Grey Southeast 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 1917 to 1935. It was located in the province

Provinces and territories of Canada

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 of Ontario

Ontario

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. This riding was created in 1914 from parts of 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...

 and Grey South

Grey South

Grey South was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1876 to 1917. It was located in the province of Ontario...

 ridings when the county of Grey was re-divided into two ridings, 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...

 and Grey Southeast.

The southeast riding consisted of the towns of Durham and Hanover, and the villages of Markdale, Dundalk, Flesherton and Chatsworth, and the townships of Bentinck, Normandy, Glenelg, Egremont, Proton, Artemesia, Osprey, Holland and Sullivan.

In 1924, it was redefined to consist of the part of the county of Grey lying south of and including the townships of Sullivan, Holland, Artemesia and Osprey.

The electoral district was abolished in 1933 when it was redistributed between Grey North and Grey—Bruce

Grey—Bruce

Grey—Bruce was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1935 to 1968. It was located in the province of Ontario...

 ridings.

It was the first riding in Canada to elect a female Member of Parliament, when it elected Agnes MacPhail

Agnes Macphail

Agnes Campbell Macphail was the first woman to be elected to the Canadian House of Commons, and one of the first two women elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario...

 of the Progressive Party in the 1921 election.

Election results

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|BALL, Robert James
|align="right"| 4,845
|-

|WRIGHT, William Henry
|align="right"|3,609
|}
|-

|MACPHAIL, Agnes Campbell

Agnes Macphail

Agnes Campbell Macphail was the first woman to be elected to the Canadian House of Commons, and one of the first two women elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario...

|align="right"| 6,958
|-

|BALL, Robert James
|align="right"| 4,360
|-

|HASTIE, Walter
|align="right"| 2,638
|}
|-

|MACPHAIL, Agnes C.

Agnes Macphail

Agnes Campbell Macphail was the first woman to be elected to the Canadian House of Commons, and one of the first two women elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario...

|align="right"| 6,652
|-

|CAMPBELL, Lewis G.
|align="right"| 5,245
|}
|-

|MACPHAIL, Agnes Campbell

Agnes Macphail

Agnes Campbell Macphail was the first woman to be elected to the Canadian House of Commons, and one of the first two women elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario...

|align="right"| 7,939
|-

|EDWARDS, Robert Thomas
|align="right"| 6,211
|}
|-

|MACPHAIL, Agnes Campbell

Agnes Macphail

Agnes Campbell Macphail was the first woman to be elected to the Canadian House of Commons, and one of the first two women elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario...

|align="right"| 6,619
|-

|CAMPBELL, Lewis G.
|align="right"| 6,376
|}

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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