# Algoma East

Algoma East was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1904 to 1968. It was created in 1903 from parts of Algoma riding.
It initially consisted of the territorial district of Manitoulin and the part of the territorial district of Algoma lying east of a line drawn from south to north along the limit between the townships of Lefroy and Plummer Additional and due north to the northern limit of Algoma.
In 1904, the territorial district of Manitoulin was transferred out of the riding.
In 1914, it was redefined to consist of the eastern part of the territorial district of Algoma, excluding those parts included in Timiskaming, the western part of the territorial district of Sudbury, and the territorial district of Manitoulin
In 1933, it was redefined to consist of the territorial district of Manitoulin, and the parts of the territorial districts of Algoma and Sudbury.
The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed between Algoma, Nickel Belt and Timmins—Chapleau ridings.
Its last, longest-serving, and highest-profile MP was Lester Pearson of the Liberal Party, who was Prime Minister of Canada from 1963 to 1968.

## Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
| Riding created from Algoma |||||
| 10th | 1904–1908 | Albert Dyment | Liberal |
| 11th | 1908–1911 | William Ross Smyth | Conservative |
| 12th | 1911–1917 | William Ross Smyth | Conservative |
| 13th | 1917–1921 | George Nicholson | Government (Unionist) |
| 14th | 1921–1925 | John Carruthers | Liberal |
| 15th | 1925–1926 | George Nicholson | Conservative |
| 16th | 1926–1930 | Beniah Bowman | United Farmers of Ontario |
| 17th | 1930–1935 | George Nicholson | Conservative |
| 18th | 1935–1940 | Thomas Farquhar | Liberal |
| 19th | 1940–1945 | Thomas Farquhar | Liberal |
| 20th | 1945–1948 | Thomas Farquhar | Liberal |
| 20th | 1948–1949 | Lester B. Pearson | Liberal |
| 21st | 1949–1953 | Lester B. Pearson | Liberal |
| 22nd | 1953–1957 | Lester B. Pearson | Liberal |
| 23rd | 1957–1958 | Lester B. Pearson | Liberal |
| 24th | 1958–1962 | Lester B. Pearson | Liberal |
| 25th | 1962–1963 | Lester B. Pearson | Liberal |
| 26th | 1963–1965 | Lester B. Pearson | Liberal |
| 27th | 1965–1968 | Lester B. Pearson | Liberal |
| Riding dissolved into Algoma, Nickel Belt and Timmins—Chapleau |||||

## Election results

1904 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Albert Dyment | 2,698 |
| | Conservative | Byron H. Turner | 2,120 |
1908 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | William Ross Smyth | 2,849 |
| | Liberal | Albert Dyment | 2,808 |
1911 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | William Ross Smyth | 3,898 |
| | Liberal | John Lionel Regan | 3,716 |
1917 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Government (Unionist) | George Nicholson | 4,742 |
| | Opposition (Laurier Liberals) | Lawrence O'Connor | 3,596 |
1921 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | John Carruthers | 5,007 |
| Conservative | George Nicholson | 4,194 |
| Progressive | John Egerton Wright | 3,095 |
1925 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | George Nicholson | 6,209 |
| | Liberal | John Carruthers | 5,665 |
1926 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | United Farmers of Ontario | Beniah Bowman | 6,909 |
| | Conservative | George Nicholson | 6,143 |
1930 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | George Nicholson | 7,231 |
| | Liberal | Beniah Bowman | 6,934 |
1935 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Thomas Farquhar | 5,816 |
| Conservative | William James Card | 2,541 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Kenneth James Webb Bromley | 1,362 |
| Reconstruction | Isadore Ernest Provencher | 833 |
1940 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Thomas Farquhar | 5,565 |
| National Government | John Lorne Campbell | 3,126 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | J. W. McVey | 1,635 |
1945 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Thomas Farquhar | 4,855 |
| Progressive Conservative | Allan McNiece Austin | 3,610 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | William Luke Strain | 1,468 |
Canadian federal by-election, 25 October 1948 On Thomas Farquhar being called to the Senate, 10 September 1948 :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Lester B. Pearson | 4,685 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Lorne D. Callaghan | 2,382 |
| Social Credit | John J. Fitzgerald | 1,236 |
1949 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Lester B. Pearson | 6,184 |
| Progressive Conservative | Grant H. Turner | 2,908 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | George Thornton | 2,202 |
1953 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Lester B. Pearson | 7,494 |
| | Progressive Conservative | George H. Bishop | 3,877 |
1957 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Lester B. Pearson | 8,574 |
| Progressive Conservative | H. Merton Mulligan | 5,757 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Martin S. Reid | 2,156 |
1958 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Lester B. Pearson | 11,240 |
| Progressive Conservative | Basil Scully | 8,208 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Walter James Corbett | 2,309 |
1962 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Lester B. Pearson | 11,934 |
| Progressive Conservative | Alex Berthelot | 5,631 |
| New Democratic | Cam Cork | 3,168 |
1963 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Lester B. Pearson | 10,817 |
| Progressive Conservative | Paul Jewell | 6,146 |
| Social Credit | Irénée John Quenneville | 2,016 |
| New Democratic | Bennett Donahue | 1,751 |
1965 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Liberal | Lester B. Pearson | 9,268 |
| Progressive Conservative | Joel Aldred | 5,793 |
| New Democratic | Walter Stuart | 2,053 |