Port Arthur—Thunder Bay

Port Arthur—Thunder Bay was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1925 to 1935. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1924 from parts of Algoma West and Port Arthur and Kenora ridings.

Port Arthur—Thunder Bay

Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1924
District abolished	1933
First contested	1925
Last contested	1930

It consisted of the north-east parts of the territorial districts of Kenora and Thunder Bay.

The electoral district was abolished in 1933 when it was merged into Port Arthur riding.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Port Arthur and Kenora and Algoma West
15th	1925–1926		William Fitzgerald Langworthy	Conservative
16th	1926–1930		Donald James Cowan
17th	1930–1935
Riding dissolved into Port Arthur

Election history

1925 Canadian federal election: Port Arthur—Thunder Bay
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	William Fitzgerald Langworthy	3,277
	Independent Conservative	John James Carrick	2,424
	Liberal	Isaac Lamont Matthews	2,413
	Canadian Labour	Albert Edward Smith	1,363

1926 Canadian federal election: Port Arthur—Thunder Bay
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Donald James Cowan	4,349
	Liberal–Labour	Alexander Jarvis McComber	2,990
	Canadian Labour	Albert Edward Smith	1,382

1930 Canadian federal election: Port Arthur—Thunder Bay
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Donald James Cowan	6,371
	Liberal	John James Carrick	4,415

See also

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