Russell was a federal electoral district in eastern Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1968.

The federal riding was created by the British North America Act 1867, and consisted initially of the County of Russell the townships of Gloucester and Osgoode in the county of Carleton. In 1903, the Rideau Ward of the city of Ottawa was added to the riding. In 1933, it was redefined to consist of the county of Russell and the part of the county of Carleton included in the township of Gloucester, excepting that part of the township of Gloucester included in the town of Eastview and the village of Rockcliffe Park. In 1947, it was expanded to include the town of Eastview in the township of Gloucester in the county of Carleton.

The federal electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed between Glengarry—Prescott, Ottawa East and Ottawa—Carleton ridings.

Pre-confederation

District created in 1834 from Prescott & Russell.

Members of the Parliament of Upper Canada

  1. Thomas McKay (1834–1840)

Members of the Parliament of the Province of Canada

  1. William Henry Draper, Conservative (1841–1843)
  2. William Stewart, Conservative (1843–1844)
  3. Archibald Petrie, Conservative (1844–1847)
  4. G. B. Lyon-Fellowes, Conservative (1847–1857)
  5. John W. Loux (1857–1861)
  6. Robert Bell, Conservative (1861–1866)

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Election results

;Result by municipality

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! Municipality !! Grant !! Bell !! Total vote !! Eligible voters

|-

| Cambridge Township || 70 || 13 || 83 || 97

|-

| Cumberland Township || 185 || 74 || 259 || 294

|-

| Russell Township || 141 || 106 || 247 || 301

|-

| Clarence Township || 121 || 63 || 184 || 235

|-

| New Edinburgh || 33 || 11 || 44 || 57

|-

| Gloucester Township || 385 || 154 || 539 || 745

|-

| Osgoode Township || 358 || 274 || 632 || 727

|-

| Total || 1,293 || 695 || 1,988 || 2,456

|}

|-

|Conservative

|John O'Connor

|align="right"|acclaimed

|}

|-

|Liberal

|William Cameron Edwards

|align="right"| 2,166

|Unknown

|Charles Herbert Mackintosh

|align="right"| 1,963

|}

|-

|Liberal

|David Wardrope Wallace

|align="right"|acclaimed

|}

|-

|Liberal

|Charles Murphy

|align="right"|acclaimed

|}

|-

|Liberal

|Paul Tardif

|align="right"| 21,070

|Progressive Conservative

|Wilbur Nixon

|align="right"|14,152

|Co-operative Commonwealth

|Denis Kalman

|align="right"| 1,077

|}

See also

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

References

  • Website of the Parliament of Canada