Norfolk (federal electoral district)

Norfolk

Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1903, 1933
District abolished	1924, 1966
First contested	1904
Last contested	1965

Norfolk was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1904 to 1925. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was first created in 1903 from Norfolk North and Norfolk South ridings.

It consisted of the county of Norfolk.

The electoral district was abolished in 1924 when it was merged into Norfolk—Elgin riding.

It was recreated in 1933, again consisting of the county of Norfolk.

The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was merged into Norfolk—Haldimand riding.

Members of Parliament

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

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Norfolk North and Norfolk South
10th	1904–1908		David Tisdale	Conservative
11th	1908–1911		Alexander McCall
12th	1911–1917		William Andrew Charlton	Liberal
13th	1917–1921			Government (Unionist)
14th	1921–1925		John Alexander Wallace	Progressive
Riding dissolved into Norfolk—Elgin
Riding re-created from Norfolk—Elgin
18th	1935–1940		William Horace Taylor	Liberal
19th	1940–1945
20th	1945–1949		Theobald Butler Barrett	Progressive Conservative
21st	1949–1953		Raymond Elmer Anderson	Liberal
22nd	1953–1957
23rd	1957–1958		Evans Knowles	Progressive Conservative
24th	1958–1962
25th	1962–1963		Jack Roxburgh	Liberal
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968
Riding dissolved into Norfolk—Haldimand

Election results

1904–1925

1904 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	David Tisdale	3,336
	Liberal	Hal B. Douly	3,150

1908 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Alexander McCall	3,456
	Liberal	Hal B. Donly	3,030

1921 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	John Alexander Wallace	6,205
	Conservative	William Sutton	5,451

1935–1968

1935 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Horace Taylor	7,623
	Conservative	David Edgett Tisdale	4,390
	Reconstruction	Samuel Sandford English	2,113
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Alexander Charles Stewart	285

1940 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Horace Taylor	9,230
	National Government	Arthur Clarence Pratt	5,894

1945 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Theobald Butler Barrett	7,505
	Liberal	Wilton Erwin Honey	6,699
	Co-operative Commonwealth	John Alexander Wallace	1,599

1949 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Raymond Elmer Anderson	9,280
	Progressive Conservative	Theobald Butler Barrett	7,067
	Co-operative Commonwealth	William Ernest Stanl James	1,180

1953 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Raymond Elmer Anderson	8,475
	Progressive Conservative	Charles Wellington Birdsall	6,747
	Co-operative Commonwealth	William E. S. James	621
	Labor–Progressive	Helen Marks	193

1957 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Evans Knowles	10,885
	Liberal	Raymond Elmer Anderson	7,711
	Social Credit	Wesley Weekes Leonard	690

1962 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jack Roxburgh	10,882
	Progressive Conservative	Evans Knowles	9,092
	New Democratic	Hugh Foley	1,216
	Social Credit	Edwin Herbert Dickson	464

1963 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jack Roxburgh	10,862
	Progressive Conservative	Evans Knowles	10,115
	New Democratic	Leonard Padyk	1,156
	Social Credit	James W. Judd	594

1965 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jack Roxburgh	9,833
	Progressive Conservative	Evans Knowles	9,724
	New Democratic	Myron Stachnyk	1,532
	Social Credit	William Triska	319

See also

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

External links

• Website of the Parliament of Canada