|
Lanark—Renfrew—Carleton
Lanark–Renfrew–Carleton (also known as Lanark and Renfrew) was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1988. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created as "Lanark and Renfrew" in 1966 from parts of Carleton, Lanark, Renfrew North and Renfrew South ridings. Lanark and Renfrew was initially defined to consist of: (a) in the County of Carleton, the Townships of Fitzroy, Huntley, March and Torbolton; (b) in the County of Lanark, the Townships of Beckwith, Darling, Drummond, Lanark, Pakenham and Ramsay; and (c) in the County of Renfrew, the Townships of Admaston, Bagot, Blythfield, Bromley, Horton, McNab, Ross and Westmeath. The name of the electoral district was changed in 1970 to Lanark–Renfrew–Carleton. In 1976, it was redefined to consist of (a) in the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton, the Townships of March and West Carleton; (b) the County of Lanark, including the Town of Smiths ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murray McBride
Murray Arndell McBride (born 28 April 1935) is a Canadian politician and author. McBride served as a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. Born at Westmeath, Ontario, McBride was first elected at the Lanark and Renfrew riding in the 1968 general election and served only one term, the 28th Canadian Parliament. McBride was defeated in the 1972 election by Paul Dick of the Progressive Conservative party at the riding which became Lanark—Renfrew—Carleton Lanark–Renfrew–Carleton (also known as Lanark and Renfrew) was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1988. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created as "Lanark and .... McBride campaigned for election in the High Park--Humber Valley riding, but was also unsuccessful then. He has not contested for a Parliamentary seat since. Murray McBride served as Executive Assistant to the Postmaster General in 1973 and 1974. From 197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Dick
Paul Wyatt Dick, (October 27, 1940 – May 2, 2018) was a lawyer, Canadian politician and broker. He was born in Kapuskasing, Ontario, the son of Wyatt Dick and Constance Grace Harrison, and educated in Arnprior, Port Hope, at the University of Western Ontario and the University of New Brunswick. Dick was called to the Ontario bar in 1969. He served as assistant crown attorney for Carleton County from 1969 until 1972, when he entered private practice in Ottawa. In 1981, he was named Queen's Counsel. Dick was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1972 general election as the Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament for Lanark—Renfrew—Carleton. In 1983, he became Deputy Opposition House Leader. He was appointed a parliamentary secretary following the Tory victory in the 1984 general election under Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. In 1986, Dick was promoted to Cabinet as Associate Minister of National Defence. He was re-elected as an MP in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carleton (Ontario Federal Electoral District)
Carleton is a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Ontario, Canada, represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1968 and since 2015. It was represented in the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada from 1821 to 1840 and in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from 1841 until 1866. It is currently represented by Bruce Fanjoy, who defeated Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre in 2025. The original Riding (division), riding was created by the British North America Act 1867. However, the riding had existed since 1821 in the Parliament of Upper Canada and the Parliament of the Province of Canada. It originally consisted of Carleton County, Ontario, Carleton County. In 1966, it was redistributed into the new electoral districts of Grenville—Carleton (federal electoral district), Grenville—Carleton, Lanark and Renfrew, Ottawa Centre (federal electoral district), Ottawa Centre, Ottawa West and Ottawa—Carleton (electoral dist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lanark (federal Electoral District)
Lanark was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1968. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was first created in 1914 from Lanark North and Lanark South ridings. It consisted of the county of Lanark. The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed between Frontenac—Lennox and Addington and Lanark and Renfrew ridings. Members of Parliament This riding elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada: Electoral history On Mr. Hanna's death, 27 February 1918: On Mr. Stewart's death, 7 October 1922: On Mr. Preston's death, 8 February 1929: On Mr. Blair's death, 16 June 1957: See also * List of Canadian electoral districts * Historical federal electoral districts of Canada This is a list of past arrangements of Electoral district (Can ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renfrew (electoral District)
Renfrew (; ; ) is a town west of Glasgow in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. It is the historic county town of Renfrewshire (historic), Renfrewshire. Called the "Cradle of the House of Stewart, Royal Stewarts" for its early link with Scotland's former royal house, Renfrew gained royal burgh status in 1397. As the county town, Renfrew once was a centre of local government in Scotland, local government for the surrounding area. Whilst the county remained known as "Renfrewshire", the focus of local government gradually shifted from Renfrew to its larger neighbour Paisley, Renfrewshire, Paisley. Following the History of the local government of Scotland, reorganisation of 1996, Renfrewshire was divided for local government purposes into three modern council areas of Scotland, council areas: Renfrewshire, with considerably smaller boundaries than the old county, including Renfrew and with its administrative centre at Paisley; Inverclyde with its centre at Greenock, covering t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
