Port Arthur (provincial electoral district)

Port Arthur
Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	1902
District abolished	1996
First contested	1902
Last contested	1995
Demographics
Census division(s)	Thunder Bay District
Census subdivision(s)	Port Arthur → Thunder Bay

Port Arthur was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. In 1902 the riding was created as Port Arthur and Rainy River. Six years later it was split into two ridings: Port Arthur and Rainy River. In 1996, it was merged with the riding of Nipigon to form Thunder Bay—Superior North.

When the city of Port Arthur merged with the neighbouring city of Fort William in 1970 to create the current city of Thunder Bay, the riding of Port Arthur and the riding Fort William continued as separate districts serving the new city.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Port Arthur
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
*Port Arthur and Rainy River*
10th	1902–1904		James Conmee	Liberal
11th	1905–1907		Hugh W Kennedy	Liberal
11th	1907–1908		William Alfred Preston	Conservative
*Port Arthur*
12th	1908–1911		John James Carrick	Conservative
13th	1911–1914		Donald Hogarth
14th	1914–1919
15th	1919–1923
16th	1923–1926		Francis Henry Keefer
17th	1926–1929		Donald Hogarth	Independent Conservative
18th	1929–1934		Donald Hogarth	Conservative
19th	1934–1937		Charles Winnans Cox	Liberal
20th	1937–1943		Charles Winnans Cox	Liberal
21st	1943–1945		Frederick Oliver Robinson	Co-operative Commonwealth
22nd	1945–1948
23rd	1948–1951
24th	1951–1955		George Wardrope	Progressive Conservative
25th	1955–1959
26th	1959–1963
27th	1963–1967
28th	1967–1971		Ron Knight	Liberal
29th	1971–1975		Jim Foulds	New Democratic
30th	1975–1977
31st	1977–1981
32nd	1981–1985
33rd	1985–1987
34th	1987–1990		Taras Kozyra	Liberal
35th	1990–1995		Shelley Wark-Martyn	New Democratic
36th	1995–1999		Michael Gravelle	Liberal
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly^[1]
*Merged into Thunder Bay—Superior North before the 1999 election*

Election results

1902 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	James Conmee	1,124	66.55
	Conservative	Joseph King	565	33.45
Total valid votes			1,689	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			16	0.94
Turnout			1,705	46.50
Eligible voters			3,667

1905 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hugh Kennedy	1,285	50.27	-16.28
	Conservative	William Alfred Preston	1,271	49.73	+16.28
Total valid votes			2,556	100.00	-
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			44	1.69	+0.75
Turnout			2,600	52.63	+6.13
Eligible voters			4,940
	Liberal hold		Swing		-16.28

1908 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John James Carrick	1,241	55.16	+4.89
	Independent Conservative	George Mooring	861	38.27	-
	Socialist	Leopold English	148	6.58	-
Total valid votes			2,250	100.00	-
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			41	1.79	+0.10
Turnout			2,291	61.04	+8.41
Eligible voters			3,753
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+21.58

1911 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Donald Hogarth	1,515	72.56	+17.40
	Socialist	Frederick Urry	573	27.44	+20.86
Total valid votes			2,088	100.00	-
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			38	1.79	-
Turnout			2,126	42,79	-18.25
Eligible voters			4,968
	Conservative hold		Swing		+19.13

1914 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Donald Hogarth	2,219	49.45	-23.11
	Liberal	Isaac Matthews	1,430	31.87	-
	Independent	Frank Sangster	838	18.68	-
Total valid votes			4,487	100.00	-
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			69	1.51	-0.28
Turnout			4,556	59.70	+16.91
Eligible voters			7,631
	Conservative hold		Swing		-27.49

1919 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Donald Hogarth	2,578	41.33	-8.12
	Liberal	John Mooney	2,095	33.59	+1.72
	Independent	Edward Blaquier	1,564	25.08	-
Total valid votes			6,237	100.00	-
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			155	2.42	+0.91
Turnout			6,392	70.97	+11.27
Eligible voters			9,006
	Conservative hold		Swing		-4.92

