Wellington—Grey
Federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada
![]() | |
---|---|
Defunct federal electoral district | |
Legislature | House of Commons |
District created | 1966 |
District abolished | 1976 |
First contested | 1968 |
Last contested | 1974 |
Wellington—Grey, renamed Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Waterloo in 1970, was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1979. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1966 from parts of Dufferin—Simcoe, Grey—Bruce, Waterloo North, Wellington South and Wellington—Huron ridings.
Wellington—Grey consisted of:
- the Townships of Amarath, East Luther, Melancthon and East Garafraxa excepting the Town of Orangeville in the County of Dufferin,
- the Town of Durham and the Townships of Artemesia, Egremont, Glenelg, Normanby and Proton in the County of Grey,
- the Townships of Wellesley and Woolwich in the County of Waterloo,
- the Townships of Arthur, West Garafraxa, West Luther, Maryborough, Minto, Nichol, Peel and Pilkington in the County of Wellington, and
- the Town of Palmerston.
The electoral district was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed between Bruce—Grey, Dufferin—Wellington, Grey—Simcoe, Guelph and Waterloo ridings.
Members of Parliament
Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Wellington—Grey Riding created from Dufferin—Simcoe, Grey—Bruce, Waterloo North, Wellington South and Wellington—Huron | ||||
28th | 1968–1972 | Marvin Howe | Progressive Conservative | |
Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Waterloo | ||||
29th | 1972–1974 | Perrin Beatty | Progressive Conservative | |
30th | 1974–1979 | |||
Riding dissolved into Bruce—Grey, Dufferin—Wellington, Grey—Simcoe, Guelph and Waterloo |
Electoral history
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Progressive Conservative | Marvin Howe | 12,118 | |||
Liberal | Jon Church | 12,027 | |||
New Democratic | Edward E. Seymour | 2,902 | |||
Independent | Melvin Francis Kienapple | 224 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Progressive Conservative | Perrin Beatty | 17,080 | |||
Liberal | Allan F. Ross | 11,640 | |||
New Democratic | Don Francis | 4,846 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Progressive Conservative | Perrin Beatty | 17,253 | |||
Liberal | Brian Kirkham | 12,500 | |||
New Democratic | Don Francis | 4,297 |
See also
External links
- Website of the Parliament of Canada
- v
- t
- e
Ontario
- Barrie—Innisfil
- Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte
- Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound
- Dufferin—Caledon
- Durham
- Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock
- Newmarket—Aurora
- Northumberland—Peterborough South
- Peterborough—Kawartha
- Simcoe—Grey
- Simcoe North
- York—Simcoe
Ontario
- Bay of Quinte
- Glengarry—Prescott—Russell
- Hastings—Lennox and Addington
- Kingston and the Islands
- Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston
- Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes
- Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke
- Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry
& York
SW Durham |
|
---|---|
S York |
|
(Suburbs & Downtown)
Scarborough |
|
---|---|
| |
Etobicoke |
|
Brampton &
Mississauga
Brampton |
|
---|---|
Mississauga |
|
Halton,
Hamilton
and Niagara
Southwestern Halton |
|
---|---|
City of Hamilton |
|
Niagara |
|
Ontario
- Brantford—Brant
- Cambridge
- Guelph
- Haldimand—Norfolk
- Huron—Bruce
- Kitchener Centre
- Kitchener—Conestoga
- Kitchener South—Hespeler
- Oxford
- Perth Wellington
- Waterloo
- Wellington—Halton Hills
Ontario
- Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing
- Kenora
- Nickel Belt
- Nipissing—Timiskaming
- Parry Sound-Muskoka
- Sault Ste. Marie
- Sudbury
- Thunder Bay—Rainy River
- Thunder Bay—Superior North
- Timmins-James Bay
Ontario
- Chatham-Kent—Leamington
- Elgin—Middlesex—London
- Essex
- Lambton—Kent—Middlesex
- London—Fanshawe
- London North Centre
- London West
- Sarnia—Lambton
- Windsor—Tecumseh
- Windsor West
- Carleton
- Kanata—Carleton
- Nepean
- Orléans
- Ottawa Centre
- Ottawa South
- Ottawa—Vanier
- Ottawa West—Nepean
- See also: Former federal ridings in Ontario
- Provincial ridings in Ontario