Wellington South
For the New Zealand electorate, see Wellington South (New Zealand electorate).
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 the British 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 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.
Members of Parliament
| Parliament | Years | Member and margin of victory | Party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1867–1872 | 19.2% | David Stirton | Liberal | ||
| 2nd | 1872–1874 | acclaimed | ||||
| 3rd | 1874–1876 | 56.3% | ||||
| 3rd* | 1876–1878 | 3.0% |  |
Donald Guthrie | Liberal | |
| 4th | 1878–1882 | 9.0% | ||||
| 5th | 1882–1887 | 3.4% |  |
James Innes | Liberal | |
| 6th | 1887–1891 | 2.6% | ||||
| 7th | 1891–1896 | 8.0% | ||||
| 8th | 1896–1900 | 2.8% |  |
Christian Kloepfer | Conservative | |
| 9th | 1900–1904 | 2.0% |  |
Hugh Guthrie | Liberal | |
| 10th | 1904–1908 | 5.4% | ||||
| 11th | 1908–1911 | 10.0% | ||||
| 12th | 1911–1917 | 10.2% | ||||
| 13th | 1917–1921 | 55.0% | Unionist | |||
| 14th | 1921–1925 | 0.7% | Conservative | |||
| 15th | 1925–1926 | 4.2% | ||||
| 16th | 1926–1930 | 6.6% | ||||
| 17th | 1930–1935 | 5.0% | ||||
| 18th | 1935–1940 | 17.7% | Robert Gladstone | Liberal | ||
| 19th | 1940–1945 | 17.6% | ||||
| 20th | 1945–1949 | 4.4% | ||||
| 21st | 1949–1953 | 11.7% | Henry Alfred Hosking | Liberal | ||
| 22nd | 1953–1957 | 2.7% | ||||
| 23rd | 1957–1958 | 26.0% | Alfred Hales | Progressive Conservative | ||
| 24th | 1958–1962 | 27.3% | ||||
| 25th | 1962–1963 | 10.5% | ||||
| 26th | 1963–1965 | 2.2% | ||||
| 27th | 1965–1968 | 7.2% | ||||
* denotes byelection
Electoral history
| Canadian federal election, 1867 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| Liberal | David STIRTON | 963 | 59.6 | |||||
| Unknown | STONE | 652 | 40.4 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 1,615 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | David STIRTON | acclaimed | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1874 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| Liberal | David STIRTON | 1,667 | 78.1 | |||||
| Unknown | H. HATCH | 468 | 21.9 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 2,135 | 100.0 | ||||||
| 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 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1878 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| Liberal | Donald GUTHRIE | 1,832 | 54.5 | 3.0 | ||||
| Conservative | James GOLDIE | 1,529 | 45.5 | -3.0 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 3,361 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1882 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| Liberal | James INNES | 1,790 | 51.7 | -2.8 | ||||
| Conservative | James GOLDIE | 1,672 | 48.3 | 2.8 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 3,462 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1887 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| Liberal | James INNES | 2,411 | 51.3 | -0.4 | ||||
| Conservative | James GOLDIE | 2,285 | 48.7 | 0.4 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 4,696 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1891 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| Liberal | James INNES | 2,510 | 54.0 | 2.7 | ||||
| Conservative | James GOLDIE | 2,134 | 46.0 | -2.7 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 4,644 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1896 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| Conservative | Christian KLOEPFER | 2,578 | 51.4 | 5.4 | ||||
| Liberal | James INNES | 2,440 | 48.6 | -5.4 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 5,018 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1900 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| Liberal | Hugh GUTHRIE | 2,755 | 51.0 | 2.4 | ||||
| Conservative | Christian KLOEPFER | 2,649 | 49.0 | -2.4 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 5,404 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1904 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| Liberal | Hugh GUTHRIE | 3,694 | 52.7 | 1.7 | ||||
| Conservative | Christian KLOEPFER | 3,315 | 47.3 | -1.7 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 7,009 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1908 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| Liberal | Hugh GUTHRIE | 3,873 | 55.0 | 2.3 | ||||
| Conservative | John NEWSTEAD | 3,172 | 45.0 | -2.3 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 7,045 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1911 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| Liberal | Hugh GUTHRIE | 3,368 | 55.1 | 0.1 | ||||
