Grey 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 1876 to 1917. 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 which divided the County of Grey into two ridings: Grey South and Grey North

Grey North

Grey North was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1968. It was located in the province of Ontario. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867, which divided the County of Grey into two ridings: Grey South and Grey North...

.

The South Riding consisted of the Townships of Bentinck, Glenelg, Artemesia, Osprey, Normanby, Egremont, Proton and Melancthon. In 1872, the County of Grey was divided into three ridings when 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...

 was created. The townships of Artemesia, Osprey, Proton and Melancthon were excluded from the south riding. In 1882, the township of Artemesia and the town of Durham were incorporated into the riding. In 1903, the township of Sullivan and the village of Hanover were incorporated into the riding.

The electoral district was abolished in 1914 when it was merged into Grey Southeast

Grey Southeast

Grey Southeast was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1917 to 1935. It was located in the province of Ontario...

 riding.

Election results

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|JACKSON, George
|align="right"| 1,560
|-

|DALGLEISH,
|align="right"|1,547
|}
|-

|LANDERKIN, George
|align="right"|1,150
|-

|JACKSON, G.
|align="right"| 977
|}
|-

|LANDERKIN, George
|align="right"| 1,248
|-

|PREBBLE,
|align="right"|863
|}
|-

|JACKSON, George
|align="right"| 1,163
|-

|LANDERKIN, George
|align="right"| 1,082
|}
|-

|LANDERKIN, George
|align="right"| 1,765
|-

|JACKSON, Geo.
|align="right"| 1,689
|}
|-

|LANDERKIN, George
|align="right"| 2,292
|-

|JAMIESON, David
|align="right"| 2,195
|}
|-

|LANDERKIN, George
|align="right"| 2,284
|-

|BLYTH, John
|align="right"| 2,281
|}
|-

|LANDERKIN, George
|align="right"| 1,819
|-

|JAMESON, David
|align="right"| 1,753
|-

|ALLAN, William
|align="right"| 1,196
|}
|-

|RICHARDSON, Matthew
|align="right"| 2,375
|-

|LANDERKIN, George
|align="right"|2,231
|}
|-

|MILLER, Henry Morton
|align="right"| 2,227
|-

|MCKINNON, Charles
|align="right"| 1,911
|}
|-

|MILLER, Henry Morton
|align="right"| 2,267
|-

|BALL, Robert James
|align="right"| 2,180
|}
|-

|BALL, Robert James
|align="right"| 2,139
|-

|MILLER, Henry Morton
|align="right"| 2,091
|}

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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