Durham—Northumberland

Durham—Northumberland
Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1976
District abolished	1987
First contested	1979
Last contested	1984

Durham—Northumberland is a former federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 to 1988. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1976 from parts of Northumberland—Durham and Ontario ridings.

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It consisted of:

in the Regional Municipality of Durham: the Township of Scugog and the Town of Newcastle;
in the County of Northumberland: the Township of Hope, the Town of Port Hope, the Town of Cobourg, and the part of the Township of Hamilton lying west of the Town of Cobourg and south of Highway 401;
in the County of Peterborough: the Township of Cavan; and
in the County of Victoria: the Township of Manvers.

The electoral district was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed between Durham, Northumberland and Victoria—Haliburton ridings.

Parliament	Years		Party
Riding created from Northumberland—Durham and Ontario
31st	1979–1980	Allan Lawrence	Progressive Conservative
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988
Riding dissolved into Durham, Northumberland and Victoria—Haliburton

1980 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Allan Lawrence	17,587	45.08	-7.32
	Liberal	Ed Schamerhorn	11,587	29.70	+3.51
	New Democratic	Fred McLaughlin	9,453	24.23	+3.78
	Libertarian	Bob Marttila	374	0.96	+0.06
	Marxist–Leninist	Robert C. Platt	16	-0.03
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-5.41

1984 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Allan Lawrence	24,968	59.34	+14.26
	Liberal	Darce Campbell	8,740	20.77	-8.93
	New Democratic	Roy Grierson	7,805	18.55	-5.68
	Rhinoceros	Brian Flynn	353	0.84
	Libertarian	Gordon W. Page	211	0.50	-0.46
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+11.59

Members of Parliament