# Timiskaming (federal electoral district)

Timiskaming (later known as Timiskaming—French River) was a federal electoral district in the northeastern part of Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1925, and from 1935 to 1997.
It was created in 1914 from parts of Algoma East and Nipissing ridings.

## Territorial evolution

The riding generally covered the Timiskaming District, but also incorporated parts of Nipissing District, Sudbury District, Algoma District and Cochrane District at various times.
In 1914, it consisted of the whole of the territorial district of Timiskaming and part of the territorial district of Algoma.
The electoral district was abolished in 1924 when it was divided into Timiskaming North and Timiskaming South ridings.
In 1933, the two ridings were re-united, and the new Timiskaming riding consisted of the territorial district of Timiskaming (excluding the township of Keefer and all townships east of Keefer and adjacent to the north boundary of Timiskaming district); and part of the territorial district of Nipissing. In 1947 and 1952, it was redefined to consist of the southern part of Timiskaming.
In 1966, it was redefined to consist of parts of the territorial districts of Timiskaming, Sudbury and Nipissing. In 1976, it was redefined to consist of the southeastern part of the Territorial District of Cochrane, the northern part of the Territorial District of Nipissing; and the Territorial District of Timiskaming (excluding that part lying westerly of the Townships of Cleaver and Fallon).
In 1987, it was redefined to consist of the southeastern part of the Territorial District of Cochrane; the northern part of the Territorial District of Nipissing; the eastern part of the Territorial District of Sudbury; and the Territorial District of Timiskaming (excluding the part lying west of the west boundary of the geographic Townships of Cleaver and Fallon.)
The electoral district was renamed in 1993 to "Timiskaming—French River", and abolished in 1996 when it was incorporated into Timiskaming—Cochrane riding.

## Members of Parliament

| Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
| Timiskaming Riding created from Nipissing and Algoma East |||||
| 13th | 1917–1919† | Francis Cochrane | Government (Unionist) |
| 13th | 1920–1921 | Angus McDonald | Independent |
| 14th | 1921–1925 | Angus McDonald | Independent |
| Riding dissolved into Timiskaming North and Timiskaming South |||||
| Timiskaming Riding re-created from Timiskaming North and Timiskaming South |||||
| 18th | 1935–1940 | Walter Little | Liberal |
| 19th | 1940–1945 | Walter Little | Liberal |
| 20th | 1945–1949 | Walter Little | Liberal |
| 21st | 1949–1953 | Walter Little | Liberal |
| 22nd | 1953–1957 | Ann Shipley | Liberal |
| 23rd | 1957–1958 | Arnold Peters | Co-operative Commonwealth |
| 24th | 1958–1961 | Arnold Peters | Co-operative Commonwealth |
| 24th | 1961–1962 | Arnold Peters | New Democratic |
| 25th | 1962–1963 | Arnold Peters | New Democratic |
| 26th | 1963–1965 | Arnold Peters | New Democratic |
| 27th | 1965–1968 | Arnold Peters | New Democratic |
| 28th | 1968–1972 | Arnold Peters | New Democratic |
| 29th | 1972–1974 | Arnold Peters | New Democratic |
| 30th | 1974–1979 | Arnold Peters | New Democratic |
| 31st | 1979–1980 | Arnold Peters | New Democratic |
| 32nd | 1980–1982† | Bruce Lonsdale | Liberal |
| 32nd | 1982–1984 | John MacDougall | Progressive Conservative |
| 33rd | 1984–1988 | John MacDougall | Progressive Conservative |
| 34th | 1988–1993 | John MacDougall | Progressive Conservative |
| Timiskaming—French River |||||
| 35th | 1993–1997 | Benoît Serré | Liberal |
| Riding dissolved into Timiskaming—Cochrane |||||

## Election results
### Timiskaming, 1917–1925

1917 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Government (Unionist) | Francis Cochrane | 7,025 |
| | Opposition | Arthur Roebuck | 4,868 |
By-election: On Mr. Cochrane's death, 7 April 1920 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | Angus McDonald | 5,797 |
| Liberal | Arthur Graeme Slaght | 3,090 |
| Independent Conservative | Ernest Fleetwood Pullen | 2,996 |
1921 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Independent | Angus McDonald | 5,797 |
| Liberal | Donald McEachren | 5,703 |
| Conservative | Angus John Kennedy | 5,130 |
| Independent | David Bertrand | 197 |

