Renfrew North (federal electoral district)

This article is about the federal electoral district. For the provincial electoral district, see Renfrew North (provincial electoral district).

Renfrew North (also known as Renfrew North—Nipissing East) was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1979. It was located in the province of Ontario. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867. The riding existed until 1972, when the name was changed to "Renfrew North—Nipissing East".

The North Riding of Renfrew initially consisted of the Townships of Ross, Bromley, Westmeath, Stafford, Pembroke, Wilberforce, Alice, Petawawa, Buchanan, South Algona, North Algona, Fraser, McKay, Wylie, Rolph, Head, Maria, Clara, Haggerty, Sherwood, Burns, Richards, and any other surveyed Townships lying northwesterly of the said North Riding.

In 1892, "North Renfrew" was redefined to consist of the town of Pembroke, that part of the village of Eganville north of the River Bonnechère, and the townships of Ross, Bromley, Westmeath, Stafford, Pembroke, Wilberforce, Alice, Petawawa, Buchanan, South Algona, North Algona, Fraser, McKay, Wylie and Rolph.

In 1903, it was redefined to consist of the townships of Algona North, Algona South, Alice, Bromley, Buchanan, Fraser, McKay, Pembroke, Petawawa, Rolph, Ross, Stafford, Westmeath, Wilberforce and Wylie, the town of Pembroke, the village of Cobden, and the part of the village of Eganville lying within the township of Wilberforce.

In 1924, "Renfrew North" was defined to consist of that part of the county of Renfrew lying north and east and including the townships of Ross, Bromley, Wilberforce, Algona (North and South), and Fraser, and including the part of the territorial district of Nipissing lying east of and including the townships of Cameron, Deacon, Anglin, Dickson, Preston, and Airy.

It was redefined several times following that, but generally included most of Renfrew County and the eastern part of Nipissing.

The electoral district was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed between Nipissing, Parry Sound—Muskoka and Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke ridings.

Electoral history

Canadian federal election, 1867: North riding of Renfrew
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Rankin	613
	Unknown	Thomas Murray	527

By-election: On Mr. Rankin's resignation, 13 November 1869: North riding of Renfrew
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal-Conservative	Francis Hincks	560
	Liberal	James Findlay	440

Canadian federal election, 1872: North riding of Renfrew
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James Findlay	777
	Conservative	Peter White	675

Canadian federal election, 1874: North riding of Renfrew
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Peter White	600
	Liberal	Thomas Murray	498
	Unknown	W. Moffatt	328

By-election: On Mr. White being unseated on petition, 4 November 1874: North riding of Renfrew
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Murray	889
	Conservative	Peter White	841

By-election: On Mr. Murray being unseated on petition, 21 January 1876: North riding of Renfrew
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Peter White	1,192
	Liberal	William Murray	982

Canadian federal election, 1878: North riding of Renfrew
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Peter White	1,273
	Unknown	James Findlay	920

Canadian federal election, 1882: North riding of Renfrew
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Peter White	1,111
	Unknown	Thomas Murray	968

Canadian federal election, 1887: North riding of Renfrew
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Peter White	1,534
	Liberal	James Findlay	1,286

Canadian federal election, 1891: North riding of Renfrew
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	WHITE, Peter	1,497
	Liberal	BARR, Henry	1,418

Canadian federal election, 1896: North riding of Renfrew
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	MACKIE, Thomas	1,900
	Conservative	WHITE, Peter	1,837

Canadian federal election, 1900: North riding of Renfrew
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	MACKIE, Thomas	2,299
	Conservative	WHITE, Peter	2,167

Canadian federal election, 1904: North riding of Renfrew
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	WHITE, Peter	2,495
	Liberal	MACKIE, Thomas	2,275

By-election: On Mr. White's death, 9 October 1906: North riding of Renfrew
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	WHITE, G.V.	2,167
	Unknown	MURRAY, Thomas	1,166

Canadian federal election, 1908: North riding of Renfrew
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	WHITE, Gerald Verner	2,493
	Liberal	BARR, Henry	1,894

Canadian federal election, 1911: North riding of Renfrew
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	WHITE, Gerald Verner	2,573
	Liberal	MUNRO, James Francis	1,865

