# Nipissing (federal electoral district)

Nipissing was a federal electoral district that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1896 to 2004. It was located in the northeastern part of Ontario, Canada.
When it was first created, the riding took in the eastern half of Northeastern Ontario, including the towns of North Bay and Sudbury. Before 1892, this region was part of the electoral district of Renfrew North.
It initially consisted of the temporary judicial district of Nipissing, and the townships of Head, Clara and Maria in the county of Renfrew, and a part of the district of Algoma.
In 1892, it was redefined to consist of the townships of Airey, Appleby, Awrey, Badgerow, Ballantyne, Biggar, Bishop, Blezard, Bonfield, Boulter, Bower, Boyd, Broder, Butt, Caldwell, Calvin, Cameron, Canisbay, Chisholm, Clara, Deacon, Devine, Dill, Dryden, Dunnet, Ferris, Field, Finlayson, Fitzgerald, French, Freswick, Grant, Hagar, Hawley, Head, Hugel, Hunter, Kirkpatrick, Lauder, Lister, Lorrain, Lyell, Maria, Mattawan, McCraney, McKim, McLaughlin, Merrick, Mulock, Murchison, Neelon, Olrig, Osler, Papineau, Paxton, Peck, Pentland, Phelps, Ratter, Robinson, Sabine, Springer, Widdifield and Wilkes, and a broad swath of northeastern Ontario between Georgian Bay and Hudson Bay/James Bay.
In 1903, it was redefined to consist of the territorial district of Nipissing, and the townships of Clara, Head and Maria in the county of Renfrew. In 1914, it was defined to consist of the territorial district of Nipissing, the eastern part of the territorial district of Sudbury, and the townships of Clara, Head and Maria in the county of Renfrew. In 1924, it was defined to consist of the southwest part of the territorial district of Nipissing, and the southeast part of the territorial district of Sudbury.
In 1947, it was defined to consist of the eastern part of the territorial district of Sudbury and the territorial district of Nipissing, excluding he townships of Ballantyne, Wilkes, Pentland, Boyd and Cameron and all townships south of them. Sudbury riding was created from the western portion of Nipissing.
In 1976, it was defined to consist of the northwest part of the Territorial District of Nipissing. In 1996, it was defined to consist of parts of the northeastern part of the Territorial District of Parry Sound, and the western part of the Territorial District of Nipissing.
The electoral district was abolished in 2003 when it was merged into Nipissing—Timiskaming riding.

## Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
| Riding created from Renfrew North |||||
| 8th | 1896–1900 | James Klock | Conservative |
| 9th | 1900–1904 | Charles McCool | Liberal |
| 10th | 1904–1908 | Charles McCool | Liberal |
| 11th | 1908–1911 | George Gordon | Conservative |
| 12th | 1911–1911 | George Gordon | Conservative |
| 12th | 1911–1917 | Francis Cochrane | Conservative |
| 13th | 1917–1921 | Charles Robert Harrison | Government (Unionist) |
| 14th | 1921–1925 | Edmond Lapierre | Liberal |
| 15th | 1925–1926 | Edmond Lapierre | Liberal |
| 16th | 1926–1930 | Edmond Lapierre | Liberal |
| 17th | 1930–1935 | Raoul Hurtubise | Liberal |
| 18th | 1935–1940 | Raoul Hurtubise | Liberal |
| 19th | 1940–1945 | Raoul Hurtubise | Liberal |
| 20th | 1945–1949 | Léo Gauthier | Liberal |
| 21st | 1949–1953 | Jack Garland | Liberal |
| 22nd | 1953–1957 | Jack Garland | Liberal |
| 23rd | 1957–1958 | Jack Garland | Liberal |
| 24th | 1958–1962 | Jack Garland | Liberal |
| 25th | 1962–1963 | Jack Garland | Liberal |
| 26th | 1963–1964† | Jack Garland | Liberal |
| 26th | 1964–1965 | Carl Legault | Liberal |
| 27th | 1965–1968 | Carl Legault | Liberal |
| 28th | 1968–1972 | Carl Legault | Liberal |
| 29th | 1972–1974 | Jean-Jacques Blais | Liberal |
| 30th | 1974–1979 | Jean-Jacques Blais | Liberal |
| 31st | 1979–1980 | Jean-Jacques Blais | Liberal |
| 32nd | 1980–1984 | Jean-Jacques Blais | Liberal |
| 33rd | 1984–1988 | Moe Mantha Sr. | Progressive Conservative |
| 34th | 1988–1993 | Bob Wood | Liberal |
| 35th | 1993–1997 | Bob Wood | Liberal |
| 36th | 1997–2000 | Bob Wood | Liberal |
| 37th | 2000–2004 | Bob Wood | Liberal |
| Riding dissolved into Nipissing—Timiskaming |||||

