# Port Arthur (federal electoral district)

Port Arthur was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1979. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1933 from parts of Port Arthur—Thunder Bay riding.
It consisted initially of the parts of the territorial districts of Algoma, Cochrane, Kenora, and Thunder Bay not included in the electoral districts of Algoma West, Cochrane, Fort William, and Kenora-Rainy River herein defined, and including the city of Port Arthur, together with that part of the district of Patricia not included in the electoral districts of Kenora—Rainy River and Cochrane.
In 1966, it was defined as consisting of the part of the territorial district of Thunder Bay contained in the City of Port Arthur and the Townships of Adrian, Blackwell, Conmee, Forbes, Fowler, Goldie, Gorham, Horne, Jacques, Laurie, MacGregor, McIntyre, McTavish, Oliver, Sackville, Sibley and Ware.
The electoral district was abolished in 1976 when it was merged into Thunder Bay—Nipigon riding.

## Members of Parliament

Port Arthur has elected the following members of Parliament:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
| Riding created from Port Arthur—Thunder Bay |||||
| 18th | 1935–1940 | C. D. Howe | Liberal |
| 19th | 1940–1945 | C. D. Howe | Liberal |
| 20th | 1945–1949 | C. D. Howe | Liberal |
| 21st | 1949–1953 | C. D. Howe | Liberal |
| 22nd | 1953–1957 | C. D. Howe | Liberal |
| 23rd | 1957–1958 | Doug Fisher | Co-operative Commonwealth |
| 24th | 1958–1962 | Doug Fisher | Co-operative Commonwealth |
| 25th | 1962–1963 | Doug Fisher | New Democratic |
| 26th | 1963–1965 | Doug Fisher | New Democratic |
| 27th | 1965–1968 | Bob Andras | Liberal |
| 28th | 1968–1972 | Bob Andras | Liberal |
| 29th | 1972–1974 | Bob Andras | Liberal |
| 30th | 1974–1979 | Bob Andras | Liberal |
| Riding dissolved into Thunder Bay—Nipigon |||||

## Election results

1935 Canadian federal election: Port Arthur :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | C. D. Howe | 6,591 |
| Conservative | George Wardrope | 2,807 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Alex Gibson | 1,357 |
| Communist | Albert Edward Smith | 1,161 |
| Reconstruction | Peter Allan Legrow | 519 |
1940 Canadian federal election: Port Arthur :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | C. D. Howe | 10,327 |
| National Government | Alan A. Barton | 5,213 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Alex Gibson | 3,128 |
1945 Canadian federal election: Port Arthur :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | C.D. Howe | 10,045 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | John Arthur Thompson | 5,504 |
| Progressive Conservative | George Wardrope | 3,516 |
| Labor–Progressive | Robert Melbourne Aylward | 1,004 |
1949 Canadian federal election: Port Arthur :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | C. D. Howe | 12,646 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | James Thomas Cawley | 6,401 |
| Progressive Conservative | Robert Ainslie Robinson | 5,068 |
| Social Credit | John Emil Dagsvik | 627 |
1953 Canadian federal election: Port Arthur :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | C. D. Howe | 12,272 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Ronald Vincent Wilmot | 5,865 |
| Progressive Conservative | Bob Robinson | 5,415 |
| Labor–Progressive | Bruce Magnuson | 923 |
1957 Canadian federal election: Port Arthur :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Doug Fisher | 12,228 |
| Liberal | C. D. Howe | 10,813 |
| Progressive Conservative | Ina M. Vigars | 5,261 |
1958 Canadian federal election: Port Arthur :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Doug Fisher | 12,217 |
| Progressive Conservative | Norman R. Wilson | 10,215 |
| Liberal | Edward V. Anten | 9,043 |
1962 Canadian federal election: Port Arthur :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| New Democratic | Doug Fisher | 13,437 |
| Liberal | David W. Morgan | 11,502 |
| Progressive Conservative | Norman R. Wilson | 9,226 |
| Communist | Osmo R. Lahti | 418 |
| Social Credit | Gilbert Heath | 352 |
1963 Canadian federal election: Port Arthur :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| New Democratic | Doug Fisher | 16,141 |
| Liberal | Saul Laskin | 13,132 |
| Progressive Conservative | Harvey W. Smith | 6,316 |
1965 Canadian federal election: Port Arthur :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Bob Andras | 14,706 |
| New Democratic | Gordon Oliver Rothney | 12,275 |
| Progressive Conservative | Harvey Smith | 8,075 |
1968 Canadian federal election: Port Arthur :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Bob Andras | 11,079 |
| New Democratic | Gordon Oliver Rothney | 7,306 |
| Progressive Conservative | Carl Rogers | 4,179 |
| Communist | Norman Freed | 233 |
1972 Canadian federal election: Port Arthur :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Bob Andras | 14,351 |
| New Democratic | Chris Ferguson | 6,756 |
| Progressive Conservative | John Erickson | 6,027 |
| No affiliation | Clifford Wahl | 274 |
1974 Canadian federal election: Port Arthur :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Bob Andras | 14,523 |
| New Democratic | Dusty Miller | 8,591 |
| Progressive Conservative | Frank Wright | 3,322 |
| Communist | Clifford Wahl | 164 |
| Marxist–Leninist | Janina Klee | 54 |