Wellington North
Encyclopedia
Wellington North was a federal electoral district
represented in the Canadian
House of Commons
from 1867 to 1953. It was located in the province
of Ontario
.
It was created by the British North America Act, 1867 which divided the County of Wellington into North, South and Centre Ridings. The North Riding consisted initially of the Townships of Amaranth, Arthur, Luther, Minto, Maryborough, Peel, and the village of Mount Forest.
In 1872, the township of Peel was removed from the riding, and the Village of Mount Arthur was added. In 1882, the riding was re-defined to consist of the townships of Wallace, Minto, Arthur, Luther East, Luther West and Amaranth, the towns of Palmerston, Harriston and Mount Forest, and the villages of Arthur and Clifford.
In 1903, the Wellington's three ridings were combined into two: the north and the south ridings of Wellington. The north riding consisted of the townships of Arthur, Garafraxa West, Luther West, Maryborough, Minto and Peel, the towns of Harriston, Mount Forest and Palmerston, and the villages of Arthur, Clifford and Drayton.
In 1924, the riding was called "Wellington North" and defined as consisting of that part of the county of Wellington lying north of a line described as commencing at the southeast corner of the township of Garafraxa West and following its southerly and westerly boundaries and the southerly boundary of the township of Peel, to the south boundary of Wellington county.
In 1933, it was defined as consisting of the townships of Arthur, Erin, Garafraxa West, Maryborough, Minto, Peel and West Luther in Wellington county, and the townships of Garafraxa East and East Luther in the county of Dufferin. In 1947, it was defined to consist of the townships of Arthur, Erin, Garafraxa West, Maryborough, Minto, Peel and West Luther including the towns of Mount Forest and Palmerston in the county of Wellington, and the townships of Garafraxa East and Luther East in the county of Dufferin, but excluding the town of Orangeville.
The electoral district was abolished in 1952 when it was redistributed between Dufferin—Simcoe
, Wellington South
and Wellington—Huron
ridings.
|Liberal-Conservative
|DREW, George Alexander
|align="right"| 1,493
|Unknown
|FOLEY,
|align="right"|1,271
|}
|-
|Liberal
|HIGINBOTHAM, Nathaniel
|align="right"|1,264
|Liberal-Conservative
|DREW, G.A.
|align="right"|1,204
|}
|-
|Liberal
|HIGINBOTHAM, Nathaniel
|align="right"|1,470
|Liberal-Conservative
|DREW, G.A.
|align="right"|1,464
|}
|-
|Liberal
|HIGINBOTHAM, Nathaniel
|align="right"|1,368
|Liberal-Conservative
|DREW, George Alexander
|align="right"|1,365
|}
|-
|Liberal-Conservative
|DREW, Geo. A.
|align="right"| 1,713
|Liberal
|HIGINBOTHAM, N.
|align="right"| 1,605
|}
|-
|Liberal
|MCMULLEN, James
|align="right"|1,911
|Unknown
| PLUMB, J.B.
|align="right"|1,891
|}
|-
|Liberal
|MCMULLEN, James
|align="right"|2,543
|Conservative
|GORDON, Robert
|align="right"| 2,175
|}
|-
|Liberal
|MCMULLEN, James
|align="right"|2,486
|Conservative
|CLARKE, L.H.
|align="right"| 2,300
|}
|-
|Liberal
| MCMULLEN, James
|align="right"|2,712
|Conservative
|CLARKE, L.H.
|align="right"| 2,550
|}
|-
|Conservative
|TOLTON, Edwin
|align="right"|2,463
|Liberal
|MCMULLEN, James
|align="right"|2,431
|}
|-
|Liberal
|MARTIN, Thomas
|align="right"|2,849
|Conservative
|MCGOWAN, John
|align="right"|2,541
|}
|-
|Liberal
|MARTIN, A.M.
|align="right"|2,338
|Conservative
|HAMILTON, Alex
|align="right"| 2,072
|}
|-
|Liberal
|MARTIN, Alexander Munro
|align="right"|2,651
|Conservative
|CLARKE, William A.
