Dufferin was a federal electoral district

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...

 represented in the Canadian

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 House of Commons

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 from 1904 to 1925. It was located in the province

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 of Ontario

Ontario

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. This riding was created in 1903 from parts of Cardwell, Grey East

Grey East

Grey East was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1872 to 1917. It was located in the province of Ontario...

, Simcoe South

Simcoe South

Simcoe South was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1925, and from 1979 to 1988. It was located north of Toronto in the province of Ontario...

, Wellington Centre

Wellington Centre

Wellington Centre was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1904. It was located in the province of Ontario....

 and Wellington North

Wellington North

Wellington North was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1953. It was located in the province of Ontario....

 ridings.

It consisted of the county of Dufferin.

The electoral district was abolished in 1924 when it was merged with Simcoe South

Simcoe South

Simcoe South was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1925, and from 1979 to 1988. It was located north of Toronto in the province of Ontario...

 to create the new electoral district of Dufferin—Simcoe

Dufferin—Simcoe

Dufferin—Simcoe was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1925 to 1968. It was located in the province of Ontario...

.

Election results

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|BARR, John

John Barr

John Barr was an Ontario-based Canadian physician and political figure. He represented Dufferin in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1875 to 1879, from 1890 to 1894 and from 1898 to 1904 and in the Canadian House of Commons from 1904 to 1909 as a Conservative member...

|align="right"|2,100
|-

|PARK, John
|align="right"| 814
|}
|-

|BARR, John
|align="right"|2,240
|-

|FISH, Jasper Noble
|align="right"| 797
|}

On Mr. Barr's death, 19 November 1909:

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|BEST, John
|align="right"|acclaimed
|}
|-

|BEST, John
|align="right"|2,496
|-

|BROWN, David Bent
|align="right"|1,037
|}
|-

|BEST, John
|align="right"|3,797
|-

|DRYDEN, Thomas Charlo
|align="right"|806
|}
|-

|WOODS, Robert John

Robert John Woods

Robert John Woods was an Ontario farmer and political figure. He represented Dufferin in the Canadian House of Commons as a Progressive member from 1921 to 1925....

|align="right"|4,052
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|BEST, John
|align="right"|3,755
|}

See also

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

External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament
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