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Cochrane (also known as Cochrane North and Cochrane—Superior) was a federal electoral district in the province of Ontario, Canada. It was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1997.

Electoral district

This riding was created in 1933 as “Cochrane” from parts of Timiskaming North riding. The electoral district was abolished in 1996 when it was redistributed between Algoma, Kenora—Rainy River, Thunder Bay—Nipigon, Timiskaming—Cochrane and Timmins-James Bay ridings.

Geography

It initially consisted of the northern part of the territorial district of Timiskaming, and the eastern part of the territorial district of Cochrane and the district of Patricia. In Timiskaming, the riding included the part of the district lying north of and including the townships of Pontiac and Keefer and the townships in between them. In Cochrane, it included the part of the district lying east of a line drawn along the eastern boundaries of the townships of McCoig and Mulloy and north to the northern limit of the district. In Patricia, it included the part lying east of the projection north of the western boundary of the electoral district of Cochrane.In 1947, it was redefined to consist of the northern part of the territorial district of Cochrane and the eastern part of the district of Patricia. In the 1960s, it was redefined to consist of the northern parts of the territorial district of Algoma, Cochrane, Kenora (Patricia Portion), Sudbury and Timiskaming.The electoral district was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed between Algoma, Cochrane North, Timiskaming and Timmins—Chapleau ridings.“Cochrane North” was formed in 1976 from parts of Cochrane and Thunder Bay ridings. It consisted of the northern part of the Territorial District of Algoma, northwest part of the Territorial District of Cochrane, the eastern part of the Territorial District of Kenora (Patricia Portion), and the southeast part of the Territorial District of Thunder Bay. The name of the electoral district was changed in 1977 to “Cochrane”, and in 1980 to “Cochrane—Superior”.Cochrane—Superior initially consisted of the northern part of the Territorial District of Algoma, the north-west of the Territorial District of Cochrane, the eastern part of the Territorial District of Kenora (Patricia Portion), and the south-east part of the Territorial District of Thunder Bay.It was redefined in 1987 to consist of the north-east part of the Territorial District of Algoma, the north-west part of the Territorial District of Cochrane, the eastern part of the Territorial District of Kenora, and the eastern part of the Territorial District of Thunder Bay.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:{{CanMP}}{{CanMP nodata|CochraneRiding created from Timiskaming North}}{{CanMP row| FromYr = 1935| ToYr = 1940| Assembly# = 18| CanParty = Liberal| PartyTerms# = 13| RepName = Joseph-Arthur Bradette| RepTerms# = 4}}{{CanMP row| FromYr = 1940| ToYr = 1945| Assembly# = 19}}{{CanMP row| FromYr = 1945| ToYr = 1949| Assembly# = 20}}{{CanMP row| FromYr = 1949| ToYr = 1953| Assembly# = 21}}{{CanMP row| FromYr = 1953| ToYr = 1957| Assembly# = 22| RepName = Joseph-Anaclet Habel| RepTerms# = 6}}{{CanMP row| FromYr = 1957| ToYr = 1958| Assembly# = 23}}{{CanMP row| FromYr = 1958| ToYr = 1962| Assembly# = 24}}{{CanMP row| FromYr = 1962| ToYr = 1963| Assembly# = 25}}{{CanMP row| FromYr = 1963| ToYr = 1965| Assembly# = 26}}{{CanMP row| FromYr = 1965| ToYr = 1968| Assembly# = 27}}{{CanMP row| FromYr = 1968| ToYr = 1972| Assembly# = 28| RepName = Ralph Stewart| RepLink = Ralph Stewart (Canadian politician)| RepTerms# = 3}}{{CanMP row| FromYr = 1972| ToYr = 1974| Assembly# = 29}}{{CanMP row| FromYr = 1974| ToYr = 1979| Assembly# = 30}}{{CanMP nodata|Cochrane North}}{{CanMP row| FromYr = 1979| ToYr = 1980| Assembly# = 31| CanParty = Liberal| PartyTerms# = 2| RepName = Keith Penner| RepTerms# = 2}}{{CanMP row| FromYr = 1980| ToYr = 1984| Assembly# = 32}}{{CanMP nodata|Cochrane—Superior}}{{CanMP row| FromYr = 1984| ToYr = 1988| Assembly# = 33| CanParty = Liberal| PartyTerms# = 3| RepName = Keith Penner}}{{CanMP row| FromYr = 1988| ToYr = 1993| Assembly# = 34| RepName = Réginald Bélair| RepTerms# = 2}}{{CanMP row| FromYr = 1993| ToYr = 1997| Assembly# = 35}}{{CanMP nodata|Riding dissolved into Algoma, Kenora—Rainy River,Thunder Bay—Nipigon, Timiskaming—Cochraneand Timmins-James Bay}}{{CanMP end}}