|align="right"|2,567
|}
|-
|Conservative
|CLARKE, William Aurelius
|align="right"|2,530
|Liberal
|MARTIN, Alexander Munro
|align="right"|2,505
|}
|-
|Government
|CLARKE, William Aurelius
|align="right"|3,492
|Opposition
|MCEWING, James
|align="right"|1,998
|}
|-
|Progressive
|PRITCHARD, John
|align="right"|5,138
|Conservative
|CLARKE, William Aurelius
|align="right"|3,874
|}
|-
|Conservative
|SINCLAIR, Duncan
|align="right"|4,152
|Progressive
|PRITCHARD, John
|align="right"|3,370
|}
|-
|Conservative
|SINCLAIR, Duncan
|align="right"|4,825
|Liberal
|DALE, Richard Frederick
|align="right"|4,452
|}
|-
|Liberal
|BLAIR, John Knox
|align="right"|4,716
|Conservative
|SINCLAIR, Duncan
|align="right"|4,626
|}
|-
|Liberal
|BLAIR, John Knox
|align="right"|7,063
|Conservative
|SINCLAIR, Duncan
|align="right"|4,485
|Reconstruction
|SMITH, Robert Hoath
|align="right"|1,276
|}
|-
|Liberal
| BLAIR, John Knox
|align="right"|5,748
|National Government
|MENARY, Lewis
|align="right"| 4,266
|}
|-
1945/06/11
|Progressive Conservative
|MENARY, Lewis
|align="right"| 5,779
|Liberal
| DARROCK, Arnold
|align="right"| 5,764
|Co-operative Commonwealth
|HALL, Harry
|align="right"|457
|}
|-
|Liberal
|DARROCH, Arnold
|align="right"|6,057
|Progressive Conservative
|MENARY, Lewis
|align="right"|6,025
|Co-operative Commonwealth
|HEFFERNAN, Frank J.
|align="right"| 479
|}
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 1953. 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, 1867 which divided the County of Wellington into North, South and Centre Ridings. The North Riding consisted initially of the Townships of Amaranth, Arthur, Luther, Minto, Maryborough, Peel, and the village of Mount Forest.
In 1872, the township of Peel was removed from the riding, and the Village of Mount Arthur was added. In 1882, the riding was re-defined to consist of the townships of Wallace, Minto, Arthur, Luther East, Luther West and Amaranth, the towns of Palmerston, Harriston and Mount Forest, and the villages of Arthur and Clifford.
In 1903, the Wellington's three ridings were combined into two: the north and the south ridings of Wellington. The north riding consisted of the townships of Arthur, Garafraxa West, Luther West, Maryborough, Minto and Peel, the towns of Harriston, Mount Forest and Palmerston, and the villages of Arthur, Clifford and Drayton.
In 1924, the riding was called "Wellington North" and defined as consisting of that part of the county of Wellington lying north of a line described as commencing at the southeast corner of the township of Garafraxa West and following its southerly and westerly boundaries and the southerly boundary of the township of Peel, to the south boundary of Wellington county.
In 1933, it was defined as consisting of the townships of Arthur, Erin, Garafraxa West, Maryborough, Minto, Peel and West Luther in Wellington county, and the townships of Garafraxa East and East Luther in the county of Dufferin. In 1947, it was defined to consist of the townships of Arthur, Erin, Garafraxa West, Maryborough, Minto, Peel and West Luther including the towns of Mount Forest and Palmerston in the county of Wellington, and the townships of Garafraxa East and Luther East in the county of Dufferin, but excluding the town of Orangeville.
The electoral district was abolished in 1952 when it was redistributed between Dufferin—Simcoe
Dufferin—Simcoe
Dufferin—Simcoe was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1925 to 1968. It was located in the province of Ontario...
, Wellington South
Wellington South
Wellington South was a Canadian 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 as the "South Riding of the county of Wellington"...
and Wellington—Huron
Wellington—Huron
Wellington—Huron was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1953 to 1968. It was located in the province of Ontario...
ridings.
