Wentworth (provincial electoral district)

Wentworth

Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	1934
District abolished	1987
First contested	1934
Last contested	1985

Wentworth was a provincial riding in Ontario, Canada, that was created for the 1934 election. It was abolished prior to the 1987 election. It was merged into the ridings of Wentworth East and Wentworth North before 1987 election.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Wentworth
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Created in 1934 from Wentworth North and Wentworth South
19th	1934–1937		George Henry Bethune[nb 1]	Liberal
20th	1937–1943
21st	1943–1945		William Robertson	Co-operative Commonwealth
22nd	1945–1948
23rd	1948–1951		Joseph Lees Easton	Co-operative Commonwealth
24th	1951–1955		Arthur John Child	Progressive Conservative
25th	1955–1959
26th	1959–1963		Raymond Clare Edwards	Liberal
27th	1963–1967		Donald Ewen	Progressive Conservative
28th	1967–1969		Ian Deans	New Democratic
29th	1971–1975
30th	1975–1977
31st	1977–1979
	1979–1981		Colin Isaacs	New Democratic
32nd	1981–1985		Gordon Howlett Dean	Progressive Conservative
33rd	1985–1987
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[1]
Merged into Wentworth East and Wentworth North before 1987 election

References

Notes

1. In 1938, the title of Member of the Legislative Assembly was officially changed to Member of Provincial Parliament. Previously, it was unofficially used in the media and in the Legislature.

Citations

1. For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
   • For George Henry Bethune's Legislative Assembly information see "George Henry Bethune, MPP". Parliamentary History. Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
   • For William Robertson's Legislative Assembly information see "William Robertson, MPP". Parliamentary History. Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
   • For Joseph Lees Easton's Legislative Assembly information see "Joseph Lees Easton, MPP". Parliamentary History. Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
   • For Arthur John Child's Legislative Assembly information see "Arthur John Child, MPP". Parliamentary History. Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
   • For Donald Ewen's Legislative Assembly information see "Donald Ewen, MPP". Parliamentary History. Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
   • For Ian Deans' Legislative Assembly information see "Ian Deans, MPP". Parliamentary History. Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
   • For Colin Isaacs' Legislative Assembly information see "Colin Isaacs, MPP". Parliamentary History. Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.
   • For Gordon Howlett Dean's Legislative Assembly information see "Gordon Howlett Dean, MPP". Parliamentary History. Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2016.