1923 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Francis Henry Keefer	2,331	40.27	-1.06
	Liberal	Alexander McComber	1,604	27.71	-5.88
	United Farmers	James Southern	1,346	23.25	-
	Independent	Edward Blaquier	284	4.91	-20.17
	Independent	Henry Bryan	224	3.87	-
Total valid votes			5,789	100.00	-
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			47	0.80	-1.62
Turnout			5,836	58.19	-12.78
Eligible voters			10,030
	Conservative hold		Swing		-3.47

1926 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Conservative	Donald Hogarth	2,683	38.31	-
	Conservative	Francis Henry Keefer	2,511	35.85	-4.42
	Liberal	George Eakins	1,810	25.84	+2.59
Total valid votes			7,004	100.00	-
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			42	0.60	-0.20
Turnout			7,046	60.40	+2.21
Eligible voters			11,666
	Independent Conservative gain from Conservative		Swing		+21.36

1929 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Donald Hogarth	Acclaimed

1934 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Charles Winnans Cox	7,514	58.93
	Conservative	Donald Clark	4,286	33.62
	Farm-Labour	John Gillbanks	608	4.77
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Samuel Wright	342	2.68
Total valid votes			12,750	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			159	0.60
Turnout			12,909	81.96
Eligible voters			15,750
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		-

1937 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Winnans Cox	8,006	56.34	-2.59
	Conservative	George Wardrope	4,940	34.77	+1.15
	Co-operative Commonwealth	John McKevitt	1,263	8.89	+6.21
Total valid votes			14,209	100.00	-
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			145	1.01	+0.41
Turnout			14,354	73.92	-8.04
Eligible voters			19,418
	Liberal hold		Swing		-1.87

1943 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Frederick Robinson	7,929	54.28	+45.39
	Liberal	Charles Winnans Cox	4,010	27.45	-26.39
	Progressive Conservative	Harold Oakes	2,668	18.26	-16.51
Total valid votes			14,607	100.00	-
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			120	0.81	-0.20
Turnout			14,727	73.97	+0.05
Eligible voters			19,910
	Co-operative Commonwealth gain from Liberal		Swing		+35.89

1945 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Frederick Robinson	6,403	34.90	-19.38
	Liberal	Hobart Styffe	4,375	23.85	-3.60
	Progressive Conservative	Herbert Cook	3,254	17.74	-0.52
	Independent Liberal	Charles Winnans Cox	2,828	15.41	-
	Labor–Progressive	Bruce Magnuson	1,486	8.10	-
Total valid votes			18,346	100.00	-
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			212	1.15	+0.34
Turnout			18,419	73.01	-0.96
Eligible voters			25,419
	Co-operative Commonwealth hold		Swing

1948 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Frederick Robinson	8,734	44.93	+10.03
	Liberal	Hobart Styffe	6,132	31.55	+8.03
	Progressive Conservative	George Wardrope	4,572	23.52	+5.78
Total valid votes			19,438	100.00	-
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			191	0.97	-0.18
Turnout			19,629	62.77	-10.24
Eligible voters			31,273
	Co-operative Commonwealth hold		Swing

1951 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	George Wardrope	7,758	37.38	+13.86
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Frederick Robinson	6,172	29.74	-15.19
	Liberal	Frederick Kelly	5,447	26.25	-5.3
	Independent Liberal	Bruce Magnuson	1,375	6.63	-
Total valid votes			20,752	100.00	-
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			333	1.58	+0.61
Turnout			21,085	64.02	+1.25
Eligible voters			32,934
	Progressive Conservative gain from Co-operative Commonwealth		Swing		+14.52

1955 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	George Wardrope	9,517	42.52	+5.14
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Ronald Wilmot	7,741	34.59	+4.85
	Liberal	Charles MacDonnell	4,347	19.42	-6.83
	Labor–Progressive	Bruce Magnuson	775	3.46	-
Total valid votes			22,380	100.00	-
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			277	1.22	-0.36
Turnout			22,657	68.38	+4.36
Eligible voters			33,132
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+4.99

