Timmins (federal electoral district)

Coordinates: 48°35′N 81°10′W / 48.58°N 81.17°W / 48.58; -81.17
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Timmins
Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1947
District abolished1976
First contested1949
Last contested1974

Timmins was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1949 to 1979. It was located around the city of Timmins in the northeastern part of the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1947 from parts of Cochrane and Timiskaming ridings.

It consisted of portions of the territorial districts of Timiskaming and Cochrane.

The electoral district was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed between Timiskaming and Timmins—Chapleau ridings.

Members of Parliament[edit]

Parliament Years Member Party
Riding created from Cochrane and Timiskaming
21st  1949–1953     Karl Eyre Liberal
22nd  1953–1957
23rd  1957–1958     Murdo Martin Co-operative Commonwealth
24th  1958–1962
25th  1962–1963     New Democratic
26th  1963–1965
27th  1965–1968
28th  1968–1972     Jean Roy Liberal
29th  1972–1974
30th  1974–1979
Riding dissolved into Timiskaming and Timmins—Chapleau

Electoral history[edit]

1949 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal Karl Eyre 7,949
  Co-operative Commonwealth Leo P. Lalonde 5,517
  Progressive Conservative Percy Boyce 4,377
Labor–Progressive Raymond Leslie Stevenson 813
1953 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal Karl Eyre 5,541
  Co-operative Commonwealth Arnold Peters 4,686
  Progressive Conservative Maurice Bélanger 3,348
Labor–Progressive Oscar Roy 369
1957 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Co-operative Commonwealth Murdo Martin 6,776
  Liberal Joseph J. Evans 6,290
  Progressive Conservative Percy Boyce 4,423
1958 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Co-operative Commonwealth Murdo Martin 7,342
  Progressive Conservative Émile Brunette 6,252
  Liberal Joseph J. Evans 5,719
1962 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  New Democratic Murdo Martin 8,834
  Liberal Émile Clément 5,439
  Progressive Conservative Mary Gauthier 4,676
Social Credit Ralph R. Fear 805
1963 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  New Democratic Murdo Martin 8,452
  Liberal Leo del Villano 7,592
  Progressive Conservative Émile Brunette 3,068
Social Credit Clément Larochelle 719
1965 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  New Democratic Murdo Martin 10,071
  Liberal Elmer E. Smith 6,456
  Progressive Conservative Bob Killingbeck 2,715
  Independent John James Buchan 100
1968 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal Jean Roy 11,141
  New Democratic Murdo Martin 8,807
  Progressive Conservative Wyman Brewer 2,118
1972 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal Jean Roy 10,804
  New Democratic Murdo Martin 9,819
  Progressive Conservative Bill Hickey 2,997
Social Credit John Cornelsen 770
1974 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal Jean Roy 12,904
  New Democratic Wally Rantala 7,681
  Progressive Conservative John Huggins 4,098
Social Credit John Cornelsen 472
Communist Norman Hill 90

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48°35′N 81°10′W / 48.58°N 81.17°W / 48.58; -81.17