Lanark (federal electoral district)

Lanark
Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1914
District abolished	1966
First contested	1917
Last contested	1965

Lanark was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1968. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was first created in 1914 from Lanark North and Lanark South ridings.

It consisted of the county of Lanark.

The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed between Frontenac—Lennox and Addington and Lanark and Renfrew ridings.

Members of Parliament

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

Parliament	Years		Party
Riding created from Lanark North and Lanark South
13th	1917–1918†	Adelbert Edward Hanna	Government (Unionist)
13th	1918–1921	John Alexander Stewart	Government (Unionist)
14th	1921–1922†	John Alexander Stewart	Conservative
14th	1922–1925	Richard Franklin Preston
15th	1925–1926
16th	1926–1929†
16th	1929–1930	William Samuel Murphy	Independent Conservative
17th	1930–1935	Thomas Alfred Thompson	Conservative
18th	1935–1940	Thomas Alfred Thompson	Conservative
19th	1940–1945	Bert Soper	Liberal
20th	1945–1949	William Gourlay Blair	Progressive Conservative
21st	1949–1953
22nd	1953–1957
23rd	1957–1957†
23rd	1957–1958	George Doucett
24th	1958–1962
25th	1962–1963
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968	Desmond Code
Riding dissolved into Lanark and Renfrew and Frontenac—Lennox and Addington

1917 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Government (Unionist)	Adelbert Edward Hanna	5,816
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	Boyd Alexander Conyn Caldwell	2,609
	Unknown	George Arthur Burgess	661

On Mr. Hanna's death, 27 February 1918:

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 2 May 1918
	Government (Unionist)	John Alexander Stewart	acclaimed

On Mr. Stewart's death, 7 October 1922:

On Mr. Preston's death, 8 February 1929:

On Mr. Blair's death, 16 June 1957:

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 26 August 1957
	Progressive Conservative	George Doucett	acclaimed

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