Lambton (federal electoral district)

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

Lambton was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1882. It was located in the province of Ontario. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867.

The County of Lambton consisted of the Townships of Bosanquet, Warwick, Plympton, Sarnia, Moore, Enniskillen, and Brooke, and the Town of Sarnia.

The electoral district was abolished in 1882 when it was redistributed between Lambton East and Lambton West ridings.

It was represented for those 15 years of operation by Alexander Mackenzie, of the Liberal Party of Canada.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
1st	1867–1872		Alexander Mackenzie	Liberal
2nd	1872–1873
	1873–1874
3rd	1874–1878
4th	1878–1882
Riding dissolved into Lambton West and Lambton East

Election results

1867 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Alexander Mackenzie	1,999
	Conservative	Alexander Vidal	1,311

1872 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Alexander Mackenzie	2,190
	Conservative	Alexander Vidal	1,555

By-election on 25 November 1873 On Mr. Mackenzie being named Minister of Public Works, 7 November 1873
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Alexander Mackenzie	acclaimed

1874 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Alexander Mackenzie	acclaimed

1878 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Alexander Mackenzie	2,707
	Unknown	J.A. Mackenzie	2,561

See also

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

External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament