Algoma East
Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1903
District abolished1966
First contested1904
Last contested1965

Algoma East was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1904 to 1968. It was created in 1903 from parts of Algoma riding.

It initially consisted of the territorial district of Manitoulin and the part of the territorial district of Algoma lying east of a line drawn from south to north along the limit between the townships of Lefroy and Plummer Additional and due north to the northern limit of Algoma.

In 1904, the territorial district of Manitoulin was transferred out of the riding.

In 1914, it was redefined to consist of the eastern part of the territorial district of Algoma, excluding those parts included in Timiskaming, the western part of the territorial district of Sudbury, and the territorial district of Manitoulin

In 1933, it was redefined to consist of the territorial district of Manitoulin, and the parts of the territorial districts of Algoma and Sudbury.

The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed between Algoma, Nickel Belt and Timmins—Chapleau ridings.

Its last, longest-serving, and highest-profile MP was Lester Pearson of the Liberal Party, who was Prime Minister of Canada from 1963 to 1968.

Members of Parliament

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

Parliament Years Member Party
Riding created from Algoma
10th  1904–1908     Albert Dyment Liberal
11th  1908–1911     William Ross Smyth Conservative
12th  1911–1917
13th  1917–1921     George Nicholson Government (Unionist)
14th  1921–1925     John Carruthers Liberal
15th  1925–1926     George Nicholson Conservative
16th  1926–1930     Beniah Bowman United Farmers of Ontario
17th  1930–1935     George Nicholson Conservative
18th  1935–1940     Thomas Farquhar Liberal
19th  1940–1945
20th  1945–1948
 1948–1949 Lester B. Pearson
21st  1949–1953
22nd  1953–1957
23rd  1957–1958
24th  1958–1962
25th  1962–1963
26th  1963–1965
27th  1965–1968
Riding dissolved into Algoma, Nickel Belt and Timmins—Chapleau

Election results

1904 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalAlbert Dyment2,698
ConservativeByron H. Turner2,120
1908 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeWilliam Ross Smyth2,849
LiberalAlbert Dyment2,808
1911 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeWilliam Ross Smyth3,898
LiberalJohn Lionel Regan3,716
1917 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Government (Unionist)George Nicholson4,742
Opposition (Laurier Liberals)Lawrence O'Connor3,596
1921 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalJohn Carruthers5,007
ConservativeGeorge Nicholson4,194
ProgressiveJohn Egerton Wright3,095
1925 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeGeorge Nicholson6,209
LiberalJohn Carruthers5,665
1926 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
United Farmers of OntarioBeniah Bowman6,909
ConservativeGeorge Nicholson6,143
1930 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeGeorge Nicholson7,231
LiberalBeniah Bowman6,934
1935 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalThomas Farquhar5,816
ConservativeWilliam James Card2,541
Co-operative CommonwealthKenneth James Webb Bromley1,362
ReconstructionIsadore Ernest Provencher833
1940 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalThomas Farquhar5,565
National GovernmentJohn Lorne Campbell3,126
Co-operative CommonwealthJ. W. McVey1,635
1945 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalThomas Farquhar4,855
Progressive ConservativeAllan McNiece Austin3,610
Co-operative CommonwealthWilliam Luke Strain1,468
Canadian federal by-election, 25 October 1948
On Thomas Farquhar being called to the Senate, 10 September 1948
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalLester B. Pearson4,685
Co-operative CommonwealthLorne D. Callaghan2,382
Social CreditJohn J. Fitzgerald1,236
1949 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalLester B. Pearson6,184
Progressive ConservativeGrant H. Turner2,908
Co-operative CommonwealthGeorge Thornton2,202
1953 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalLester B. Pearson7,494
Progressive ConservativeGeorge H. Bishop3,877
1957 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalLester B. Pearson8,574
Progressive ConservativeH. Merton Mulligan5,757
Co-operative CommonwealthMartin S. Reid2,156
1958 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalLester B. Pearson11,240
Progressive ConservativeBasil Scully8,208
Co-operative CommonwealthWalter James Corbett2,309
1962 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalLester B. Pearson11,934
Progressive ConservativeAlex Berthelot5,631
New DemocraticCam Cork3,168
1963 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalLester B. Pearson10,817
Progressive ConservativePaul Jewell6,146
Social CreditIrénée John Quenneville2,016
New DemocraticBennett Donahue1,751
1965 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalLester B. Pearson9,268
Progressive ConservativeJoel Aldred5,793
New DemocraticWalter Stuart2,053
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