Wellington (electoral district)

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Wellington was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1968 to 1979.

This riding was created in 1976 from parts of Wellington South and Wentworth ridings. It consisted of the City of Guelph and the Townships of Eramosa, Guelph and Puslinch in the County of Wellington; and the Township of Beverly in the County of Wentworth. It was abolished in 1933 when it was merged into Guelph riding.

[edit] Election results

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	HALES, Alfred Dryden	13,496
	Liberal	DENT, Ralph	11,842
	New Democrat	LANTHIER, Phil	5,012

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	HALES, Alfred Dryden	20,730
	Liberal	SLINGER, Jake	11,022
	New Democrat	MCCREADY, Margaret	7,050
	Not affiliated	BLYTHE, Gareth	174
	Not affiliated	THERIAULT, Terry	67

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	MAINE, Frank W.	18,171
	Progressive Conservative	PAYNE, Bruce Ernest	14,099
	New Democrat	PUNNETT, W. Gerald	6,165
	Independent	TUCKER, Walter A.	592
	Communist	BLYTHE, Gareth	124
	Independent	SEYMOUR, Brian	89
	Marxist-Leninist	THERIAULT, Terry	58