Grenville—Dundas (federal electoral district)
Former federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada
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Grenville—Dundas 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. This riding was created in 1925 from parts of Dundas and Grenville ridings.
 Ontario electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal electoral district | |
| Legislature | House of Commons |
| District created | 1925 |
| District abolished | 1966 |
| First contested | 1925 |
| Last contested | 1965 |
It consisted of the counties of Grenville and Dundas.
The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed between Grenville—Carleton and Stormont—Dundas ridings.
Members of Parliament
This riding elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riding created from Dundas and Grenville | ||||
| 15th | 1925–1926 | Arza Clair Casselman | Conservative | |
| 16th | 1926–1930 | |||
| 17th | 1930–1935 | |||
| 18th | 1935–1940 | |||
| 19th | 1940–1945 | National Government | ||
| 20th | 1945–1949 | Progressive Conservative | ||
| 21st | 1949–1953 | |||
| 22nd | 1953–1957 | |||
| 23rd | 1957–1958 | |||
| 24th | 1958–1958† | |||
| 1958–1962 | Jean Casselman (Wadds) | |||
| 25th | 1962–1963 | |||
| 26th | 1963–1965 | |||
| 27th | 1965–1968 | |||
| Riding dissolved into Grenville—Carleton and Stormont—Dundas | ||||
Election results
| 1925 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Conservative | Arza Clair Casselman | 8,175 | 61.0 | |||||
| Liberal | William Garnet Anderson | 5,221 | 39.0 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 13,396 | |||||||
| Turnout (based on valid votes; total votes not available) | 13,396 | 65.76 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 20,370 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[1] and Canada Elections Database[2] | ||||||||
| 1926 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | Arza Clair Casselman | 8,100 | 63.0 | +2.0 | ||||
| Progressive | Preston Elliott | 4,744 | 37.0 | -2.0 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 12,844 | |||||||
| Turnout (based on valid votes and estimated eligible voters) | 12,844 | ~62.35 | -~3.41 | |||||
| Eligible voters (estimated from 1920 and 1926 elections) | ~20,600 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[3] and Canada Elections Database[4] | ||||||||
| 1930 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | Arza Clair Casselman | 9,498 | 65.2 | +2.2 | ||||
| Liberal | William John Taugher | 5,078 | 34.8 | -2.2 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 14,576 | |||||||
| Turnout (based on valid votes; total votes not available) | 14,576 | 70.6 | +~8.25 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 20,645 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[5] and Canada Elections Database[6] | ||||||||
| 1935 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | Arza Clair Casselman | 8,936 | 52.2 | -13.0 | ||||
| Liberal | Preston Elliott | 6,581 | 38.4 | +3.6 | ||||
| Reconstruction | Claude Allison Patterson | 1,615 | 9.4 | +9.4 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 17,132 | |||||||
| Turnout (based on valid votes; total votes not available) | 17,132 | 77.71 | +7.11 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 22,044 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[7] and Canada Elections Database[8] | ||||||||
| 1940 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| National Government | Arza Clair Casselman | 7,225 | 56.2 | +4.0 | ||||
| Liberal | William John Taugher | 5,642 | 43.8 | +5.4 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 12,867 | |||||||
| Turnout (based on valid votes; total votes not available) | 12,867 | 57.65 | -20.06 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 22,320 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[9] and Canada Elections Database[10] | ||||||||
| 1945 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Arza Clair Casselman | 9,306 | 63.6 | +7.4 | ||||
| Liberal | James Franklin Casselman | 4,634 | 31.7 | -12.1 | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | James Shortt | 685 | 4.7 | +4.7 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 14,625 | |||||||
| Turnout (based on valid votes; total votes not available) | 14,625 | 70.85 | +13.2 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 20,641 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[11] and Canada Elections Database[12] | ||||||||
| 1949 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Arza Clair Casselman | 8,450 | 60.2 | -3.4 | ||||
