Russell (Ontario federal electoral district)

This article is about the former federal electoral district. For the former provincial electoral district, see Russell (Ontario provincial electoral district). For the pre-Confederation electoral district, see Russell (Province of Canada electoral district). For the Manitoba electoral district with the same name, see Russell (Manitoba electoral district).

Russell

Ontario electoral district
Location of Russell in Ontario in 1867
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1867
District abolished	1966
First contested	1867
Last contested	1965

Russell was a federal electoral district in eastern Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1968.

The federal riding was created by the British North America Act of 1867, and consisted initially of the County of Russell the townships of Gloucester and Osgoode in the county of Carleton. In 1903, the Rideau Ward of the city of Ottawa was added to the riding. In 1933, it was redefined to consist of the county of Russell and the part of the county of Carleton included in the township of Gloucester, excepting that part of the township of Gloucester included in the town of Eastview and the village of Rockcliffe Park. In 1947, it was expanded to include the town of Eastview in the township of Gloucester in the county of Carleton.

The federal electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed between Glengarry—Prescott, Ottawa East and Ottawa—Carleton ridings.

Pre-confederation

District created in 1834 from Prescott & Russell.

Members of the Parliament of Upper Canada

1. Thomas McKay (1834–1840)

Members of the Parliament of the Province of Canada

1. William Henry Draper, Conservative (1841–1843)
2. William Stewart, Conservative (1843–1844)
3. Archibald Petrie, Conservative (1844–1847)
4. G. B. Lyon-Fellowes, Conservative (1847–1857)
5. John W. Loux (1857–1861)
6. Robert Bell, Conservative (1861–1866)

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
1st	1867–1872		James Grant	Conservative
2nd	1872–1874
3rd	1874–1878		Robert Blackburn	Liberal
4th	1878–1878		John O'Connor	Conservative
	1878–1882
5th	1882–1887		Moss Kent Dickinson
6th	1887–1888		William Cameron Edwards	Liberal
	1888–1891
7th	1891–1896
8th	1896–1900
9th	1900–1903
	1903–1904		David Wardrope Wallace
10th	1904–1908		Norman Frank Wilson
11th	1908–1911		Charles Murphy
12th	1911–1917
13th	1917–1921			Opposition (Laurier Liberals)
14th	1921–1921			Liberal
	1921–1925
15th	1925–1926		Alfred Goulet
16th	1926–1930
17th	1930–1935
18th	1935–1940
19th	1940–1945
20th	1945–1949		Joseph-Omer Gour
21st	1949–1953
22nd	1953–1957
23rd	1957–1958
24th	1958–1959†
	1959–1962		Paul Tardif
25th	1962–1963
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968
Riding dissolved into Glengarry—Prescott, Ottawa East and Ottawa—Carleton

Election results

1867 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	James Grant	1,293
	Unknown	Robert Bell	695

1872 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	James Grant	1,217
	Liberal	Malcolm Cameron	952
Source: Canadian Elections Database

1872 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Robert Blackburn	1,078
	Conservative	James Grant	1,014
	Unknown	W. R. Bell	95

1872 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John O'Connor	1,612
	Unknown	Ira Morgan	1,097

By-election: On Mr. O'Connor being appointed President of the Privy Council, 4 November 1878
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John O'Connor	acclaimed

By-election: On Mr. Edwards being unseated for bribery, 7 May 1888
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Cameron Edwards	2,166
	Unknown	Charles Herbert Mackintosh	1,963

1896 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Cameron Edwards	2,983
	Conservative	E. N. Hurtibise	1,380
	Independent	G. J. Wilson	1,093

By-election: On Mr. Edwards being called to the Senate, 20 April 1903
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	David Wardrope Wallace	acclaimed

1904 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Norman Frank Wilson	3,305
	Conservative	John E. Askwith	2,357
	Independent	Morris Shaver	66

1908 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Murphy	3,616
	Conservative	John A. Gamble	2,470

1911 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Murphy	3,812
	Conservative	Joseph Ulric Vincent	2,836

1917 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	Charles Murphy	5,895
	Government (Unionist)	Duncan Cameron Merkley	3,768

1921 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Murphy	9,069
	Progressive	Marshall Rathwell	6,836

By-election: On Mr. Murphy being appointed Postmaster General, 19 January 1921
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Murphy	acclaimed

1925 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Alfred Goulet	8,419
	Conservative	Duncan Cameron Merkley	6,328

1926 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Alfred Goulet	9,062
	Conservative	Wilfrid Thivierge	4,876

1930 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Alfred Goulet	9,551
	Conservative	Alexandre Marion	7,964

1935 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Alfred Goulet	5,041
	Independent	John Rudolphus Booth	2,897
	Reconstruction	Marshall Rathwell	1,423
	Conservative	Mathias Landry	1,368
	Independent	Joseph Alvary Brisson	862

1940 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Alfred Goulet	6,045
	National Government	Frederic-A. Caillier	2,961

1945 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph-Omer Gour	5,519
	Progressive Conservative	Frederic-A. Caillier	3,271
	Independent	Antonin Lalonde	2,708
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Thomas Keenan	600
	Social Credit	Harvey Turner	340

1949 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph-Omer Gour	12,635
	Progressive Conservative	Moïse Gendron	5,767
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Ernest Cousineau	1,112
	Social Credit	Adrien-Joseph Papineau	538

1953 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph-Omer Gour	15,969
	Progressive Conservative	Joseph E. Charron	6,470
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Ernest Cousineau	1,157
	Social Credit	Alexandre Denommée	519

1957 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph-Omer Gour	20,673
	Progressive Conservative	Wilbur Nixon	12,271
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Harry Jacks	1,420
	Social Credit	Eddie Parisien	1,161

1958 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph-Omer Gour	21,575
	Progressive Conservative	Wilbur Nixon	19,464
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Harry Jacks	1,224
	Social Credit	Eddie Parisien	594

By-election: On Mr. Gour's death, 5 October 1959
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Paul Tardif	21,070
	Progressive Conservative	Wilbur Nixon	14,152
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Denis Kalman	1,077

1962 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Paul Tardif	29,322
	Progressive Conservative	Leo Kelly	15,492
	New Democratic	Harold B. Wilson	3,385
	Social Credit	Adrien Papineau	1,427

1963 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Paul Tardif	31,182
	Progressive Conservative	Joe Poirier	14,892
	New Democratic	Harold B. Wilson	3,191
	Social Credit	Léo Cote	2,938

1965 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Paul Tardif	28,997
	Progressive Conservative	Kenneth Binks	15,718
	New Democratic	Harold B. Wilson	7,186

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

External links

• Website of the Parliament of Canada