What is "port arthur"

Port Arthur may refer to:

In China:

• Port Arthur, China, now called Lüshunkou District
  • Port Arthur massacre (China) in the Sino-Japanese War in 1894
  • Battle of Port Arthur, a sea battle in the Russo-Japanese War in 1904
  • Siege of Port Arthur, a land battle in 1904

In Australia:

• Port Arthur, Tasmania, the site of a historic convict settlement
  • Port Arthur massacre (Australia), which occurred in Port Arthur, Tasmania in 1996
• Port Arthur, South Australia, a locality

In the United States:

• Port Arthur, Texas, a city in the United States
• Port Arthur, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community

In Canada:

• Port Arthur, Ontario, a former city, now a part of Thunder Bay
  • Port Arthur (electoral district)

In Finland:

• VIII District, Turku, a district in Turku

In other uses:

• Port Arthur, a fictional planet in the BattleTech universe

Port Arthur was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1935 to 1979. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1933 from parts of Port Arthur—Thunder Bay riding.

It consisted initially of the parts of the territorial districts of Algoma, Cochrane, Kenora, and Thunder Bay not included in the electoral districts of Algoma West, Cochrane, Fort William, and Kenora-Rainy River herein defined, and including the city of Port Arthur, together with that part of the district of Patricia not included in the electoral districts of Kenora—Rainy River and Cochrane.

In 1966, it was defined as consisting of the part of the territorial district of Thunder Bay contained in the City of Port Arthur and the Townships of Adrian, Blackwell, Conmee, Forbes, Fowler, Goldie, Gorham, Horne, Jacques, Laurie, MacGregor, McIntyre, McTavish, Oliver, Sackville, Sibley and Ware.

The electoral district was abolished in 1976 when it was merged into Thunder Bay—Nipigon riding.

Port Arthur was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of Ontario, active from 1908 to 1999. The district was created out of the former Port Arthur and Rainy River district for the 1908 election, serving the city of Port Arthur and the surrounding area.

When the city of Port Arthur merged with the neighbouring city of Fort William in 1970 to create the current city of Thunder Bay, the district of Port Arthur and the corresponding electoral district Fort William continued as separate districts serving the new city.

For the 1999 provincial election, the government of Mike Harris redistributed provincial electoral districts to correspond to the same boundaries and names that were in use for the province's federal electoral districts. Port Arthur was merged at that time into the new district of Thunder Bay—Superior North.