Russell (Ontario federal 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

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:

Parliament	Years		Party
1st	1867–1872	James Grant	Conservative
2nd	1872–1874	James Grant	Conservative
3rd	1874–1878	Robert Blackburn	Liberal
4th	1878–1878	John O'Connor	Conservative
4th	1878–1882	John O'Connor
5th	1882–1887	Moss Kent Dickinson
6th	1887–1888	William Cameron Edwards	Liberal
6th	1888–1891
7th	1891–1896
8th	1896–1900
9th	1900–1903
9th	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
14th	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†
24th	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

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

Result by municipality^[1]

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

v t e 1872 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	James Grant	1,217
	Liberal	Malcolm Cameron	952
Source: Canadian Elections Database^[2]

v t e 1874 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Robert Blackburn	1,078
	Conservative	James Grant	1,014
	Unknown	W. R. Bell	95
Source: Canadian Elections Database^[3]

v t e 1878 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John O'Connor	1,612
	Unknown	Ira Morgan	1,097
Source: Canadian Elections Database^[4]

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

v t e 1882 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Moss Kent Dickinson	1,644
	Liberal	William Cameron Edwards	1,335

v t e 1887 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Cameron Edwards	2,301
	Conservative	Charles Herbert Mackintosh	2,146

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

v t e 1891 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Cameron Edwards	2,308
	Conservative	Moss Kent Dickinson	1,895
Source: lop.parl.ca

v t e 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

v t e 1900 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Cameron Edwards	3,089
	Conservative	George Halsey Perley	2,523

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

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

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

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

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

v t e 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

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

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

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

v t e 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

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

v t e 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

v t e 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

v t e 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

v t e 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

v t e 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

v t e 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

v t e 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

v t e 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

References

^ Langevin, Edouard J. (1868), Return of the Elections to House of Commons, Ottawa: Hunter, Rose & Company
^ Sayers, Anthony M. "1872 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 3 February 2024.
^ Sayers, Anthony M. "1874 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 22 January 2024.
^ Sayers, Anthony M. "1867 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 22 January 2024.

External links

Website of the Parliament of Canada

[1] Langevin, Edouard J. (1868), Return of the Elections to House of Commons, Ottawa: Hunter, Rose & Company

[2] Sayers, Anthony M. "1872 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 3 February 2024.

[3] Sayers, Anthony M. "1874 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 22 January 2024.

[4] Sayers, Anthony M. "1867 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 22 January 2024.

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