Brantford City

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Brantford City was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1925 to 1949. . This riding was created in 1924 from parts of Brantford riding.

It consisted initially of the City of Brantford (according to its 1914 boundaries) and the township of Oakland and the part of the township of Brantford lying south and west of the Grand River, in the county of Brant.

The electoral district was abolished in 1947 when it was merged into Brantford riding.

[edit] Election results

Canadian federal election, 1925
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	RYERSON, Robert Edwy	7,395
	Liberal	RAYMOND, William Gawtress	4,952

Canadian federal election, 1926
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	RYERSON, Robert Edwy	7,070
	Liberal	MACDONALD, William Ross	5,993

Canadian federal election, 1930
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	RYERSON, Robert Edwy	9,154
	Liberal	MACDONALD, William Ross	6,072

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	MACDONALD, W. Ross	7,383
	Conservative	RYERSON, Robert Edwy	6,511
	Co-operative Commonwealth	COWHERD, William John	1,618
	Reconstruction	KNEALE, Allan	1,202