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Essex East (electoral district)

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Essex East
Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1924
District abolished1966
First contested1925
Last contested1965

Essex East was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1925 to 1968. It was located in the province of Ontario. it was created in 1924 from parts of Essex North and Essex South ridings.

It initially consisted of the towns of Ford City and Walkerville and the villages of Riverside, Tecumseh and in the townships of Maidstone, Rochester and Tilbury (North and West) in the county of Essex, and the town of Tilbury in the county of Kent.

In 1933, it was redefined to exclude Ford City and the town of Tilbury, include the towns of East Windsor and townships of Sandwich East and Sandwich South, and the part of the city of Windsor south of Tecumseh Road;

In 1947, it was redefined to exclude the towns of East Windsor and Walkerville and the townships of Tilbury West, and Sandwich South, and the part of the city of Windsor east of the line dividing lots facing on Lincoln Road to the east and Gladstone Avenue to the west. In 1952, it was redefined to exclude the town of Tilbury and the town of Essex.

The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed between Essex, Windsor West and Windsor—Walkerville ridings.

Members of Parliament

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This riding elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Parliament Years Member Party
Riding created from Essex North and Essex South
15th  1925–1926     Raymond Ducharme Morand Conservative
16th  1926–1930     Edmond George Odette Liberal
17th  1930–1935     Raymond Ducharme Morand Conservative
18th  1935–1940     Paul Martin Sr. Liberal
19th  1940–1945
20th  1945–1949
21st  1949–1953
22nd  1953–1957
23rd  1957–1958
24th  1958–1962
25th  1962–1963
26th  1963–1965
27th  1965–1968
Riding dissolved into Essex, Windsor West and Windsor—Walkerville

Election results

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1925 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Raymond Ducharme Morand 6,052 50.83
Liberal Edmond George Odette 5,855 49.17
Total valid votes 11,907 100.00
1926 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Edmond George Odette 7,555 52.91 +2.08
Conservative Raymond Ducharme Morand 6,724 47.09 -2.08
Total valid votes 14,279 100.00
1930 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Raymond Ducharme Morand 9,243 56.44 +3.53
Liberal Edmond George Odette 7,133 43.56 -3.53
Total valid votes 16,376 100.00
1935 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Paul Martin Sr. 7,562 39.25 -4.31
Conservative Raymond Ducharme Morand 6,493 33.71 -22.73
Co-operative Commonwealth Joseph Ben Levert 4,106 21.32
Reconstruction J. Gabriel McPharlin 1,102 5.72
Total valid votes 19,263 100.00
1940 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Paul Martin Sr. 9,811 46.39 +7.14
National Government Raymond Ducharme Morand 8,060 38.11 +4.40
Co-operative Commonwealth Joseph Ben Levert 2,879 13.62 -7.70
Labour Roy Robert Hicks 398 1.88
Total valid votes 21,148 100.00
1945 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Paul Martin Sr. 16,165 56.21 +9.82
Progressive Conservative James E. Byrne 8,244 28.67 -9.44
Co-operative Commonwealth William C. MacDonald 4,349 15.12 +1.50
Total valid votes 28,758 100.00
1949 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Paul Martin Sr. 16,709 52.89 -3.32
Progressive Conservative James Russell Turnbull 8,204 25.97 -2.70
Co-operative Commonwealth William Riggs 5,213 16.50 +1.38
Labor–Progressive Cyril Prince 1,464 4.64
Total valid votes 31,590 100.00
1953 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Paul Martin Sr. 19,946 67.16 +14.27
Progressive Conservative Aloysius Kennedy 5,530 18.62 -7.35
Co-operative Commonwealth Kenneth Edwin Owen 3,013 10.14 -6.36
Labor–Progressive Michael J. Kennedy 1,212 4.08 -0.56
Total valid votes 29,701 100.00
1957 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Paul Martin Sr. 22,023 57.15 -10.01
Progressive Conservative Roy R. Hicks 10,593 27.49 +8.87
Co-operative Commonwealth Jack Meteer 5,917 15.36 +5.22
Total valid votes 38,533 100.00
1958 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Paul Martin Sr. 18,074 41.98 -15.17
Progressive Conservative Roy R. Hicks 16,451 38.21 +10.72
Co-operative Commonwealth Fred A. Burr 8,530 19.81 +4.45
Total valid votes 43,055 100.00
1962 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Paul Martin Sr. 24,969 58.69 +16.71
New Democratic George Drury 8,888 20.89 +1.08
Progressive Conservative Roland Lionel Demers 8,210 19.30 -18.91
Social Credit T. R. Cory 476 1.12
Total valid votes 42,543 100.00
1963 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Paul Martin Sr. 25,727 59.82 +1.13
Progressive Conservative David Gourlie 8,894 20.68 +1.38
New Democratic Hugh McConville 7,648 17.78 -3.11
Social Credit Frank Gignac 740 1.72 +0.60
Total valid votes 43,009 100.00
1965 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Paul Martin Sr. 26,094 63.78 +3.96
Progressive Conservative David Gourlie 8,142 19.90 -0.78
New Democratic Hugh McConville 6,133 14.99 -2.79
Communist Bruce A. H. Magnuson 543 1.33
Total valid votes 40,912 100.00
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