
|-

|MCGIBBON, Peter
|align="right"|7,326
|-

|RICE, Harmon Edmund
|align="right"|1,215
|-

|SHIPMAN, Arthur
|align="right"|614
|}
|-

|FURNISS, Stephen J.
|align="right"|8,098
|-

|PROWSE, Norman Everrit
|align="right"|7,016
|}
|-

|MACDONNELL, James MacKerras
|align="right"|8,531
|-

|PANTER, George Clifford
|align="right"| 7,762
|}

See also

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

External links

• Riding history from Library of Parliament website