Ottawa (City of) (electoral district)

Ottawa (City of) (French: Ottawa (Cité d')) was a federal electoral district in the province of Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1935.

This article is about the former federal electoral district. For the former provincial electoral district, see Ottawa (Ontario provincial electoral district). For the pre-Confederation electoral district, see Bytown (Province of Canada electoral district).

For the city, see Ottawa.

For the municipal government, see City of Ottawa.

Ottawa (City of)

Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1867
District abolished	1933
First contested	1867
Last contested	1930

It was created by the British North America Act of 1867. It consisted of the city of Ottawa. After 1872, two MPs represented this electoral district at any one time.

In 1892, it was redefined to exclude the New Edinburgh district of the city. In 1903, it was redefined as the city of Ottawa, excluding Rideau Ward. In 1914, it was redefined to exclude Hintonburgh (sic), Bayswater and Mechanicsville neighbourhoods as well as Rideau Ward. It continued to return two members.

In 1924, it was redefined as the city of Ottawa, excluding Rideau Ward and that part of the city lying west of a line beginning at the intersection of the Rideau Canal with the Canadian Pacific Railway in the south, and following the railway, Somerset Street, Bayswater Avenue, Bayview Road and Mason Street, to the Ottawa River.

The electoral district was abolished in 1933 when it was divided into Ottawa West and Ottawa East ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party	Member		Party
1st	1867–1872		Joseph Merrill Currier	Liberal–Conservative
2nd	1872–1874					John Bower Lewis	Conservative
3rd	1874–1877					Pierre St. Jean	Liberal
	1877–1878
4th	1878–1882					Joseph Tassé	Conservative
5th	1882–1887		Charles H. Mackintosh	Conservative
6th	1887–1890		William Goodhue Perley†			Honoré Robillard	Liberal–Conservative
	1890–1891		Charles H. Mackintosh
7th	1891–1893
	1893–1896		James Grant
8th	1896–1900		William H. Hutchison	Liberal		Napoléon Belcourt	Liberal
9th	1900–1904		Thomas Birkett	Conservative
10th	1904–1907		Robert Stewart	Liberal
	1907–1908					Jean-Baptiste Thomas Caron
11th	1908–1910		Wilfrid Laurier			Harold McGiverin
	1910–1911		Albert Allard
12th	1911–1917		Alfred Ernest Fripp	Conservative		John Léo Chabot	Conservative
13th	1917–1921			Government (Unionist)			Government (Unionist)
14th	1921–1925		Harold McGiverin	Liberal		Edgar-Rodolphe-Eugène Chevrier	Liberal
15th	1925–1926		Stewart McClenaghan	Conservative		John Léo Chabot	Conservative
16th	1926–1930		Edgar-Rodolphe-Eugène Chevrier	Liberal		Gordon Cameron Edwards	Liberal
17th	1930–1935					T. Franklin Ahearn
Riding dissolved into Ottawa West and Ottawa East

Election history

1867 Canadian federal election: Ottawa (City of)
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal-Conservative	Joseph Merrill Currier	974	96.92
	Unknown	Alexander Gibb	25	2.49
	Unknown	Edward McGillivray	5	0.50
	Unknown	E. Martineau	1	0.10
	Unknown	Moss Kent Dickinson	0	0.00
	Unknown	Philip Thompson	0	0.00
Total valid votes			1,005	34.86
Eligible voters			2,883
Source: 1867 Return of the Elections to House of Commons[1]

Result by ward

Ward	Currier	McGillivray	Gibb	Martineau	Total vote	Eligible voters
By	270	0	9	1	280	746
Ottawa	256	1	1	0	258	656
Victoria	118	1	4	0	123	371
Wellington	147	2	4	0	153	536
St. George	183	1	7	0	181	574
Total	974	5	25	1	1,005	2,883

1872 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Liberal-Conservative	Joseph Merrill Currier	acclaimed	x
	Conservative	John Bower Lewis	acclaimed	x

1874 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Liberal-Conservative	J. M. Currier	1,458	x
	Liberal	St. Jean	1,213	x
	Liberal-Conservative	Joseph Aumand[2]	1,101
	Unknown	John Sweetland[3]	8

On Mr. Currier's resignation for having infringed the Independence of Parliament Act by conducting business dealings with the government while still a member:

By-election: 9 May 1877
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Liberal-Conservative	Joseph Merrill Currier	2,035	x
	Unknown	J. P. Featherston	772

1878 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Liberal-Conservative	Joseph Merrill Currier	1,854	x
	Conservative	Joseph Tassé	1,748	x
	Liberal	Pierre St. Jean	1,353
	Unknown	C. W. Bangs	1,239

1882 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Conservative	Charles H. Mackintosh	1,692	x
	Conservative	Joseph Tassé	1,557	x
	Liberal	A. F. McIntyre	1,229
	Liberal	P. St. Jean	1,213

