Hamilton South was a federal electoral district

Electoral district (Canada)

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 represented in the Canadian

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 House of Commons

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 from 1953 to 1965. It was located in the province

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 of Ontario

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. This riding was created in 1952, from parts of Hamilton East, Hamilton West and Wentworth

Wentworth (electoral district)

Wentworth was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1904 to 1968. It was located near the City of Hamilton in the province of Ontario. This riding was first created in 1903 from parts of Wentworth North and Brant and Wentworth South ridings.Wentworth...

 ridings.

It consisted of the part of the city of Hamilton lying east of Ottawa Street, and the brow of the mountain, and the part of the city south of the brow of the mountain and west of Ottawa Street.

The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed between Hamilton East, Hamilton Mountain Hamilton—Wentworth

Hamilton—Wentworth

Hamilton—Wentworth was a provincial electoral district represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1934 to 1971.It was located in the province of Ontario.-Members of Provincial Parliament:...

 and ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of the House of Commons:

• Russell E. Reinke, (Liberal
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  ), 1953-1957
• Robert Matthew T. McDonald, (Progressive Conservative
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  ), 1957-1963
• William Dean Howe
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  , (New Democratic Party
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  )

Election results

|-

|REINKE, Russell E.
|align="right"| 12,296
|-

|CROCKETT, Edward Charles David
|align="right"| 9,220
|-

|EASTON, Joseph Lees
|align="right"| 7,478
|-

|FAGAN, Ethel B.
|align="right"| 582
|-

|RYERSON, Stanley B.
|align="right"| 573
|}
|-

|MCDONALD, Robert Matthew T.
|align="right"| 16,085
|-

|REINKE, Russell E.
|align="right"| 11,611
|-

|LAWRENCE, David T.
|align="right"| 11,485
|-

|HARRISON, James Ernest
|align="right"| 1,629
|}
|-

|MCDONALD, Robert M.T.
|align="right"| 24,453
|-

|LAWRENCE, David
|align="right"| 10,874
|-

|REINKE, Russell Earl
|align="right"| 9,860
|}
|-

|MCDONALD, Robert M.T.
|align="right"| 17,392
|-

|CUSTEAU, James Charles
|align="right"| 15,933
|-

|HOWE, William Dean
|align="right"| 15,899
|-

|LEPP, Peter Paul
|align="right"| 657
|}
|-

|HOWE, William Dean
|align="right"| 19,205
|-

|CUSTEAU, James Charles
|align="right"| 17,842
|-

|MCDONALD, Robert M.T.
|align="right"| 16,441
|-

|LEPP, Peter Paul
|align="right"| 459
|}
|-

|HOWE, William Dean
|align="right"| 22,736
|-

|BETHUNE, James Alexander
|align="right"| 19,693
|-

|BROWN, Ralph Whittington
|align="right"| 11,425
|-

|DAVIS, Russell Thomas
|align="right"| 359
|}

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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