1959 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	George Wardrope	10,881	40.88	-1.64
	Liberal	Daniel Coghlan	8,859	33.29	+13.87
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Oliver Breton	6,874	25.83	-8.76
Total valid votes			26,614	100.00	-
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			333	1.24	+0.02
Turnout			26,947	71.06	+2.68
Eligible voters			37,919
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-7.75

1963 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	George Wardrope	13,580	50.56	+9.68
	New Democratic	Joseph Shannon	6,731	25.06	-0.77
	Liberal	Paul Le May	6,143	22.87	-10.42
	Communist	Bruce Magnuson	407	1.51	-
Total valid votes			26,861	100.00	-
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			175	0.65	-0.59
Turnout			27,036	66.70	-4.36
Eligible voters			40,533
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+5.22

1967 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ron Knight	7,636	37.56	+14.69
	Progressive Conservative	George Wardrope	6,826	33.58	-16.98
	New Democratic	May Seaman	5,866	28.86	+3.80
Total valid votes			20,328	100.00	-
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			122	0.60	-0.05
Turnout			20,450	71.21	+4.51
Eligible voters			28,716
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+15.83

1971 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Jim Foulds	11,461	45.06	+16.20
	Progressive Conservative	Charles Johnston	10,092	39.68	+6.10
	Liberal	Rita Ubriaco	3,880	15.26	-22.30
Total valid votes			25,433	100.00	-
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			115	0.45	-0.15
Turnout			25,548	75.47	+4.26
Eligible voters			33,854
	New Democratic gain from Liberal		Swing		+11.15

1975 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Jim Foulds	12,213	49.74	+4.68
	Progressive Conservative	William Morgan	7,595	30.93	-8.75
	Liberal	Joseph Vander Wees	4,499	18.32	+3.06
	Communist	Nancy McDonald	247	1.01	-
Total valid votes			24,554	100.00	-
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			95	0.38	-0.07
Turnout			24,649	66.36	-9.11
Eligible voters			37,144
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+6.71

1977 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Jim Foulds	9,629	40.14	-9.60
	Progressive Conservative	Allan Laakkonen	9,290	38.72	-7.79
	Liberal	Juha Siimes	4,818	20.08	+1.76
	Communist	Philip Harris	254	1.06	+0.05
Total valid votes			23,991	100.00	-
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			104	0.43	+0.05
Turnout			24,095	61.46	-4.90
Eligible voters			39,207
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-8.69

1981 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Jim Foulds	12,258	46.10	+5.96
	Progressive Conservative	Allan Laakkonen	10,884	40.93	+2.21
	Liberal	Kenneth Tilson	3,247	12.21	-7.87
	Communist	Paul Pugh	103	0.39	-0.67
Total valid votes			26,592	100.00	-
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			125	0.47	+0.04
Turnout			26,717	61.22	-0.24
Eligible voters			43,644
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+4.08

1985 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Jim Foulds	13,084	44.99	-1.11
	Progressive Conservative	Clarence Johnson	9,826	33.79	-7.14
	Liberal	John Ranta	6,169	21.21	+9.00
Total valid votes			29,079	100.00	-
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			144	0.47	+0.04
Turnout			29,223	63.06	+1.84
Eligible voters			46,344
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-4.12

1987 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Taras Kozyra	13,747	45.62	+24.41
	New Democratic	Christopher Southcott	11,828	39.25	-5.74
	Progressive Conservative	Evelyn Dodds	4,419	14.66	-19.13
Total valid votes			29,994	100.00	-
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			142	0.47	-
Turnout			30,136	67.85	-
Eligible voters			44,414
	Liberal gain from New Democratic		Swing		+15.07

1990 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Shelley Wark-Martyn	11,919	42.88	+3.63
	Liberal	Taras Kozyra	10,885	39.16	-6.46
	Progressive Conservative	Anthony Stehmann	3,854	13.86	-0.80
	Family Coalition	Claude Wyspianski	1,140	4.10	-
Total valid votes			27,798	100.00	-
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			503	1.78	+1.31
Turnout			28,301	62.22	-5.63
Eligible voters			45,482
	New Democratic gain from Liberal		Swing		+5.04

