Northumberland East was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1917. It was located in the province of Ontario. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867.

The original definition of the riding is not known. In 1882, the East Riding of the county of Northumberland was defined to consist of the townships of Cramahe, Brighton, Murray, Percy and Seymour, the villages of Colborne, Brighton, Campbellford, and Hastings.

Northumberland East

The electoral district was abolished in 1914 when it was merged into Northumberland riding.

Northumberland East

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Northumberland East

Election history

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|Independent Liberal

|James Lyons Biggar

|align="right"| 1,670

|Conservative

|James Cockburn

|align="right"|1,385

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|Independent Liberal

|Darius Crouter

|align="right"| acclaimed

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|Conservative

|Edward Cochrane

|align="right"| 2,148

|Liberal

|Albert E. Mallory

|align="right"| 2,124

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|Conservative

|Edward Cochrane

|align="right"| 2,074

|Liberal

|Albert E. Mallory

|align="right"|2,028

|}

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|Conservative

|C. L. Owen

|align="right"| 2,347

|Liberal

|A. A. Mulholland

|align="right"| 2,105

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See also

List of Canadian federal electoral districts

Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

External links

Website of the Parliament of Canada

Former federal electoral districts of Ontario