Perth South
Encyclopedia
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. The South Riding of the County of Perth initially consisted of the Townships of Blanchard, Downie, South Easthope, Fullarton, Hibbert, and the Villages of Mitchell and St. Marys.
In 1882, the townships of Usborne was added to the riding, and that of South Easthope was excluded. In 1903, Usborne was removed from the riding, and Easthope South and Logan townshiops were added. In 1914, the part of the village of Tavistock situated in the township of Easthope South was added.
In 1924, Perth South was defined to consist of the part of the county of Perth lying south of and including the townships of Logan, Fullerton and Downie, south of but excluding the city of Stratford, south of but including the township of Easthope South to the east boundary of the said county. That part of Tavistock lying in the township of Easthope South was also included.
The electoral district was abolished in 1933 when it was redistributed between Huron—Perth
and Perth
ridings.
|Liberal
|MACFARLANE, Robert
|align="right"|1,490
|Unknown
|GUEST,
|align="right"|1,393
|}
|-
|Liberal
|TROW, James
|align="right"|1,683
|Unknown
|KIDD, J.
|align="right"| 1,256
|}
|-
|Liberal
|TROW, James
|align="right"| acclaimed
|}
|-
|Liberal
|TROW, James
|align="right"| 1,796
|Unknown
|HORNIBROOK, E.
|align="right"|1,719
|}
|-
|Liberal
|TROW, James
|align="right"| 1,896
|Unknown
|GUEST, Thos. B.
|align="right"| 1,717
|}
|-
|Liberal
|TROW, James
|align="right"| 2,224
|Conservative
|SHARP, H.F.
|align="right"|2,131
|}
|-
|Liberal
|TROW, James
|align="right"| 2,363
|Conservative
|SHARP, H.F.
|align="right"| 2,186
|}
|-
|Conservative
|PRIDHAM, William
|align="right"|acclaimed
|}
|-
|Liberal
|ERB, D.K.
|align="right"| 2,069
|Conservative
|PRIDHAM, Wm.
|align="right"| 1,851
|Protestant Protective
|DONALD, J.A.
|align="right"|551
|}
|-
|Liberal
|ERB, Dilman Kinsey
|align="right"| 2,169
|Conservative
|PRIDHAM, William
|align="right"| 2,160
|}
|-
|Liberal
|MCINTYRE, Gilbert H.
|align="right"|2,454
|Conservative
|STEELE, Michael
|align="right"|2,310
|}
|-
|Liberal
|MCINTYRE, Gilbert Howard
|align="right"|2,412
|Conservative
|STEELE, Michael
|align="right"| 2,383
|}
|-
|Conservative
|STEELE, Michael
|align="right"| 2,303
|Liberal
|MCINTYRE, Gilbert Howard
|align="right"| 2,221
|}
|-
|Government
|STEELE, Michael
|align="right"| 2,770
|Opposition
|FORRESTER, William
|align="right"| 2,713
|}
|-
|Liberal
|FORRESTER, William
|align="right"| 3,209
|Conservative
|STEELE, Michael
|align="right"| 2,948
|Progressive
|BERRY, Robert
|align="right"| 2,908
|}
|-
|Liberal
|SANDERSON, Frederick George
|align="right"| 4,455
|Conservative
|GRAHAM, Robert S.
|align="right"| 4,041
|}
|-
|Liberal
|SANDERSON, Fred George
|align="right"| 4,966
|Conservative
|GRAHAM, Robert S.
|align="right"|4,451
|}
|-
|Liberal
|SANDERSON, Frederick George
|align="right"| 5,063
|Conservative
|MONTEITH, Samuel James
|align="right"| 4,346
|}
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
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
House of Commons
Canadian House of Commons
The House of Commons of Canada is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign and the Senate. The House of Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 308 members known as Members of Parliament...
from 1867 to 1935. It was located in the province
Provinces and territories of Canada
The provinces and territories of Canada combine to make up the world's second-largest country by area. There are ten provinces and three territories...
of Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867 which divided the County of Perth into two ridings. The South Riding of the County of Perth initially consisted of the Townships of Blanchard, Downie, South Easthope, Fullarton, Hibbert, and the Villages of Mitchell and St. Marys.
In 1882, the townships of Usborne was added to the riding, and that of South Easthope was excluded. In 1903, Usborne was removed from the riding, and Easthope South and Logan townshiops were added. In 1914, the part of the village of Tavistock situated in the township of Easthope South was added.