### Timiskaming, 1935–1993

1935 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Walter Little | 5,905 |
| Conservative | Wesley Ashton Gordon | 5,456 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Walter John Hill | 4,185 |
| Reconstruction | Jack Percy Dransfield | 168 |
1940 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Walter Little | 10,455 |
| Liberal | Gerald Daniel O'Meara | 4,906 |
| Farmer–Labour | Tommy Church | 4,204 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Walter John Hill | 2,481 |
| Unknown | Albert Edward Swift | 110 |
1945 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Walter Little | 7,818 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Colborne Campbell Ames | 6,330 |
| Progressive Conservative | Frank Herbert Todd | 4,373 |
| Labor–Progressive | William Garth Teeple | 565 |
1949 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Walter Little | 8,528 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Colborne Campbell Ames | 6,961 |
| Progressive Conservative | John Fenton Richardson Akehurst | 5,512 |
1953 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Ann Shipley | 7,497 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Colbert Campbell Ames | 6,259 |
| Progressive Conservative | Ted Kenrick | 4,611 |
| Labor–Progressive | Joseph Billings | 335 |
1957 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Arnold Peters | 6,936 |
| Liberal | Ann Shipley | 6,896 |
| Progressive Conservative | C. Foster Rice | 5,645 |
1958 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Arnold Peters | 7,544 |
| Progressive Conservative | C. Foster Rice | 7,318 |
| Liberal | Ted J. Miron | 6,118 |
1962 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| New Democratic | Arnold Peters | 7,055 |
| Progressive Conservative | Joseph Mavrinac | 6,053 |
| Liberal | Ann Shipley | 5,969 |
| Social Credit | Gérard Michaud | 2,665 |
1963 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| New Democratic | Arnold Peters | 7,356 |
| Liberal | Mervyn Lavigne | 6,763 |
| Progressive Conservative | John Cram | 5,540 |
| Social Credit | Camil Samson | 2,033 |
1965 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| New Democratic | Arnold Peters | 9,986 |
| Liberal | Mervyn Lavigne | 5,885 |
| Progressive Conservative | Bruce Besley | 3,823 |
1968 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| New Democratic | Arnold Peters | 8,482 |
| Liberal | Louis-R. Vannier | 7,728 |
| Progressive Conservative | George L. Cassidy | 4,443 |
| Social Credit | Alcide-J. Hamelin | 288 |
1972 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| New Democratic | Arnold Peters | 11,327 |
| Liberal | Dick Duff | 7,768 |
| Progressive Conservative | Alf Guppy | 3,317 |
| Social Credit | Albert Breton | 718 |
1974 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| New Democratic | Arnold Peters | 10,263 |
| Liberal | Guy Iannucci | 6,598 |
| Progressive Conservative | Murray Watts | 4,615 |
| Social Credit | Maurice Cure | 492 |
1979 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| New Democratic | Arnold Peters | 11,595 |
| Liberal | Pierre Belanger | 10,900 |
| Progressive Conservative | Grant Sirola | 6,036 |
1980 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Bruce Lonsdale | 11,135 |
| New Democratic | Arnold Peters | 10,661 |
| Progressive Conservative | Grant Sirola | 4,901 |
| Marxist–Leninist | Claudia Irons | 93 |
vteCanadian federal by-election, October 12, 1982: Timiskaming :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Progressive Conservative | John MacDougall | 9,029 | 35.74 |
| | Liberal | Pierre Bélanger | 8,341 | 33.02 |
| | New Democratic | Arnold Peters | 7,654 | 30.30 |
| | Independent | Richard Peever | 236 | 0.93 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 25,260 | 100.00 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 111 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 25,371 | 69.00 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 36,771 | |
| Called after Mr. Lonsdale's death. |||||||
1984 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Progressive Conservative | John MacDougall | 15,359 |
| New Democratic | Jim Morrison | 6,685 |
| Liberal | Lorraine Robazza | 6,308 |
| Social Credit | Ken Sweigard | 151 |
1988 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Progressive Conservative | John MacDougall | 11,230 |
| Liberal | Ben Serré | 10,284 |
| New Democratic | Earl Evans | 7,831 |
| Confederation of Regions | Fred Field | 1,207 |
| Independent | Richard Peever | 160 |

### Timiskaming—French River, 1993–1997

1993 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Ben Serré | 17,462 |
| Progressive Conservative | Bob Mantha | 4,510 |
| Reform | Dan Louie | 3,868 |
| New Democratic Party | Steve Yee | 2,573 |
| Independent | Gary Whitman | 483 |
| Natural Law | Anne Belanger | 296 |