Members of Parliament
This riding elected the following members of the Canadian House of Commons:
- Sir John A. Macdonald, Liberal-Conservative (1867–1878)
- Alexander Gunn, Liberal (1878–1887)
- Sir John A. Macdonald, Conservative (1887–1891)
- James Henry Metcalfe, Conservative (1892–1896)
- Byron Moffatt Britton, Liberal (1896–1901)
- William Harty, Liberal (1902–1911)
- William Folger Nickle, Conservative (1911–1919)
- Sir Henry Lumley Drayton, Unionist (1919–1921)
- Arthur Edward Ross, Conservative (1921–1925)
- William James Henderson, Liberal (1953–1958)
- Benjamin Graydon Allmark, Progressive Conservative (1958–1962)
- Edgar John Benson, Liberal (1962–1968)
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