Waterloo South
Encyclopedia
Waterloo South was a federal electoral district
and a provincial electoral district.
Federally, it was 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 using an 1859 definition of the "South Riding of Waterloo", which consisted of the Town of Galt and the Villages of Preston, New Hamburg, and Hespeler, as well as the Townships of South Waterloo, North Dumfries and Wilmot.
In 1903, it was redefined to consist of the townships of North Dumfries, South Waterloo and Wilmot, and the towns of Ayr, Galt, Hespeler, New Hamburg and Preston. Beginning in 1924, the riding was called "Waterloo South".
The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed between Kitchener
, Perth
and Waterloo
ridings.
The Waterloo South provincial electoral district represented in the Ontario legislature from 1867 until 1975.
|Liberal
|YOUNG, James
|align="right"|1,324
|Unknown
|COWAN, James
|align="right"|958
|}
|-
|Liberal
|YOUNG, James
|align="right"|acclaimed
|}
|-
|Liberal
|YOUNG, James
|align="right"| acclaimed
|}
|-
|Conservative
|MERNER, Samuel
|align="right"|1,468
|Liberal
|YOUNG, Jas.
|align="right"|1,424
|}
|-
|Liberal
|LIVINGSTON, James
|align="right"| 1,580
|Conservative
|MERNER, Sam
|align="right"| 1,372
|}
|-
|Liberal
|LIVINGSTON, James
|align="right"| 2,254
|Conservative
| COWAN, Thos.
|align="right"| 1,886
|}
|-
|Liberal
|LIVINGSTON, James
|align="right"| 2,228
|Conservative
| CLARE, G.A.
|align="right"|1,916
|}
|-
|Liberal
|LIVINGSTON, James
|align="right"| 2,543
|Conservative
|CLARE, George A.
|align="right"| 2,454
|}
|-
|Conservative
|CLARE, George A.
|align="right"|2,708
|Liberal
|SHANTZ, Peter F.
|align="right"| 2,490
|}
|-
|Conservative
|CLARE, George A.
|align="right"|2,785
|Liberal
|LAIRD, George
|align="right"|2,420
|}
|-
|Conservative
|CLARE, George A.
|align="right"|3,015
|Liberal
| MOYER, Sylvester
|align="right"| 2,815
|}
|-
|Conservative
|CLARE, George Adam
|align="right"| 3,492
|Liberal
| MOYER, Sylvester
|align="right"|2,639
|}
|-
|Conservative
|SCOTT, Frank Stewart
|align="right"| acclaimed
|}
|-
|Government
|SCOTT, Frank Stewart
|align="right"| 5,681
|Opposition
|THOMSON, Adam
|align="right"|2,894
|Labour
|HALL, Thomas
|align="right"|1,396
|}
|-
|Progressive
| ELLIOTT, William
|align="right"|7,429
|Conservative
|SCOTT, Frank Stewart
|align="right"|6,629
|}
|-
|Conservative
|EDWARDS, Alexander McKay
|align="right"| 8,089
|Progressive
| ELLIOTT, William
|align="right"| 5,158
|}
|-
|Conservative
|EDWARDS, Alexander McKay
|align="right"| 7,220
|Liberal
|WIDDIFIELD, Charles Russell
|align="right"| 4,935
|}
|-
|Conservative
|EDWARDS, Alexander McKay
|align="right"| 8,999
|Liberal
|WIDDIFIELD, Charles Russell
|align="right"| 4,950
|}
|-
|Conservative
|EDWARDS, Alexander McKay
|align="right"| 6,731
|Liberal
|CHARLTON, David S.
