Brantford City
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Brantford City was a federal electoral district
in Ontario
, Canada
, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons
from 1925 to 1949. This riding was created in 1924 from parts of Brantford
riding.
It consisted initially of the City of Brantford (according to its 1914 boundaries) and the township of Oakland and the part of the township of Brantford lying south and west of the Grand River, in the county of Brant.
The electoral district was abolished in 1947 when it was merged into Brantford riding.
|RYERSON, Robert Edwy
|align="right"| 7,395
|-
|RAYMOND, William Gawtress
|align="right"| 4,952
|}
|-
|RYERSON, Robert Edwy
|align="right"| 7,070
|-
|MACDONALD, William Ross
|align="right"| 5,993
|}
|-
|RYERSON, Robert Edwy
|align="right"| 9,154
|-
|MACDONALD, William Ross
|align="right"| 6,072
|}
|-
|MACDONALD, W. Ross
|align="right"| 7,383
|-
|RYERSON, Robert Edwy
|align="right"| 6,511
|-
|COWHERD, William John
|align="right"| 1,618
|-
|KNEALE, Allan
|align="right"| 1,202
|}
|-
|MACDONALD, Ross
|align="right"|8,013
|-
|WILMOT, Charles Eardley
|align="right"| 6,312
|-
|MATTHEWS, John Henry
|align="right"| 1,315
|}
|-
|MACDONALD, W. Ross
|align="right"| 8,670
|-
|DOWDEN, Walter James
|align="right"| 6,988
|-
|COX, Nelson
|align="right"| 2,437
|}
Electoral district (Canada)
An electoral district in Canada, also known as a constituency or a riding, is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based...
in Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
, Canada
Canada
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, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons
Canadian House of Commons
The House of Commons of Canada is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign and the Senate. The House of Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 308 members known as Members of Parliament...
from 1925 to 1949. This riding was created in 1924 from parts of Brantford
Brantford (electoral district)
Brantford was a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1904 to 1925 and from 1949 to 1968, and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1986 to 1999....
riding.
It consisted initially of the City of Brantford (according to its 1914 boundaries) and the township of Oakland and the part of the township of Brantford lying south and west of the Grand River, in the county of Brant.
The electoral district was abolished in 1947 when it was merged into Brantford riding.
Election results
|-|RYERSON, Robert Edwy
|align="right"| 7,395
|-
|RAYMOND, William Gawtress
|align="right"| 4,952
|}
|-
|RYERSON, Robert Edwy
|align="right"| 7,070
|-
|MACDONALD, William Ross
|align="right"| 5,993
|}
|-
|RYERSON, Robert Edwy
|align="right"| 9,154
|-
|MACDONALD, William Ross
|align="right"| 6,072
|}
|-
|MACDONALD, W. Ross
|align="right"| 7,383
|-
|RYERSON, Robert Edwy
|align="right"| 6,511
|-
|COWHERD, William John
|align="right"| 1,618
|-
|KNEALE, Allan
|align="right"| 1,202
|}
|-
|MACDONALD, Ross
|align="right"|8,013
|-
|WILMOT, Charles Eardley
|align="right"| 6,312
|-
|MATTHEWS, John Henry
|align="right"| 1,315
|}
|-
|MACDONALD, W. Ross
|align="right"| 8,670
|-
|DOWDEN, Walter James
|align="right"| 6,988
|-
|COX, Nelson
|align="right"| 2,437
|}
See also
- List of Canadian federal electoral districts
- Past Canadian electoral districts
External links
- Riding history from the Library of ParliamentLibrary of ParliamentThe Library of Parliament is the main information repository and research resource for the Parliament of Canada...