Lambton East (federal electoral district)

This article is about the federal electoral district. For the provincial electoral district, see Lambton East (provincial electoral district).

Lambton East was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1882 to 1935. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created from Lambton riding.

Lambton East

Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1882
District abolished	1933
First contested	1882
Last contested	1930

The East Riding of the county of Lambton was initially defined to consist of the townships of Enniskillen, Brooke, Warwick and Bosanquet, the town of Petrolia, and the villages of Oil Springs, Alvinston, Watford, Arkona and Thedford.

In 1903, it was expanded to include the township of Euphemia and the town of Forest. In 1914, it was expanded to include the townships of Zone and Camden in the county of Kent.

In 1924, it was defined as consisting of the townships of Bosanquet, Warwick, Inniskillen, Brooke, Dawn and Euphemia in the County of Lambton, and the townships of Zone and Camden in the County of Kent.

The electoral district was abolished in 1933 when it was redistributed between Lambton West and Lambton—Kent ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Lambton
5th	1882–1887		John Henry Fairbank	Liberal
6th	1887–1891		George Moncrieff	Conservative
7th	1891–1896
8th	1896–1900		John Fraser	Liberal
9th	1900–1903†		Oliver Simmons	Conservative
	1904–1904		Joseph Elijah Armstrong
10th	1904–1908
11th	1908–1911
12th	1911–1917
13th	1917–1921			Government (Unionist)
14th	1921–1925		Burt Wendell Fansher	Progressive
15th	1925–1926		Joseph Elijah Armstrong	Conservative
16th	1926–1930		Burt Wendell Fansher	Progressive
17th	1930–1935		John Thomas Sproule	Conservative
Riding dissolved into Lambton West and Lambton—Kent

Election results

1882 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John H. Fairbank	1,736
	Unknown	J. A. McKenzie	1,569

1887 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	George Moncrieff	2,488
	Liberal	J. H. Fairbank	2,346

1891 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	George Moncrieff	2,636
	Liberal	Richard Stutt	2,070

1896 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Fraser	2,144
	Conservative	George Moncrieff	2,104
	Protestant Protective	J. E. Armstrong	1,383

1900 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Oliver Simmons	2,637
	Liberal	John Fraser	2,416

On Mr. Simmons' death, 11 November 1903:

By-election on 16 February 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Joseph E. Armstrong	2,659
	Liberal	Charles Jenkins	2,130

1904 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	J. E. Armstrong	3,026
	Liberal	James Cowan	2,565

1908 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Joseph E. Armstrong	2,921
	Liberal	Charles Oliver Fairbank	2,461

1911 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Joseph Emanuel Armstrong	2,720
	Liberal	Charles Oliver Fairbank	2,226

1917 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Government (Unionist)	Joseph Emanuel Armstrong	4,239
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	Neil McDougall	3,255

1921 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	Burt Wendell Fansher	6,747
	Conservative	Joseph Elijah Armstrong	5,752

1925 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Joseph E. Armstrong	5,611
	Progressive	Burt Wendell Fansher	5,522
	Liberal	John Ross Stirrett	1,061

1926 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	Burt Wendell Fansher	6,891
	Conservative	Joseph Emmanuel Armstrong	6,340

1930 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Thomas Sproule	6,209
	Progressive	Burt Wendell Fansher	6,196
	Liberal	Charles Goodspeed Dunlop	153

See also

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