1995 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Michael Gravelle	14,281	48.92	+9.76
	New Democratic	Shelley Wark-Martyn	7,490	25.66	-17.22
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Doherty	6,554	22.45	+8.59
	Family Coalition	Anita Harris	683	2.34	-1.76
	Independent	Paul Weber	18	0.62	-
Total valid votes			29,190	100.00	-
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			322	1.09	-0.69
Turnout			29,512	61.91	-0.31
Eligible voters			47,672
	Liberal gain from New Democratic		Swing		+13.49

References

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For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
- For James Conmee's Legislative Assembly information see "James Conmee, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Hugh W Kennedy's Legislative Assembly information see "Hugh W Kennedy, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For William Alfred Preston's Legislative Assembly information see "William Alfred Preston, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For John James Carrick's Legislative Assembly information see "John James Carrick, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Francis Henry Keefer's Legislative Assembly information see "Francis Henry Keefer, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Donald Hogarth's Legislative Assembly information see "Donald Hogarth, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Charles Winnans Cox's Legislative Assembly information see "Charles Winnans Cox, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Frederick Oliver Robinson's Legislative Assembly information see "Frederick Oliver Robinson, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For George Wardrope's Legislative Assembly information see "George Wardrope, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Ron Knight's Legislative Assembly information see "Ron Knight, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Jim Foulds's Legislative Assembly information see "Jim Foulds, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Taras Kozyra's Legislative Assembly information see "Taras Kozyra, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Shelley Wark-Martyn's Legislative Assembly information see "Shelley Wark-Martyn, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Michael Gravelle's Legislative Assembly information see "Michael Gravelle, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.

[1] For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
For James Conmee's Legislative Assembly information see "James Conmee, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.

For Hugh W Kennedy's Legislative Assembly information see "Hugh W Kennedy, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.

For William Alfred Preston's Legislative Assembly information see "William Alfred Preston, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.

For John James Carrick's Legislative Assembly information see "John James Carrick, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.

For Francis Henry Keefer's Legislative Assembly information see "Francis Henry Keefer, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.

For Donald Hogarth's Legislative Assembly information see "Donald Hogarth, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.

For Charles Winnans Cox's Legislative Assembly information see "Charles Winnans Cox, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.

For Frederick Oliver Robinson's Legislative Assembly information see "Frederick Oliver Robinson, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.

For George Wardrope's Legislative Assembly information see "George Wardrope, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.

For Ron Knight's Legislative Assembly information see "Ron Knight, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.

For Jim Foulds's Legislative Assembly information see "Jim Foulds, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.

For Taras Kozyra's Legislative Assembly information see "Taras Kozyra, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.

For Shelley Wark-Martyn's Legislative Assembly information see "Shelley Wark-Martyn, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.

For Michael Gravelle's Legislative Assembly information see "Michael Gravelle, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.

[2] For James Conmee's Legislative Assembly information see "James Conmee, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.

[3] For Hugh W Kennedy's Legislative Assembly information see "Hugh W Kennedy, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.

[4] For William Alfred Preston's Legislative Assembly information see "William Alfred Preston, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.

[5] For John James Carrick's Legislative Assembly information see "John James Carrick, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.

[6] For Francis Henry Keefer's Legislative Assembly information see "Francis Henry Keefer, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.

[7] For Donald Hogarth's Legislative Assembly information see "Donald Hogarth, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.

[8] For Charles Winnans Cox's Legislative Assembly information see "Charles Winnans Cox, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.

[9] For Frederick Oliver Robinson's Legislative Assembly information see "Frederick Oliver Robinson, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.

[10] For George Wardrope's Legislative Assembly information see "George Wardrope, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.

[11] For Ron Knight's Legislative Assembly information see "Ron Knight, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.

[12] For Jim Foulds's Legislative Assembly information see "Jim Foulds, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.

[13] For Taras Kozyra's Legislative Assembly information see "Taras Kozyra, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.

[14] For Shelley Wark-Martyn's Legislative Assembly information see "Shelley Wark-Martyn, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.

[15] For Michael Gravelle's Legislative Assembly information see "Michael Gravelle, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.

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