Russell (Ontario provincial electoral district)

This article is about the former provincial electoral district. For the former federal electoral district, see Russell (Ontario federal electoral district). For the pre-Confederation electoral district, see Russell (Province of Canada electoral district).

Russell was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1867 at the time of confederation and was abolished in 1966 before the 1967 election.

Russell

Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	1867
District abolished	1966
First contested	1867
Last contested	1963
Demographics
Census division(s)	Prescott and Russell United Counties, Carleton County
Census subdivision(s)	Cumberland, Osgoode, Gloucester, Ottawa, Eastview, Rockcliffe Park, Russell (until 1934), Clarence (until 1934), Cambridge Twp (until 1934), Casselman (until 1934), Rockland (until 1934)

Members of Provincial Parliament

Russell
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
1st	1867–1871		William Craig	Conservative
2nd	1871–1875
3rd	1875–1879		Adam J. Baker
4th	1879–1883
5th	1883–1886		Honoré Robillard
6th	1886–1890		Alexander Robillard	Liberal
7th	1890–1894
8th	1894–1898
9th	1898–1902		Onésime Guibord
10th	1902–1904
11th	1905–1908		Damase Racine
12th	1908–1911
13th	1911–1914
14th	1914–1919
15th	1919–1921
	1922–1923		Alfred Goulet
16th	1923–1926		Aurélien Bélanger
17th	1926–1929
18th	1929–1934		Charles Avila Séguin	Conservative
19th	1934–1937		Arthur Desrosiers	Liberal
20th	1937–1943		Romeo Bégin
21st	1943–1945
22nd	1945–1948
23rd	1948–1951		Joseph Daniel Nault	Progressive Conservative
24th	1951–1954
	1954–1955		Gordon Lavergne
25th	1955–1959
26th	1959–1963
27th	1963–1967		Bert Lawrence
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly^[1]
Redistributed into Prescott and Russell, Carleton East, Ottawa South and Ottawa East before the 1967 election

Election results

v t e 1963 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Bert Lawrence	13,661	40.42	-13.76
	Liberal	Frederick Barrett	13,317	39.40	-1.39
	Independent	Gordon Lavergne	5,190	15.36
	New Democratic	Peter D'Aoust	1,632	4.83	-0.20
Total valid votes			33,800
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-6.19

v t e 1959 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Gordon Lavergne	13,940	54.18	-11.09
	Liberal	Frederick Barrett	10,495	40.79	+6.06
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Denis Kalman	1,294	5.03
Total valid votes			25,729
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-8.57

v t e 1955 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Gordon Lavergne	10,392	65.27	+5.77
	Liberal	Raphael Pilon	5,530	34.73	-0.46
Total valid votes			15,922
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+3.11

v t e Ontario provincial by-election, 16 September 1954
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Gordon Lavergne	9,701	59.50	+15.19
	Liberal	Raphael Pilon	5,738	35.19	-9.05
	Co-operative Commonwealth	George A. Hay	865	5.31	-6.14
Total valid votes			16,304
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+12.12

v t e 1951 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	J. Daniel Nault	6,946	44.31	+2.42
	Liberal	Raoul Landreault	6,936	44.25	+7.87
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Wesley McCullough	1,794	11.44	-1.31
Total valid votes			15,676
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-2.73

v t e 1948 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	J. Daniel Nault	5,292	41.89	+4.69
	Liberal	Romeo Bégin	4,595	36.38	-13.57
	Co-operative Commonwealth	George Lyon	1,611	12.75	+4.35
	Union of Electors	Cécile Brunet	1,134	8.98
Total valid votes			12,632
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+9.13

v t e 1945 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Romeo Bégin	5,925	49.94	-6.56
	Progressive Conservative	Duncan Cameron Merkley	4,414	37.20	+8.26
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Paul Sabourin	997	8.40	-6.15
	Independent	Edward Lavergne	528	4.45
Total valid votes			11,864
	Liberal hold		Swing		-7.41

v t e 1943 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Romeo Bégin	4,092	56.50	-2.14
	Progressive Conservative	Lorenzo Lafleur	2,096	28.94	+1.20
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Robert McConnell	1,054	14.55
Total valid votes			7,242
	Liberal hold		Swing		-1.67

v t e 1937 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Romeo Bégin	6,481	58.65	+4.09
	Conservative	Joseph Cyr	3,066	27.74	-1.41
	Independent	Philip Proudfoot	1,504	13.61
Total valid votes			11,051
	Liberal hold		Swing		+2.75

v t e 1934 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Arthur des Rosiers	6,381	54.55	+5.76
	Conservative	Charles A. Seguin	3,410	29.15	-22.05
	Independent	Marshall Rathwell	1,906	16.29
Total valid votes			11,697
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+13.90

v t e 1929 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles A. Seguin	6,190	51.20	+16.34
	Liberal	Aurelien Belanger	5,899	48.80	+26.43
Total valid votes			12,089
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing		+29.56

v t e 1926 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Aurelien Belanger	5,213	42.78
	Conservative	Charles A. Seguin	4,248	34.86
	Liberal	John G. Carkner	2,725	22.36	-50.58
Total valid votes			12,186
	Independent gain from Liberal		Swing		+46.68

v t e 1923 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Aurelien Belanger	4,648	72.94	+8.57
	United Farmers	L. A. Landry	1,724	27.06	-4.98
Total valid votes			6,372
	Liberal hold		Swing		+6.78

v t e Ontario provincial by-election, 23 October 1922
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alfred Goulet	4,266	64.37	+14.40
	United Farmers	Philias Blanchard	2,123	32.04	-8.35
	Unknown	Robert J. Bowen	238	3.59
Total valid votes			6,627
	Liberal hold		Swing		+11.38

v t e 1919 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Damase Racine	6,121	49.98	-23.06
	United Farmers	Philias Blanchard	4,947	40.39
	Independent	S. A. Landry	1,180	9.63
Total valid votes			12,248
	Liberal hold		Swing		-31.72
"Elections Ontario Data Explorer". Elections Ontario.

