Monck (federal electoral district)

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

Monck was a federal electoral district in the Canadian province of Ontario, which was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1892. It is sometimes also considered one of Ontario's historic counties, as it was listed in some post-Confederation census records as a county of residence.

Monck consisted of the Lincoln County townships of Caistor and Gainsborough, the Haldimand County townships of Canborough, Dunn, Dunnville, Moulton and Sherbrooke, and the Welland County townships of Pelham and Wainfleet.

In 1872, it was redefined to include the Township of Dunn (Haldimand). In 1882, it was redefined to include the Township of South Cayuga and exclude the Township of Caistor.

The electoral district was abolished in 1892 when it was redistributed between Haldimand and Monck and Lincoln and Niagara ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
1st	1867–1872		Lachlin McCallum	Liberal–Conservative
2nd	1872–1874		James David Edgar	Liberal
3rd	1874–1875		Lachlin McCallum	Liberal–Conservative
	1875–1878
4th	1878–1882
5th	1882–1887
6th	1887–1891		Arthur Boyle	Conservative
7th	1891–1892		John Brown	Liberal
	1892–1896		Arthur Boyle	Conservative
Riding dissolved into Haldimand and Monck and Lincoln and Niagara

Electoral history

v t e 1867 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	Lachlin McCallum	1,126
	Unknown	Dr. Frazer	871
Eligible voters			2,539
Source: Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1871[1]

v t e 1872 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James David Edgar	1,334
	Liberal–Conservative	Lachlin McCallum	1,293
Source: Canadian Elections Database[2]

v t e 1874 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	Lachlin McCallum	1,354
	Liberal	James David Edgar	1,320
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By-election on 22 June 1875 Due to unseating of Lachlin McCallum, 12 May 1875
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	Lachlin McCallum	1,333
	Liberal	James David Edgar	1,329

v t e 1878 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	Lachlin McCallum	1,459
	Liberal	James David Edgar	1,431

v t e 1882 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	Lachlin McCallum	1,445
	Unknown	George A. McCallum	1,420

v t e 1887 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Arthur Boyle	1,816
	Liberal	George A. McCallum	1,718

v t e 1891 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Brown	1,874
	Conservative	Arthur Boyle	1,614

By-election on 12 March 1892 Due to unseating of John Brown
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Arthur Boyle	acclaimed

See also

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