Ottawa (City of) - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Ottawa 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...

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...

, that 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 1867 to 1935.

It was created by the British North America Act of 1867. It consisted of the city of Ottawa

Ottawa

Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...

. After 1872, there were two members elected in this electoral district.

In 1892, it was redefined to exclude the New Edinburgh district of the city. In 1903, it was redefined as the city of Ottawa, excluding Rideau Ward. In 1914, it was redefined to exclude Hintonburgh, Bayswater and Mechanicsville neighbourhoods as well as Rideau Ward. It continued to return two members.

In 1924, it was redefined as the city of Ottawa, excluding Rideau Ward and that part of the city lying west of a line beginning at the intersection of the Rideau Canal with the Canadian Pacific Railway in the south, and following the railway, Somerset Street, Bayswater Avenue, Bayview Road and Mason Street, to the Ottawa River.

The electoral district was abolished in 1933 when it was divided into Ottawa West

Ottawa West

Ottawa West was a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1935 to 1997 and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1908 to 1926 and from 1955 to 1999. It covered the western part of the Ottawa area.-Federal...

and Ottawa East

Ottawa—Vanier

Ottawa—Vanier is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1935...

ridings.

Members of Parliament

Joseph Merrill Currier
Joseph Merrill Currier
Joseph Merrill Currier was a Canadian member of parliament and businessman.He was born in North Troy, Vermont in 1820 and moved to Canada in 1837, where he began work in the timber trade. Around 1850, he set up a sawmill and gristmill operation at Manotick, Ontario with Moss Kent Dickinson...

, Liberal-Conservative
Liberal-Conservative Party
The Liberal-Conservative Party was the formal name of the Conservative Party of Canada until 1873, although some Conservative candidates continued to run under the label as late as the 1911 election and others ran as simple Conservatives prior to 1873...

(1867-1882)
John Bower Lewis
John Bower Lewis
John Bower Lewis, QC was the second mayor of Bytown in 1848, the first mayor of Ottawa from 1855 to 1857, and a member of the 2nd Canadian Parliament from 1872 to 1873....

, 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...

(1872-1874)
Pierre St-Jean, 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...

(1874-1878)
Joseph Tassé
Joseph Tassé
Joseph Tassé was a Canadian writer, translator, and parliamentarian.Born in L'Abord-à-Plouffe Lower Canada , Tassé as a young man studied the Classics at the Collège Bourget. Upon graduation he articled in law offices in Montreal, Plattsburgh, New York, and Ottawa...

, Conservative (1878-1887)
Charles H. Mackintosh
Charles H. Mackintosh
Charles Herbert Mackintosh was a journalist, mayor of Ottawa from 1879–1881, represented Ottawa City as a Liberal-Conservative in the Canadian House of Commons from 1882 to 1887, and from 1890 to 1893, and served as Lieutenant Governor of the Northwest Territories from 1893 to 1898.-Parentage and...

, Conservative (1882-1887)
William Goodhue Perley
William Goodhue Perley
William Goodhue Perley was a businessman and member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1887 to 1890.He was born in Enfield, New Hampshire in 1820. His emigrant ancestor was Allan Perley. During the 1840s, he established a lumber business based on timber from northern New York...

, Conservative (1887-1890)
Charles H. Mackintosh, Conservative (1890-1893)
Honoré Robillard
Honoré Robillard
Honoré Robillard was a Liberal-Conservative Member of the Canadian House of Commons for Ottawa City from 1887 to 1896 and a provincial Conservative Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for Russell from 1883 to 1886...

, Liberal-Conservative (1882-1896)
James Alexander Grant
James Alexander Grant
Sir James Alexander Grant, KCMG was an Ontario physician and political figure. He represented Russell in the Canadian House of Commons as a Conservative Party of Canada member from 1867 to 1874; he also represented the City of Ottawa in the federal parliament from 1893 to 1896.He was born in...

, Conservative (1893-1896)
William H. Hutchison
William H. Hutchison
William H. Hutchison was a mill owner and political figure in Ontario. He represented the City of Ottawa in the Canadian House of Commons from 1896 to 1900 as a Liberal member....

, Liberal (1896-1900)
Napoléon Antoine Belcourt, Liberal (1896-1907)
Thomas Birkett
Thomas Birkett
Thomas Birkett was mayor of Ottawa, Canada in 1891 and a member of the Canadian House of Commons representing Ottawa City from 1900 to 1904....

