Brant South

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Brant South
Flag of Ontario.svg Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created 1867
District abolished1903
First contested 1867
Last contested 1900

Brant South was a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1904, and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1867 to 1923.

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It was also called the South Riding of Brant. Brant County was named after Joseph Brant, a Mohawk Chief originally from New York State who settled the area, centred on Brantford.

History

Federal

The federal riding 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 traditional division. In 1882, the South Riding of Brant was defined to consist of the townships of West Brantford, Onondaga and Tuscarora, the city of Brantford and the town of Paris.

The electoral district was abolished in 1903 when it was merged into Brantford riding.

The first member of Parliament for Brant South, elected in 1867 was Edmund Burke Wood. Wood was also elected to the Provincial Parliament. Eventually an act was passed to abolish dual representation.

In 1872, the Liberal candidate, William Paterson (a biscuit manufacturer) won the riding, and remained Member of Parliament until 1896, when he was defeated by Robert Henry (a grocer, and Conservative).

This election was declared void, and in a by-election Charles Bernhard Heyd (a Liberal, and also a grocer) won the riding. Heyd held the riding until it was abolished in 1903.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

ParliamentYearsMemberParty
1st  1867–1872   Edmund Burke Wood Liberal
2nd  1872–1874 William Paterson
3rd  1874–1878
4th  1878–1882
5th  1882–1887
6th  1887–1891
7th  1891–1896
8th  1896–1896   Robert Henry Conservative
 1897–1900   Charles Bernhard Heyd Liberal
9th  1900–1904
Riding dissolved into Brantford

Provincial

The provincial riding was also created in 1867.

The first Member of the Legislative Assembly for Brant South was Edmund Burke Wood. Wood was also elected to the first federal parliament. When an act was passed to abolish dual representation, Wood choose to remain in the provincial parliament.

In 1871, Arthur Sturgis Hardy won the riding. He held it until his death in 1889. Thomas H. Preston held the riding from 1899 until 1908. Willoughby Staples Brewster held the riding from 1908 until 1914. Joseph Henry Ham held the riding from 1914 until 1919. Morrison Mann MacBride held the riding from 1919 until 1923, when the provincial riding became the Brantford riding in 1923.

Federal election results

1867 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Edmund Burke Wood 1,257
UnknownH. B. Leeming1,090
Eligible voters3,269
Source: Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1871 [1]
1872 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal William Paterson 1,378
Liberal–Conservative Sir Francis Hincks 1,116
Source: Canadian Elections Database [2]
1874 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal William Paterson 1,463 [3]
UnknownAlfred Watts1,019 [ citation needed ]
1878 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal William Paterson 1,496
UnknownAlfred Watts1,298
Source: Canadian Elections Database [4]
1882 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal William Paterson 1,473
Conservative Alfred Watts [5] 1,297
1887 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal William Paterson 2,230
Conservative William Foster Cockshutt 1,656
1891 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal William Paterson 1,963
UnknownPeter H. Cox1,421
1896 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Robert Henry 2,538
Liberal Wm. Paterson 2,447

On Mr. Henry's election being declared void and on his being unseated, 15 December 1896:

By-election on 4 February 1897
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal C. B. Heyd 2,787
Conservative Robert Henry 2,406
1900 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Charles B. Heyd 2,494
Conservative Robert Henry 2,288

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1871". p. 161. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  2. ↑ Sayers, Anthony M. "1872 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 3 February 2024.
  3. ↑ https://canadianelectionsdatabase.ca/PHASE5/?p=0&type=person&ID=3477
  4. ↑ Sayers, Anthony M. "1878 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 22 January 2024.
  5. ↑ "Campaign notes". Montreal Gazette. 2 June 1882. p. 5. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
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