|align="right"| 6,606
|Co-operative Commonwealth
| LAZARUS, Felix
|align="right"| 2,426
|Reconstruction
|HAWKE, Harvey Orton
|align="right"| 1,000
|}
|-
|Conservative
|HOMUTH, Karl
|align="right"| 7,776
|Liberal
|SERVISS, R. Kenneth
|align="right"|3,730
|Unknown
| MITCHELL, John
|align="right"| 3,544
|}
|-
|National Government
|HOMUTH, Karl
|align="right"| 7,432
|Liberal
|FLYNN, Patrick Joseph
|align="right"| 6,975
|Co-operative Commonwealth
| LATSCH, Vardon Stanley
|align="right"|1,549
|}
|-
|Progressive Conservative
|HOMUTH, Karl
|align="right"| 9,201
|Liberal
|FLYNN, Patrick Joseph
|align="right"| 5,824
|Co-operative Commonwealth
|FERGUSON, Frank Alexander
|align="right"| 4,795
|}
|-
|Progressive Conservative
| HOMUTH, Karl
|align="right"| 8,740
|Liberal
|MOFFATT, J. Mel
|align="right"| 8,397
|Co-operative Commonwealth
|DUFRESNE, Paul
|align="right"|5,425
|}
|-
|Progressive Conservative
|MEEKER, Howard
|align="right"| 8,950
|Liberal
|MOFFATT, J. Mel
|align="right"| 6,483
|Co-operative Commonwealth
|GEENS, Margaret
|align="right"| 5,754
|}
|-
|Liberal
|WHITE, Arthur Walter Adams
|align="right"| 9,058
|Progressive Conservative
| BARBER, Robert Ross
|align="right"| 7,309
|Co-operative Commonwealth
|GEENS, Peggy
|align="right"| 4,039
|Social Credit
|JOHANNES, Jim
|align="right"| 1,275
|}
|-
|Progressive Conservative
|ANDERSON, William
|align="right"| 11,699
|Liberal
|WHITE, Arthur W.A.
|align="right"| 7,450
|Co-operative Commonwealth
|ISLEY, Theodore H.
|align="right"| 4,009
|Social Credit
| HANCOCK, George
|align="right"| 1,532
|}
|-
|Progressive Conservative
|ANDERSON, William
|align="right"| 15,624
|Liberal
|OLIVER, Marjorie
|align="right"| 5,793
|Co-operative Commonwealth
|ISLEY, Theodore H.
|align="right"| 4,415
|}
|-
|Progressive Conservative
|CHAPLIN, Gordon
|align="right"| 11,648
|Liberal
|SHAVER, Don
|align="right"| 8,132
|New Democratic Party
|STEWART, Rod
|align="right"|7,186
|Social Credit
|FAST, Peter D.
|align="right"| 566
|}
|-
|Progressive Conservative
|CHAPLIN, Gordon
|align="right"|11,479
|Liberal
|SHAVER, Don
|align="right"| 8,792
|New Democratic Party
|STEWART, Rod
|align="right"| 7,403
|Social Credit
|BEZAN, Ted
|align="right"| 372
|}
|-
|New Democratic Party
|SALTSMAN, Max
|align="right"|12,417
|Progressive Conservative
|CHAPLIN, Jim
|align="right"| 10,078
|Liberal
|STEWART, Rod
|align="right"|5,563
|}
|-
|New Democratic Party
|SALTSMAN, Max
|align="right"|13,337
|Progressive Conservative
|CHAPLIN, Jim
|align="right"|9,678
|Liberal
|MENARY, Reid C.
|align="right"| 5,886
|}
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...
and a provincial electoral district.
Federally, it was 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 1968. 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 using an 1859 definition of the "South Riding of Waterloo", which consisted of the Town of Galt and the Villages of Preston, New Hamburg, and Hespeler, as well as the Townships of South Waterloo, North Dumfries and Wilmot.
In 1903, it was redefined to consist of the townships of North Dumfries, South Waterloo and Wilmot, and the towns of Ayr, Galt, Hespeler, New Hamburg and Preston. Beginning in 1924, the riding was called "Waterloo South".
The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed between Kitchener
Kitchener (electoral district)
Kitchener was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1968 to 1997. It was located in the province of Ontario...
