Norfolk (electoral district) - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Norfolk 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

Canadian House of Commons

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from 1904 to 1925. It was located in the province

Provinces and territories of Canada

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of Ontario

Ontario

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. This riding was first created in 1903 from Norfolk North

Norfolk North

For the UK Parliament constituency, see North Norfolk Norfolk North was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1904. It was located in the province of Ontario. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867 which divided the county of...

and Norfolk South

Norfolk South

Norfolk South may refer to:* Norfolk South * South Norfolk...

ridings.

It consisted of the county of Norfolk.

The electoral district was abolished in 1924 when it was merged into Norfolk—Elgin

Norfolk—Elgin

Norfolk—Elgin was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1925 to 1935. It was located in the province of Ontario...

riding.

It was recreated in 1933, again consisting of the county of Norfolk.

The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was merged into Norfolk—Haldimand

Norfolk—Haldimand

Norfolk—Haldimand was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1968 to 1979. It was located in the province of Ontario...

riding.

Electoral history

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|Conservative

Conservative Party of Canada (historical)

The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...

|TISDALE, Hon. David

David Tisdale

David Tisdale, PC was a Canadian politician.Born in Charlotteville Township, Upper Canada, the son of Ephraim Tisdale and Hannah Price, he was educated at the Simcoe Grammar School and called to the Ontario bar in 1858. He was made a Queen's Counsel in 1872...

|align="right"| 3,336

|Liberal

Liberal Party of Canada

The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...

|DOULY, Hal B.
|align="right"|3,150
|}
|-

|Conservative

Conservative Party of Canada (historical)

|MCCALL, Alexander
|align="right"| 3,456

|Liberal

Liberal Party of Canada

|DONLY, Hal B.
|align="right"|3,030
|}
|-

|Liberal

Liberal Party of Canada

|CHARLTON, William Andrew
|align="right"| 3,179

|Conservative

Conservative Party of Canada (historical)

|MCCALL, Alexander
|align="right"|3,061
|}
|-

|Government
|CHARLTON, William Andrew
|align="right"|4,544

|Opposition

Laurier Liberals

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|WALLACE, John Alexander

John Alexander Wallace

John Alexander Wallace was a Canadian politician, engineer and farmer.Wallace was born in Simcoe, Ontario, Canada. He was elected in 1921 to the Canadian House of Commons as a Member of the Progressive Party in the riding of Norfolk...

|align="right"|3,258
|}
|-

|Progressive

Progressive Party of Canada

The Progressive Party of Canada was a political party in Canada in the 1920s and 1930s. It was linked with the provincial United Farmers parties in several provinces and, in Manitoba, ran candidates and formed governments as the Progressive Party of Manitoba...

|WALLACE, John Alexander

John Alexander Wallace

|align="right"| 6,205

|Conservative

Conservative Party of Canada (historical)

|SUTTON, William
|align="right"| 5,451
|}
|-

|Liberal

Liberal Party of Canada

|TAYLOR, William Horace

William Horace Taylor

William Horace Taylor was a Canadian politician.Born in Townsend Township, Ontario, he grew up on a farm near Scotland, Ontario, south of Brantford, Ontario. From 1921 to 1925, he was a farmer in Scotland...

|align="right"| 7,623

|Conservative

Conservative Party of Canada (historical)

|TISDALE, David Edgett
|align="right"| 4,390

|Reconstruction

Reconstruction Party of Canada

The Reconstruction Party was a Canadian political party founded by Henry Herbert Stevens, a long-time Conservative Member of Parliament . Stevens served as Minister of Trade in the Arthur Meighen government of 1921, and as Minister of Trade and Commerce from 1930 to 1934 in the Depression-era...

|ENGLISH, Samuel Sandford
|align="right"| 2,113

|Co-operative Commonwealth

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation was a Canadian political party founded in 1932 in Calgary, Alberta, by a number of socialist, farm, co-operative and labour groups, and the League for Social Reconstruction...

|STEWART, Alexdander Charles
|align="right"| 285
|}
|-

|Liberal

Liberal Party of Canada

|TAYLOR, William Horace

William Horace Taylor

|align="right"| 9,230

|National Government
|PRATT, Arthur Clarence
|align="right"| 5,894
|}
|-

|Progressive Conservative

Progressive Conservative Party of Canada

The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....