, Liberal (1900-1904)
Robert Stewart
Robert Stewart (Canadian politician)
Robert Stewart was a Canadian politician.He was born in Ottawa, Ontario, the son of William Stewart and Sarah Jane Donaldson, migrants from Northern Ireland...

, Liberal (1904-1908)
Jean-Baptiste Thomas Caron
Jean-Baptiste Thomas Caron
Jean-Baptiste Thomas Caron was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Ontario, Canada. He represented City of Ottawa in the Canadian House of Commons from 1907 to 1908 as a Liberal....

, Liberal (1907-1908) (by-election)
Sir Wilfrid Laurier
Wilfrid Laurier
Sir Wilfrid Laurier, GCMG, PC, KC, baptized Henri-Charles-Wilfrid Laurier was the seventh Prime Minister of Canada from 11 July 1896 to 6 October 1911....

, Liberal (1908-1910)
Harold B. McGiverin, Liberal (1908-1911)
Albert Allard
Albert Allard
Albert Allard was a Canadian politician and store owner. He was elected in 1910 as a Member of the Canadian House of Commons for the riding of the City of Ottawa, Ontario, and a member of the Liberal Party...

, Liberal (1910-1911) (by-election)
Alfred Ernest Fripp
Alfred Ernest Fripp
Alfred Ernest Fripp was a Canadian lawyer and politician.Born in Ottawa, Ontario, the son of Sidney Bowles Fripp, he was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the riding of Ottawa in the 1911 federal elections. A Conservative, he was re-elected in 1917 but was defeated in 1921...

, Conservative (1911-1921)
John Léo Chabot
John Léo Chabot
John Léo Chabot, PC was a Canadian parliamentarian and surgeon.Born in Ottawa, the son of Pierre-Hyacinthe Chabot and Margaret Ethier, he was educated at the University of Ottawa and McGill University and practised medicine in Ottawa.Chabot was defeated in his attempt to win election as a...

, Conservative (1911-1921)
Harold B. McGiverin, Liberal (1921-1925)
Edgar-Rodolphe-Eugène Chevrier
Edgar-Rodolphe-Eugène Chevrier
Edgar-Rodolphe-Eugène Chevrier was an Ontario lawyer, judge and political figure. He represented City of Ottawa in the Canadian House of Commons from 1921 to 1935 and Ottawa East from 1935 to 1936 as a Liberal member....

, Liberal (1921-1925)
Stewart McClenaghan
Stewart McClenaghan
Stewart McClenaghan was a Conservative member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Oxford Mills, Ontario and became a clothing retailer....

, Conservative (1925-1926)
John Léo Chabot, Conservative (1925-1926)
Edgar-Rodolphe-Eugène Chevrier, Liberal (1926-1933)
Gordon Cameron Edwards
Gordon Cameron Edwards
Gordon Cameron Edwards was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Thurso and became a lumber merchant....

, Liberal (1926-1930)
Thomas Franklin Ahearn, Liberal (1930-1933)

Electoral history

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|Liberal-Conservative

Liberal-Conservative Party

The Liberal-Conservative Party was the formal name of the Conservative Party of Canada until 1873, although some Conservative candidates continued to run under the label as late as the 1911 election and others ran as simple Conservatives prior to 1873...

|CURRIER, Joseph Merrill

Joseph Merrill Currier

Joseph Merrill Currier was a Canadian member of parliament and businessman.He was born in North Troy, Vermont in 1820 and moved to Canada in 1837, where he began work in the timber trade. Around 1850, he set up a sawmill and gristmill operation at Manotick, Ontario with Moss Kent Dickinson...

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|DICKINSON,
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|THOMPSON,
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|-

|Liberal-Conservative

Liberal-Conservative Party

|CURRIER, Joseph Merrill

Joseph Merrill Currier

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...

|LEWIS, John Bower

John Bower Lewis

John Bower Lewis, QC was the second mayor of Bytown in 1848, the first mayor of Ottawa from 1855 to 1857, and a member of the 2nd Canadian Parliament from 1872 to 1873....

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|-

|Liberal-Conservative

Liberal-Conservative Party

|CURRIER, J.M.

