Waterloo South
Waterloo South was a federal electoral district and a provincial electoral district.
Federally, it was 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 using an 1859 definition of the "South Riding of Waterloo", which consisted of the Town of Galt and the Villages of Preston, New Hamburg, and Hespeler, as well as the Townships of South Waterloo, North Dumfries and Wilmot.
In 1903, it was redefined to consist of the townships of North Dumfries, South Waterloo and Wilmot, and the towns of Ayr, Galt, Hespeler, New Hamburg and Preston. Beginning in 1924, the riding was called "Waterloo South".
The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed between Kitchener, Perth and Waterloo ridings.
The Waterloo South provincial electoral district represented in the Ontario legislature from 1867 until 1975.
Federal electoral history
| Canadian federal election, 1867: Waterloo South | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | James Young | 1,324 | |||
| Unknown | James Cowan | 958 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1872: Waterloo South | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | James Young | acclaimed | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1874: Waterloo South | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | James Young | acclaimed | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1878: Waterloo South | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Samuel Merner | 1,468 | |||
| Liberal | James Young | 1,424 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1882: Waterloo South | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | LIVINGSTON, James | 1,580 | |||
| Conservative | MERNER, Sam | 1,372 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1887: Waterloo South | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | LIVINGSTON, James | 2,254 | |||
| Conservative | COWAN, Thos. | 1,886 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1891: Waterloo South | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | LIVINGSTON, James | 2,228 | |||
| Conservative | CLARE, G.A. | 1,916 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1896: Waterloo South | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | LIVINGSTON, James | 2,543 | |||
| Conservative | CLARE, George A. | 2,454 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1900: Waterloo South | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | CLARE, George A. | 2,708 | |||
| Liberal | SHANTZ, Peter F. | 2,490 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1904: Waterloo South | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | CLARE, George A. | 2,785 | |||
| Liberal | LAIRD, George | 2,420 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1908: Waterloo South | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | CLARE, George A. | 3,015 | |||
| Liberal | MOYER, Sylvester | 2,815 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1911: Waterloo South | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | CLARE, George Adam | 3,492 | |||
| Liberal | MOYER, Sylvester | 2,639 | |||
| By-election: On Mr. Clare's death, 1 February 1915: Waterloo South | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | SCOTT, Frank Stewart | acclaimed | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1917: Waterloo South | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Government | SCOTT, Frank Stewart | 5,681 | |||
| Opposition | THOMSON, Adam | 2,894 | |||
| Labour | HALL, Thomas | 1,396 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1921: Waterloo South | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Progressive | ELLIOTT, William | 7,429 | |||
| Conservative | SCOTT, Frank Stewart | 6,629 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1925: Waterloo South | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | EDWARDS, Alexander McKay | 8,089 | |||
| Progressive | ELLIOTT, William | 5,158 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1926: Waterloo South | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | EDWARDS, Alexander McKay | 7,220 | |||
| Liberal | WIDDIFIELD, Charles Russell | 4,935 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1930: Waterloo South | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | EDWARDS, Alexander McKay | 8,999 | |||
| Liberal | WIDDIFIELD, Charles Russell | 4,950 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1935: Waterloo South | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | EDWARDS, Alexander McKay | 6,731 | |||
| Liberal | CHARLTON, David S. | 6,606 | |||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | LAZARUS, Felix | 2,426 | |||
| Reconstruction | HAWKE, Harvey Orton | 1,000 | |||
| By-election: On Mr. Edwards' death, 14 November 1938: Waterloo South | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | HOMUTH, Karl | 7,776 | |||
| Liberal | SERVISS, R. Kenneth | 3,730 | |||
| Unknown | MITCHELL, John | 3,544 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1940: Waterloo South | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| National Government | HOMUTH, Karl | 7,432 | |||
| Liberal | FLYNN, Patrick Joseph | 6,975 | |||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | LATSCH, Vardon Stanley | 1,549 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1945: Waterloo South | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Progressive Conservative | HOMUTH, Karl | 9,201 | |||
| Liberal | FLYNN, Patrick Joseph | 5,824 | |||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | FERGUSON, Frank Alexander | 4,795 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1949: Waterloo South | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Progressive Conservative | HOMUTH, Karl | 8,740 | |||
| Liberal | MOFFATT, J. Mel | 8,397 | |||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | DUFRESNE, Paul | 5,425 | |||
| By-election: On Mr. Homuth's death, 25 June 1951: Waterloo South | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Progressive Conservative | MEEKER, Howard | 8,950 | |||
| Liberal | MOFFATT, J. Mel | 6,483 | |||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | GEENS, Margaret | 5,754 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1953: Waterloo South | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | WHITE, Arthur Walter Adams | 9,058 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | BARBER, Robert Ross | 7,309 | |||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | GEENS, Peggy | 4,039 | |||
| Social Credit | JOHANNES, Jim | 1,275 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1957: Waterloo South | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Progressive Conservative | ANDERSON, William | 11,699 | |||
| Liberal | WHITE, Arthur W.A. | 7,450 | |||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | ISLEY, Theodore H. | 4,009 | |||
| Social Credit | HANCOCK, George | 1,532 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1958: Waterloo South | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Progressive Conservative | ANDERSON, William | 15,624 | |||
| Liberal | OLIVER, Marjorie | 5,793 | |||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | ISLEY, Theodore H. | 4,415 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1962: Waterloo South | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Progressive Conservative | CHAPLIN, Gordon | 11,648 | |||
| Liberal | SHAVER, Don | 8,132 | |||
| New Democratic Party | STEWART, Rod | 7,186 | |||
| Social Credit | FAST, Peter D. | 566 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1963: Waterloo South | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Progressive Conservative | CHAPLIN, Gordon | 11,479 | |||
| Liberal | SHAVER, Don | 8,792 | |||
| New Democratic Party | STEWART, Rod | 7,403 | |||
| Social Credit | BEZAN, Ted | 372 | |||
| By-election: On Mr. Chaplin's death, 9 November 1964: Waterloo South | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| New Democratic Party | SALTSMAN, Max | 12,417 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | CHAPLIN, Jim | 10,078 | |||
| Liberal | STEWART, Rod | 5,563 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1965: Waterloo South | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| New Democratic Party | SALTSMAN, Max | 13,337 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | CHAPLIN, Jim | 9,678 | |||
| Liberal | MENARY, Reid C. | 5,886 | |||
Provincial history
- Isaac Clemens, 1867-1874, Liberal
- John Fleming, 1875-1877, Liberal
- Isaac Master, 1878-1890, Liberal
- John Douglas Moore, 1890-1898, Liberal
- William Abram Kribs, 1898-1904, Conservative
- George Pattinson, 1905-1914, Conservative
- Zachariah Adam Hall, 1914-1919, Conservative
- Karl Kenneth Homuth, 1919-1923, Labour-United Farmers of Ontario
- Karl Kenneth Homuth, 1923-1929, Labour
- Karl Kenneth Homuth, 1929-1930, Conservative
- Norman Otto Hipel, 1930-1943, Liberal
- Leonard Grieve Robinson, 1943-1945, Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
- Gordon Chaplin, 1945-1948, Progressive Conservative
- Theodore Isley, 1948-1951, Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
- Raymond Munro Myers, 1951-1963, Progressive Conservative
- Allan Edward Reuter, 1963-1975, Progressive Conservative
See also
- List of Canadian federal electoral districts
- Past Canadian electoral districts
External links
- Website of the Parliament of Canada