Grey—Bruce
Grey—Bruce was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1935 to 1968. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1933 from parts of Bruce South and Grey Southeast ridings.
It consisted of the townships of Artemesia, Bentinck, Egremont, Glenelg, Normanby, Proton and Sullivan in the county of Grey; and the townships of Brant, Carrick and Elderslie in the county of Bruce.
The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed between Bruce, Grey—Simcoe and Wellington—Grey ridings.
MPs for Grey—Bruce
- 1935-1940 Agnes MacPhail, United Farmers-Labour
- 1940-1957 Walter Edward Harris, Liberal
- 1957-1965 Eric Alfred Winkler, Progressive Conservative
Election results
| Canadian federal election, 1935 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| United Farmers of Ontario–Labour | MACPHAIL, Agnes C. | 7,210 | ||||||
| Liberal | HALL, Walter Allan | 5,727 | ||||||
| Conservative | CAMPBELL, Lewis G. | 5,100 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1940 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | HARRIS, Walter Edward | 6,389 | ||||||
| National Government | KNECHTEL, Karl Daniel | 4,944 | ||||||
| United Farmers of Ontario–Labour | MACPHAIL, Agnes Campbell | 4,761 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1945 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | HARRIS, Walter Edward | 8,912 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | GRIERSON, John | 7,582 | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | SACHS, Alfred | 1,127 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1949 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | HARRIS, Walter Edward | 10,528 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | SAWYER, Frank D. | 6,051 | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | BALTRUWEIT, Rudolph | 1,137 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1953 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | HARRIS, Hon. Walter Edward | 9,236 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | CAREFOOT, Rankin Lorne | 6,279 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1957 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | WINKLER, Eric Alfred | 10,707 | ||||||
| Liberal | HARRIS, Hon. Walter Edward | 7,606 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1958 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | WINKLER, Eric Alfred | 11,878 | ||||||
| Liberal | STEVENSON, Thomas | 6,248 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1962 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | WINKLER, Eric Alfred | 10,514 | ||||||
| Liberal | OSWALD, William P. | 7,009 | ||||||
| New Democratic | MCASEY, Elzard J. | 763 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1963 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | WINKLER, Eric Alfred | 10,535 | ||||||
| Liberal | MCCALLUM, Duncan Melvin | 6,981 | ||||||
| Social Credit | WATSON, George D. | 566 | ||||||
| New Democratic | MCASEY, Elzard Joseph | 399 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1965 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | WINKLER, Eric Alfred | 10,138 | ||||||
| Liberal | MATHESON, Wm. R. | 5,639 | ||||||
| New Democratic | TEBBUTT, Melvin L. | 1,706 | ||||||
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