Wellington South

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

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

• History of past election results from Parliament of Canada