Lincoln (electoral district)

This article is about the federal electoral district. For the Ontario provincial district, see Lincoln (provincial electoral district).

Lincoln was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1883 and from 1904 to 1997. It was on the Niagara Peninsula in the Canadian province of Ontario. At various times, there was also an electoral district of the same name used in provincial elections.

At various times, the riding included all or parts of the former Lincoln County (including its successor, the Regional Municipality of Niagara). After 1976, it also represented parts of the Regional Municipality of Hamilton-Wentworth, mainly Stoney Creek. As a suburban riding of Hamilton, it tended to vote Conservative much more often than the city proper.

By the 1997 election, the riding borders and name were changed to Stoney Creek although it included many areas outside that city.

Geography

It initially consisted of the Townships of Clinton, Grantham, Grimsby, and Louth, and the Town of St. Catharines. It was abolished in 1882 when it was redistributed between Lincoln and Niagara and Wentworth South ridings.

It was recreated from those two ridings in 1903, and defined as consisting of the County of Lincoln.

In 1947, it was defined as consisting of the county of Lincoln, including the city of St. Catharines.

In 1966, it was defined as consisting of

(a) in the County of Lincoln, the southeast part of the City of St. Catharines, and the Townships of Caistor, Clinton, Gainsborough, Grimsby North, Grimsby South, Louth and Niagara;

(b) in the County of Welland, the Townships of Pelham and Thorold.

In 1976, it was defined as consisting of:

(a) in the Regional Municipality of Hamilton-Wentworth, the Town of Stoney Creek and the part of the City of Hamilton east of Red Hill Creek between Windermere Road in the north and the brow of the Mountain and the limit of the City of Hamilton in the south, and (b) in the Regional Municipality of Niagara, the Towns of Grimsby and Lincoln.

In 1987, the City of Hamilton part of the ridings was redefined to consist of the part of the city south of Queenston Road, east of Redhill Creek and north of the brow of the Niagara Escarpment.

It was abolished in 1996 when it was redistributed between Erie—Lincoln and Stoney Creek ridings.

Members of Parliament

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

• 1867-1868 James Benson (Conservative)
• 1868-1874 Thomas Merritt (Conservative)
• 1874-1878 James Norris (Liberal)
• 1878-1882 John Charles Rykert (Conservative)

• 1904-1917 Edward Lancaster (Conservative)
• 1917-1935 James Chaplin (Union Government, Conservative), served as Minister of Trade and Commerce from 1926
• 1935-1949 Norman James Macdonald Lockhart (Conservative, National Government, Progressive Conservative)
• 1949-1957 Harry Cavers (Liberal)
• 1957-1962 John Smith (Progressive Conservative)
• 1962-1968 James McNulty (Liberal)
• 1968-1972 Gordon Barrett (Liberal)
• 1972-1974 Ken Higson (Progressive Conservative)
• 1974-1979 Bill Andres (Liberal)
• 1979-1980 Ken Higson (Progressive Conservative)
• 1980-1984 Bryce Mackasey (Liberal)
• 1984-1993 Shirley Martin (Progressive Conservative)
• 1993-1996 Tony Valeri (Liberal)

Electoral history

Canadian federal election, 1867
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	James Rea Benson	acclaimed

By-election on 13 April 1868 James Benson called to the Senate, 14 March 1868
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Thomas Rodman Merritt	720
	Unknown	O.S. Phillips	120

Canadian federal election, 1872
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Thomas Rodman Merritt	1,118
	Unknown	J. McKowins	555

Canadian federal election, 1874
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James Norris	1,493
	Unknown	T. Clark	1,338

By-election on 17 November 1874 James Norris was unseated, 8 September 1874
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James Norris	1,406
	Unknown	Augustus Jukes	1,270
	Unknown	Reuben Wynne	7

By-election on 9 May 1877 James Norris resigned, April 1877
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James Norris	1,831
	Unknown	James Miller	1,746

Canadian federal election, 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Edward Arthur Lancaster	3,558
	Liberal	E.J. Lovelace	3,240

Canadian federal election, 1908
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Edward Arthur Lancaster	3,853
	Liberal	Welland Devaux Woodruff	3,604

Canadian federal election, 1911
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Edward Arthur Lancaster	4,576
	Liberal	Edwin John Lovelace	3,023

Canadian federal election, 1917
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Government (Unionist)	James Dew Chaplin	9,335
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	Edwin John Lovelace	3,816

