Wellington North

Wellington North was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1953. It was located in the province of Ontario.

It was created by the British North America Act, 1867 which divided the County of Wellington into North, South and Centre Ridings. The North Riding consisted initially of the Townships of Amaranth, Arthur, Luther, Minto, Maryborough, Peel, and the village of Mount Forest.

In 1872, the township of Peel was removed from the riding, and the Village of Mount Arthur was added. In 1882, the riding was re-defined to consist of the townships of Wallace, Minto, Arthur, Luther East, Luther West and Amaranth, the towns of Palmerston, Harriston and Mount Forest, and the villages of Arthur and Clifford.

In 1903, the Wellington's three ridings were combined into two: the north and the south ridings of Wellington. The north riding consisted of the townships of Arthur, Garafraxa West, Luther West, Maryborough, Minto and Peel, the towns of Harriston, Mount Forest and Palmerston, and the villages of Arthur, Clifford and Drayton.

In 1924, the riding was called "Wellington North" and defined as consisting of that part of the county of Wellington lying north of a line described as commencing at the southeast corner of the township of Garafraxa West and following its southerly and westerly boundaries and the southerly boundary of the township of Peel, to the south boundary of Wellington county.

In 1933, it was defined as consisting of the townships of Arthur, Erin, Garafraxa West, Maryborough, Minto, Peel and West Luther in Wellington county, and the townships of Garafraxa East and East Luther in the county of Dufferin. In 1947, it was defined to consist of the townships of Arthur, Erin, Garafraxa West, Maryborough, Minto, Peel and West Luther including the towns of Mount Forest and Palmerston in the county of Wellington, and the townships of Garafraxa East and Luther East in the county of Dufferin, but excluding the town of Orangeville.

The electoral district was abolished in 1952 when it was redistributed between Dufferin—Simcoe, Wellington South and Wellington—Huron ridings.

Electoral history

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Liberal-Conservative
DREW, George Alexander
align="right"| 1,493
Unknown
FOLEY,
align="right"|1,271

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Liberal
HIGINBOTHAM, Nathaniel
align="right"|1,264
Liberal-Conservative
DREW, G.A.
align="right"|1,204

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Liberal
HIGINBOTHAM, Nathaniel
align="right"|1,470
Liberal-Conservative
DREW, G.A.
align="right"|1,464

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Liberal
HIGINBOTHAM, Nathaniel
align="right"|1,368
Liberal-Conservative
DREW, George Alexander
align="right"|1,365

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Liberal-Conservative
DREW, Geo. A.
align="right"| 1,713
Liberal
HIGINBOTHAM, N.
align="right"| 1,605

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Liberal
MCMULLEN, James
align="right"|1,911
Unknown
PLUMB, J.B.
align="right"|1,891

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Liberal
MCMULLEN, James
align="right"|2,543
Conservative
GORDON, Robert
align="right"| 2,175

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Liberal
MCMULLEN, James
align="right"|2,486
Conservative
CLARKE, L.H.
align="right"| 2,300

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Liberal
MCMULLEN, James
align="right"|2,712
Conservative
CLARKE, L.H.
align="right"| 2,550

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Conservative
TOLTON, Edwin
align="right"|2,463
Liberal
MCMULLEN, James
align="right"|2,431

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Liberal
MARTIN, Thomas
align="right"|2,849
Conservative
MCGOWAN, John
align="right"|2,541

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Liberal
MARTIN, A.M.
align="right"|2,338
Conservative
HAMILTON, Alex
align="right"| 2,072

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Liberal
MARTIN, Alexander Munro
align="right"|2,651
Conservative
CLARKE, William A.
align="right"|2,567

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Conservative
CLARKE, William Aurelius
align="right"|2,530
Liberal
MARTIN, Alexander Munro
align="right"|2,505

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Government
CLARKE, William Aurelius
align="right"|3,492
Opposition
MCEWING, James
align="right"|1,998

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Progressive
PRITCHARD, John
align="right"|5,138
Conservative
CLARKE, William Aurelius
align="right"|3,874

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Conservative
SINCLAIR, Duncan
align="right"|4,152
Progressive
PRITCHARD, John
align="right"|3,370

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Conservative
SINCLAIR, Duncan
align="right"|4,825
Liberal
DALE, Richard Frederick
align="right"|4,452

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Liberal
BLAIR, John Knox
align="right"|4,716
Conservative
SINCLAIR, Duncan
align="right"|4,626

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Liberal
BLAIR, John Knox
align="right"|7,063
Conservative
SINCLAIR, Duncan
align="right"|4,485
Reconstruction
SMITH, Robert Hoath
align="right"|1,276

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Liberal
BLAIR, John Knox
align="right"|5,748
National Government
MENARY, Lewis
align="right"| 4,266

- 1945/06/11
Progressive Conservative
MENARY, Lewis
align="right"| 5,779
Liberal
DARROCK, Arnold
align="right"| 5,764
Co-operative Commonwealth
HALL, Harry
align="right"|457

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Liberal
DARROCH, Arnold
align="right"|6,057
Progressive Conservative
MENARY, Lewis
align="right"|6,025
Co-operative Commonwealth
HEFFERNAN, Frank J.
align="right"| 479

See also

* List of Canadian federal electoral districts
* Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

* Website of the [http://www.parl.gc.ca/ Parliament of Canada]