| Liberal | James Franklin Casselman | 5,102 | 36.3 | +4.6 | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Arthur Nelson Orr | 496 | 3.5 | -1.2 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 14,048 | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 108 | |||||||
| Turnout | 14,156 | 66.64 | -4.21 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 21,244 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[13] and Canada Elections Database[14] | ||||||||
| 1953 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Arza Clair Casselman | 8,875 | 64.3 | +4.1 | ||||
| Liberal | Arthur Clark Casselman | 4,933 | 35.7 | -0.6 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 13,808 | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 103 | |||||||
| Turnout | 13,911 | 65.16 | -1.48 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 21,348 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[15] and Canada Elections Database[16] | ||||||||
| 1957 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Arza Clair Casselman | 8,967 | 62.1 | -2.2 | ||||
| Liberal | Arthur C. Casselman | 4,402 | 30.5 | -5.2 | ||||
| Social Credit | R. H. James | 1,072 | 7.4 | +7.4 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 14,441 | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 130 | |||||||
| Turnout | 14,571 | 66.05 | +0.89 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 22,060 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[17] and Canada Elections Database[18] | ||||||||
| 1958 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Arza Clair Casselman | 10,793 | 69.2 | +7.1 | ||||
| Liberal | Arthur Clark Casselman | 4,340 | 27.8 | -2.7 | ||||
| Social Credit | R. H. James | 473 | 3.0 | -4.4 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 15,606 | |||||||
| Turnout (based on valid votes and estimated eligible voters) | 15,606 | ~70.1 | +~4.05 | |||||
| Eligible voters (estimated from 1957 election and 1958 by-election) | ~22,000 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[19] and Canada Elections Database[20] | ||||||||
| Canadian federal by-election, 29 Sep 1958 Death of Arza Clair Casselman on 11 May 1958 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jean Casselman | 10,309 | 65.7 | -3.5 | ||||
| Liberal | Mark Salmon | 5,379 | 34.3 | +6.5 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 15,688 | |||||||
| Turnout (based on valid votes; total votes not available) | 15,688 | 71.3 | +~1.2 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 22,004[21] | |||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[22] | ||||||||
| 1962 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jean Casselman | 10,159 | 59.3 | -6.4 | ||||
| Liberal | Robert Watters | 6,410 | 37.4 | +3.1 | ||||
| New Democratic | Reginald S. Libby | 299 | 1.8 | +1.8 | ||||
| Social Credit | Grace Catherine A. Gough | 258 | 1.5 | +1.5 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 17,126 | |||||||
| Turnout (based on valid votes; total votes not available) | 17,126 | 76.62 | +5.32 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 22,351[23][24][25] | |||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[26] and Canada Elections Database[27] | ||||||||
| 1963 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jean Casselman | 10,434 | 58.0 | -1.3 | ||||
| Liberal | John Palmer | 7,207 | 40.0 | +2.6 | ||||
| New Democratic | Reginald S. Libby | 363 | 2.0 | +0.2 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 18,004 | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 148 | |||||||
| Turnout | 18,152 | 80.4 | +3.78 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 22,575 | |||||||
| Note: Elections Canada[28] and the Canada Elections Database[29] states that Palmer and Libby both received 7,207 votes, for a total vote count of 24,848. However, this is very inconsistent with reporting from several local newspapers, who reported that Libby only got several hundred votes. Since the newspapers were fairly consistent in the vote counts reported following the election, those are the numbers that have used in the chart above. | ||||||||
| Source: Winchester Press,[30] The Morrisburg Leader,[31] Iroquois Post and Matilda Advocate,[32] and Cornwall Standard-Freeholder[33][34] | ||||||||
| 1965 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jean Casselman Wadds | 9,845 | 56.7 | -1.3 | ||||
| Liberal | John Palmer | 6,930 | 39.9 | -0.1 | ||||
| New Democratic | René Benoit | 595 | 3.4 | +1.4 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 17,370 | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 179 | |||||||
| Turnout | 17,549 | 76.37 | -4.03 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 67,404 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[35] and Canada Elections Database[36] | ||||||||