Canadian federal election, 1917: North riding of Renfrew
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Government	MACKIE, Herbert John	3,397
	Opposition	REID, Norman	2,873

Canadian federal election, 1921: North riding of Renfrew
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	MCKAY, Matthew	3,828
	Progressive	Collins, Arthur	3,371
	Conservative	COTNAM, Ira Delbert	3,015

Canadian federal election, 1925: Renfrew North
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	COTNAM, Ira Delbert	5,303
	Liberal	MCKAY, Matthew	4,529

Canadian federal election, 1926: Renfrew North
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	COTNAM, Ira Delbert	4,947
	Liberal	MCKAY, Matthew	4,288
	Progressive	KIRK, William Robert	2,220

Canadian federal election, 1930: Renfrew North
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	COTNAM, Ira Delbert	6,125
	Liberal	MCKAY, Matthew	4,897

Canadian federal election, 1935: Renfrew North
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	MCKAY, Matthew	6,052
	Conservative	COTNAM, Ira Delbert	4,134
	Reconstruction	KIDD, Walter Vernon	1,949

By-election: On Mr. McKay's death, 5 April 1937: Renfrew North
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	WARREN, Ralph Melville	5,863
	Conservative	WOOD, Edgar Troy	5,459

Canadian federal election, 1940: Renfrew North
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	WARREN, Ralph Melville	6,199	National Government	WOOD, Edgar Troy	4,536
	Co-operative Commonwealth	VONDETTE, Delmar	709

Canadian federal election, 1945: Renfrew North
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	WARREN, Ralph Melville	6,828
	Progressive Conservative	JOHNSTON, William Francis	5,882
	Co-operative Commonwealth	WRIGHT, John Charles	1,555

Canadian federal election, 1949: Renfrew North
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	WARREN, Ralph Melville	8,358
	Progressive Conservative	COTNAM, Ira Delbert	6,598
	Co-operative Commonwealth	WRIGHT, John Charles	1,530

Canadian federal election, 1953: Renfrew North
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	FORGIE, James Moffat	9,360
	Progressive Conservative	COTNAM, Ira Delbert	7,268

Canadian federal election, 1957: Renfrew North
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	FORGIE, James Moffat	10,227
	Progressive Conservative	FRASER, Wallace James	9,132

Canadian federal election, 1958: Renfrew North
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	FORGIE, James Moffat	10,425
	Progressive Conservative	HUNT, Stanley J.	10,226

Canadian federal election, 1962: Renfrew North
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	FORGIE, James M.	11,313
	Progressive Conservative	DODD, Thomas P.	9,348
	Social Credit	SHANNON, John J.	1,344
	New Democratic Party	CHARBONNEAU, Wilfred L.	902

Canadian federal election, 1963: Renfrew North
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	FORGIE, James Moffat	11,580
	Progressive Conservative	FRASER, E. Mac	9,089
	Social Credit	BRUBACHER, Enos	1,712
	New Democratic Party	CHARBONNEAU, Wilfred L.	947

Canadian federal election, 1965: Renfrew North
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	HOPKINS, Leonard D.	10,882
	Progressive Conservative	CRUIKSHANK, Donald B.	5,846
	Independent	CAMPBELL, Angus A.	2,812
	New Democratic Party	CATHERWOOD, Lorne E.	2,021

Canadian federal election, 1968: Renfrew North
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	HOPKINS, Leonard D.	13,195
	Progressive Conservative	O'BRIEN, Del	7,976
	New Democratic Party	WIDENMAIER, Kenneth C.	1,813

Canadian federal election, 1972: Renfrew North-Nipissing East
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	HOPKINS, Leonard D.	13,553
	Progressive Conservative	KINNEY, George A.	8,440
	New Democratic Party	PAYNE, Maurice R.	3,177

Canadian federal election, 1974: Renfrew North-Nipissing East
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	HOPKINS, Leonard	14,613
	Progressive Conservative	O'BRIEN, Del	7,561
	New Democratic Party	COX, Robert Bob	4,419

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

• Website of the Parliament of Canada