, 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...
and Waterloo
Waterloo (electoral district)
Waterloo was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1968 to 1979. From 1973 to 1976, it was known as Waterloo—Cambridge...
ridings.
The Waterloo South provincial electoral district represented in the Ontario legislature from 1867 until 1975.
Federal 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...
|YOUNG, James
James Young (Canadian politician)
James Young was an Ontario businessman, journalist and political figure. He represented Waterloo South in the Canadian House of Commons as a Liberal member from 1867 to 1878....
|align="right"|1,324
|Unknown
|COWAN, James
|align="right"|958
|}
|-
|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...
|YOUNG, 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...
|YOUNG, James
|align="right"| acclaimed
|}
|-
|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...
|MERNER, Samuel
Samuel Merner
Samuel Merner was a Canadian businessman and politician.Born in Kien, Canton of Bern, Switzerland with the last name of Muerner or Mürner, he immigrated to Canada with his parents in 1837 settling in Waterloo County, Ontario...
|align="right"|1,468
|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...
|YOUNG, Jas.
|align="right"|1,424
|}
|-
|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...
|LIVINGSTON, James
James Livingston (Canadian politician)
James Livingston was an Ontario businessman and political figure. He represented Waterloo South in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1879 to 1882 and in the Canadian House of Commons from 1882 to 1900 as a Liberal member.He was born in East Kilbride, Scotland in 1838, the son of a weaver...
|align="right"| 1,580
|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...
|MERNER, Sam
|align="right"| 1,372
|}
|-
|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...
|LIVINGSTON, James
|align="right"| 2,254
|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...
| COWAN, Thos.
|align="right"| 1,886
|}
|-
|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...
|LIVINGSTON, James
|align="right"| 2,228
|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...
| CLARE, G.A.
George Adam Clare
George Adam Clare, PC was a businessman, manufacturer and politician based in Preston, Ontario, Canada .He was born in Preston to John Clare and Margaret Beck...
|align="right"|1,916
|}
|-
|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...
|LIVINGSTON, James
|align="right"| 2,543
|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...
|CLARE, George A.
|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...
|CLARE, George A.
|align="right"|2,708
|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...
|SHANTZ, Peter F.
|align="right"| 2,490
|}
|-
|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...
|CLARE, George A.
|align="right"|2,785
|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...
|LAIRD, George
|align="right"|2,420
|}
|-
|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...
|CLARE, George A.
|align="right"|3,015
|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...
| MOYER, Sylvester
|align="right"| 2,815
|}
|-
|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...
|CLARE, George Adam
|align="right"| 3,492
|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...
| MOYER, Sylvester
|align="right"|2,639
|}
|-
|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...
|SCOTT, Frank Stewart
Frank Stewart Scott
Frank Stewart Scott was a Canadian shoe manufacturer and politician.Born in Galt, Ontario, the son of Frank A. Scott and Mary Stewart, Scott graduated from the Galt Collegiate Institute. In 1897, he started working for the Galt Knitting Company. In 1899, he started a shoe manufacturing company...
|align="right"| acclaimed
|}
|-
|Government
|SCOTT, Frank Stewart
|align="right"| 5,681
|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...
|THOMSON, Adam
|align="right"|2,894
|Labour
|HALL, Thomas
|align="right"|1,396
|}
|-
|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...
| ELLIOTT, William
William Elliott (Ontario politician)
William Elliott was a Progressive Party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Galt, Ontario and became a farmer....
|align="right"|7,429
|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...
|SCOTT, Frank Stewart
|align="right"|6,629
|}
|-
|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...
|EDWARDS, Alexander McKay
Alexander Edwards (politician)
Alexander McKay Edwards was a Conservative member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Bothwell, Ontario and became a manufacturer and pharmacist....
|align="right"| 8,089
|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...
| ELLIOTT, William
|align="right"| 5,158
|}
|-
|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...