|BARRETT, Theobald Butler

Theobald Butler Barrett

Theobald Butler Barrett was a Canadian politician. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in 1945 as a Member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada to represent the riding of Norfolk. He was defeated in the 1949 election...

|align="right"|7,505

|Liberal

Liberal Party of Canada

|HONEY, Wilton Erwin
|align="right"| 6,699

|Co-operative Commonwealth

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

|WALLACE, John Alexander
|align="right"| 1,599
|}
|-

|Liberal

Liberal Party of Canada

|ANDERSON, Raymond Elmer

Raymond Elmer Anderson

Raymond Elmer Anderson was a Canadian politician elected to the Canadian House of Commons in 1949 and 1953 as a member of the Liberal Party representing the riding of Norfolk. Anderson served as a Member of Parliament for 12 years. Anderson also ran as an independent for Norfolk in the elections...

|align="right"| 9,280

|Progressive Conservative

Progressive Conservative Party of Canada

The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....

|BARRETT, Theobald Butler
|align="right"|7,067

|Co-operative Commonwealth

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

|JAMES, William Ernest Stanl
|align="right"|1,180
|}
|-

|Liberal

Liberal Party of Canada

|ANDERSON, Raymond Elmer

Raymond Elmer Anderson

|align="right"| 8,475

|Progressive Conservative

Progressive Conservative Party of Canada

The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....

|BIRDSALL, Charles Wellington
|align="right"| 6,747

|Co-operative Commonwealth

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

|JAMES, William E.S.
|align="right"|621

|Labour-Progressive Party

Labour-Progressive Party

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|MARKS, Helen
|align="right"| 193
|}
|-

|Progressive Conservative

Progressive Conservative Party of Canada

The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....

|KNOWLES, John Evans
|align="right"| 10,885

|Liberal

Liberal Party of Canada

|ANDERSON, Raymond Elmer

Raymond Elmer Anderson

|align="right"| 7,711

|Social Credit

Social Credit Party of Canada

The Social Credit Party of Canada was a conservative-populist political party in Canada that promoted social credit theories of monetary reform...

|LEONARD, Wesley Weekes
|align="right"|690
|}
|-

|Progressive Conservative

Progressive Conservative Party of Canada

The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....

|KNOWLES, J. Evans
|align="right"| 12,369

|Liberal

Liberal Party of Canada

|ANDERSON, Raymond E.
|align="right"|7,347
|}
|-

|Liberal

Liberal Party of Canada

|ROXBURGH, John Maxwell
|align="right"| 10,882

|Progressive Conservative

Progressive Conservative Party of Canada

The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....

|KNOWLES, J. Evans
|align="right"| 9,092

|New Democratic Party

New Democratic Party

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|FOLEY, Hugh
|align="right"|1,216

|Social Credit

Social Credit Party of Canada

The Social Credit Party of Canada was a conservative-populist political party in Canada that promoted social credit theories of monetary reform...

|DICKSON, Edwin Herbert
|align="right"| 464
|}
|-

|Liberal

Liberal Party of Canada

|ROXBURGH, Jack M.
|align="right"| 10,862

|Progressive Conservative

Progressive Conservative Party of Canada

The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....

|KNOWLES, J. Evans
|align="right"| 10,115

|New Democratic Party

New Democratic Party

|PADYK, Leonard
|align="right"| 1,156

|Social Credit

Social Credit Party of Canada

The Social Credit Party of Canada was a conservative-populist political party in Canada that promoted social credit theories of monetary reform...

|JUDD, James W.
|align="right"|594
|}
|-

|Liberal

Liberal Party of Canada

|ROXBURGH, Jack M.
|align="right"| 9,833

|Progressive Conservative

Progressive Conservative Party of Canada

The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....

|KNOWLES, Evans
|align="right"| 9,724

|New Democratic Party

New Democratic Party

|STACHNYK, Myron
|align="right"|1,532

|Social Credit

Social Credit Party of Canada

The Social Credit Party of Canada was a conservative-populist political party in Canada that promoted social credit theories of monetary reform...

|TRISKA, William
|align="right"| 319
|}

Electoral history

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