Fort William (provincial electoral district)

Fort William was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of Ontario, active from 1908 to 1999. The district was created out of the former Fort William and Lake of the Woods district for the 1908 election, serving the city of Fort William and the surrounding area.

Fort William

Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	1908
District abolished	1999
First contested	1908
Last contested	1999
Demographics
Census division(s)	Thunder Bay District
Census subdivision(s)	Fort William → Thunder Bay

When the city of Fort William merged with the neighbouring city of Port Arthur in 1970 to create the current city of Thunder Bay, the district of Fort William and the corresponding electoral district of Port Arthur continued as separate districts serving the new city.

For the 1999 provincial election, the government of Mike Harris redistributed provincial electoral districts to correspond to the same boundaries and names that were in use for the province's federal electoral districts. Fort William was merged at that time into the new district of Thunder Bay—Atikokan.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Fort William and Lake of the Woods
10th	1902–1905		Douglas Cameron	Liberal
11th	1905–1908		Thomas Smellie	Conservative
Fort William
12th	1908–1911		Thomas Smellie	Conservative
13th	1911–1914		Charles William Jarvis
14th	1914–1919
15th	1919–1923		Harry Mills	Labour
16th	1923–1926		Franklin Harford Spence	Conservative
17th	1926–1929
18th	1929–1934
19th	1934–1937		Joseph Edmund Crawford	Liberal
20th	1937–1943		Franklin Harford Spence	Conservative
21st	1943–1945		Garfield Anderson	Co-operative Commonwealth
22nd	1945–1948
23rd	1948–1951		Charles Winnans Cox	Liberal
24th	1951–1955		Clare Mapledoram	Progressive Conservative
25th	1955–1959
26th	1959–1963		John Boyle Chapple	Liberal
27th	1963–1967		Ted Freeman	New Democratic
28th	1967–1971		Jim Jessiman	Progressive Conservative
29th	1971–1975
30th	1975–1977		Iain Angus	New Democratic
31st	1977–1981		Mickey Hennessy	Progressive Conservative
32nd	1981–1985
33rd	1985–1987
34th	1987–1990		Lyn McLeod	Liberal
35th	1990–1995
36th	1995–1999
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[1]
Merged into Thunder Bay—Atikokan before the 1999 election

Election results

1902 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Douglas Cameron	1,483	56.95
	Conservative	Thomas Smellie	1,121	43.05
Total valid votes			2,604	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			41	1.55
Turnout			2,645	52.78
Eligible voters			5,011

1905 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Smellie	1,536	55.57	+12.52
	Liberal	Douglas Cameron	1,228	44.43	-12.52
Total valid votes			2,764	100.00	-
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			49	1.74	+0.19
Turnout			2,813	44.35	-8.43
Eligible voters			6,343
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+12.52

1908 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Smellie	1,317	61.06	+5.49
	Liberal	William Hamilton	840	38.94	-5.49
Total valid votes			2,157	100.00	-
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			53	2.40	+0.66
Turnout			2,210	57.63	+13.28
Eligible voters			3,835
	Conservative hold		Swing		+5.49

1911 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles William Jarvis	1,363	43.53	-17.53
	Liberal	James Tonkin	1,109	35.42	-3.52
	Independent	Joseph Martin	659	21.05	-
Total valid votes			3,131	100.00	-
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			49	1.54	-0.86
Turnout			3,180	52.04	-5.59
Eligible voters			6,111
	Conservative hold		Swing		-10.52

1914 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles William Jarvis	2,385	55.63	+12.10
	Liberal	Walter Hogarth	1,902	44.37	+8.95
Total valid votes			4,287	100.00	-
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			160	3.60	+2.06
Turnout			4,447	60.84	+8.80
Eligible voters			7,309
	Conservative hold		Swing		+10.52

1919 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry Mills	3,745	51.48	-
	Liberal	Archibald McGillivray	2,232	30.68	-13.69
	Conservative	Charles William Jarvis	1,298	17.84	-37.79
Total valid votes			7,275	100.00	-
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			218	2.91	+0.85
Turnout			7,493	65.99	+5.15
Eligible voters			11,354
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing		+32.58

1923 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Franklin Harford Spence	2,866	39.94	+22.10
	Labour	Harry Mills	2,658	37.04	-14.44
	Liberal	B. Allen	1,152	16.05	-14.63
	Independent	D.R. Byers	500	6.97	-
Total valid votes			7,176	100.00	-
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			75	1.03	-1.88
Turnout			7,251	57.97	-8.02
Eligible voters			12,509
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing		+

