Algoma West
 Ontario electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal electoral district | |
| Legislature | House of Commons |
| District created | 1903 |
| District abolished | 1966 |
| First contested | 1904 |
| Last contested | 1965 |
Algoma West was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1904 to 1968. It was created in 1903 from parts of Algoma riding.
The west riding of Algoma was defined to consist of the portion of the territorial district of Algoma lying west of Algoma East riding.
The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed between Algoma, Cochrane, Sault Ste. Marie and Timmins—Chapleau ridings. Algoma West was created in 1903 from Algoma, and was abolished in 1966 into Algoma and Sault Ste. Marie.
Members of Parliament
This riding elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riding created from Algoma | ||||
| 10th | 1904–1908 | Arthur Cyril Boyce | Conservative | |
| 11th | 1908–1911 | |||
| 12th | 1911–1917 | |||
| 13th | 1917–1921 | Thomas Edward Simpson | Government (Unionist) | |
| 14th | 1921–1925 | Conservative | ||
| 15th | 1925–1926 | |||
| 16th | 1926–1930 | |||
| 17th | 1930–1935 | |||
| 18th | 1935–1940 | Henry Sidney Hamilton | Liberal | |
| 19th | 1940–1945 | George E. Nixon | ||
| 20th | 1945–1949 | |||
| 21st | 1949–1953 | |||
| 22nd | 1953–1957 | |||
| 23rd | 1957–1958 | |||
| 24th | 1958–1962 | |||
| 25th | 1962–1963 | |||
| 26th | 1963–1965 | |||
| 27th | 1965–1968 | |||
| Riding dissolved into Algoma and Sault Ste. Marie | ||||
Election results
| 1904 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | Arthur Cyril Boyce | 1,675 | ||||||
| Liberal | J. J. Kehoe | 1,580 | ||||||
| 1908 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | Arthur Cyril Boyce | 2,079 | ||||||
| Liberal | Robert James Gibson | 1,870 | ||||||
| 1911 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | Arthur Cyril Boyce | 2,738 | ||||||
| Liberal | Charles Napier Smith | 2,180 | ||||||
| 1917 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Government (Unionist) | Thomas Edward Simpson | 4,780 | ||||||
| Opposition (Laurier Liberals) | Charles Napier Smith | 2,510 | ||||||
| Labour | James Lockwood | 658 | ||||||
| 1921 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | Thomas Edward Simpson | 4,279 | ||||||
| Liberal | Henry Sidney Hamilton | 3,565 | ||||||
| Progressive | Thomas Farquhar | 2,822 | ||||||
| 1925 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | Thomas Edward Simpson | 6,767 | ||||||
| Liberal | Thomas John McCauley | 3,574 | ||||||
| 1926 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | Thomas Edward Simpson | 7,171 | ||||||
| Liberal–Labour | Albert Ernest Whytall | 4,187 | ||||||
| 1930 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | Thomas Edward Simpson | 7,531 | ||||||
| Liberal | Albert Ernest Whytall | 6,108 | ||||||
| 1935 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Henry Sidney Hamilton | 6,788 | ||||||
| Conservative | Ernest Victor McMillan | 4,844 | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Albert Edward Headrick | 1,669 | ||||||
| Liberal | Albert Reid Wood | 1,180 | ||||||
| Reconstruction | Vincent Hector Prewer | 252 | ||||||
| 1940 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | George E. Nixon | 8,632 | ||||||
| National Government | John L. Lang | 5,612 | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Harry P. Waite | 2,196 | ||||||
| 1945 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | George E. Nixon | 7,476 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Harold Scott Trefry | 5,619 | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Lloyd George Shepherd | 4,281 | ||||||
| 1949 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | George E. Nixon | 10,127 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Arthur Allison Wishart | 5,056 | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Richard Wellington Johns | 4,716 | ||||||
| 1953 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | George E. Nixon | 10,461 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | James Sydney Foulds | 5,571 | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | John G. Barker | 4,428 | ||||||
| 1957 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | George E. Nixon | 10,166 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Henry M. Lang | 8,345 | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Harvey Claude Willoughby | 5,027 | ||||||
| 1958 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | George E. Nixon | 12,390 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Henry Lang | 11,355 | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Lorne D. Callahan | 4,801 | ||||||
| 1962 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | George E. Nixon | 13,832 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Henry Lang | 9,681 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Morris Wernick | 8,274 | ||||||
| 1963 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | George E. Nixon | 14,023 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Charles Eaid | 10,119 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Morris Wernick | 9,351 | ||||||
| Ronald James Ash | 355 | |||||||
| 1965 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | George E. Nixon | 12,034 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Russ Ramsay | 11,914 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Erhart Regier | 9,564 | ||||||
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