Joseph Merrill Currier

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...

|ST. JEAN, Dr.
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|AUMAND,
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|SWEETLAND,
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On Mr. Currier's resignation for having infringed the Independence of Parliament Act by conducting business dealings with the government while still a member:

|-

|Liberal-Conservative

Liberal-Conservative Party

|CURRIER, Joseph Merrill

Joseph Merrill Currier

J.P. Featherston

John Peter Featherston was the mayor of Ottawa, Canada, from 1874 to 1875.Born in Durham, England in 1830, he came to Canada in 1858. Upon settling in Ottawa, he opened a drug store. In 1867 he was elected to city council, and in 1879 was appointed clerk and registrar for the Carleton County court...

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|-

|Liberal-Conservative

Liberal-Conservative Party

|CURRIER, Jos. Merrill

Joseph Merrill Currier

Conservative Party of Canada (historical)

|TASSÉ, Joseph

Joseph Tassé

Joseph Tassé was a Canadian writer, translator, and parliamentarian.Born in L'Abord-à-Plouffe Lower Canada , Tassé as a young man studied the Classics at the Collège Bourget. Upon graduation he articled in law offices in Montreal, Plattsburgh, New York, and Ottawa...

Liberal Party of Canada

C. W. Bangs

Chauncey Ward Bangs was mayor of Ottawa, Canada in 1878.He was born in Standstead in the Eastern Townships of Lower Canada in 1814, the son of Benjamin Bangs. His family came to Canada from the United States during the War of 1812 and later moved to L'Orignal. He entered the hat and fur business,...

|align="right"| 1,239
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|-

|Conservative

Conservative Party of Canada (historical)

|MACKINTOSH, Charles H.

Charles H. Mackintosh

Charles Herbert Mackintosh was a journalist, mayor of Ottawa from 1879–1881, represented Ottawa City as a Liberal-Conservative in the Canadian House of Commons from 1882 to 1887, and from 1890 to 1893, and served as Lieutenant Governor of the Northwest Territories from 1893 to 1898.-Parentage and...

Conservative Party of Canada (historical)

|TASSÉ, Joseph

Joseph Tassé

Liberal Party of Canada

Liberal Party of Canada

|ST. JEAN, P
|align="right"| 1,213
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|}
|-

|Conservative

Conservative Party of Canada (historical)

|William Goodhue Perley

William Goodhue Perley

William Goodhue Perley was a businessman and member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1887 to 1890.He was born in Enfield, New Hampshire in 1820. His emigrant ancestor was Allan Perley. During the 1840s, he established a lumber business based on timber from northern New York...

Liberal-Conservative Party

|Honoré Robillard

Honoré Robillard

Honoré Robillard was a Liberal-Conservative Member of the Canadian House of Commons for Ottawa City from 1887 to 1896 and a provincial Conservative Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for Russell from 1883 to 1886...

Liberal Party of Canada

Liberal Party of Canada

|ST. JEAN,
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On Mr. Perley's death:

|-

|Conservative

Conservative Party of Canada (historical)

|Charles H. Mackintosh

Charles H. Mackintosh

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|Equal Rights

Equal Rights Party (Canada)

The Equal Rights Party was a Canadian political party that nominated two candidates in the 5 March 1891 federal election. Samuel Grandy, running in Durham East riding in Ontario, won 1,685 of the 3,431 votes cast , losing narrowly to Conservative Party candidate Thomas Dixon Craig, who collected...

|Hay
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|Liberal

Liberal Party of Canada

|Chrysler
|align="right"| 1,242
|}
|-

|Conservative

Conservative Party of Canada (historical)

|MACKINTOSH, C.H.

Charles H. Mackintosh

Liberal-Conservative Party

|ROBILLARD, Honoré

Honoré Robillard

Liberal Party of Canada

Liberal Party of Canada

Equal Rights Party (Canada)

Liberal Party of Canada

|NAGLE, R.
|align="right"| 55
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|}

On Mr. Mackintosh's resignation:

|-

|Conservative

Conservative Party of Canada (historical)

|GRANT, James Alexander
|align="right"|acclaimed
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|-

|Liberal

Liberal Party of Canada

Liberal Party of Canada

Conservative Party of Canada (historical)

Conservative Party of Canada (historical)

|CHAMPAGNE, N.

Napoléon Champagne

Napoléon Champagne was mayor of Ottawa in 1908 and 1924, and a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario representing Ottawa East from 1911 to 1914....

