Middlesex East (federal electoral district)

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

Middlesex East was a former federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1968. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867, which divided the County of Middlesex into three ridings: Middlesex North, Middlesex West and Middlesex East.

Middlesex East

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

In 1882, the East Riding of the county of Middlesex it was defined as consisting of the townships of London, West Nissouri, North Dorchester and South Dorchester, the town of London East and the villages of London West and Springfield.

In 1903, the east riding was defined to consist of the townships of Dorchester North, London, Nissouri West and Westminster.

In 1914, the county of Middlesex was divided into two ridings, Middlesex East and Middlesex West. The east riding consisted of the townships of Dorchester North, London, Nissouri West, Westminster and Biddulph, the village of Lucan and those portions of the city of London not included in London city riding.

In 1924, it was redefined to consist of the part of the county of Middlesex lying east of and including the townships of Biddulph, London and Westminster, and those portions of the city of London not included in London city riding.

In 1947, it was redefined to consist of the townships of North Dorchester, London, West Nissouri and Westminster, and the eastern part of the City of London.

In 1952, it was redefined to consist of the Townships of Dorchester North, Nissouri West, Westminster, the eastern part of the Township of London, and the eastern part of the City of London.

The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed between London East, London West and Middlesex ridings.

It was re-created in 1976 from parts of Huron—Middlesex, London East and Middlesex—London—Lambton ridings, but was renamed London—Middlesex in 1977 before any election was held in the riding.

Members of Parliament

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

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
1st	1867–1872		Crowell Willson	Liberal–Conservative
2nd	1872–1874		David Glass	Conservative
3rd	1874–1874		Crowell Willson	Liberal–Conservative
	1875–1878		Duncan Macmillan
4th	1878–1882
5th	1882–1887
6th	1887–1891		Joseph Henry Marshall	Conservative
7th	1891–1892
	1892–1896
8th	1896–1900		James Gilmour
9th	1900–1904
10th	1904–1908		Peter Elson
11th	1908–1911
12th	1911–1913†
	1913–1917		Samuel Francis Glass
13th	1917–1921			Government (Unionist)
14th	1921–1925		Archie Latimer Hodgins	Progressive
15th	1925–1926		Adam King Hodgins	Conservative
16th	1926–1930
17th	1930–1935		Frank Boyes
18th	1935–1940		Duncan Graham Ross	Liberal
19th	1940–1945
20th	1945–1949		Harry Oliver White	Progressive Conservative
21st	1949–1953
22nd	1953–1957
23rd	1957–1958
24th	1958–1962
25th	1962–1963		Campbell Millar
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968		Jim Lind	Liberal
Riding dissolved into London East, London West and Middlesex

Election results

1867 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	Crowell Willson	1,896
	Independent	D. McFie	1,756
Eligible voters			2,539
Source: Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1871

1872 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	David Glass	1,890
	Unknown	Mr. Evans	1,837

On Mr. Willson being unseated on petition, 15 December 1874:

By-election on 28 January 1875
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	Duncan Macmillan	2,098
	Unknown	James Armstrong	1,926

1882 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	Duncan Macmillan	1,949
	Unknown	Isaac Langford	1,454

1887 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Joseph Henry Marshall	2,624
	Liberal	Robert Webster Jackson	1,865

1891 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Joseph Henry Marshall	2,369
	Liberal	George Taylor	2,214

On election being declared void, 21 January 1892:

By-election on 11 February 1892
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Joseph Henry Marshall	acclaimed

1896 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	James Gilmour	2,651
	Liberal	John Gillson	2,227

1900 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	James Gilmour	2,619
	Liberal	John Gillson	1,899

1904 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Peter Elson	2,297
	Liberal	John Millar McEvoy	2,078

1908 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Peter Elson	2,369
	Liberal	George Albert Routledge	2,120

1911 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Peter Elson	2,477
	Liberal	George Albert Routledge	1,816

On Mr. Elson's death, 11 June 1913:

By-election on 21 October 1913
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Samuel Francis Glass	2,068
	Liberal	R. G. Fisher	1,683

1917 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Government (Unionist)	Samuel Francis Glass	4,212
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	James McCulloch Ross	2,755

1925 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Adam King Hodgins	5,220
	Liberal	Cecil Clarkson Ross	3,155
	Progressive	Archie Latimer Hodgins	2,518

1926 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Adam King Hodgins	5,701
	Progressive	John Willard Freeborn	2,897
	Liberal	Cecil Clarkson Ross	2,506

1935 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Duncan Graham Ross	7,151
	Conservative	Frank Boyes	5,602
	Reconstruction	Orville Chester Hughes	1,827
	Co-operative Commonwealth	William James Mahon	1,306

1940 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Duncan Graham Ross	8,444
	National Government	Frederick George Fuller	6,256
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Kenneth Elson Dickie	1,577

1945 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Harry Oliver White	8,808
	Liberal	Duncan Graham Ross	7,442
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Kenneth Elson Dickie	2,398

1949 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Harry Oliver White	9,258
	Liberal	Fred O. Kime	9,198
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Miller Stewart	2,848

1953 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Harry Oliver White	12,027
	Liberal	Frank Duncan McLachlin	8,952
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Alec Richmond	3,137

1957 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Harry Oliver White	20,287
	Liberal	Fred O. Kime	9,323
	Co-operative Commonwealth	James Johnson	3,242

1958 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Harry Oliver White	24,896
	Liberal	Harry Roe Plewes	7,849
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Andrew Grant	3,125

1962 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Campbell Millar	19,003
	Liberal	James D. Green	13,231
	New Democratic	Harry L. Sills	7,246
	Social Credit	Rae J. Watson	992

1963 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Campbell Millar	19,850
	Liberal	Jim Lind	18,043
	New Democratic	John G. Gelleta	5,092
	Social Credit	Rae J. Watson	1,159

1965 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jim Lind	17,675
	Progressive Conservative	Campbell Millar	15,859
	New Democratic	Kenneth Bolton	13,073
	Social Credit	James A. Watson	392

See also

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

External links

• Riding history 1867-1966 from the Library of Parliament
• Riding history 1976-1977 from the Library of Parliament