Election results

Cochrane

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1935}}{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Joseph-Arthur Bradette | 12,719 }}{{CANelec|CA|CCF|Harry Hughes Beach | 3,247 }}{{CANelec|CA|Reconstruction|Andrew Patrick Murtagh| 2,593 }}{{CANelec|CA|Communist|Thomas McEwen |1,004 }}{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1940}}{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Joseph-Arthur Bradette | 16,785 }}{{CANelec|CA|National Government|Robert Whitney Crumb |5,652 }}{{Canadian party colour|CA|Labour|row}}

Labour candidates and parties in Canada>Farmer–Labour|W. Garth Teeple

3,922 {{Canadian election result/top|CA|1945}}{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Joseph-Arthur Bradette | 13,285 }}{{CANelec|CA|CCF|Wilfrid Parisien|7,355 }}{{CANelec|CA|PC|Joseph Wilfrid Spooner |4,711 }}{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1949}}{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Joseph-Arthur Bradette | 6,352 }}{{CANelec|CA|PC|René-Joseph-Napoléon Brunelle | 3,885 }}{{CANelec|CA|CCF|Elmo-Stanislas Lefebvre | 2,331 }}{{CANelec|CA|Union des électeurs|Joseph-Apolidor-Flor Ayotte | 891 }}{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1953}}{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Joseph-Anaclet Habel | 6,667 }}{{CANelec|CA|PC|René Joseph Napoléon Brunelle| 5,194 }}{{CANelec|CA|CCF|John Pereira Carter | 2,448 }}{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1957}}{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Joseph-Anaclet Habel| 6,626 }}{{CANelec|CA|PC|Elmo Lefebvre | 3,319 }}{{CANelec|CA|CCF|Norman Lacasse | 2,552 }}{{CANelec|CA|Independent Social Credit|André J. Filion|2,351}} {{Canadian election result/top|CA|1958}}{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Joseph-Anaclet Habel | 7,851 }}{{CANelec|CA|PC|René Brunelle| 6,941 }}{{CANelec|CA|CCF|James Ballantyne|2,729 }}{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1962}}{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Joseph-Anaclet Habel| 7,969 }}{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Ross A. Paterson | 4,814 }}{{CANelec|CA|PC|François Bordeleau|4,072 }}{{CANelec|CA|Social Credit|Levi Albert | 1,459 }}{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1963}}{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Joseph-Anaclet Habel| 7,809 }}{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Ross A. Paterson| 5,498 }}{{CANelec|CA|PC|Mike Palangio|3,276 }}{{CANelec|CA|Social Credit|Alphonse Brisson| 2,204 }}{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1965}}{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Joseph-Anaclet Habel| 7,505 }}{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Ross A. Paterson |6,685 }}{{CANelec|CA|PC|Bob Moore| 3,025 }}{{CANelec|CA|Social Credit|Alphonse Brisson| 837 }}{{CANelec|CA|Independent|Philip Kelly |316 }}{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1968}}{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Ralph Stewart|9,803 }}{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Ross A. Paterson |7,034 }}{{CANelec|CA|PC|George W. Maybury |2,875 }}{{CANelec|CA|Social Credit|Jeanne Lavoie |433 }}{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1972}}{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Ralph Stewart | 10,405 }}{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Bud Constantine| 5,405 }}{{CANelec|CA|PC|Blair Brown| 4,626 }}{{CANelec|CA|Social Credit|Emmanuel Petrin |1,477 }}{{CANelec|CA|Independent|Richard B. Mullins| 204 }}{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1974}}{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Ralph Stewart | 11,379 }}{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Carol Brixhe |5,539 }}{{CANelec|CA|PC|Alphonse Touchette |2,957 }}{{CANelec|CA|Not affiliated|François Gosselin |1,099 }} Cochrane North {{Canadian election result/top|CA|1979}}{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Keith Penner | 12,889 }}{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Robert Fortin | 11,080 }}{{CANelec|CA|PC|Carole Kosowan | 5,001 }}{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1980}}{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Keith Penner | 15,280 }}{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Robert Fortin| 10,814 }}{{CANelec|CA|PC|J. Elgin Turner| 2,852 }}{{CANelec|CA|Marxist-Leninist|Doris Stevens | 111 }} Cochrane—Superior {{Canadian election result/top|CA|1984}}{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Keith Penner| 12,359 }}{{CANelec|CA|PC|Guy Desjardins| 9,590 }}{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Ray Brunet | 7,672 }}{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1988}}{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Réginald Bélair | 11,954 }}{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Len Wood | 10,753 }}{{CANelec|CA|PC|Guy Desjardins| 7,032 }}{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1993}}{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Réginald Bélair|19,511 }}{{CANelec|CA|Reform|Don Banks | 2,590 }}{{CANelec|CA|PC|Muriel J. Parent| 2,470 }}{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Jean Paul Lajeunesse| 2,429 }} See also List of Canadian federal electoral districts Historical federal electoral districts of Canada External links Riding history for Cochrane 1935-1976 from the Library of Parliament Riding history for Cochrane-North 1976-1977 from the Library of Parliament Riding history for Cochrane 1977-1980 from the Library of Parliament Riding history for Cochrane-Superior 1980-1997 from the Library of Parliament {{Ridings in Ontario}}{{coord missing|Ontario}}