Peel (federal electoral district)

This article is about the federal riding. For the provincial riding, see Peel (provincial electoral district).

Peel was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1968. It was located in the province of Ontario. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867.

Peel

Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1867
District abolished	1966
First contested	1867
Last contested	1965

It consisted of the Townships of Chinguacousy, Toronto, and the Gore of Toronto, and the Villages of Brampton and Streetsville.

In 1903, it was redefined to consist of the county of Peel to include townships of Caledon and Albion.

The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed between Peel South and Peel—Dufferin ridings.

Members of Parliament

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
1st	1867–1872		John Hillyard Cameron	Conservative
2nd	1872–1874		Robert Smith	Liberal
3rd	1874–1878
4th	1878–1882		William Elliott	Conservative
5th	1882–1887		James Fleming	Liberal
6th	1887–1891		William Armstrong McCulla	Conservative
7th	1891–1892		Joseph Featherston	Liberal
	1892–1896
8th	1896–1900
9th	1900–1904		Richard Blain	Conservative
10th	1904–1908
11th	1908–1911
12th	1911–1917
13th	1917–1921		Samuel Charters	Government (Unionist)
14th	1921–1925			Conservative
15th	1925–1926
16th	1926–1930
17th	1930–1935
18th	1935–1940		Gordon Graydon
19th	1940–1945			National Government
20th	1945–1949			Progressive Conservative
21st	1949–1953
22nd	1953–1954
	1954–1957		John Pallett
23rd	1957–1958
24th	1958–1962
25th	1962–1963		Bruce Beer	Liberal
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968
Riding dissolved into Peel South and Peel—Dufferin—Simcoe

Electoral history

1867 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Hillyard Cameron	1,138	51.40
	Unknown	Wally Barber	1,076	48.60
Total valid votes			2,214	100.0
Source(s) "Peel, Ontario (1867-1968)". History of Federal Ridings Since 1867. Library of Parliament. Retrieved 1 October 2015.

1872 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert Smith	1,261	50.32	–
	Conservative	John Hillyard Cameron	1,245	49.68	-1.72
Total valid votes			2,506	100.0
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		–
Source(s) "Peel, Ontario (1867-1968)". History of Federal Ridings Since 1867. Library of Parliament. Retrieved 1 October 2015.

1874 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert Smith	1,299	50.27	-0.05
	Conservative	William Elliott	1,285	49.73	+0.05
Total valid votes			2,584	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		-0.05
Source(s) "Peel, Ontario (1867-1968)". History of Federal Ridings Since 1867. Library of Parliament. Archived from the original on 21 July 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2015.

1878 Canadian federal election: Peel
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	William Elliott	1,414
	Liberal	Robert Smith	1,325

1882 Canadian federal election: Peel
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James Fleming	1,430
	Unknown	Robert Barber	1,387

1887 Canadian federal election: Peel
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	William Armstrong McCulla	1,711
	Liberal	James Fleming	1,668

1891 Canadian federal election: Peel
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph Featherston	1,667
	Conservative	William Armstrong McCulla	1,613

By-election: On election being declared void, 11 February 1892 : Peel
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph Featherston	acclaimed

1896 Canadian federal election: Peel
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph Featherston	1,891
	Conservative	A. F. Campbell	1,425

1900 Canadian federal election: Peel
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Richard Blain	1,705
	Liberal	Joseph Featherston	1,592

1904 Canadian federal election: Peel
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Richard Blain	2,640
	Liberal	W. E. Milner	2,524

1908 Canadian federal election: Peel
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Richard Blain	2,758
	Liberal	Edward George Graham	2,469

1911 Canadian federal election: Peel
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Richard Blain	2,656
	Liberal	William James Lowe	2,340

1917 Canadian federal election: Peel
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Government (Unionist)	Samuel Charters	4,751
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	Benjamin Petch	2,499

1921 Canadian federal election: Peel
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Samuel Charters	4,892
	Liberal	William James Lowe	3,732
	Progressive	Herbert J. W. Taylor	3,350

1925 Canadian federal election: Peel
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Samuel Charters	7,047
	Liberal	William Ruston Perci Parker	6,546

1926 Canadian federal election: Peel
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Samuel Charters	7,002
	Liberal	William James Lowe	6,294

1930 Canadian federal election: Peel
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Samuel Charters	7,112
	Liberal	William James Lowe	6,847

1935 Canadian federal election: Peel
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Gordon Graydon	7,132
	Liberal	William James Lowe	6,962
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Joseph Maund	1,036
	Reconstruction	John Bertram Dingwall	842

1940 Canadian federal election: Peel
Party		Candidate	Votes
	National Government	Gordon Graydon	8,486
	Liberal	George R. Farr	7,638

1945 Canadian federal election: Peel
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Gordon Graydon	10,357
	Liberal	Stanley George Harmer	5,489
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Robert Craig Smeaton	1,788

1949 Canadian federal election: Peel
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Gordon Graydon	10,570
	Liberal	Stanley G. Harmer	7,788
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Charles Donson Jenkins	3,043

1953 Canadian federal election: Peel
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Gordon Graydon	13,487
	Liberal	Alfred Joseph Clifford O'Marra	9,263
	Co-operative Commonwealth	James Adams	2,560

By-election: On Mr. Graydon's death, 22 March 1954: Peel
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	John Pallett	13,500
	Liberal	Alfred Joseph Clifford O'Marra	8,944
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Lloyd Hartis Gane	1,985

1957 Canadian federal election: Peel
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	John Pallett	19,818
	Liberal	Robert Speck	10,467
	Co-operative Commonwealth	John R. W. Whitehouse	3,418
	Social Credit	Neil Carmichael	913

1958 Canadian federal election: Peel
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	John Pallett	23,379
	Liberal	Bob Fasken	10,357
	Co-operative Commonwealth	John R. W. Whitehouse	3,848
	Social Credit	Neil Carmichael	640

1962 Canadian federal election: Peel
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Bruce Beer	21,221
	Progressive Conservative	John Pallett	19,238
	New Democratic	Patrick Lawlor	8,341
	Social Credit	David Astle	611

1963 Canadian federal election: Peel
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Bruce Beer	28,009
	Progressive Conservative	John Fox	15,921
	New Democratic	Patrick Lawlor	8,836
	Social Credit	Ronald Gordon Sibbald	354

1965 Canadian federal election: Peel
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Bruce Beer	29,057
	Progressive Conservative	Ron Searle	17,955
	New Democratic	Keith Woollard	13,404
	Social Credit	Ronald G. Sibbald	551

See also

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

External links

• Website of the Parliament of Canada