Port Arthur (electoral district)

For the provincial electoral district, see Port Arthur (provincial electoral district).

Port Arthur was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1935 to 1979. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1933 from parts of Port Arthur—Thunder Bay riding.

It consisted initially of the parts of the territorial districts of Algoma, Cochrane, Kenora, and Thunder Bay not included in the electoral districts of Algoma West, Cochrane, Fort William, and Kenora-Rainy River herein defined, and including the city of Port Arthur, together with that part of the district of Patricia not included in the electoral districts of Kenora—Rainy River and Cochrane.

In 1966, it was defined as consisting of the part of the territorial district of Thunder Bay contained in the City of Port Arthur and the Townships of Adrian, Blackwell, Conmee, Forbes, Fowler, Goldie, Gorham, Horne, Jacques, Laurie, MacGregor, McIntyre, McTavish, Oliver, Sackville, Sibley and Ware.

The electoral district was abolished in 1976 when it was merged into Thunder Bay—Nipigon riding.

Members of Parliament for Port Arthur

Port Arthur elected the following Members of Parliament:

1. C.D. Howe, Liberal (1935-1957)
2. Doug Fisher, Co-operative Commonwealth Federation/New Democratic Party (1957-1965)
3. Bob Andras, Liberal (1965-1979)

Electoral history

Canadian federal election, 1935: Port Arthur
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Clarence Decatur HOWE	6,591
	Conservative	George WARDROPE	2,807
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Alex GIBSON	1,357
	Communist	Albert Edward SMITH	1,161
	Reconstruction	Peter Allan LEGROW	519

Canadian federal election, 1940: Port Arthur
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Hon. Clarence Decatur HOWE	10,327
	National Government	Alan A. BARTON	5,213
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Alex GIBSON	3,128

Canadian federal election, 1945: Port Arthur
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Hon. Clarence Decatur HOWE	10,045
	Co-operative Commonwealth	John Arthur THOMPSON	5,504
	Progressive Conservative	George Calvin WARDROPE	3,516
	Labor–Progressive	Robert Melbourne AYLWARD	1,004

Canadian federal election, 1949: Port Arthur
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Rt. Hon. Clarence Decatur HOWE	12,646
	Co-operative Commonwealth	James Thomas CAWLEY	6,401
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Ainslie ROBINSON	5,068
	Social Credit	John Emil DAGSVIK	627

Canadian federal election, 1953: Port Arthur
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Rt. Hon. Clarence Decatur HOWE	12,272
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Ronald Vincent WILMOT	5,865
	Progressive Conservative	Bob ROBINSON	5,415
	Labor–Progressive	Bruce MAGNUSON	923

Canadian federal election, 1957: Port Arthur
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Douglas M. FISHER	12,228
	Liberal	Clarence Decatur HOWE	10,813
	Progressive Conservative	Ina M. VIGARS	5,261

Canadian federal election, 1958: Port Arthur
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Douglas M. FISHER	12,217
	Progressive Conservative	Norman R. WILSON	10,215
	Liberal	Edward V. ANTEN	9,043

Canadian federal election, 1962: Port Arthur
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democratic Party	Douglas M. FISHER	13,437
	Liberal	David W. MORGAN	11,502
	Progressive Conservative	Norman R. WILSON	9,226
	Communist	Osmo R. LAHTI	418
	Social Credit	Gilbert HEATH	352

Canadian federal election, 1963: Port Arthur
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democratic Party	Douglas M. FISHER	16,141
	Liberal	Saul LASKIN	13,132
	Progressive Conservative	Harvey W. SMITH	6,316

Canadian federal election, 1965: Port Arthur
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Robert ANDRAS	14,706
	New Democratic Party	Gordon Oliver ROTHNEY	12,275
	Progressive Conservative	Harvey SMITH	8,075

Canadian federal election, 1968: Port Arthur
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Robert K. ANDRAS	11,079
	New Democratic Party	Gordon Oliver ROTHNEY	7,306
	Progressive Conservative	Carl ROGERS	4,179
	Communist	Norman FREED	233

Canadian federal election, 1972: Port Arthur
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Bob ANDRAS	14,351
	New Democratic Party	Chris FERGUSON	6,756
	Progressive Conservative	John ERICKSON	6,027
	No affiliation	Clifford WAHL	274

Canadian federal election, 1974: Port Arthur
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Bob ANDRAS	14,523
	New Democratic Party	Dusty MILLER	8,591
	Progressive Conservative	Frank WRIGHT	3,322
	Communist	Clifford WAHL	164
	Marxist–Leninist	Janina KLEE	54

See also

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

External links

• Website of the Parliament of Canada