v t e 1914 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Damase Racine	3,851	73.10	+8.94
	Conservative	Elisse J. Lavadure	1,417	26.90	-8.94
Total valid votes			5,268
	Liberal hold		Swing		+8.94
"Elections Ontario Data Explorer". Elections Ontario.

v t e 1911 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Damase Racine	3,041	64.16	+5.43
	Conservative	W. J. W. Lowrie	1,699	35.84	-5.43
Total valid votes			4,740
	Liberal hold		Swing		+5.43

v t e 1908 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Damase Racine	2,642	58.72	-0.82
	Conservative	Wilfrid Thivierge	1,857	41.28	+0.82
Total valid votes			4,499
	Liberal hold		Swing		-0.82

v t e 1905 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Damase Racine	2,557	59.55	+0.09
	Conservative	J. L. Rolston	1,737	40.45	-0.09
Total valid votes			4,294
	Liberal hold		Swing		+0.09

v t e 1902 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Onesime Guibord	2,536	59.46	+1.29
	Conservative	O. Rochon	1,729	40.54	-1.29
Total valid votes			4,265
	Liberal hold		Swing		+1.29

v t e 1898 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Onesime Guibord	2,738	58.26	-4.22
	Conservative	Marier	1,962	41.74	+4.22
Total valid votes			4,700
	Liberal hold		Swing		-4.22

v t e 1894 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alexander Robillard	1,976	62.47	+0.91
	Conservative	J. Tytler	1,187	37.53	-0.91
Total valid votes			3,163
	Liberal hold		Swing		+0.91

v t e 1890 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alexander Robillard	2,223	61.56	+10.15
	Conservative	Andrew Broder	1,388	38.44	-8.99
Total valid votes			3,611
	Liberal hold		Swing		+9.57

v t e 1886 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alexander Robillard	1,908	51.41	+16.77
	Conservative	R. Cummings	1,760	47.43	+0.95
	Independent	N. McCaul	43	1.16	+0.57
Total valid votes			3,711
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+7.91

v t e 1883 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Honoré Robillard	1,265	46.47	+2.38
	Liberal	Alexander Robillard	943	34.64	-7.74
	Independent	C. Billings	494	18.16
	Liberal	N. McCaul	16	0.59
	Independent	Sproule	4	0.15
Total valid votes			2,722
	Conservative hold		Swing		+5.06

v t e 1879 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Adam J. Baker	724	37.69	−26.68
	Liberal	Ira Morgan	696	36.23
	Liberal	N. McCaul	279	14.52
	Independent	J. Tytler	222	11.56
Total valid votes			1,921	40.00	−9.09
Eligible voters			4,802
	Conservative hold		Swing		−26.68
Source: Elections Ontario^[2]

v t e Ontario provincial by-election, August 1875 Previous election voided
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Adam J. Baker	1,335	64.37	+13.07
	Independent	A. Rocque	734	35.39
	Independent	Mr. Wilson	5	0.24
Total valid votes			2,074
	Conservative hold		Swing		+13.07
Source: History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario^[3]^: 333

v t e 1875 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Adam J. Baker	1,066	61.30	+10.01
	Liberal	Ira Morgan	673	38.70	−9.54
Total valid votes			1,739	49.10	−7.05
Eligible voters			3,542
Election voided
Source: Elections Ontario^[4]

v t e 1871 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Craig	773	51.29	−14.04
	Liberal	Ira Morgan	727	48.24	+24.43
	Independent	Mr. Hely	7	0.46
Turnout			1,507	56.15	−12.80
Eligible voters			2,684
	Conservative hold		Swing		−19.24
Source: Elections Ontario^[5]

v t e 1867 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Craig	1,287	65.33
	Liberal	J.L. O'Hanley	469	23.81
	Independent	R. Sparks	214	10.86
Total valid votes			1,970	68.95
Eligible voters			2,857
	Conservative pickup new district.
Source: Elections Ontario^[6]

References

1. For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
   • For William Craig's Legislative Assembly information see "William Craig". Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
   • For Adam J. Baker's Legislative Assembly information see "Adam Jacob Baker". Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
   • For Honoré Robillard's Legislative Assembly information see "Honoré Robillard". Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
   • For Alexander Robillard's Legislative Assembly information see "Alexander Robillard". Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
   • For Onésime Guibord's Legislative Assembly information see "Onésime Guibord". Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
   • For Damase Racine's Legislative Assembly information see "Damase Racine". Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
   • For Alfred Goulet's Legislative Assembly information see "Alfred Goulet". Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
   • For Aurélien Bélanger's Legislative Assembly information see "Aurélien Bélanger". Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
   • For Charles Avila Séguin's Legislative Assembly information see "Charles Avila Séguin". Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
   • For Arthur DesRosiers's Legislative Assembly information see "Arthur DesRosiers". Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
   • For Roméo Bégin's Legislative Assembly information see "Roméo Bégin". Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
   • For Joseph Daniel Nault's Legislative Assembly information see "Joseph Daniel Nault". Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
   • For Gordon Lavergne's Legislative Assembly information see "Gordon Lavergne". Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
   • For Albert Benjamin Rutter "Bert" Lawrence's Legislative Assembly information see "Albert Benjamin Rutter Lawrence". Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
2. "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1879. Retrieved April 19, 2024.
3. Lewis, Roderick (1968). Centennial Edition of a History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario, 1867–1968. OCLC 1052682.
4. "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1875. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
5. "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1871. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
6. "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1867. Retrieved March 15, 2024.