|EDWARDS, Alexander McKay
|align="right"| 7,220
|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...
|WIDDIFIELD, Charles Russell
|align="right"| 4,935
|}
|-
|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...
|EDWARDS, Alexander McKay
|align="right"| 8,999
|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...
|WIDDIFIELD, Charles Russell
|align="right"| 4,950
|}
|-
|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...
|EDWARDS, Alexander McKay
|align="right"| 6,731
|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...
|CHARLTON, David S.
|align="right"| 6,606
|Co-operative Commonwealth
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation was a Canadian political party founded in 1932 in Calgary, Alberta, by a number of socialist, farm, co-operative and labour groups, and the League for Social Reconstruction...
| LAZARUS, Felix
|align="right"| 2,426
|Reconstruction
Reconstruction Party of Canada
The Reconstruction Party was a Canadian political party founded by Henry Herbert Stevens, a long-time Conservative Member of Parliament . Stevens served as Minister of Trade in the Arthur Meighen government of 1921, and as Minister of Trade and Commerce from 1930 to 1934 in the Depression-era...
|HAWKE, Harvey Orton
|align="right"| 1,000
|}
|-
|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...
|HOMUTH, Karl
|align="right"| 7,776
|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...
|SERVISS, R. Kenneth
|align="right"|3,730
|Unknown
| MITCHELL, John
|align="right"| 3,544
|}
|-
|National Government
|HOMUTH, Karl
|align="right"| 7,432
|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...
|FLYNN, Patrick Joseph
|align="right"| 6,975
|Co-operative Commonwealth
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation was a Canadian political party founded in 1932 in Calgary, Alberta, by a number of socialist, farm, co-operative and labour groups, and the League for Social Reconstruction...
| LATSCH, Vardon Stanley
|align="right"|1,549
|}
|-
|Progressive Conservative
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....
|HOMUTH, Karl
|align="right"| 9,201
|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...
|FLYNN, Patrick Joseph
|align="right"| 5,824
|Co-operative Commonwealth
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation was a Canadian political party founded in 1932 in Calgary, Alberta, by a number of socialist, farm, co-operative and labour groups, and the League for Social Reconstruction...
|FERGUSON, Frank Alexander
|align="right"| 4,795
|}
|-
|Progressive Conservative
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....
| HOMUTH, Karl
|align="right"| 8,740
|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...
|MOFFATT, J. Mel
|align="right"| 8,397
|Co-operative Commonwealth
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation was a Canadian political party founded in 1932 in Calgary, Alberta, by a number of socialist, farm, co-operative and labour groups, and the League for Social Reconstruction...
|DUFRESNE, Paul
|align="right"|5,425
|}
|-
|Progressive Conservative
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....
|MEEKER, Howard
Howie Meeker
Howard William Meeker, C.M. is a former right winger in the National Hockey League, youth coach and educator in ice hockey and television sports announcer as well as a former Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament...
|align="right"| 8,950
|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...
|MOFFATT, J. Mel
|align="right"| 6,483
|Co-operative Commonwealth
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation was a Canadian political party founded in 1932 in Calgary, Alberta, by a number of socialist, farm, co-operative and labour groups, and the League for Social Reconstruction...
|GEENS, Margaret
|align="right"| 5,754
|}
|-
|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...
|WHITE, Arthur Walter Adams
Arthur White (Canadian politician)
Arthur Walter Adams White was a Canadian lawyer and politician.White was born in East Zorra Township to James and Floria White . His parents had emigrated from England in 1903 and moved to Galt in 1908, when Arthur was a year old. Arthur White attended the Galt Collegiate Institute and St...
