Kent West (federal electoral district)

This article is about the Canadian federal electoral district. For the British European Parliament constituency, see Kent West (European Parliament constituency). For the Ontario provincial electoral district, see Kent West (provincial electoral district).

Kent West was a federal electoral district (or riding) represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1904 to 1917. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1903 when Kent riding was divided into two ridings, Kent West and Kent East.

Kent West

Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1903
District abolished	1914
First contested	1904
Last contested	1911
Demographics
Census division(s)	Kent County
Census subdivision(s)	Blenheim, Chatham, Dover, Harwich, Raleigh, Romney, Tilbury, Tilbury East

The west riding consisted of the townships of Dover East, Dover West, Harwich, Raleigh, Romney and Tilbury East, the city of Chatham, the town of Blenheim, and the part of the village of Tilbury lying in the county of Kent.

The electoral district was abolished in 1914 when it was merged back into Kent riding.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Kent
10th	1904–1908		Herbert Sylvester Clements	Conservative
11th	1908–1911		Archibald McCoig	Liberal
12th	1911–1917
Riding dissolved into Kent

Election results

1904 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Herbert S. Clements	3,652
	Liberal	George Stephens	3,531

1908 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Archibald Blake McCoig	3,782
	Conservative	Herbert Sylvester Clements	3,700

1911 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Archibald Blake McCoig	3,671
	Conservative	Ward Stanworth	3,605

See also

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