1926 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Franklin Harford Spence	5,286	76.10	+36.16
	Liberal	Ira Evans	1,660	23.90	+7.85
Total valid votes			6,946	100.00	-
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			30	0.43	-0.60
Turnout			6,976	50.56	-7.41
Eligible voters			13,797
	Conservative hold		Swing		+22.00

1929 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Franklin Harford Spence	5,467	58.73	-17.37
	Liberal	Joseph Edmund Crawford	3,841	41.27	+17.37
Total valid votes			9,308	100.00	-
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			103	1.09	+0.66
Turnout			9,411	62.52	+11.96
Eligible voters			15,053
	Conservative hold		Swing		-17.37

1934 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joseph Edmund Crawford	9,100	62.87	+21.6
	Conservative	Franklin Harford Spence	5,375	37.13	-21.6
Total valid votes			14,475	100.00	-
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			132	0.90	-0.19
Turnout			14,607	83.22	+20.70
Eligible voters			17,553
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+21.6

1937 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Franklin Harford Spence	5,731	39.93	+2.80
	Liberal	Harry Murphy	5,236	36.48	-26.39
	Independent Liberal	Joseph Edmund Crawford	1,845	12.85	-
	Co-operative Commonwealth	E. Miles	1,542	10.74	-
Total valid votes			14,354	100.00	-
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			192	1.32	+0.42
Turnout			14,546	79.61	-3.61
Eligible voters			18,272
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+14.59

1943 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Garfield Anderson	8,701	60.36	+49.62
	Progressive Conservative	Roy Kirkup	3,081	21.37	-18.56
	Liberal	Campbell Hanna	2,634	18.27	-18.21
Total valid votes			14,416	100.00	-
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			123	0.85	-0.47
Turnout			14,539	66.56	-13.05
Eligible voters			21,844
	Co-operative Commonwealth gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+34.09

1945 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Garfield Anderson	8,197	41.88	-18.48
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Keane	5,607	28.65	+7.28
	Liberal	Frederick Kelly	4,598	23.49	+5.22
	Labor–Progressive	Charles Weir	1,171	5.98	-
Total valid votes			19,573	100.00	-
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			152	0.77	-0.08
Turnout			19,725	74.29	+7.73
Eligible voters			26,553
	Co-operative Commonwealth hold		Swing		+12.88

1948 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Winnans Cox	6,860	35.93	+12.44
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Garfield Anderson	6,635	34.75	-7.13
	Progressive Conservative	Roy Kirkup	5,596	29.31	+0.66
Total valid votes			19,091	100.00	-
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			153	0.80	+0.03
Turnout			19,224	73.47	-0.82
Eligible voters			26,192
	Liberal gain from Co-operative Commonwealth		Swing		+9.78

1951 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Clare Mapledoram	8,057	42.60	+13.29
	Liberal	Charles Winnans Cox	7,335	38.78	+2.85
	Co-operative Commonwealth	George Fawcett	3,157	16.69	-18.06
	Independent	Alfred Batters	366	1.93	-
Total valid votes			18,915	100.00	-
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			190	0.99	+0.19
Turnout			19,105	72.74	-0.73
Eligible voters			26,266
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+8.07

1955 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Clare Mapledoram	8,868	46.78	+4.18
	Co-operative Commonwealth	William Johnson	4,918	25.94	+9.25
	Liberal	Irvin Rechtshaffen	4,788	25.26	-13.52
	Labor–Progressive	Arnold Vesterback	383	2.02	-
Total valid votes			18,957	100.00	-
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			305	1.58	+0.59
Turnout			19,262	71.05	-1.69
Eligible voters			27,109
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+6.71

1959 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Boyle Chapple	9,255	42.10	+16.84
	Progressive Conservative	Clare Mapledoram	7,919	36.01	-10.77
	Co-operative Commonwealth	William Johnson	4,434	20.16	-5.78
	Independent	Hubert Limbrick	382	1.74	-
Total valid votes			21,990	100.00	-
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			228	1.03	-0.55
Turnout			22,218	74.10	+3.05
Eligible voters			29,625
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+13.80

1963 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Ted Freeman	8,427	37.45	+17.29
	Progressive Conservative	Christopher Asseff	7,255	32.24	-3.77
	Liberal	John Boyle Chapple	6,820	30.31	-11.79
Total valid votes			22,502	100.00	-
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			112	0.49	-0.54
Turnout			22,614	71.14	-2.96
Eligible voters			31,790
	New Democratic gain from Liberal		Swing		+10.53

1967 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Jessiman	7,744	34.32	+2.08
	Liberal	Walter Assef	7,536	33.40	+3.09
	New Democratic	Ted Freeman	7,282	32.28	-5.17
Total valid votes			22,562	100.00	-
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			190	0.40	-0.09
Turnout			22,752	75.76	+4.62
Eligible voters			30,033
	Progressive Conservative gain from New Democratic		Swing		+2.58