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|Progressive Conservative
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....
| BARBER, Robert Ross
|align="right"| 7,309
|Co-operative Commonwealth
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation was a Canadian political party founded in 1932 in Calgary, Alberta, by a number of socialist, farm, co-operative and labour groups, and the League for Social Reconstruction...
|GEENS, Peggy
|align="right"| 4,039
|Social Credit
Social Credit Party of Canada
The Social Credit Party of Canada was a conservative-populist political party in Canada that promoted social credit theories of monetary reform...
|JOHANNES, Jim
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|Progressive Conservative
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....
|ANDERSON, William
William Anderson (Canadian politician)
William Anderson was a Canadian politician and businessman. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party representing the riding of Waterloo South in 1957 and re-elected in 1958.The son of David Anderson, he was educated in Galt...
|align="right"| 11,699
|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...
|WHITE, Arthur W.A.
|align="right"| 7,450
|Co-operative Commonwealth
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation was a Canadian political party founded in 1932 in Calgary, Alberta, by a number of socialist, farm, co-operative and labour groups, and the League for Social Reconstruction...
|ISLEY, Theodore H.
|align="right"| 4,009
|Social Credit
Social Credit Party of Canada
The Social Credit Party of Canada was a conservative-populist political party in Canada that promoted social credit theories of monetary reform...
| HANCOCK, George
|align="right"| 1,532
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|Progressive Conservative
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....
|ANDERSON, William
William Anderson (Canadian politician)
William Anderson was a Canadian politician and businessman. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party representing the riding of Waterloo South in 1957 and re-elected in 1958.The son of David Anderson, he was educated in Galt...
|align="right"| 15,624
|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...
|OLIVER, Marjorie
|align="right"| 5,793
|Co-operative Commonwealth
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation was a Canadian political party founded in 1932 in Calgary, Alberta, by a number of socialist, farm, co-operative and labour groups, and the League for Social Reconstruction...
|ISLEY, Theodore H.
|align="right"| 4,415
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|Progressive Conservative
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....
|CHAPLIN, Gordon
Gordon Chaplin
Gordon Chaplin was a Progressive Conservative party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in St. Catharines, Ontario and became a businessman and manufacturer by career....
|align="right"| 11,648
|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...
|SHAVER, Don
|align="right"| 8,132
|New Democratic Party
New Democratic Party
The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in...
|STEWART, Rod
|align="right"|7,186
|Social Credit
Social Credit Party of Canada
The Social Credit Party of Canada was a conservative-populist political party in Canada that promoted social credit theories of monetary reform...
|FAST, Peter D.
|align="right"| 566
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|Progressive Conservative
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....
|CHAPLIN, Gordon
Gordon Chaplin
Gordon Chaplin was a Progressive Conservative party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in St. Catharines, Ontario and became a businessman and manufacturer by career....
|align="right"|11,479
|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...
|SHAVER, Don
|align="right"| 8,792
|New Democratic Party
New Democratic Party
The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in...
|STEWART, Rod
|align="right"| 7,403
|Social Credit
Social Credit Party of Canada
The Social Credit Party of Canada was a conservative-populist political party in Canada that promoted social credit theories of monetary reform...
|BEZAN, Ted
|align="right"| 372
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|New Democratic Party
New Democratic Party
The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in...
|SALTSMAN, Max
Max Saltsman
Samuel Mayer "Max" Saltsman was a Canadian businessman and politician for the social-democratic New Democratic Party, and served as a Member of Parliament for the Waterloo South, Waterloo and Waterloo–Cambridge electoral districts from 1964-1979...
|align="right"|12,417
|Progressive Conservative
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....
|CHAPLIN, Jim
|align="right"| 10,078
|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...
|STEWART, Rod
|align="right"|5,563
|}
|-
|New Democratic Party
New Democratic Party
The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in...
|SALTSMAN, Max
Max Saltsman
Samuel Mayer "Max" Saltsman was a Canadian businessman and politician for the social-democratic New Democratic Party, and served as a Member of Parliament for the Waterloo South, Waterloo and Waterloo–Cambridge electoral districts from 1964-1979...
|align="right"|13,337
|Progressive Conservative
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....
|CHAPLIN, Jim
|align="right"|9,678
|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...
|MENARY, Reid C.
|align="right"| 5,886
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Provincial history
- Isaac ClemensIsaac ClemensIsaac Clemens was an Ontario farmer and political figure. He represented Waterloo South in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal member from 1867 to 1874....
