Kingston (federal electoral district)

This article is about the former federal electoral district. For the former provincial electoral district, see Kingston (provincial electoral district). For the pre-Confederation electoral district, see Kingston (Province of Canada electoral district).

Kingston

Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1867, 1952
District abolished	1924, 1966
First contested	1867
Last contested	1965

Kingston was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1925 and from 1953 to 1968. It was located in the province of Ontario. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867, and initially consisted of the city of Kingston, Ontario. In 1903, it was expanded to include the village of Portsmouth.

The electoral district was abolished in 1924 when it was redistributed into Kingston City riding.

In 1952, a new Kingston riding was created from Kingston City and parts of Frontenac—Addington ridings. It consisted of the city of Kingston and the townships of Pittsburg, Storrington, Kingston, Howe Island, and Wolfe Island (including Simcoe Island, Horse Shoe Island, and Mud Island) in the county of Frontenac.

The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed between Frontenac—Lennox and Addington and Kingston and the Islands ridings.

Members of Parliament

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

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
1st	1867–1872		John A. Macdonald	Liberal–Conservative
2nd	1872–1874
3rd	1874–1874
	1874–1878
4th	1878–1882		Alexander Gunn	Liberal
5th	1882–1887
6th	1887–1891		John A. Macdonald	Conservative
7th	1891–1891†
	1892–1896		James Henry Metcalfe
8th	1896–1900		Byron Moffatt Britton	Liberal
9th	1900–1901
	1902–1904		William Harty
10th	1904–1908
11th	1908–1911
12th	1911–1917		William Folger Nickle	Conservative
13th	1917–1919			Government (Unionist)
	1919–1921		Henry Lumley Drayton
14th	1921–1925		Arthur Edward Ross	Conservative
Riding dissolved into Kingston City
Riding re-created from Kingston City and Frontenac—Addington
22nd	1953–1957		William Henderson	Liberal
23rd	1957–1958
24th	1958–1962		Benjamin Allmark	Progressive Conservative
25th	1962–1963		Edgar Benson	Liberal
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968
Riding dissolved into Kingston and the Islands and Frontenac—Lennox and Addington

Election results

1867–1925

1867 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal–Conservative	John A. Macdonald	735	83.8%
	Unknown	John Stewart	142	16.2%
Total			877
Source(s) Library of Parliament – History of Federal Ridings since 1867: Kingston

1872 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal–Conservative	John A. Macdonald (incumbent)	735	54.9%
	Unknown	John Carruthers	604	45.1%
Total			1,339
Source(s) Library of Parliament – History of Federal Ridings since 1867: Kingston

1874 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal–Conservative	John A. Macdonald (incumbent)	839	51.2%
	Unknown	John Carruthers	801	48.8%
Total			1,640
Source: lop.parl.ca

Canadian federal by-election, 29 December 1874 On Macdonald's election being declared void on 21 November
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal–Conservative	John A. Macdonald (incumbent)	889	50.5%
	Unknown	John Carruthers	872	49.5%
Total			1,761
Source: lop.parl.ca

1878 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Alexander Gunn	991	53.7%
	Liberal–Conservative	John A. Macdonald (incumbent)	847	45.9%
	Unknown	John Stewart	6	0.3%
Total			1,844
Source(s) Library of Parliament – History of Federal Ridings since 1867: Kingston

1882 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Alexander Gunn	889
	Unknown	Michael Sullivan	797

1887 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal–Conservative	John A. Macdonald	1,368	50.3%
	Liberal	Alexander Gunn (incumbent)	1,351	49.7%
Total			2,719
Source(s) Library of Parliament – History of Federal Ridings since 1867: Kingston

1891 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal–Conservative	John A. Macdonald (incumbent)	1,784	57.3%
	Liberal	Alexander Gunn	1,301	41.8%
	Unknown	Major Edwards	29	0.9%
Total			3,114
Source(s) Library of Parliament – History of Federal Ridings since 1867: Kingston

Canadian federal by-election, 28 January 1892 On Mr. Macdonald's death, 6 June 1891
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	James Henry Metcalfe	acclaimed

1896 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Byron Moffatt Britton	1,671
	Conservative	Donald Malcolm McIntyre	1,519

1900 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Byron Moffatt Britton	1,879
	Conservative	Donald Malcolm McIntyre	1,687

Canadian federal by-election, 15 January 1902 On Mr. Britton being appointed Judge of the Court of King's Bench for Ontario, 24 September 1901
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Harty	2,116
	Conservative	James Henry Metcalfe	1,364

1904 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Harty	2,267
	Conservative	John Gaskin	1,735
	Unknown	Christopher J. Graham	55

1908 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Harty	2,224
	Conservative	Arthur Edward Ross	1,875

1917 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Government (Unionist)	William Folger Nickle	6,194
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	Alexander White Richardson	1,782

Canadian federal by-election, 20 October 1919 On Mr. Nickle's resignation, 7 July 1919
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Government (Unionist)	Henry Lumley Drayton	acclaimed

1921 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Arthur Edward Ross	6,055
	Liberal	John Murdoch Campbell	5,884

1953–1968

1953 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William James Henderson	14,663
	Progressive Conservative	Wilbert Aylesworth	11,806
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Pearl Runnalls	731

1957 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William James Henderson	14,728
	Progressive Conservative	Thomas Ashmore Kidd	12,977
	Co-operative Commonwealth	James Allan Millard	1,032

1962 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Edgar Benson	16,828
	Progressive Conservative	Benjamin Allmark	13,599
	New Democratic	John McKinnon	1,468
	Social Credit	Ernest Hogan	214

1963 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Edgar Benson	18,425
	Progressive Conservative	J. Earl McEwen	12,879
	New Democratic	Denis Kalman	2,400
	Social Credit	Grace C.A. Gough	194

1965 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Edgar Benson	16,022
	Progressive Conservative	J. Earl McEwen	12,766
	New Democratic	John Meister	3,530

See also

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

External links

• Riding history 1867-1925 from the Library of Parliament
• Riding history 1952-1968 from the Library of Parliament