Protestant Protective Association

The Protestant Protective Association was an anti-Catholic group in the 1890s based in Ontario, Canada, associated with the Orange Order. Originally a spinoff of the American group the American Protective Association, it became independent in 1892...

|MCVEITY, Taylor
|align="right"|2,100
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|-

|Conservative

Conservative Party of Canada (historical)

|BIRKETT, Thos.

Thomas Birkett

Thomas Birkett was mayor of Ottawa, Canada in 1891 and a member of the Canadian House of Commons representing Ottawa City from 1900 to 1904....

Liberal Party of Canada

Conservative Party of Canada (historical)

Liberal Party of Canada

|STEWART, Robt.
|align="right"|4,419
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|}
|-

|Liberal

Liberal Party of Canada

Liberal Party of Canada

Conservative Party of Canada (historical)

|BIRKETT, Thomas

Thomas Birkett

Thomas Birkett was mayor of Ottawa, Canada in 1891 and a member of the Canadian House of Commons representing Ottawa City from 1900 to 1904....

Conservative Party of Canada (historical)

|CHAMPAGNE, N.
|align="right"| 4,547
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|}

On Mr. Belcourt being called to the Senate:

|-

|Liberal

Liberal Party of Canada

|CARON, J.B.T.
|align="right"| 4,474
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|Unknown
|MORRIS, W.D.
|align="right"| 1,145
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|}
|-

|Liberal

Liberal Party of Canada

|LAURIER, Rt. Hon. Sir Wilfrid

Wilfrid Laurier

Sir Wilfrid Laurier, GCMG, PC, KC, baptized Henri-Charles-Wilfrid Laurier was the seventh Prime Minister of Canada from 11 July 1896 to 6 October 1911....

Liberal Party of Canada

Conservative Party of Canada (historical)

|BIRKETT, Thomas

Thomas Birkett

Thomas Birkett was mayor of Ottawa, Canada in 1891 and a member of the Canadian House of Commons representing Ottawa City from 1900 to 1904....

Conservative Party of Canada (historical)

|CHABOT, John Leo
|align="right"| 5,890
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|}

On Mr. Laurier's resignation:

|-

|Liberal

Liberal Party of Canada

Conservative Party of Canada (historical)

|CHABOT, John Leo
|align="right"|5,121
|align=center|
|}
|-

|Conservative

Conservative Party of Canada (historical)

Conservative Party of Canada (historical)

Liberal Party of Canada

Liberal Party of Canada

Socialist Party of Canada

There have been two different but related political parties in Canada that called themselves the Socialist Party of Canada . The current Socialist Party is an electorally inactive and unregistered federal political party in Canada...

|MCCALLUM, Allan Gordon
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|Government
|FRIPP, Alfred Ernest
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|Government
|CHABOT, John Leo
|align="right"| 18,312
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|Opposition

Laurier Liberals

Prior to the 1917 federal election in Canada, the Liberal Party of Canada split into two factions:* the Laurier Liberals, who opposed conscription of soldiers to support Canada's involvement in World War I and who were led by former Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier; and* the Liberal Unionists who...

|LAURIER, Rt. Hon. Sir Wilfrid

Wilfrid Laurier

Sir Wilfrid Laurier, GCMG, PC, KC, baptized Henri-Charles-Wilfrid Laurier was the seventh Prime Minister of Canada from 11 July 1896 to 6 October 1911....

Laurier Liberals

|MCGIVERIN, Harold B.
|align="right"| 13,077
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|}
|-

|Liberal

Liberal Party of Canada

Liberal Party of Canada

Conservative Party of Canada (historical)

Conservative Party of Canada (historical)

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...

Progressive Party of Canada

|BOURQUE, Edmond
|align="right"| 4,444
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|}
|-

|Conservative

Conservative Party of Canada (historical)

Conservative Party of Canada (historical)

Liberal Party of Canada

Liberal Party of Canada

|WILSON, Norman Frank
|align="right"| 19,165
|align=center|
|}
|-

|Liberal

Liberal Party of Canada

Liberal Party of Canada

Conservative Party of Canada (historical)

Conservative Party of Canada (historical)

|CHABOT, Hon. John Léo
|align="right"| 21,614
|align=center|
|}
|-

|Liberal

Liberal Party of Canada

Liberal Party of Canada

Conservative Party of Canada (historical)

Conservative Party of Canada (historical)

|LAFORTUNE, Frank
|align="right"| 22,579
|align=center|
|}

Members of Parliament

Electoral history

See also