City of Ottawa (electoral district)

For the provincial electoral district, see Ottawa (Ontario provincial electoral district)

City of Ottawa was a federal electoral district in the province of Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1935.

It was created by the British North America Act of 1867. It consisted of the city of Ottawa. After 1872, there were two members elected in this electoral district.

In 1892, it was redefined to exclude the New Edinburgh district of the city. In 1903, it was redefined as the city of Ottawa, excluding Rideau Ward. In 1914, it was redefined to exclude Hintonburgh (sic), Bayswater and Mechanicsville neighbourhoods as well as Rideau Ward. It continued to return two members.

In 1924, it was redefined as the city of Ottawa, excluding Rideau Ward and that part of the city lying west of a line beginning at the intersection of the Rideau Canal with the Canadian Pacific Railway in the south, and following the railway, Somerset Street, Bayswater Avenue, Bayview Road and Mason Street, to the Ottawa River.

The electoral district was abolished in 1933 when it was divided into Ottawa West and Ottawa East ridings.

Members of Parliament

• Joseph Merrill Currier, Liberal-Conservative (1867-1882)
• John Bower Lewis, Conservative (1872-1874)
• Pierre St-Jean, Liberal (1874-1878)
• Joseph Tassé, Conservative (1878-1887)
• Charles H. Mackintosh, Conservative (1882-1887)
• William Goodhue Perley, Conservative (1887-1890)
• Charles H. Mackintosh, Conservative (1890-1893)
• Honoré Robillard, Liberal-Conservative (1882-1896)
• James Alexander Grant, Conservative (1893-1896)
• William H. Hutchison, Liberal (1896-1900)
• Napoléon Antoine Belcourt, Liberal (1896-1907)
• Thomas Birkett, Liberal (1900-1904)
• Robert Stewart, Liberal (1904-1908)
• Jean-Baptiste Thomas Caron, Liberal (1907-1908) (by-election)
• Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Liberal (1908-1910)
• Harold B. McGiverin, Liberal (1908-1911)
• Albert Allard, Liberal (1910-1911) (by-election)
• Alfred Ernest Fripp, Conservative (1911-1921)
• John Léo Chabot, Conservative (1911-1921)
• Harold B. McGiverin, Liberal (1921-1925)
• Edgar-Rodolphe-Eugène Chevrier, Liberal (1921-1925)
• Stewart McClenaghan, Conservative (1925-1926)
• John Léo Chabot, Conservative (1925-1926)
• Edgar-Rodolphe-Eugène Chevrier, Liberal (1926-1933)
• Gordon Cameron Edwards, Liberal (1926-1930)
• Thomas Franklin Ahearn, Liberal (1930-1933)

Electoral history

Canadian federal election, 1867
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Liberal-Conservative	CURRIER, Joseph Merrill	974	x
	Unknown	GIBB,	25
	Unknown	MCGILLIVRAY,	5
	Unknown	MARTINEAU,	1
	Unknown	DICKINSON,	0
	Unknown	THOMPSON,	0

Canadian federal election, 1872
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Liberal-Conservative	CURRIER, Joseph Merrill	acclaimed	x
	Conservative	LEWIS, John Bower	acclaimed	x

Canadian federal election, 1874
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Liberal-Conservative	CURRIER, J.M.	1,458	x
	Liberal	ST. JEAN, Dr.	1,213	x
	Liberal-Conservative	AUMAND, Joseph[1]	1,101
	Unknown	SWEETLAND, Dr. John[2]	8

On Mr. Currier's resignation for having infringed the Independence of Parliament Act by conducting business dealings with the government while still a member:

By-election: 9 May 1877
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Liberal-Conservative	CURRIER, Joseph Merrill	2,035	x
	Unknown	FEATHERSTON, J.P.	772

Canadian federal election, 1878
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Liberal-Conservative	CURRIER, Jos. Merrill	1,854	x
	Conservative	TASSÉ, Joseph	1,748	x
	Liberal	ST. JEAN, Pierre	1,353
	Unknown	BANGS, C.W.	1,239

Canadian federal election, 1882
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Conservative	MACKINTOSH, Charles H.	1,692	x
	Conservative	TASSÉ, Joseph	1,557	x
	Liberal	MCINTYRE, A.F.	1,229
	Liberal	ST. JEAN, P	1,213

Canadian federal election, 1887
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Conservative	William Goodhue Perley	3,339	x
	Liberal-Conservative	Honoré Robillard	3,207	x
	Liberal	A. F. McIntyre	2,389
	Liberal	ST. JEAN,	2,368

