Grenville—Carleton (federal electoral district)

This article is about the federal electoral district. For the provincial electoral district, see Grenville—Carleton (provincial electoral district).

Grenville—Carleton

Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1966
District abolished	1976
First contested	1968
Last contested	1974

Grenville–Carleton was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1979. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1966 from parts of Carleton and Grenville—Dundas ridings.

It consisted of:

• the part of the City of Ottawa lying south of Base Line Road and west of Fisher Avenue;
• the Townships of Goulbourn, Marlborough, Nepean, North Gower and Osgoode, and Long Island (in the Township of Gloucester) in the County of Carleton;
• the County of Grenville, including the Village of Merrickville, and
• the Townships of Matilda and Mountain in the County of Dundas.

The electoral district was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed between Leeds—Grenville, Nepean—Carleton, Ottawa Centre, Ottawa West—Nepean and Stormont—Dundas ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Carleton and Grenville—Dundas
28th	1968–1972		Gordon Blair	Liberal
29th	1972–1974		Walter Baker	Progressive Conservative
30th	1974–1979
Riding dissolved into Leeds—Grenville, Nepean—Carleton, Ottawa Centre, Ottawa West—Nepean and Stormont—Dundas

Election results

1968 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Gordon Blair	21,250	48.0
	Progressive Conservative	Jean Casselman Wadds	18,843	43.0
	New Democratic	David Bell	3,887	9.0
Total valid votes			43,980
Source: Elections Canada and Canada Elections Database

1972 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Walter Baker	32,689	53.5
	Liberal	Gordon Blair	22,026	36.0
	New Democratic	Joan Kabayama	6,405	10.5
Total valid votes			61,120
Turnout (based on valid votes; total votes not available)			61,120	83.5
Eligible voters			73,193
Source: Elections Canada and Canada Elections Database

1974 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Walter Baker	33,946	54.4
	Liberal	Jim McDonald	22,803	36.5
	New Democratic	Joan Kabayama	5,679	9.1
Total valid votes			62,428
Total rejected ballots			192
Turnout			62,620	78.4	-5.1
Eligible voters			79,873
Source: Elections Canada and Canada Elections Database

See also

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

External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament