Members of Parliament
This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:
- John Crawford, Liberal (1904–1908)
- Arthur Meighen, Conservative (1908–1921)
- Harry Leader, Progressive (1921–1925)
- Arthur Meighen, Conservative (1925–1926)
- Ewen Alexander McPherson, Liberal (1926–1930)
- William Herbert Burns, Conservative (1930–1935)
- Harry Leader, Liberal (1935–1946)
- Calvert Charlton Miller, Progressive Conservative (1946–1949)
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