Timiskaming South

Timiskaming South was a Canadian electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1925 to 1935. It was located in the northeastern part of the province of Ontario. It was created in 1924 from parts of Nipissing and Timiskaming ridings.

Timiskaming South

Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1924
District abolished	1933
First contested	1925
Last contested	1930 by-election

It consisted of the southern portion of Timiskaming District, along with portions of Nipissing District and Sudbury District.

The electoral district was abolished in 1933 when it was redistributed between Nipissing and Timiskaming ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Timiskaming and Nipissing
15th	1925–1926		Ernest Frederick Armstrong	Conservative
16th	1926–1930		Malcolm Lang	Labour
17th	1930–1930		Wesley Ashton Gordon	Conservative
	1930–1935
Riding dissolved into Timiskaming and Nipissing

Election history

1925 Canadian federal election: Timiskaming South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ernest Frederick Armstrong	5,362
	Labour	Malcolm Lang	4,558
	Labour	Harold Milton Tremaine Welch	1,882

1926 Canadian federal election: Timiskaming South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Malcolm Lang	7,309
	Conservative	Ernest Frederick Armstrong	6,411

1930 Canadian federal election: Timiskaming South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Wesley Ashton Gordon	8,729
	Liberal–Labour	Malcolm Lang	7,195

By-election: On Mr. Gordon being appointed Minister of Immigration and Colonization and Minister of Mines, 25 August 1930: Timiskaming South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hon. Wesley Ashton Gordon	acclaimed

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

External links

• Website of the Parliament of Canada