On Mr. Perley's death:

By-election: 26 April 1890
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Conservative	Charles H. Mackintosh	2,454	x
	Equal Rights	Hay	1,596
	Liberal	Chrysler	1,242

Canadian federal election, 1891
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Conservative	MACKINTOSH, C.H.	3,029	x
	Liberal-Conservative	ROBILLARD, Honoré	2,363	x
	Liberal	BELCOURT, N.A.	1,946
	Liberal	PATTERSON, J.W.	1,287
	Equal Rights	LEWIS, W.H.	770
	Liberal	NAGLE, R.	55

On Mr. Mackintosh's resignation:

By-election: 7 December 1893
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Conservative	GRANT, James Alexander	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1896
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Liberal	HUTCHINSON, W.	3,333	x
	Liberal	BELCOURT, N.A.	2,942	x
	Conservative	ROBINSON, Hiram	2,751
	Conservative	CHAMPAGNE, N.	2,654
	Protestant Protective	MCVEITY, Taylor	2,100

Canadian federal election, 1900
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Conservative	BIRKETT, Thos.	4,897	x
	Liberal	BELCOURT, N.A.	4,524	x
	Conservative	CHAMPAGNE, Napoléon	4,507
	Liberal	STEWART, Robt.	4,419

Canadian federal election, 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Liberal	BELCOURT, N.A.	6,275	x
	Liberal	STEWART, Robert	5,871	x
	Conservative	BIRKETT, Thomas	4,818
	Conservative	CHAMPAGNE, N.	4,547

On Mr. Belcourt being called to the Senate:

By-election: 23 December 1907
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Liberal	CARON, J.B.T.	4,474	x
	Unknown	MORRIS, W.D.	1,145

Canadian federal election, 1908
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Liberal	LAURIER, Rt. Hon. Sir Wilfrid	6,584	x
	Liberal	MCGIVERIN, Harold B.	6,388	x
	Conservative	BIRKETT, Thomas	5,959
	Conservative	CHABOT, John Leo	5,890

On Mr. Laurier's resignation:

By-election: 29 January 1910
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Liberal	ALLARD, Albert	5,779	x
	Conservative	CHABOT, John Leo	5,121

Canadian federal election, 1911: Ottawa (City of)
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Conservative	Alfred Ernest Fripp	7,062
	Conservative	John Leo Chabot	6,892
	Liberal	Harold Buchanan McGiverin	6,540
	Liberal	Joseph Albert Pinard	6,366
	Socialist	Allan Gordon McCallum	298

Canadian federal election, 1917
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Government	FRIPP, Alfred Ernest	18,547	x
	Government	CHABOT, John Leo	18,312	x
	Opposition	LAURIER, Rt. Hon. Sir Wilfrid	13,289
	Opposition	MCGIVERIN, Harold B.	13,077

Canadian federal election, 1921
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Liberal	MCGIVERIN, Harold Buchanan	22,087	x
	Liberal	CHEVRIER, Edgar Rodolphe Eugèn	21,107	x
	Conservative	FRIPP, Alfred Ernest	15,829
	Conservative	CHAMPAGNE, Napoléon	15,450
	Progressive	LOUGHNAN, David	5,302
	Progressive	BOURQUE, Edmond	4,444

Canadian federal election, 1925
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Conservative	MCCLENAGHAN, Stewart	21,604	x
	Conservative	CHABOT, John Léo	21,281	x
	Liberal	CHEVRIER, Edgar Rodolphe	19,725
	Liberal	WILSON, Norman Frank	19,165

Canadian federal election, 1926
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Liberal	CHEVRIER, Edgar Rodolphe Eugène	23,012	x
	Liberal	EDWARDS, Gordon Cameron	22,950	x
	Conservative	MCCLENAGHAN, Stewart	21,917
	Conservative	CHABOT, Hon. John Léo	21,614

Canadian federal election, 1930
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Liberal	CHEVRIER, Edgar Rodolphe Eugène	25,721	x
	Liberal	AHEARN, T. Frank	25,632	x
	Conservative	PLANT, Frank Henry	23,166
	Conservative	LAFORTUNE, Frank	22,579

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

References

• "Ottawa (City of), Ontario (1867 - 1933)". History of Federal Ridings since 1867. Parliament of Canada.

1. Pilon, Henri (1972). "Aumond, Joseph-Ignace". In Hayne, David. Dictionary of Canadian Biography. X (1871–1880) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
2. Mackintosh, Charles Herbert (1878). The Canadian Parliamentary Companion and Annual Register. p. 196.