Ottawa (City of) (electoral district)

Ottawa (City of) () was a federal electoral district in the province of Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1935.

It was created by the British North America Act 1867. It consisted of the city of Ottawa. After 1872, two MPs represented this electoral district at any one time.

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 (sic), 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 and Ottawa East ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party Member Party 1st 1867–1872 Joseph Merrill Currier Liberal–Conservative 2nd 1872–1874 John Bower Lewis Conservative 3rd 1874–1877 Pierre St. Jean Liberal 1877–1878 4th 1878–1882 Joseph Tassé Conservative 5th 1882–1887 Charles H. Mackintosh Conservative 6th 1887–1890 William Goodhue Perley† Honoré Robillard Liberal–Conservative 1890–1891 Charles H. Mackintosh 7th 1891–1893 1893–1896 James Grant 8th 1896–1900 William H. Hutchison Liberal Napoléon Belcourt Liberal 9th 1900–1904 Thomas Birkett Conservative 10th 1904–1907 Robert Stewart Liberal 1907–1908 Jean-Baptiste Thomas Caron 11th 1908–1910 Wilfrid Laurier Harold McGiverin 1910–1911 Albert Allard 12th 1911–1917 Alfred Ernest Fripp Conservative John Léo Chabot Conservative 13th 1917–1921 Government (Unionist) Government (Unionist) 14th 1921–1925 Harold McGiverin Liberal Edgar-Rodolphe-Eugène Chevrier Liberal 15th 1925–1926 Stewart McClenaghan Conservative John Léo Chabot Conservative 16th 1926–1930 Edgar-Rodolphe-Eugène Chevrier Liberal Gordon Cameron Edwards Liberal 17th 1930–1935 T. Franklin Ahearn Riding dissolved into Ottawa West and Ottawa East

Election history

Result by ward Ward Currier McGillivray Gibb Martineau Total vote Eligible voters By 270 0 9 1 280 746 Ottawa 256 1 1 0 258 656 Victoria 118 1 4 0 123 371 Wellington 147 2 4 0 153 536 St. George 183 1 7 0 181 574 Total 974 5 25 1 1,005 2,883

On Mr. Currier's resignation for having infringed the Independence of Parliament Act by conducting business dealings with the government while still a member:

On Mr. Perley's death:

|Equal Rights |Hay |align="right"|1,596

|Liberal |Chrysler |align="right"| 1,242

On Mr. Mackintosh's resignation:

|Conservative |James Alexander Grant |align="right"|acclaimed

On Mr. Belcourt being called to the Senate:

On Mr. Laurier's resignation:

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See also List of Canadian electoral districts Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

References

Ottawa (City of) (electoral district)

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