## Electoral history

1896 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | James Klock | 2,477 |
| | Liberal | James Conmee | 1,513 |
1900 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Charles McCool | acclaimed |
1904 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Charles McCool | 2,747 |
| | Conservative | George Gordon | 2,559 |
1908 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | George Gordon | 4,301 |
| | Liberal | Charles McCool | 4,280 |
1911 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | George Gordon | 5,872 |
| | Liberal | Alfred James Young | 5,327 |
On Mr. Gordon's resignation, 25 October 1911:
By-election on 8 November 1911 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Francis Cochrane | acclaimed |
1917 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Government (Unionist) | Charles Robert Harrison | 6,411 |
| | Opposition (Laurier Liberals) | Edmond Lapierre | 6,367 |
1921 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Edmond Lapierre | 9,886 |
| Conservative | Charles Robert Harrison | 5,589 |
| Progressive | Benoni Levert | 3,280 |
1925 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Edmond Lapierre | 9,128 |
| | Conservative | John Fergusson | 9,031 |
1926 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Edmond Lapierre | 11,587 |
| | Conservative | Alfred Laberge | 8,963 |
1930 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Raoul Hurtubise | 12,588 |
| Conservative | Henri Morel | 10,437 |
| Communist | Amos Tobias Hill | 531 |
1935 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Raoul Hurtubise | 20,114 |
| Conservative | John Michael McNamara | 7,991 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Joseph Levert | 2,236 |
| Reconstruction | Kelvin Alexander Stewart | 2,007 |
| Communist | Amos Tobias Hill | 931 |
1940 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Raoul Hurtubise | 26,916 |
| | National Government | Onésime Larocque | 11,229 |
1945 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Léo Gauthier | 17,416 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | J. Benonie Levert | 11,349 |
| Progressive Conservative | Welland Gemmell | 10,437 |
| Bloc populaire | Lionel Campeau | 3,538 |
| Labor–Progressive | Clarence Smith | 1,525 |
| Social Credit | John Loudon Shaw | 1,379 |
1949 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Jack Garland | 11,061 |
| Progressive Conservative | Avit Seguin | 4,836 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Merle Dickerson | 3,663 |
| Social Credit | John L. Shaw | 1,552 |
| Union des électeurs | Rolland Champagne | 489 |
1953 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Jack Garland | 12,415 |
| Progressive Conservative | Thomas Merton Palmer | 5,329 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | MacDonald Hector Reid | 1,637 |
| Independent Liberal | Lionel Laframboise | 216 |
1957 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Jack Garland | 12,528 |
| Progressive Conservative | Thomas Merton Palmer | 7,351 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | William Arthur Dickinson | 1,999 |
1958 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Jack Garland | 15,046 |
| Progressive Conservative | Johnston Albert Kennedy | 10,422 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Leonard Herbert Thomas | 1,242 |
1962 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Jack Garland | 17,164 |
| Progressive Conservative | Gary Shaw | 7,127 |
| New Democratic | Bill Kowalchuk | 2,573 |
| Ralliement créditiste | Raymond Larocque | 631 |
1963 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Jack Garland | 16,547 |
| Progressive Conservative | Cecil Hewitt | 7,283 |
| New Democratic | Bill Kowalchuk | 2,351 |
| Ralliement créditiste | Raymond Larocque | 1,587 |
On Mr. Garland's death, 14 March 1964:
By-election on 22 June 1964 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Carl Legault | 14,002 |
| Progressive Conservative | Dick Donnelly | 8,581 |
| New Democratic | Harry MacKay | 3,581 |
1965 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Carl Legault | 14,025 |
| Progressive Conservative | Norman Lavallee | 5,653 |
| New Democratic | Bill Kowalchuk | 4,763 |
1968 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Carl Legault | 13,524 |
| Progressive Conservative | Bruce J. Goulet | 8,412 |
| New Democratic | Bob Price | 3,267 |
1972 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Jean-Jacques Blais | 12,451 |
| Progressive Conservative | Jack Smylie | 10,812 |
| New Democratic | Jack Wynter | 6,276 |
| Ralliement créditiste | Clem Larochelle | 457 |
1974 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Jean-Jacques Blais | 16,549 |
| Progressive Conservative | Jack Smylie | 8,609 |
| New Democratic | Mike O'Hallarn | 5,477 |
1979 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Jean-Jacques Blais | 15,184 |
| Progressive Conservative | Marie Marchand | 12,987 |
| New Democratic | Patricia Hughes | 5,681 |
1980 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Jean-Jacques Blais | 16,394 |
| Progressive Conservative | Marie Marchand | 11,661 |
| New Democratic | Art Peltomaa | 4,515 |
1984 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Progressive Conservative | Moe Mantha Sr. | 17,247 |
| Liberal | Jean-Jacques Blais | 14,558 |
| New Democratic | Lynne Bennett | 4,735 |
1988 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Bob Wood | 15,488 |
| Progressive Conservative | Moe Mantha Sr. | 15,003 |
| New Democratic | Dawson Pratt | 6,479 |
| Confederation of Regions | Tim Quinlan | 522 |
| Independent | David C. Brown | 187 |
1993 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Bob Wood | 25,285 |
| Reform | Geraldine Lightfoot | 6,791 |
| Progressive Conservative | Moe Mantha Sr. | 6,565 |
| New Democratic | Arthur James Campbell | 1,324 |
| Natural Law | Manon Charleen Isabelle | 214 |
| Abolitionist | Alcide Hamelin | 73 |
1997 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Bob Wood | 19,786 |
| Reform | Laurie Kidd | 7,390 |
| Progressive Conservative | Gord Miller | 5,666 |
| New Democratic | Art Campbell | 2,280 |
2000 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Bob Wood | 18,888 |
| Alliance | Ken Ferron | 7,461 |
| Progressive Conservative | Alan Dayes | 4,192 |
| New Democratic | Wendy Young | 2,572 |