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City of Ottawa was a federal electoral district in the province of Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1935.

It was created by the British North America Act of 1867. It consisted of the city of Ottawa. After 1872, there were two members elected in this electoral district.

In 1892, it was redefined to exclude the New Edinburgh district of the city. In 1903, it was redefined as the city of Ottawa, excluding Rideau Ward. In 1914, it was redefined to exclude Hintonburgh (sic), Bayswater and Mechanicsville neighbourhoods as well as Rideau Ward. It continued to return two members.

In 1924, it was redefined as the city of Ottawa, excluding Rideau Ward and that part of the city lying west of a line beginning at the intersection of the Rideau Canal with the Canadian Pacific Railway in the south, and following the railway, Somerset Street, Bayswater Avenue, Bayview Road and Mason Street, to the Ottawa River.

The electoral district was abolished in 1933 when it was divided into Ottawa West and Ottawa East ridings.

Members of Parliament

• Joseph Merrill Currier, Liberal-Conservative (1867-1882)
• John Bower Lewis, Conservative (1872-1874)
• Pierre St-Jean, Liberal (1874-1878)
• Joseph Tassé, Conservative (1878-1887)
• Charles H. Mackintosh, Conservative (1882-1887)
• William Goodhue Perley, Conservative (1887-1890)
• Charles H. Mackintosh, Conservative (1890-1893)
• Honoré Robillard, Liberal-Conservative (1882-1896)
• James Alexander Grant, Conservative (1893-1896)
• William H. Hutchison, Liberal (1896-1900)
• Napoléon Antoine Belcourt, Liberal (1896-1907)
• Thomas Birkett, Liberal (1900-1904)
• Robert Stewart, Liberal (1904-1908)
• Jean-Baptiste Thomas Caron, Liberal (1907-1908) (by-election)
• Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Liberal (1908-1910)
• Harold B. McGiverin, Liberal (1908-1911)
• Albert Allard, Liberal (1910-1911) (by-election)
• Alfred Ernest Fripp, Conservative (1911-1921)
• John Léo Chabot, Conservative (1911-1921)
• Harold B. McGiverin, Liberal (1921-1925)
• Edgar-Rodolphe-Eugène Chevrier, Liberal (1921-1925)
• Stewart McClenaghan, Conservative (1925-1926)
• John Léo Chabot, Conservative (1925-1926)
• Edgar-Rodolphe-Eugène Chevrier, Liberal (1926-1933)
• Gordon Cameron Edwards, Liberal (1926-1930)
• Thomas Franklin Ahearn, Liberal (1930-1933)

Electoral history

On Mr. Currier's resignation for having infringed the Independence of Parliament Act by conducting business dealings with the government while still a member:

On Mr. Perley's death:

On Mr. Mackintosh's resignation:

On Mr. Belcourt being called to the Senate:

On Mr. Laurier's resignation:

Canadian federal election, 1911: Ottawa (City of)
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Conservative	Alfred Ernest Fripp	7,062	Y
	Conservative	John Leo Chabot	6,892	Y
	Liberal	Harold Buchanan McGiverin	6,540
	Liberal	Joseph Albert Pinard	6,366
	Socialist	Allan Gordon McCallum	298

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

References

• "Ottawa (City of), Ontario (1867 - 1933)". History of Federal Ridings since 1867. Parliament of Canada.