Middlesex East (federal electoral district)

Middlesex East
Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1867
District abolished	1966
First contested	1867
Last contested	1965

Middlesex East was a former federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1968. It was created by the British North America Act 1867, which divided the County of Middlesex into three ridings: Middlesex North, Middlesex West and Middlesex East.

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In 1882, the East Riding of the county of Middlesex it was defined as consisting of the townships of London, West Nissouri, North Dorchester and South Dorchester, the town of London East and the villages of London West and Springfield.

In 1903, the east riding was defined to consist of the townships of Dorchester North, London, Nissouri West and Westminster.

In 1914, the county of Middlesex was divided into two ridings, Middlesex East and Middlesex West. The east riding consisted of the townships of Dorchester North, London, Nissouri West, Westminster and Biddulph, the village of Lucan and those portions of the city of London not included in London city riding.

In 1924, it was redefined to consist of the part of the county of Middlesex lying east of and including the townships of Biddulph, London and Westminster, and those portions of the city of London not included in London city riding.

In 1947, it was redefined to consist of the townships of North Dorchester, London, West Nissouri and Westminster, and the eastern part of the City of London.

In 1952, it was redefined to consist of the Townships of Dorchester North, Nissouri West, Westminster, the eastern part of the Township of London, and the eastern part of the City of London.

The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed between London East, London West and Middlesex ridings.

It was re-created in 1976 from parts of Huron—Middlesex, London East and Middlesex—London—Lambton ridings, but was renamed London—Middlesex in 1977 before any election was held in the riding.

Parliament	Years		Party
1st	1867–1872	Crowell Willson	Liberal–Conservative
2nd	1872–1874	David Glass	Conservative
3rd	1874–1874	Crowell Willson	Liberal–Conservative
3rd	1875–1878	Duncan Macmillan
4th	1878–1882
5th	1882–1887
6th	1887–1891	Joseph Henry Marshall	Conservative
7th	1891–1892
7th	1892–1896
8th	1896–1900	James Gilmour
9th	1900–1904	James Gilmour
10th	1904–1908	Peter Elson
11th	1908–1911
12th	1911–1913†
12th	1913–1917	Samuel Francis Glass
13th	1917–1921	Samuel Francis Glass	Government (Unionist)
14th	1921–1925	Archie Latimer Hodgins	Progressive
15th	1925–1926	Adam King Hodgins	Conservative
16th	1926–1930	Adam King Hodgins
17th	1930–1935	Frank Boyes
18th	1935–1940	Duncan Graham Ross	Liberal
19th	1940–1945	Duncan Graham Ross	Liberal
20th	1945–1949	Harry Oliver White	Progressive Conservative
21st	1949–1953
22nd	1953–1957
23rd	1957–1958
24th	1958–1962
25th	1962–1963	Campbell Millar
26th	1963–1965	Campbell Millar
27th	1965–1968	Jim Lind	Liberal
Riding dissolved into London East, London West and Middlesex

v t e 1867 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	Crowell Willson	1,896
	Independent	D. McFie	1,756
Eligible voters			2,539
Source: Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1871^[1]

v t e 1872 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	David Glass	1,890
	Unknown	Mr. Evans	1,837

v t e 1874 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	Crowell Willson	1,977
	Conservative	David Glass	1,933

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 28 January 1875
	Liberal–Conservative	Duncan Macmillan	2,098
	Unknown	James Armstrong	1,926

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v t e 1940 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Duncan Graham Ross	8,444
	National Government	Frederick George Fuller	6,256
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Kenneth Elson Dickie	1,577

v t e 1962 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Campbell Millar	19,003
	Liberal	James D. Green	13,231
	New Democratic	Harry L. Sills	7,246
	Social Credit	Rae J. Watson	992

v t e 1963 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Campbell Millar	19,850
	Liberal	Jim Lind	18,043
	New Democratic	John G. Gelleta	5,092
	Social Credit	Rae J. Watson	1,159