Wentworth North and Brant 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

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 1892 to 1904. It was located west of the city of Hamilton

Hamilton, Ontario

Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Conceived by George Hamilton when he purchased the Durand farm shortly after the War of 1812, Hamilton has become the centre of a densely populated and industrialized region at the west end of Lake Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe...

 in the province

Provinces and territories of Canada

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 of Ontario

Ontario

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.

It was created from parts of Wentworth North and Brant North

Brant North

Brant North was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1893. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867 which divided the county of Brant into two ridings: Brant North and Brant South according to a...

 ridings in 1892, and consisted of the townships of Ancaster, Blenheim, East Brantford, South Dumfries and Beverley.

The electoral district was abolished in 1903 when it was redistributed between Brant

Brant (electoral district)

Brant is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1904 to 1949 and since 1968.The federal riding was created in 1903. It consisted of Brant County excluding Brantford....

 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.

Electoral history

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Liberal Party of Canada

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James Somerville (Canadian politician, Brant)

James Somerville was an Ontario journalist, newspaper editor and political figure. He was a Liberal member of the Canadian House of Commons who represented Brant North from 1882 to 1896 and Wentworth North and Brant from 1896 to 1900.He was born in Dundas, Upper Canada in 1834 and educated there...

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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...

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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...

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See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts