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Established December 18, 1885
Disbanded May 01, 1997
Last ModifiedRalphie June 04, 2008 01:12pm
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RACES
Date Type Results [Show Primaries]
Apr 09, 1992 General Election
 Gavin Strang(I)
15,446
45.75%
 Kenneth Ward
8,235
24.39%
 Debin McKinney
6,225
18.44%
 Devin S. Scobie
3,432
10.17%
 Graeme Farmer
424
1.26%
Jun 11, 1987 General Election
 Gavin Strang(I)
18,257
50.37%
 John F. Renz
8,962
24.73%
 Judith C. Aitken
5,592
15.43%
 Mungo Bovey
3,434
9.47%
Jun 09, 1983 General Election
 Gavin Strang(I)
16,169
44.89%
 Paul C. Martin
10,303
28.61%
 Roderick Macleod
7,570
21.02%
 Paul Henderson Scott
1,976
5.49%
May 03, 1979 General Election
 Gavin Strang(I)
23,477
53.69%
 Geoffrey A. Campbell
14,660
33.52%
 George C. MacDougall
5,296
12.11%
 Carol Downes
173
0.40%
 Terry Brotherstone
124
0.28%
Oct 10, 1974 General Election
 Gavin Strang(I)
19,669
44.92%
 George C. MacDougall
11,213
25.61%
 M. Andrew Hogg
10,111
23.09%
 Geoffrey Dalzell
2,578
5.89%
 Irene Swan
213
0.49%
Feb 28, 1974 General Election
 Gavin Strang(I)
20,163
43.66%
 Douglas J. May
14,614
31.65%
 George C. MacDougall
7,128
15.44%
 John Melling
3,998
8.66%
 Irene Swan
274
0.59%
Jun 18, 1970 General Election
 Gavin Strang
22,171
51.87%
 Neil Gow
16,657
38.97%
 Helen B. Davidson
3,502
8.19%
 Irene Swan
413
0.97%
Mar 31, 1966 General Election
 George Willis(I)
25,423
60.48%
 Barry Henderson
16,614
39.52%
Oct 15, 1964 General Election
 George Willis(I)
24,808
56.15%
 Robert McEwen
19,376
43.85%
Oct 08, 1959 General Election
 George Willis(I)
22,244
50.35%
 John Scott
21,932
49.65%
May 26, 1955 General Election
 George Willis(I)
21,240
52.52%
 W. Ian R. Fraser
19,198
47.48%
Apr 08, 1954 By-election
 George Willis
18,950
57.65%
 William Grant
13,922
42.35%
Oct 25, 1951 General Election
 John Wheatley(I)
25,201
54.08%
 William Grant
21,400
45.92%
Feb 23, 1950 General Election
 John Wheatley(I)
24,072
53.22%
 Charles Donaldson
17,531
38.76%
 John Hope
3,632
8.03%
Nov 27, 1947 By-election
 John Wheatley
16,906
50.53%
 Duncan M. Matthews
11,490
34.34%
 John Junor
3,379
10.10%
 Mary Fraser Dott
1,682
5.03%
Oct 03, 1945 By-election
 George Thomson
15,482
61.57%
 Tam Galbraith
9,665
38.43%
Jul 12, 1945 General Election
 Frederick Pethick-Lawrence(I)
19,300
56.40%
 William Angus Sinclair
12,771
37.32%
 Frederick C. Yeaman
2,149
6.28%
Nov 14, 1935 General Election
 Frederick Pethick-Lawrence
13,341
43.20%
 Minna Cowan
12,229
39.60%
 David Marshall Mason(I)
5,313
17.20%
Oct 27, 1931 General Election
 David Marshall Mason
17,372
56.98%
 Drummond Shiels(I)
10,244
33.60%
 Thomas T. Alexander
2,872
9.42%
May 30, 1929 General Election
 Drummond Shiels(I)
13,933
47.22%
 Thomas Pringle McDonald
8,687
29.44%
 Richard C. Thyne
6,889
23.35%
Oct 29, 1924 General Election
 Drummond Shiels
9,330
44.30%
 Charles Milne
6,105
28.99%
 James Hogge(I)
5,625
26.71%
Dec 06, 1923 General Election
 James Hogge(I)
10,876
68.31%
 Charles J. M. Mancor
5,045
31.69%

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