Electoral history
|-|Liberal-Conservative
|DREW, George Alexander
George Alexander Drew (Liberal-Conservative MP)
George Alexander Drew, QC was a Canadian lawyer, judge and political figure. He represented Wellington North in the Canadian House of Commons as a Liberal-Conservative member from 1867 to 1872 and from 1878 to 1882....
|align="right"| 1,493
|Unknown
|FOLEY,
|align="right"|1,271
|}
|-
|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...
|HIGINBOTHAM, Nathaniel
Nathaniel Higinbotham
Nathaniel Higinbotham was a Canadian pharmacist and political figure. He represented Wellington North in the Canadian House of Commons from 1872 to 1878 as a Liberal member....
|align="right"|1,264
|Liberal-Conservative
|DREW, G.A.
|align="right"|1,204
|}
|-
|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...
|HIGINBOTHAM, Nathaniel
|align="right"|1,470
|Liberal-Conservative
|DREW, G.A.
|align="right"|1,464
|}
|-
|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...
|HIGINBOTHAM, Nathaniel
|align="right"|1,368
|Liberal-Conservative
|DREW, George Alexander
|align="right"|1,365
|}
|-
|Liberal-Conservative
|DREW, Geo. A.
|align="right"| 1,713
|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...
|HIGINBOTHAM, N.
|align="right"| 1,605
|}
|-
|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...
|MCMULLEN, James
|align="right"|1,911
|Unknown
| PLUMB, J.B.
|align="right"|1,891
|}
|-
|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...
|MCMULLEN, 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...
|GORDON, Robert
|align="right"| 2,175
|}
|-
|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...
|MCMULLEN, James
|align="right"|2,486
|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...
|CLARKE, L.H.
|align="right"| 2,300
|}
|-
|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...
| MCMULLEN, James
|align="right"|2,712
|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...
|CLARKE, L.H.
|align="right"| 2,550
|}
|-
|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...
|TOLTON, Edwin
|align="right"|2,463
|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...
|MCMULLEN, James
|align="right"|2,431
|}
|-
|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...
|MARTIN, Thomas
|align="right"|2,849
|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...
|MCGOWAN, John
|align="right"|2,541
|}
|-
|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...
|MARTIN, A.M.
|align="right"|2,338
|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...
|HAMILTON, Alex
|align="right"| 2,072
|}
|-
|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...
|MARTIN, Alexander Munro
|align="right"|2,651
|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...
|CLARKE, William A.
|align="right"|2,567
|}
|-
|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...
|CLARKE, William Aurelius
|align="right"|2,530
|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...
|MARTIN, Alexander Munro
|align="right"|2,505
|}
|-
|Government
|CLARKE, William Aurelius
|align="right"|3,492
|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...
|MCEWING, James
|align="right"|1,998
|}
|-
|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...
|PRITCHARD, John
|align="right"|5,138
|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...
|CLARKE, William Aurelius
|align="right"|3,874
|}
|-
|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...
|SINCLAIR, Duncan
|align="right"|4,152
|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...
|PRITCHARD, John
|align="right"|3,370
|}
|-
|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...
|SINCLAIR, Duncan
|align="right"|4,825
|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...
|DALE, Richard Frederick
|align="right"|4,452
|}
|-
|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...
|BLAIR, John Knox
|align="right"|4,716
|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...
|SINCLAIR, Duncan
|align="right"|4,626
|}
|-
|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...
|BLAIR, John Knox
|align="right"|7,063
|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...
|SINCLAIR, Duncan
|align="right"|4,485
|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...
|SMITH, Robert Hoath
|align="right"|1,276
|}
|-
|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...
| BLAIR, John Knox
|align="right"|5,748
|National Government
|MENARY, Lewis
|align="right"| 4,266
|}
|-
1945/06/11
|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....
|MENARY, Lewis
|align="right"| 5,779
|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...
| DARROCK, Arnold
|align="right"| 5,764
|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...
|HALL, Harry
|align="right"|457
|}
|-
|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...
|DARROCH, Arnold
|align="right"|6,057
|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....
|MENARY, Lewis
|align="right"|6,025
|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...
|HEFFERNAN, Frank J.
|align="right"| 479
|}
See also
- List of Canadian federal electoral districts
- Past Canadian electoral districts