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Durham—Northumberland

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Durham—Northumberland
Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1976
District abolished1987
First contested1979
Last contested1984

Durham—Northumberland is a former federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 to 1988. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1976 from parts of Northumberland—Durham and Ontario ridings.

It consisted of:

  • in the Regional Municipality of Durham: the Township of Scugog and the Town of Newcastle;
  • in the County of Northumberland: the Township of Hope, the Town of Port Hope, the Town of Cobourg, and the part of the Township of Hamilton lying west of the Town of Cobourg and south of Highway 401;
  • in the County of Peterborough: the Township of Cavan; and
  • in the County of Victoria: the Township of Manvers.

The electoral district was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed between Durham, Northumberland and Victoria—Haliburton ridings.

Members of Parliament

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This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Riding created from Northumberland—Durham and Ontario
31st  1979–1980     Allan Lawrence Progressive Conservative
32nd  1980–1984
33rd  1984–1988
Riding dissolved into Durham, Northumberland and Victoria—Haliburton

Election results

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1979 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressive Conservative Allan Lawrence 21,502 52.39
Liberal Ian Wilson 10,748 26.19
New Democratic Fred McLaughlin 8,393 20.45
Libertarian Robert Marttila 367 0.89
Marxist–Leninist Robert C. Platt 29 0.07
1980 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Allan Lawrence 17,587 45.08 -7.32
Liberal Ed Schamerhorn 11,587 29.70 +3.51
New Democratic Fred McLaughlin 9,453 24.23 +3.78
Libertarian Bob Marttila 374 0.96 +0.06
Marxist–Leninist Robert C. Platt 16 -0.03
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -5.41
1984 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Allan Lawrence 24,968 59.34 +14.26
Liberal Darce Campbell 8,740 20.77 -8.93
New Democratic Roy Grierson 7,805 18.55 -5.68
Rhinoceros Brian Flynn 353 0.84
Libertarian Gordon W. Page 211 0.50 -0.46
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +11.59

See also

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