In 1924, Perth South was defined to consist of the part of the county of Perth lying south of and including the townships of Logan, Fullerton and Downie, south of but excluding the city of Stratford, south of but including the township of Easthope South to the east boundary of the said county. That part of Tavistock lying in the township of Easthope South was also included.
The electoral district was abolished in 1933 when it was redistributed between Huron—Perth
Huron—Perth
Huron—Perth was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1935 to 1953. It was located in the province of Ontario...
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.
Electoral history
|-|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
|MACFARLANE, Robert
Robert MacFarlane
Robert MacFarlane was a lawyer and Liberal member of the Canadian House of Commons representing Perth South from 1867 to 1872....
|align="right"|1,490
|Unknown
|GUEST,
|align="right"|1,393
|}
|-
|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
|TROW, James
James Trow
James Trow was an Ontario businessman and politician. He was a member of the first legislature in Ontario and represented Perth South in the Canadian House of Commons from 1872 to 1891 as a Liberal....
|align="right"|1,683
|Unknown
|KIDD, J.
|align="right"| 1,256
|}
|-
|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
|TROW, James
|align="right"| acclaimed
|}
|-
|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
|TROW, James
|align="right"| 1,796
|Unknown
|HORNIBROOK, E.
|align="right"|1,719
|}
|-
|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
|TROW, James
|align="right"| 1,896
|Unknown
|GUEST, Thos. B.
|align="right"| 1,717
|}
|-
|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
|TROW, James
|align="right"| 2,224
|Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
|SHARP, H.F.
|align="right"|2,131
|}
|-
|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
|TROW, James
|align="right"| 2,363
|Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
|SHARP, H.F.
|align="right"| 2,186
|}
|-
|Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
|PRIDHAM, William
|align="right"|acclaimed
|}
|-
|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
|ERB, D.K.
|align="right"| 2,069
|Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
|PRIDHAM, Wm.
|align="right"| 1,851
|Protestant Protective
Protestant Protective Association
The Protestant Protective Association was an anti-Catholic group in the 1890s based in Ontario, Canada, associated with the Orange Order. Originally a spinoff of the American group the American Protective Association, it became independent in 1892...
|DONALD, J.A.
|align="right"|551
|}
|-
|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
|ERB, Dilman Kinsey
|align="right"| 2,169
|Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
|PRIDHAM, William
|align="right"| 2,160
|}
|-
|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
|MCINTYRE, Gilbert H.
|align="right"|2,454
|Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
|STEELE, Michael
|align="right"|2,310
|}
|-
|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
|MCINTYRE, Gilbert Howard
|align="right"|2,412
|Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
|STEELE, Michael
|align="right"| 2,383
|}
|-
|Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
|STEELE, Michael
|align="right"| 2,303
|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
|MCINTYRE, Gilbert Howard
|align="right"| 2,221
|}
|-
|Government
|STEELE, Michael
|align="right"| 2,770
|Opposition
Laurier Liberals
Prior to the 1917 federal election in Canada, the Liberal Party of Canada split into two factions:* the Laurier Liberals, who opposed conscription of soldiers to support Canada's involvement in World War I and who were led by former Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier; and* the Liberal Unionists who...
|FORRESTER, William
|align="right"| 2,713
|}
|-
|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
|FORRESTER, William
|align="right"| 3,209
|Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
|STEELE, Michael
|align="right"| 2,948
|Progressive
Progressive Party of Canada
The Progressive Party of Canada was a political party in Canada in the 1920s and 1930s. It was linked with the provincial United Farmers parties in several provinces and, in Manitoba, ran candidates and formed governments as the Progressive Party of Manitoba...
|BERRY, Robert
|align="right"| 2,908
|}
|-
|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
|SANDERSON, Frederick George
|align="right"| 4,455
|Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
|GRAHAM, Robert S.
|align="right"| 4,041
|}
|-
|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
|SANDERSON, Fred George
|align="right"| 4,966
|Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
|GRAHAM, Robert S.
|align="right"|4,451
|}
|-
|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
|SANDERSON, Frederick George
|align="right"| 5,063
|Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
|MONTEITH, Samuel James
|align="right"| 4,346
|}
See also
- List of Canadian federal electoral districts
- Past Canadian electoral districts