Wellington (electoral district)

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 1968 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 1979 when it was merged into Guelph riding.

Members of Parliament

Parliament	Years	Member and margin of victory			Party
28th	1968–1972	5.5%		Alfred Hales	Progressive Conservative
29th	1972–1974	24.9%
30th	1974–1979	10.3%		Frank Maine	Liberal

Election results

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	MAINE, Frank W.	18,171	46.2	+18.0
	Progressive Conservative	PAYNE, Bruce Ernest	14,099	35.9	-17.2
	New Democratic	PUNNETT, W. Gerald	6,165	15.7	-2.4
	Independent	TUCKER, Walter A.	592	1.5	+1.5
	Communist	BLYTHE, Gareth	124	0.3	-0.1
	Libertarian	SEYMOUR, Brian	89	0.2	+0.2
	Marxist–Leninist	THERIAULT, Terry	58	0.2	0.0
Total valid votes			39,298	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	HALES, Alfred Dryden	20,730	53.1	+8.6
	Liberal	SLINGER, Jake	11,022	28.2	-10.8
	New Democratic	MCCREADY, Margaret	7,050	18.1	+1.6
	Communist	BLYTHE, Gareth	174	0.4	+0.4
	Marxist–Leninist	THERIAULT, Terry	67	0.2	+0.2
Total valid votes			39,043	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	HALES, Alfred Dryden	13,496	44.5
	Liberal	DENT, Ralph	11,842	39.0
	New Democratic	LANTHIER, Phil	5,012	16.5
Total valid votes			30,350	100.0

See also

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

External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament