Huron—Perth 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 1935 to 1953. 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 1933 from parts of Huron South

Huron South

Huron South was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1935. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867 which divided the County of Huron into two ridings: Huron North and Huron South.In 1872, the County of...

 and Perth South

Perth South

Perth South was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1935. It was located in the province of Ontario. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867 which divided the County of Perth into two ridings...

 ridings.

It was initially defined to consist of the townships of Fullarton and Hibbert in the county of Perth, the townships of Hullett, McKillop, Stanley, Tuckersmith, Hay, Stephen and Usborne in the county of Huron.

In 1947, the riding was expanded to include the township of Logan and the town of Mitchell in the county of Perth.

The electoral district was abolished in 1952 when it was redistributed between Huron and Perth

Perth (electoral district)

Perth was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1935 to 1988...

 ridings.

Election results

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|GOLDING, William H.
|align="right"| 6,260
|-

|DONNELLY, Frank
|align="right"| 3,001
|-

|MCMILLAN, Robert J.
|align="right"| 1,530
|}
|-

|GOLDING, William Henry
|align="right"| 5,622
|-

|MORLEY, James Wilson
|align="right"|3,472
|}
|-

|GOLDING, William Henry
|align="right"| 5,645
|-

|PRYDE, Thomas
|align="right"| 5,170
|-

|CANN, George Alexander
|align="right"| 353
|}
|-

|MCLEAN, Andrew Young
|align="right"| 7,000
|-

|MCKINLEY, Elgin
|align="right"| 6,705
|-

|PETERS, John Robert
|align="right"| 558
|}

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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