- Wellington South
Wellington South was a Canadian federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1968. It was located in the province of
Ontario . It was created by theBritish North America Act of 1867 as the "South Riding of the county of Wellington". The County of Wellington was divided into three ridings: the North, South and Centre Ridings".The South Riding initially consisted of the Town of Guelph, and the Townships of Guelph and Puslinch. In 1872, the Townships of Eramosa and Erin were added to the riding.
In 1903, the county of Wellington was divided into two ridings, to be called the north and the south ridings of Wellington. To the south riding were added consisted of the townships of Nichol and Pilkington, and the villages of Elora, Erin and Fergus.
In 1924, the riding was renamed "Wellington South" and was defiend as consisting of the part of the county of Wellington lying south of the north boundary of the township of Pilkington, the north and east boundaries of the township of Nichol and the north boundary of the townships of Eramosa and Erin.
In 1933, it was redefined to consist of the part of the county of Wellington lying south of the north boundary of the township of Pilkington, the north and east boundaries of the township of Nichol and the north and east boundaries of the townships of Eramosa.
In 1947, it was redefined to consist of the city of Guelph and the townships of Puslinch, Eramosa, Guelph, Pilkington and Nichol. In 1952, the township of Erin and the village of Elora were added, while the township of Nichol was removed.
The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed between Halton, Wellington and
Wellington—Grey ridings.Electoral history
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Liberal
David STIRTON
align="right"|963
Unknown
STONE
align="right"|652-
Liberal
David STIRTON
align="right"| acclaimed-
Liberal
David STIRTON
align="right"| 1,667
Unknown
H. HATCH
align="right"| 468-
Liberal
Donald GUTHRIE
align="right"| 1,366
Unknown
James GOLDIE
align="right"|1,288-
Liberal
Donald GUTHRIE
align="right"|1,832
Unknown
J. GOLDIE
align="right"|1,529-
Liberal
James INNES
align="right"| 1,790
Unknown
James GOLDIE
align="right"| 1,672-
Liberal
James INNES
align="right"| 2,411
Conservative
James GOLDIE
align="right"| 2,285-
Liberal
James INNES
align="right"| 2,510
Conservative
James GOLDIE
align="right"|2,134-
Conservative
Christian KLOEPFER
align="right"| 2,578
Liberal
James school INNES
align="right"| 2,440-
Liberal
Hugh GUTHRIE
align="right"| 2,755
Conservative
Christian KLOEPFER
align="right"|2,649-
Liberal
Hugh GUTHRIE
align="right"| 3,694
Conservative
Christian KLOEPFER
align="right"| 3,315-
Liberal
Hugh GUTHRIE
align="right"|3,873
Conservative
John NEWSTEAD
align="right"| 3,172-
Liberal
Hugh GUTHRIE
align="right"| 3,368
Conservative
Arthur Thomas Kelly EVANS
align="right"|2,744-
Government
Hon. Hugh GUTHRIE
align="right"| 7,358-
Conservative
Hon. Hugh GUTHRIE
align="right"| 6,208
Labour
James SINGER
align="right"| 6,077
Liberal
Samuel CARTER
align="right"| 4,662-
Conservative
Hon. Hugh GUTHRIE
align="right"| 9,096
Liberal
Robert William GLADSTONE
align="right"| 8,088-
Conservative
Hon. Hugh GUTHRIE
align="right"| 8,515
Liberal
William A. BURNETT
align="right"| 7,471-
Conservative
Hon. Hugh GUTHRIE
align="right"| 8,887
Liberal
John Burr MITCHELL
align="right"| 7,893-
Conservative
Hon. Hugh GUTHRIE
align="right"| acclaimed-
Liberal
Robert William GLADSTONE
align="right"| 8,840
Conservative
Hugh Comyn GUTHRIE
align="right"| 5,854
Co-operative Commonwealth
Charles Elgin FULTON
align="right"| 1,578
Reconstruction
Frederick NEALE
align="right"| 592-
Liberal
Robert W. GLADSTONE
align="right"| 8,115
Independent
Charles Leroy AUSTEN
align="right"| 5,073
National Government
Hugh Comyn GUTHRIE
align="right"| 4,121-
Liberal
Robert W. GLADSTONE
align="right"|8,484
Progressive Conservative
Charles Patrick MCTAGUE
align="right"| 7,665
Co-operative Commonwealth
Harold DUNK
align="right"| 2,355
Labour-Progressive
James OLDHAM
align="right"| 268-
Liberal
Henry Alfred HOSKING
align="right"| 10,344
Progressive Conservative
G. Ernest ROBERTSON
align="right"| 7,778
Co-operative Commonwealth
Charles Franklin LEAMAN
align="right"| 3,748-
Liberal
Henry Alfred HOSKING
align="right"| 9,275
Progressive Conservative
Alfred Dryden HALES
align="right"| 8,722
Co-operative Commonwealth
Tom L. WITHERS
align="right"| 2,431-
Progressive Conservative
Alfred Dryden HALES
align="right"| 11,632
Liberal
David TOLTON
align="right"| 6,090
Co-operative Commonwealth
Thomas L. WITHERS
align="right"| 3,573-
Progressive Conservative
Alfred Dryden HALES
align="right"| 15,160
Liberal
James B. KEATING
align="right"| 8,194
Co-operative Commonwealth
Fred J. WHITE
align="right"| 2,186-
Progressive Conservative
Alfred Dryden HALES
align="right"|11,345
Liberal
Roy MCVITTIE
align="right"| 8,508New Democratic Party
John HARNEY
align="right"|6,989
Social Credit
Reginald YOUD
align="right"|174-
Progressive Conservative
Alfred Dryden HALES
align="right"| 11,350
Liberal
Ralph DENT
align="right"| 10,713New Democratic Party
John HARNEY
align="right"| 6,391
Social Credit
Reginald YOUD
align="right"| 150-
Progressive Conservative
Alfred HALES
align="right"| 11,264New Democratic Party
John HARNEY
align="right"| 9,190
Liberal
Donald E. MCFADZEN
align="right"|8,595See also
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List of Canadian federal electoral districts
*Past Canadian electoral districts External links
* Website of the [http://www.parl.gc.ca/ Parliament of Canada]
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