# Timmins (federal electoral district)

Timmins was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1949 to 1979. It was located around the city of Timmins in the northeastern part of the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1947 from parts of Cochrane and Timiskaming ridings.
It consisted of portions of the territorial districts of Timiskaming and Cochrane.
The electoral district was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed between Timiskaming and Timmins—Chapleau ridings.

## Members of Parliament

| Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
| Riding created from Cochrane and Timiskaming |||||
| 21st | 1949–1953 | Karl Eyre | Liberal |
| 22nd | 1953–1957 | Karl Eyre | Liberal |
| 23rd | 1957–1958 | Murdo Martin | Co-operative Commonwealth |
| 24th | 1958–1962 | Murdo Martin | Co-operative Commonwealth |
| 25th | 1962–1963 | Murdo Martin | New Democratic |
| 26th | 1963–1965 | Murdo Martin | New Democratic |
| 27th | 1965–1968 | Murdo Martin | New Democratic |
| 28th | 1968–1972 | Jean Roy | Liberal |
| 29th | 1972–1974 | Jean Roy | Liberal |
| 30th | 1974–1979 | Jean Roy | Liberal |
| Riding dissolved into Timiskaming and Timmins—Chapleau |||||

## Electoral history

1949 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Karl Eyre | 7,949 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Leo P. Lalonde | 5,517 |
| Progressive Conservative | Percy Boyce | 4,377 |
| Labor–Progressive | Raymond Leslie Stevenson | 813 |
1953 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Karl Eyre | 5,541 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Arnold Peters | 4,686 |
| Progressive Conservative | Maurice Bélanger | 3,348 |
| Labor–Progressive | Oscar Roy | 369 |
1957 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Murdo Martin | 6,776 |
| Liberal | Joseph J. Evans | 6,290 |
| Progressive Conservative | Percy Boyce | 4,423 |
1958 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Murdo Martin | 7,342 |
| Progressive Conservative | Émile Brunette | 6,252 |
| Liberal | Joseph J. Evans | 5,719 |
1962 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| New Democratic | Murdo Martin | 8,834 |
| Liberal | Émile Clément | 5,439 |
| Progressive Conservative | Mary Gauthier | 4,676 |
| Social Credit | Ralph R. Fear | 805 |
1963 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| New Democratic | Murdo Martin | 8,452 |
| Liberal | Leo del Villano | 7,592 |
| Progressive Conservative | Émile Brunette | 3,068 |
| Social Credit | Clément Larochelle | 719 |
1965 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| New Democratic | Murdo Martin | 10,071 |
| Liberal | Elmer E. Smith | 6,456 |
| Progressive Conservative | Bob Killingbeck | 2,715 |
| Independent | John James Buchan | 100 |
1968 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Jean Roy | 11,141 |
| New Democratic | Murdo Martin | 8,807 |
| Progressive Conservative | Wyman Brewer | 2,118 |
1972 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Jean Roy | 10,804 |
| New Democratic | Murdo Martin | 9,819 |
| Progressive Conservative | Bill Hickey | 2,997 |
| Social Credit | John Cornelsen | 770 |
1974 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Jean Roy | 12,904 |
| New Democratic | Wally Rantala | 7,681 |
| Progressive Conservative | John Huggins | 4,098 |
| Social Credit | John Cornelsen | 472 |
| Communist | Norman Hill | 90 |