, 1867-1874, LiberalOntario Liberal PartyThe Ontario Liberal Party is a provincial political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. It has formed the Government of Ontario since the provincial election of 2003. The party is ideologically aligned with the Liberal Party of Canada but the two parties are organizationally independent and... - John FlemingJohn FlemingJohn Fleming was a judge in Cumberland County, Virginia who served in the Virginia House of Burgesses for more than a decade, working with John Robinson and Peyton Randolph. In 1764, he worked with Patrick Henry, George Johnston and Robert Munford on the Virginia Stamp Act Resolutions...
, 1875-1877, Liberal - Isaac MasterIsaac MasterIsaac Master was an Ontario farmer and political figure. He represented Waterloo South in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal member from 1878 to 1890....
, 1878-1890, Liberal - John Douglas MooreJohn Douglas MooreJohn Douglas Moore was an Ontario farmer and political figure. He represented Waterloo South in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1890 to 1898 as a Liberal member....
, 1890-1898, Liberal - William Abram KribsWilliam Abram KribsWilliam Abram Kribs was an Ontario merchant and political figure. He represented Waterloo South in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1898 to 1904 as a Conservative member....
, 1898-1904, Conservative - George PattinsonGeorge PattinsonGeorge Pattinson was an Ontario industrialist and political figure. He represented Waterloo South in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Conservative member from 1905 to 1914....
, 1905-1914, Conservative - Zachariah Adam HallZachariah Adam HallZachariah Adam Hall was an Ontario manufacturer and political figure. He represented Waterloo South in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Conservative member from 1914 to 1919....
, 1914-1919, Conservative - Karl Kenneth HomuthKarl Kenneth HomuthKarl Kenneth Homuth was an Ontario manufacturer and political figure.He was born in Preston, Ontario, the son of Otto Homuth and Charlotte McDowell, and was educated there and in Galt. He joined George Pattinson's textile manufacturing company in 1910...
, 1919-1923, LabourLabour candidates and parties in CanadaThere have been various groups in Canada that have nominated candidates under the label Labour Party or Independent Labour Party or other variations from the 1870s until the 1960s...
-United Farmers of OntarioUnited Farmers of OntarioThe United Farmers of Ontario was a political party in Ontario, Canada. It was the Ontario provincial branch of the United Farmers movement of the early part of the 20th century.- Foundation and rise :... - Karl Kenneth Homuth, 1923-1929, Labour
- Karl Kenneth Homuth, 1929-1930, Conservative
- Norman Otto Hipel, 1930-1943, Liberal
- Leonard Grieve RobinsonLeonard Grieve RobinsonLeonard Grieve Robinson was a businessman and political figure in Ontario. He represented Waterloo South in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1943 to 1945 as a Co-operative Commonwealth member....
, 1943-1945, Co-operative Commonwealth Federation - Gordon ChaplinGordon ChaplinGordon Chaplin was a Progressive Conservative party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in St. Catharines, Ontario and became a businessman and manufacturer by career....
, 1945-1948, Progressive Conservative - Theodore IsleyTheodore IsleyTheodore Henry Isley was an Ontario farmer and politician. He served as on the Waterloo Township council, and then as deputy reeve before being elected to a term in the Ontario legislature as an Ontario Co-operative Commonwealth Federation MPP by winning the Waterloo South seat in the 1948...
, 1948-1951, Co-operative Commonwealth Federation - Raymond Munro Myers, 1951-1963, Progressive Conservative
- Allan Edward Reuter, 1963-1975, Progressive Conservative
See also
- List of Canadian federal electoral districts
- Past Canadian electoral districts