Wellington South (federal electoral district)

Wellington South
Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1867
District abolished	1966
First contested	1867
Last contested	1965

Wellington South was a Canadian federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1968. It was located in the province of Ontario. It was created by the British North America Act 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".

LegislatureHouse of Commons

District created1867

District abolished1966

First contested1867

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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 defined 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.

Parliament	Years		Party
1st	1867–1872	David Stirton	Liberal
2nd	1872–1874
3rd	1874–1876
3rd	1876–1878	Donald Guthrie
4th	1878–1882	Donald Guthrie
5th	1882–1887	James Innes
6th	1887–1891
7th	1891–1896
8th	1896–1900	Christian Kloepfer	Conservative
9th	1900–1904	Hugh Guthrie	Liberal
10th	1904–1908
11th	1908–1911
12th	1911–1917
14th	1917–1921		Government (Unionist)
15th	1921–1925		Conservative
16th	1925–1926
17th	1926–1930
18th	1930–1935
19th	1935–1940	Robert Gladstone	Liberal
20th	1940–1945
21st	1945–1949
22nd	1949–1953	Henry Alfred Hosking
23rd	1953–1957	Henry Alfred Hosking
24th	1957–1958	Alfred Hales	Progressive Conservative
25th	1958–1962
26th	1962–1963
27th	1963–1965
28th	1965–1968
Riding dissolved into Halton, Wellington and Wellington—Grey

v t e 1867 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Stirton	963	59.6
	Conservative	Frederick William Stone	652	40.4
Total valid votes			1,615	100.0

v t e 1872 Canadian federal election: Wellington South
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	David Stirton	acclaimed
Source: Canadian Elections Database^[1]

v t e 1874 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Stirton	1,667	78.1
	Unknown	H. Hatch	468	21.9
Total valid votes			2,135	100.0
Source: lop.parl.ca

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Donald Guthrie	1,366	51.5	-26.6
	Conservative	James Goldie	1,288	48.5	26.6
Total valid votes			2,654	100.0

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v t e 1935 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert Gladstone	8,840	52.4	5.4
	Conservative	Hugh Comym Guthrie	5,854	34.7	-18.3
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Charles Elgin Fulton	1,578	9.4	9.4
	Reconstruction	Frederick Neale	592	3.5	3.5
Total valid votes			16,864	100.0

v t e 1945 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert Gladstone	8,484	45.2	-1.7
	Progressive Conservative	Charles Patrick McTague	7,665	40.8	17.1
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Harold Dunk	2,355	12.6	12.6
	Communist	James Oldham	268	1.4	1.4
Total valid votes			18,772	100.0

v t e 1949 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henry Alfred Hosking	10,344	47.3	2.1
	Progressive Conservative	G. Ernest Robertson	7,778	35.6	-5.2
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Charles Franklin Leaman	3,748	17.1	4.5
Total valid votes			21,870	100.0

v t e 1962 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Alfred Hales	11,345	42.0	-17.4
	Liberal	Roy McVittie	8,508	31.5	-0.6
	New Democratic	John Paul Harney	6,989	25.9	17.4
	Social Credit	Reginald Youd	174	0.6	0.6
Total valid votes			27,016	100.0