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Former federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada

Kingston City

Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created 1924
District abolished 1952
First contested 1925
Last contested 1949

Kingston City was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1925 to 1953. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1924 from parts of Kingston riding.

It consisted of the city of Kingston, Ontario, and the village of Portsmouth.

The electoral district was abolished in 1952 when it was merged into Kingston riding.

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 Kingston
15th 1925–1926 Arthur Edward Ross Conservative
16th 1926–1930
17th 1930–1935
18th 1935–1940 Norman McLeod Rogers Liberal
19th 1940–1940†
1940–1945 Angus Lewis Macdonald
20th 1945–1949 Thomas Kidd Progressive Conservative
21st 1949–1953 William Henderson Liberal
Riding dissolved into Kingston
vte1925 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Conservative Arthur Edward Ross
Liberal John Murdoch Campbell
vte1926 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Conservative Arthur Edward Ross
Liberal James Halliday
vte1930 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Conservative Arthur Edward Ross
Liberal James Halliday
Source: lop.parl.ca
vte1935 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Norman McLeod Rogers
Conservative Arthur Edward Ross
Co-operative Commonwealth John Alfred Compton
vte1940 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Norman McLeod Rogers
National Government Thomas Kidd
vteCanadian federal by-election, August 12, 1940Death of Norman McLeod Rogers
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Angus Lewis Macdonald
vte1945 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive Conservative Thomas Kidd
Liberal Hugh Plaxton
Co-operative Commonwealth William George Leonard
vte1949 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal William Henderson
Progressive Conservative Thomas Kidd
Co-operative Commonwealth Henry Lennox Cartwright