| Conservative | Arthur Thomas Kelly EVANS | 2,744 | 44.9 | -0.1 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 6,112 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1917 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| Government (Unionist) | Hugh GUTHRIE | 7,358 | 77.5 | |||||
| Labour | Lorne CUNNINGHAM | 2,139 | 22.5 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 9,497 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1921 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| Conservative | Hugh GUTHRIE | 6,208 | 36.6 | -40.9 | ||||
| Labour | James SINGER | 6,077 | 35.9 | 13.4 | ||||
| Liberal | Samuel CARTER | 4,662 | 27.5 | 27.5 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 16,947 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1925 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| Conservative | Hugh GUTHRIE | 9,096 | 52.9 | 16.3 | ||||
| Liberal | Robert William GLADSTONE | 8,088 | 47.1 | 11.1 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 17,184 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1926 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| Conservative | Hugh GUTHRIE | 8,515 | 53.3 | 0.4 | ||||
| Liberal | William A. BURNETT | 7,471 | 46.7 | -0.4 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 15,986 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1930 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| Conservative | Hugh GUTHRIE | 8,887 | 53.0 | -0.3 | ||||
| Liberal | John Burr MITCHELL | 7,893 | 47.0 | 0.3 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 16,780 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Hugh GUTHRIE | acclaimed | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1935 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| Liberal | Robert William GLADSTONE | 8,840 | 52.4 | 5.4 | ||||
| Conservative | Hugh 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 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1940 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| Liberal | Robert William GLADSTONE | 8,115 | 46.9 | -5.5 | ||||
| Independent | Charles Leroy AUSTEN | 5,073 | 29.3 | 29.3 | ||||
| Conservative | Hugh GUTHRIE | 4,121 | 23.8 | -10.9 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 17,309 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1945 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| Liberal | Robert William 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 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1949 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1953 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| Liberal | Henry Alfred HOSKING | 9,275 | 45.4 | -1.9 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Alfred Dryden HALES | 8,722 | 42.7 | 7.1 | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Thomas L. WITHERS | 2,431 | 11.9 | -5.2 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 20,428 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1957 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Alfred Dryden HALES | 11,632 | 54.6 | 11.9 | ||||
| Liberal | David TOLTON | 6,090 | 28.6 | -16.8 | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Thomas L. WITHERS | 3,573 | 16.8 | 4.9 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 21,295 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1958 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Alfred Dryden HALES | 15,160 | 59.4 | 4.8 | ||||
| Liberal | James B. KEATING | 8,194 | 32.1 | 2.5 | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Fred J. WHITE | 2,186 | 8.5 | -7.3 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 25,540 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1962 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Alfred Dryden HALES | 11,345 | 42.0 | -17.4 | ||||
| Liberal | Roy MCVITTIE | 8,508 | 31.5 | -0.6 | ||||
| New Democratic | John HARNEY | 6,989 | 25.9 | 17.4 | ||||
| Social Credit | Reginald YOUD | 174 | 0.6 | 0.6 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 27,016 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1963 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Alfred Dryden HALES | 11,350 | 39.7 | -2.3 | ||||
| Liberal | Ralph DENT | 10,713 | 37.5 | 6.0 | ||||
| New Democratic | John HARNEY | 6,391 | 22.3 | -3.6 | ||||
| Social Credit | Reginald YOUD | 150 | 0.5 | -0.1 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 28,604 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1965 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Alfred Dryden HALES | 11,264 | 38.8 | -0.9 | ||||
| New Democratic | John HARNEY | 9,190 | 31.6 | 7.3 | ||||
| Liberal | Donald E. MCFADZEN | 8,595 | 29.6 | -7.9 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 29,049 | 100.0 | ||||||
See also
External links
- History of past election results from Parliament of Canada
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