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 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 Thomas McKay (1834–1840)
Members of the Parliament of the Province of Canada William Henry Draper, Conservative (1841–1843) William Stewart, Conservative (1843–1844) Archibald Petrie, Conservative (1844–1847) G. B. Lyon-Fellowes, Conservative (1847–1857) John W. Loux (1857–1861) Robert Bell, Conservative (1861–1866)
Members of Parliament
This riding elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:
Election results
Result by municipality Municipality Grant Bell Total vote Eligible voters Cambridge Township 70 13 83 97 Cumberland Township 185 74 259 294 Russell Township 141 106 247 301 Clarence Township 121 63 184 235 New Edinburgh 33 11 44 57 Gloucester Township 385 154 539 745 Osgoode Township 358 274 632 727 Total 1,293 695 1,988 2,456
|Conservative |John O'Connor |align="right"|acclaimed
|Liberal |William Cameron Edwards |align="right"| 2,166
|Unknown |Charles Herbert Mackintosh |align="right"| 1,963
|Liberal |David Wardrope Wallace |align="right"|acclaimed
|Liberal |Charles Murphy |align="right"|acclaimed
|Liberal |Paul Tardif |align="right"| 21,070
|Progressive Conservative |Wilbur Nixon |align="right"|14,152
|Co-operative Commonwealth |Denis Kalman |align="right"| 1,077
See also List of Canadian electoral districts Historical federal electoral districts of Canada
References
External links Website of the Parliament of Canada