# Victoria (Ontario electoral district)

Victoria was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1904 to 1968. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was first created in 1903 from parts of Peterborough East, Victoria North and Victoria South ridings.
It was initially defined as consisting of the county of Victoria, and the provisional county of Haliburton. In 1947, it was expanded to include the townships of Rama, Mara, Thorah and Brock in the county of Ontario.
The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it became part of Victoria—Haliburton riding.

## Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
| Riding created from Victoria North, Victoria South and Peterborough East |||||
| 10th | 1904–1908 | Sam Hughes | Liberal–Conservative |
| 11th | 1908–1911 | Sam Hughes | Liberal–Conservative |
| 12th | 1911–1911 | Sam Hughes | Liberal–Conservative |
| 12th | 1911–1917 | Sam Hughes | Liberal–Conservative |
| 13th | 1917–1921 | Sam Hughes | Government (Unionist) |
| 14th | 1921–1925 | John Jabez Thurston | Independent |
| 15th | 1925–1926 | Thomas Hubert Stinson | Conservative |
| 16th | 1926–1930 | Thomas Hubert Stinson | Conservative |
| 17th | 1930–1935 | Thomas Hubert Stinson | Conservative |
| 18th | 1935–1940 | Bruce McNevin | Liberal |
| 19th | 1940–1945 | Bruce McNevin | Liberal |
| 20th | 1945–1949 | Clayton Hodgson | Progressive Conservative |
| 21st | 1949–1953 | Clayton Hodgson | Progressive Conservative |
| 22nd | 1953–1957 | Clayton Hodgson | Progressive Conservative |
| 23rd | 1957–1958 | Clayton Hodgson | Progressive Conservative |
| 24th | 1958–1962 | Clayton Hodgson | Progressive Conservative |
| 25th | 1962–1963 | Clayton Hodgson | Progressive Conservative |
| 26th | 1963–1965 | Charles Lamb | Progressive Conservative |
| 27th | 1965–1968 | William C. Scott | Progressive Conservative |
| Riding dissolved into Victoria—Haliburton |||||

## Election history

1904 Canadian federal election: Victoria :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal–Conservative | Sam Hughes | 4,085 |
| | Unknown | R. J. McLaughlin | 3,782 |
1908 Canadian federal election: Victoria :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal–Conservative | Sam Hughes | 4,315 |
| | Unknown | Archibald Wilson | 3,277 |
1911 Canadian federal election: Victoria :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal–Conservative | Sam Hughes | 4,001 |
| | Unknown | James Burnett Begg | 2,707 |
By-election: On Mr. Hughes being appointed Minister of the Militia and Defence, 27 October 1911: Victoria :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal–Conservative | Sam Hughes | acclaimed |
1917 Canadian federal election: Victoria :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Government (Unionist) | Sam Hughes | 6,338 |
| | Opposition (Laurier Liberals) | George Dunkley Isaac | 3,079 |
1921 Canadian federal election: Victoria :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | John Jabez Thurston | 8,019 |
| | Conservative | Thomas Hubert Stinson | 7,816 |
1925 Canadian federal election: Victoria :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Thomas Hubert Stinson | 8,632 |
| | Progressive | Bruce McNiven | 6,285 |
1926 Canadian federal election: Victoria :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Thomas Hubert Stinson | 9,070 |
| | Progressive | John Jabez Thurston | 6,004 |
1930 Canadian federal election: Victoria :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Thomas Hubert Stinson | 8,999 |
| | Liberal | Thomas John Carley | 6,269 |
1935 Canadian federal election: Victoria :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Bruce McNevin | 8,234 |
| Conservative | Thomas Hubert Stinson | 8,174 |
| Reconstruction | John R. Falconer | 558 |
1940 Canadian federal election: Victoria :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Bruce McNevin | 8,499 |
| | National Government | C. D. H. MacAlpine | 7,422 |
1945 Canadian federal election: Victoria :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Progressive Conservative | Clayton Hodgson | 8,207 |
| Liberal | Bruce McNevin | 7,388 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Allan Wilson Botting | 601 |
1949 Canadian federal election: Victoria :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Progressive Conservative | Clayton Hodgson | 11,061 |
| Liberal | Bruce McNevin | 10,105 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Gordon Balfour Milling | 625 |
1953 Canadian federal election: Victoria :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Clayton Hodgson | 12,634 |
| | Liberal | Foster M. Graham | 9,041 |
1957 Canadian federal election: Victoria :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Progressive Conservative | Clayton Hodgson | 14,153 |
| Liberal | Frank Welch | 5,835 |
| Social Credit | Albert G. McPhail | 917 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | George Albert Constable | 860 |
1958 Canadian federal election: Victoria :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Progressive Conservative | Clayton Hodgson | 16,080 |
| Liberal | Joseph A. Hutton | 5,190 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | George Constable | 1,112 |
1962 Canadian federal election: Victoria :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Progressive Conservative | Clayton Hodgson | 12,555 |
| Liberal | Frank Welch | 6,653 |
| New Democratic | Allan Gordon McPhail | 3,029 |
| Social Credit | A. E. Hancock | 742 |
1963 Canadian federal election: Victoria :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Progressive Conservative | Charles Lamb | 10,538 |
| Liberal | S. Clifton Benson | 9,572 |
| New Democratic | Allan Gordon McPhail | 2,994 |
1965 Canadian federal election: Victoria :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Progressive Conservative | William C. Scott | 11,282 |
| Liberal | Hugh David Petrie Logan | 8,828 |
| New Democratic | Allan Gordon McPhail | 3,230 |