Perth South

This article is about the federal electoral district. For the provincial electoral district, see Perth South (provincial electoral district).
For the municipality, see Perth South, Ontario.

Perth South was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1935. It was located in the province of Ontario. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867 which divided the County of Perth into two ridings. The South Riding of the County of Perth initially consisted of the Townships of Blanchard, Downie, South Easthope, Fullarton, Hibbert, and the Villages of Mitchell and St. Marys.

In 1882, the townships of Usborne was added to the riding, and that of South Easthope was excluded. In 1903, Usborne was removed from the riding, and Easthope South and Logan townshiops were added. In 1914, the part of the village of Tavistock situated in the township of Easthope South was added.

In 1924, Perth South was defined to consist of the part of the county of Perth lying south of and including the townships of Logan, Fullerton and Downie, south of but excluding the city of Stratford, south of but including the township of Easthope South to the east boundary of the said county. That part of Tavistock lying in the township of Easthope South was also included.

The electoral district was abolished in 1933 when it was redistributed between Huron—Perth and Perth ridings.

Members of Parliament

Parliament Years Member and margin of victory Party
1st 1867–1872 3.4%     Robert MacFarlane Liberal
2nd 1872–1874 14.5% James Trow
3rd 1874–1878 acclaimed
4th 1878–1882 2.2%
5th 1882–1887 5.0%
6th 1887–1891 2.1%
7th 1891–1892 3.9%
7th* 1892–1896 acclaimed     William Pridham Conservative
8th 1896–1900 4.9%     Dilman Kinsey Erb Liberal
9th 1900–1904 0.2%
10th 1904–1908 3.0% Gilbert Howard McIntyre
11th 1908–1911 0.6%
12th 1911–1917 1.8%     Michael Steele Conservative
13th 1917–1921 1.0%
14th 1921–1925 2.9%     William Forrester Liberal
15th 1925–1926 4.9% Frederick George Sanderson
16th 1926–1930 5.5%
17th 1930–1935 7.6%

* denotes byelection

Electoral history

Canadian federal election, 1867: South Riding of the County of Perth
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal MACFARLANE, Robert 1,490
     Unknown GUEST, 1,393
Canadian federal election, 1872: South Riding of the County of Perth
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal TROW, James 1,683
     Unknown KIDD, J. 1,256
Canadian federal election, 1874: South Riding of the County of Perth
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal TROW, James acclaimed
Canadian federal election, 1878: South Riding of the County of Perth
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal TROW, James 1,796
     Unknown HORNIBROOK, E. 1,719
Canadian federal election, 1882: South Riding of the County of Perth
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal TROW, James 1,896
     Unknown GUEST, Thos. B. 1,717
Canadian federal election, 1887: South Riding of the County of Perth
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal TROW, James 2,224
     Conservative SHARP, H.F. 2,131
Canadian federal election, 1891: South Riding of the County of Perth
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal TROW, James 2,363
     Conservative SHARP, H.F. 2,186
By-election: On election being declared void, 10 March 1892: South Riding of the County of Perth
Party Candidate Votes
     Conservative PRIDHAM, William acclaimed
Canadian federal election, 1896: South Riding of the County of Perth
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal ERB, D.K. 2,069
     Conservative PRIDHAM, Wm. 1,851
     Protestant Protective DONALD, J.A. 551
Canadian federal election, 1900: South Riding of the County of Perth
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal ERB, Dilman Kinsey 2,169
     Conservative PRIDHAM, William 2,160
Canadian federal election, 1904: South Riding of the County of Perth
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal MCINTYRE, Gilbert H. 2,454
     Conservative STEELE, Michael 2,310
Canadian federal election, 1908: South Riding of the County of Perth
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal MCINTYRE, Gilbert Howard 2,412
     Conservative STEELE, Michael 2,383
Canadian federal election, 1911: South Riding of the County of Perth
Party Candidate Votes
     Conservative STEELE, Michael 2,303
     Liberal MCINTYRE, Gilbert Howard 2,221
Canadian federal election, 1917: South Riding of the County of Perth
Party Candidate Votes
     Government STEELE, Michael 2,770
     Opposition FORRESTER, William 2,713
Canadian federal election, 1921: South Riding of the County of Perth
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal FORRESTER, William 3,209
     Conservative STEELE, Michael 2,948
ProgressiveBERRY, Robert 2,908
Canadian federal election, 1925: Perth South
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal SANDERSON, Frederick George 4,455
     Conservative GRAHAM, Robert S. 4,041
Canadian federal election, 1926: Perth South
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal SANDERSON, Fred George 4,966
     Conservative GRAHAM, Robert S. 4,451
Canadian federal election, 1930: Perth South
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal SANDERSON, Frederick George 5,063
     Conservative MONTEITH, Samuel James 4,346

See also

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 7/4/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.