1887 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Conservative	William Goodhue Perley	3,339	x
	Liberal-Conservative	Honoré Robillard	3,207	x
	Liberal	A. F. McIntyre	2,389
	Liberal	St. Jean	2,368

On Mr. Perley's death:

By-election: 26 April 1890
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Conservative	Charles H. Mackintosh	2,454	x
	Equal Rights	Hay	1,596
	Liberal	Chrysler	1,242

1891 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Conservative	C. H. Mackintosh	3,029	x
	Liberal-Conservative	Honoré Robillard	2,363	x
	Liberal	N. A. Belcourt	1,946
	Liberal	J. W. Patterson	1,287
	Equal Rights	W. H. Lewis	770
	Liberal	R. Nagle	55

On Mr. Mackintosh's resignation:

By-election: 7 December 1893
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Conservative	James Alexander Grant	acclaimed

1896 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Liberal	W. Hutchinson	3,333	x
	Liberal	N. A. Belcourt	2,942	x
	Conservative	Hiram Robinson	2,751
	Conservative	N. Champagne	2,654
	Protestant Protective	Taylor McVeity	2,100

1900 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Conservative	Thomas Birkett	4,897	x
	Liberal	N. A. Belcourt	4,524	x
	Conservative	Napoléon Champagne	4,507
	Liberal	Robert Stewart	4,419

1904 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Liberal	N. A. Belcourt	6,275	x
	Liberal	Robert Stewart	5,871	x
	Conservative	Thomas Birkett	4,818
	Conservative	N. Champagne	4,547

On Mr. Belcourt being called to the Senate:

By-election: 23 December 1907
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Liberal	J. B. T. Caron	4,474	x
	Unknown	W. D. Morris	1,145

v t e 1908 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal	Wilfrid Laurier	6,584	26.53	Y
	Liberal	Harold McGiverin	6,388	25.74	Y
	Conservative	Thomas Birkett	5,959	24.01
	Conservative	John Léo Chabot	5,890	23.73
Total valid votes			24,821	100.00
Source(s) "Ottawa (City of), Ontario (1867-08-06 - 1935-08-13)". History of Federal Ridings Since 1867. Library of Parliament. Retrieved 24 March 2020.

On Mr. Laurier's resignation:

By-election: 29 January 1910
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Liberal	Albert Allard	5,779	x
	Conservative	John Leo Chabot	5,121

v t e 1911 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Conservative	Alfred Ernest Fripp	7,062	Y
	Conservative	John Leo Chabot	6,892	Y
	Liberal	Harold Buchanan McGiverin	6,540
	Liberal	Joseph Albert Pinard	6,366
	Socialist	Allan Gordon McCallum	298

v t e 1917 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Government (Unionist)	Alfred Ernest Fripp	18,547	29.33	Y
	Government (Unionist)	John Léo Chabot	18,312	28.96	Y
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	Wilfrid Laurier	13,289	21.02
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	Harold McGiverin	13,077	20.68
Total valid votes			63,225	100.00
Source(s) "Ottawa (City of), Ontario (1867-08-06 - 1935-08-13)". History of Federal Ridings Since 1867. Library of Parliament. Retrieved 24 March 2020.

1921 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Liberal	Harold Buchanan McGiverin	22,087	x
	Liberal	Edgar Rodolphe Eugène Chevrier	21,107	x
	Conservative	Alfred Ernest Fripp	15,829
	Conservative	Napoléon Champagne	15,450
	Progressive	David Loughnan	5,302
	Progressive	Edmond Bourque	4,444

1925 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Conservative	Stewart McClenaghan	21,604	x
	Conservative	John Léo Chabot	21,281	x
	Liberal	Edgar Rodolphe Chevrier	19,725
	Liberal	Norman Frank Wilson	19,165

1926 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Liberal	Edgar Rodolphe Eugène Chevrier	23,012	x
	Liberal	Gordon Cameron Edwards	22,950	x
	Conservative	Stewart McClenaghan	21,917
	Conservative	Hon. John Léo Chabot	21,614

1930 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Liberal	Edgar Rodolphe Eugène Chevrier	25,721	x
	Liberal	T. Frank Ahearn	25,632	x
	Conservative	Frank Henry Plant	23,166
	Conservative	Frank Lafortune	22,579

See also

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

References

• "Ottawa (City of), Ontario (1867 - 1933)". History of Federal Ridings since 1867. Parliament of Canada.

1. Langevin, Edouard J. (1868), Return of the Elections to House of Commons, Ottawa: Hunter, Rose & Company
2. Pilon, Henri (1972). "Aumond, Joseph-Ignace". In Hayne, David (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. X (1871–1880) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
3. Mackintosh, Charles Herbert (1878). The Canadian Parliamentary Companion and Annual Register. p. 196.