Lincoln was twice a federal electoral district on the Niagara Peninsula in the Canadian province of Ontario. At various times it was also a provincial riding.

At various times, the riding included all or parts of the former Lincoln County (including its successor, the Regional Municipality of Niagara). After 1976, it also represented parts of the Regional Municipality of Hamilton-Wentworth, mainly Stoney Creek. As a suburban riding of Hamilton, it tended to vote Conservative much more often than the city proper.

First riding

The first federal riding was created at Confederation in 1867, and comprised all of Lincoln County, including St. Catharines, Ontario. It was represented by the following MPs after elections in:

• 1867 James Benson (Conservative)
• 1868 Thomas Merritt (Conservative), by-election
• 1872 Merritt
• 1874 James Norris (Liberal), by- and general election
• 1877 Norris, by-election
• 1878 John Rykert (Conservative)

In 1882, the electoral district was abolished and was succeeded by Lincoln and Niagara, and Wentworth South.

Second riding

The second federal riding was created in 1903, and comprised Lincoln County (with or without St. Catharines). Stoney Creek was added in 1976. It was represented by the following MPs after elections in:

• 1904 Edward Lancaster (Conservative)
• 1908 Lancaster
• 1911 Lancaster
• 1917 James Chaplain (Union Government)
• 1921 Chaplain (Conservative)
• 1926 Chaplain, became Minister of Trade and Commerce
• 1930 Chaplain
• 1935 Norman Lockhart (Conservative)
• 1940 Lockhart (National Government)
• 1945 Lockhart (Progressive Conservative)
• 1949 Harry Cavers (Liberal)
• 1953 Cavers
• 1957 John Smith (Progressive Conservative)
• 1958 Smith
• 1962 James McNulty (Liberal)
• 1963 McNulty
• 1965 McNulty
• 1968 Gordon Barrett (Liberal)
• 1972 Ken Higson (Progressive Conservative)
• 1974 Bill Andres
• 1979 Higson
• 1980 Bryce Mackasey (Liberal)
• 1984 Shirley Martin (Progressive Conservative)
• 1988 Martin
• 1993 Tony Valeri (Liberal)

By the 1997 election, the riding borders and name were changed to Stoney Creek although it included many areas outside that city.

External links

• House of Commons of Canada historical ridings section, first
• House of Commons of Canada historical ridings section, second