Canadian federal election, 1921
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	James Dew Chaplin	8,087
	Labour	Edwin John Lovelace	6,212
	Progressive	Arthur Adams Craise	3,066

Canadian federal election, 1925
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	James Dew Chaplin	12,054
	Liberal	Hamilton Killally Woodruff	5,942

Canadian federal election, 1926
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	James Dew Chaplin	11,475
	Liberal	Terrence Myles Mccarron	5,555

Canadian federal election, 1930
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	James Dew Chaplin	13,474
	Liberal	May Louise Greenwood	7,526

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Norman James Macdonald Lockhart	11,398
	Liberal	Albert Ernest Coombs	11,135
	Reconstruction	Howard L. Craise	2,349
	Co-operative Commonwealth	George Pay	1,224

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Norman James Macdonald Lockhart	15,911
	Liberal	Edward Frank McCordick	10,962
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Allen E. Schroeder	4,540
	Labor–Progressive	Thomas Wakefield Dealy	1,514

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Harry Cavers	17,407
	Progressive Conservative	C. Bruce Hill	14,038
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Allen Eugene Schroeder	5,793
	Independent	Howard Prentice	742

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Harry Cavers	16,113
	Progressive Conservative	Romaine Kay Ross	14,694
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Ralph H. Frayne	4,575
	Christian Liberal	Howard A. Prentice	1,505

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	John Smith	25,409
	Liberal	Harry Cavers	15,794
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Auldham Roy Petrie	4,829
	Social Credit	Howard Prentice	2,233

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	John Smith	29,958
	Liberal	Harry Cavers	15,063
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Auldham Roy Petrie	4,978
	Social Credit	Howard Prentice	949

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James C. McNulty	23,386
	Progressive Conservative	John Smith	20,445
	Social Credit	Herbert Heppner	5,262
	New Democratic	Rose Cookson	5,130

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James C. McNulty	25,902
	Progressive Conservative	Romaine K. Ross	21,345
	New Democratic	Rose Cookson	5,315
	Social Credit	James R. Walters	2,841

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James C. McNulty	25,820
	Progressive Conservative	Joe Reid	19,324
	New Democratic	Arthur Matti Peltomaa	8,395
	Social Credit	George S. Mallory	1,913

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	H. Gordon Barrett	13,328
	Progressive Conservative	Kenneth Higson	12,692
	New Democratic	John Martin	6,763

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Kenneth Higson	16,840
	Liberal	H. Gordon Barrett	13,562
	New Democratic	Ron Leavens	6,714
	Social Credit	Jim Walters	612

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Andres	17,499
	Progressive Conservative	Kenneth Higson	14,221
	New Democratic	Ron Leavens	6,548
	Social Credit	James Robert Walters	611

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Kenneth Higson	19,612
	Liberal	Norm Marshall	15,026
	New Democratic	Ken Lee	13,400
	Marxist–Leninist	Don McLean	151

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Bryce Mackasey	17,449
	Progressive Conservative	Kenneth Higson	16,741
	New Democratic	Kenneth I. Lee	13,500
	Marxist–Leninist	Don McLean	133

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Shirley Martin	26,318
	Liberal	Joseph Macaluso	14,646
	New Democratic	John Mayer	11,888
	Green	Robert A. Keddy	345
	Independent	Larry E. Johnston	171
	Independent	Ann Stasiuk	121
	Social Credit	A. J. Sid Hamelin	120

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Shirley Martin	19,955
	Liberal	John Munro	19,517
	New Democratic	John Mayer	9,037
	Christian Heritage	Peggy Humby	2,742
	Independent	Albert Papazian	280
	Independent	David Olchowecki	76
	Independent	Ann Stasiuk	67
	Independent	André Vachon	28

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Tony Valeri	29,048	52.19	$48,491
	Reform	Andy Sweck	14,325	25.74	$36,455
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Merritt	8,731	15.69	$43,063
	New Democratic	Peter Cassidy	2,182	3.92	$16,976
	National	Brian Dolby	935	1.68	$3,164
	Natural Law	Cynthia Marchand	307	0.55	$200
	Non-Affiliated	Ken Morningstar	128	0.23	$247
Total valid votes			55,656	100.00
Total rejected ballots			544
Turnout			56,200	72.08
Electors on the lists			77,974
Source: Thirty-fifth General Election, 1993: Official Voting Results, Published by the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada. Financial figures taken from official contributions and expenses provided by Elections Canada.

External links

• Parliamentary website (first riding)
• Parliamentary website (second riding)