1971 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Jessiman	13,428	49.05	+14.73
	New Democratic	David Hughes	9,651	35.25	+2.97
	Liberal	Dale Willoughby	4,296	15.69	-17.71
Total valid votes			27,375	100.00	-
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			136	0.49	+0.09
Turnout			27,511	75.91	+0.15
Eligible voters			36,243
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+8.85

1975 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Iain Angus	9,173	36.59	+1.34
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Jessiman	8,216	32.77	-16.28
	Liberal	Dale Willoughby	7,449	29.72	+14.03
	Communist	Clifford Wahl	230	0.92	-
Total valid votes			25,068	100.00	-
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			160	0.63	+0.14
Turnout			25,227	64.61	-11.30
Eligible voters			39,048
	New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+8.81

1977 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Mickey Hennessy	12.230	46.28	+13.51
	New Democratic	Iain Angus	9,974	37.74	+1.15
	Liberal	Dick O’Donnell	4,080	15.44	-14.28
	Communist	Clifford Wahl	142	0.54	-0.38
Total valid votes			26,426	100.00	-
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			149	0.56	-0.07
Turnout			26,575	66.03	+1.42
Eligible voters			40,247
	Progressive Conservative gain from New Democratic		Swing		+7.33

1981 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Mickey Hennessy	13,038	54.32	+8.04
	New Democratic	Paul Lannon	7,585	31.60	-6.14
	Liberal	Mike Burns	3,381	14.08	-1.36
Total valid votes			24,004	100.00	-
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			93	0.39	-0.17
Turnout			24,097	59.66	-6.37
Eligible voters			40,393
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+7.09

1985 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Mickey Hennessy	14,452	56.66	+2.34
	New Democratic	Don Smith	7,071	26.74	-4.86
	Liberal	Norris Badanai	4,629	17.51	+3.43
	Communist	John Maclennan	289	1.09	-
Total valid votes			26,441	100.00	-
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			161	0.60	+0.21
Turnout			26,602	63.83	+4.17
Eligible voters			41,674
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+3.60

1987 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Lyn McLeod	11,168	38.46	+20.95
	Progressive Conservative	Mickey Hennessy	9,705	33.43	-23.23
	New Democratic	Don Smith	7,861	26.32	-0.42
	Communist	John Maclennan	300	1.03	-0.06
Total valid votes			29,034	100.00	-
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			139	0.48	-0.12
Turnout			29,173	67.69	+3.86
Eligible voters			43,101
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+22.09

1990 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Lyn McLeod	11,798	44.43	5.97
	New Democratic	Don Hutsul	10,453	39.37	13.05
	Progressive Conservative	Harold Wilson	4,300	16.29	-17.14
Total valid votes			26,551	100.00	-
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			509	1.88	+1.40
Turnout			27,060	62.74	-4.95
Eligible voters			43,133
	Liberal hold		Swing		+9.51

1995 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Lyn McLeod	15,681	57.31	+12.88
	Progressive Conservative	Evelyn Dodds	7,116	26.01	+9.72
	New Democratic	Greg Laws	4,561	16.67	-22.70
Total valid votes			27,358	100.00	-
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			264	0.96	-0.92
Turnout			27,622	63.29	0.55
Eligible voters			43,643
	Liberal hold		Swing		+11.30

References

1. For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
   • For Douglas Cameron's Legislative Assembly information see "Douglas Cameron, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
   • For Thomas Smellie's Legislative Assembly information see "Thomas Smellie, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
   • For Charles William Jarvis's Legislative Assembly information see "Charles William Jarvis, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
   • For Harry Mills's Legislative Assembly information see "Harry Mills, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
   • For Franklin Harford Spence's Legislative Assembly information see "Franklin Harford Spence, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
   • For Joseph Edmund Crawford's Legislative Assembly information see "Joseph Edmund Crawford, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
   • For Garfield Anderson's Legislative Assembly information see "Garfield Anderson, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
   • For Charles Winnans Cox's Legislative Assembly information see "Charles Winnans Cox, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
   • For Clare Mapledoram's Legislative Assembly information see "Clare Mapledoram, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
   • For John Boyle Chapple's Legislative Assembly information see "John Boyle Chapple, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
   • For Ted Freeman's Legislative Assembly information see "Ted Freeman, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
   • For Jim Jessiman's Legislative Assembly information see "Jim Jessiman, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
   • For Iain Angus's Legislative Assembly information see "Iain Angus, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
   • For Mickey Hennessy's Legislative Assembly information see "Mickey Hennessy, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
   • For Lyn McLeod's Legislative Assembly information see "Lyn McLeod, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.