Timmins (electoral district)

Timmins was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1949 to 1979. It was located around the city of Timmins in the northeastern part of the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1947 from parts of Cochrane and Timiskaming ridings.

It consisted of portions of the territorial districts of Timiskaming and Cochrane.

The electoral district was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed between Timiskaming and Timmins—Chapleau ridings.

[edit] Electoral history

Canadian federal election, 1949: Timmins
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Karl A. EYRE	7,949
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Leo P. LALONDE	5,517
	Progressive Conservative	Percy BOYCE	4,377
	Labour-Progressive	Raymond Leslie STEVENSON	813

Canadian federal election, 1953: Timmins
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Karl Arless EYRE	5,541
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Arnold PETERS	4,686
	Progressive Conservative	Maurice BELANGER	3,348
	Labour-Progressive	Oscar ROY	369

Canadian federal election, 1957: Timmins
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Murdo MARTIN	6,776
	Liberal	Joseph J. EVANS	6,290
	Progressive Conservative	Percy BOYCE	4,423

Canadian federal election, 1958: Timmins
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Murdo MARTIN	7,342
	Progressive Conservative	J. BRUNETTE-Emile	6,252
	Liberal	Joseph J. EVANS	5,719

Canadian federal election, 1962: Timmins
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic Party	Murdo MARTIN	8,834
	Liberal	Émile CLEMENT	5,439
	Progressive Conservative	Mary GAUTHIER	4,676
	Social Credit	Ralph R. FEAR	805

Canadian federal election, 1963: Timmins
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic Party	Murdo MARTIN	8,452
	Liberal	DEL Leo VILLANO	7,592
	Progressive Conservative	J. BRUNETTE-Emile	3,068
	Social Credit	Clément LAROCHELLE-G.	719

Canadian federal election, 1965: Timmins
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic Party	Murdo MARTIN	10,071
	Liberal	Elmer E. SMITH	6,456
	Progressive Conservative	Bob KILLINGBECK	2,715
	Independent	John James BUCHAN	100

Canadian federal election, 1968: Timmins
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jean ROY-R.	11,141
	New Democratic Party	Murdo MARTIN	8,807
	Progressive Conservative	Wyman BREWER	2,118

Canadian federal election, 1972: Timmins
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jean ROY	10,804
	New Democratic Party	Murdo MARTIN	9,819
	Progressive Conservative	Bill HICKEY	2,997
	Social Credit	John CORNELSEN	770

Canadian federal election, 1974: Timmins
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jean Robert ROY	12,904
	New Democratic Party	Wally RANTALA	7,681
	Progressive Conservative	John HUGGINS	4,098
	Social Credit	John dis CORNELSEN	472
	Communist	Norman HILL	90