Grenville South 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

Canada

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 House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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 from 1867 to 1904. It was located in the province

Provinces and territories of Canada

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 of Ontario

Ontario

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. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867.

The electoral district was abolished in 1903 when it was merged into Grenville

Grenville (electoral district)

Grenville was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1904 to 1925. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1903 from parts of Grenville South and Leeds North and Grenville North ridings...

 riding.

Election results

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|SHANLY, Walter

Walter Shanly

Walter Shanly was a Canadian civil engineer, author, businessman, and politician.Born in Stradbally, County Laois, Ireland, the son James Shanly and Frances Elizabeth Mulvany, he immigrated to Upper Canada in 1836....

 
|align="right"| 899
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|PATRICK,
|align="right"| 730
|}
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|BROUSE, William Henry

William Henry Brouse

William Henry Brouse was a Canadian physician and politician.Born in Matilda Township, Dundas County, Upper Canada of German ancestry, he attended Upper Canada Academy in Cobourg, Canada West in 1839, Victoria College until 1845, and received his Doctor of Medicine degree in 1847 from McGill...

 
|align="right"| 951
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|SHANLY, W.
|align="right"| 866
|}
|-

|BROUSE, William Henry
|align="right"| 1,106
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|SHANLY, W.
|align="right"| 995
|}
|-

|WISER, John Philip

John Philip Wiser

John Philip Wiser was an American-born manufacturer, rancher and political figure in Ontario, Canada. He represented Grenville South in the Canadian House of Commons from 1878 to 1882 as a Liberal member....

 
|align="right"| 1,152
|-

|DUMBRILLE, J.
|align="right"|1,127
|}
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|BENSON, William T.

William Thomas Benson

William Thomas Benson was born at Kendal, England and, after some years in business in England, immigrated to Canada in 1858....

 
|align="right"| 1,187
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|MILLAR, James
|align="right"| 1,039
|}

On Mr. Benson's death, 8 June 1885:

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|SHANLY, Walter
|align="right"| acclaimed
|}
|-

|SHANLY, Walter
|align="right"| 1,407
|-

|MCDOUGALL, William
|align="right"|1,187
|}
|-

|REID, John Dowsley
|align="right"| 1,414
|-

|CARRUTHERS, John
|align="right"| 1,303
|}
|-

|REID, John Dowsley
|align="right"|1,397
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|CARRUTHERS, John
|align="right"| 1,290
|}
|-

|REID, John Dowsley
|align="right"|1,475
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|CARRUTHERS, John
|align="right"| 1,351
|}

See also

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

External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament
  Library of Parliament
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