Simcoe East (federal electoral district)

This article is about the federal electoral district. For the provincial electoral district, see Simcoe East (provincial electoral district).

Simcoe East was a federal electoral district in the province of Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1882 to 1968. This riding was created in 1882 from parts of Muskoka riding.

Simcoe East

Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1882
District abolished	1966
First contested	1882
Last contested	1965

The "East Riding of the county of Simcoe" initially consisted of the townships of Tay, Medonte, Oro, Orillia, Matchedash, Muskoka, Wood, Medora, Monck and Tiny, the villages of Gravenhurst and Midland, and the towns of Orillia and Penetanguishene.

In 1903, it was redefined to consist of the townships of Matchedash, Medonte, Orillia North, Orillia South, Tay and Tiny, and the towns of Midland, Orillia and Penetanguishene. In 1914, it was redefined to include the villages of Coldwater and Victoria Harbour.

In 1924, it was redefined to consist of that part of the county of Simcoe lying north of (and including) the township of Tiny, the township of Medonte and the township of Orillia South.

The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed between Grey—Simcoe, Parry Sound-Muskoka and Simcoe North ridings.

Members of Parliament

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

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Muskoka
5th	1882–1887		Hermon Henry Cook	Liberal
6th	1887–1891
7th	1891–1892		Philip Howard Spohn
	1892–1896		William Humphrey Bennett	Conservative
8th	1896–1897
	1897–1900
9th	1900–1904
10th	1904–1908
11th	1908–1911		Thomas Edward Manley Chew	Liberal
12th	1911–1917		William Humphrey Bennett	Conservative
13th	1917–1921		James Brockett Tudhope	Government (Unionist)
14th	1921–1925		Thomas Edward Manley Chew	Liberal
15th	1925–1926		Alfred Burke Thompson	Conservative
16th	1926–1930
17th	1930–1935
18th	1935–1940		George McLean	Liberal
19th	1940–1945
20th	1945–1949		William Alfred Robinson
21st	1949–1953
22nd	1953–1957
23rd	1957–1958		Philip Bernard Rynard	Progressive Conservative
24th	1958–1962
25th	1962–1963
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968
Riding dissolved into Grey—Simcoe, Parry Sound-Muskoka and Simcoe North

Election results

1882 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Hermon Henry Cook	1,468
	Unknown	James Quinn	1,330

1887 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Hermon Henry Cook	2,482
	Unknown	James Quinn	2,408

By-election: On election being declared void, 25 February 1892: Simcoe East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Humphrey Bennett	acclaimed

1896 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	William Humphrey Bennett	2,775
	Liberal	Hermon Henry Cook	2,539
	Patrons of Industry	D. C. Anderson	1,197

By-election: On Mr. Bennett's election declared void, 4 February 1897: Simcoe East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Humphrey Bennett	3,236
	Liberal	Hermon Henry Cook	3,111

1900 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	William Humphrey Bennett	3,486
	Liberal	George Chew	3,447

1904 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	William Humphrey Bennett	3,116
	Liberal	Ronald David Gunn	2,743

1921 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Thomas Edward Manley Chew	7,414
	Conservative	Richard Raikes	4,810
	Progressive	Thomas Foster Swindle	3,414

1926 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Alfred Burke Thompson	7,994
	Liberal	Fred W. Grant	7,669

1935 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	George McLean	8,219
	Conservative	John S. Drinkwater	5,529
	Reconstruction	Wilbur Merton Cramp	1,222
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Frank Tissington	1,191
	Independent	Donald Athenies MacNab	123

1940 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	George McLean	8,470
	National Government	Oliver Hereford Smith	7,024

1949 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Alfred Robinson	10,030
	Progressive Conservative	John Elmer Wood	7,976
	Co-operative Commonwealth	John Edward Skelton	2,095
	Union of Electors	Marguerite Marchildon	404

1953 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Alfred Robinson	9,099
	Progressive Conservative	Philip Bernard Rynard	8,944
	Co-operative Commonwealth	John Wilson Lovelace	1,310
	Social Credit	Carl Clark Pinkney	533

1957 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Philip Bernard Rynard	12,497
	Liberal	William Alfred Robinson	8,193
	Co-operative Commonwealth	William Arthur Winchester	1,395
	Independent	Charles Parker	726

1958 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Philip Bernard Rynard	15,149
	Liberal	John R. MacIsaac	7,403
	Co-operative Commonwealth	William A. Winchester	1,423

1962 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Philip Bernard Rynard	12,835
	Liberal	John R. MacIsaac	8,688
	New Democratic	Ray A. Ruggles	2,346
	Social Credit	A. J. Stann	423

1963 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Philip Bernard Rynard	12,662
	Liberal	Jerome J. Gignac	9,324
	New Democratic	C. Perrie Rintoul	2,031
	Social Credit	Bob Pinkney	1,054

1965 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Philip Bernard Rynard	11,648
	Liberal	Wilson Morden	9,281
	New Democratic	C. Perrie Rintoul	3,597

See also

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

External links

• Website of the Parliament of Canada