Essex East (electoral district)

Essex East was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1925 to 1968. It was located in the province of Ontario. it was created in 1924 from parts of Essex North and Essex South ridings.

It initially consisted of the towns of Ford City and Walkerville and the villages of Riverside, Tecumseh and in the townships of Maidstone, Rochester and Tilbury (North and West) in the county of Essex, and the town of Tilbury in the county of Kent.

In 1933, it was redefined to exclude Ford City and the town of Tilbury, include the towns of East Windsor and townships of Sandwich East and Sandwich South, and the part of the city of Windsor south of Tecumseh Road;

In 1947, it was redefined to exclude the towns of East Windsor and Walkerville and the townships of Tilbury West, and Sandwich South, and the part of the city of Windsor east of the line dividing lots facing on Lincoln Road to the east and Gladstone Avenue to the west. In 1952, it was redefined to exclude the town of Tilbury and the town of Essex.

The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed between Essex, Windsor West and Windsor—Walkerville ridings.

Election results

1925 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	MORAND, Raymond	6,052	50.83
	Liberal	ODETTE, Edmond George	5,855	49.17
Total valid votes			11,907	100.00

1926 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	ODETTE, Edmond George	7,555	52.91	+2.08
	Conservative	MORAND, Hon. Raymond D.	6,724	47.09	-2.08
Total valid votes			14,279	100.00

1930 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	MORAND, Hon. Raymond D.	9,243	56.44	+3.53
	Liberal	ODETTE, Edmond George	7,133	43.56	-3.53
Total valid votes			16,376	100.00

1935 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	MARTIN, Paul	7,562	39.25	-4.31
	Conservative	MORAND, Hon. Raymond D.	6,493	33.71	-22.73
	Co-operative Commonwealth	LEVERT, Joseph Ben	4,106	21.32
	Reconstruction	MCPHARLIN, J. Gabriel	1,102	5.72
Total valid votes			19,263	100.00

1940 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	MARTIN, Paul	9,811	46.39	+7.14
	National Government	MORAND, Hon. Raymond D.	8,060	38.11	+4.40
	Co-operative Commonwealth	LEVERT, Joseph Ben	2,879	13.62	-7.70	Canadian Labour	HICKS, Roy Robert	398	1.88
Total valid votes			21,148	100.00

1945 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	MARTIN, Hon. Paul	16,165	56.21	+9.82
	Progressive Conservative	BYRNE, James E.	8,244	28.67	-9.44
	Co-operative Commonwealth	MACDONALD, William C.	4,349	15.12	+1.50
Total valid votes			28,758	100.00

1949 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	MARTIN, Hon. Paul	16,709	52.89	-3.32
	Progressive Conservative	TURNBULL, James Russell	8,204	25.97	-2.70
	Co-operative Commonwealth	RIGGS, William Charles	5,213	16.50	+1.38
	Labor–Progressive	PRINCE, Cyril	1,464	4.64
Total valid votes			31,590	100.00

1953 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	MARTIN, Hon. Paul	19,946	67.16	+14.27
	Progressive Conservative	KENNEDY, Aloysius	5,530	18.62	-7.35
	Co-operative Commonwealth	OWEN, Kenneth Edwin	3,013	10.14	-6.36
	Labor–Progressive	KENNEDY, Michael J.	1,212	4.08	-0.56
Total valid votes			29,701	100.00

1957 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	MARTIN, Hon. Paul	22,023	57.15	-10.01
	Progressive Conservative	HICKS, Roy R.	10,593	27.49	+8.87
	Co-operative Commonwealth	METEER, Jack	5,917	15.36	+5.22
Total valid votes			38,533	100.00

1958 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	MARTIN, Hon. Paul	18,074	41.98	-15.17
	Progressive Conservative	HICKS, Roy R.	16,451	38.21	+10.72
	Co-operative Commonwealth	BURR, Fred A.	8,530	19.81	+4.45
Total valid votes			43,055	100.00

1962 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	MARTIN, Hon. Paul	24,969	58.69	+16.71
	New Democratic	DRURY, George	8,888	20.89	+1.08
	Progressive Conservative	DEMERS, Roland Lionel	8,210	19.30	-18.91
	Social Credit	CORY, T.R.	476	1.12
Total valid votes			42,543	100.00

1963 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	MARTIN, Hon. Paul	25,727	59.82	+1.13
	Progressive Conservative	GOURLIE, David	8,894	20.68	+1.38
	New Democratic	MCCONVILLE, Hugh	7,648	17.78	-3.11
	Social Credit	GIGNAC, Frank	740	1.72	+0.60
Total valid votes			43,009	100.00

1965 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	MARTIN, Hon. Paul	26,094	63.78	+3.96
	Progressive Conservative	GOURLIE, David	8,142	19.90	-0.78
	New Democratic	MCCONVILLE, Hugh	6,133	14.99	-2.79
	Communist	MAGNUSON, Bruce A.H.	543	1.33
Total valid votes			40,912	100.00

External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament