Bruce South

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Bruce South
Flag of Ontario.svg Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created 1867, 1903
District abolished1882, 1933
First contested 1867
Last contested 1930

Bruce South was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1882 and from 1903 to 1935.

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The original district was created by the British North America Act of 1867. It consisted of the Townships of Kincardine (including the Village of Kincardine), Greenock Brant, Huron, Kinloss, Culross, and Carrick. It was abolished in 1882 when it was redistributed between Bruce East and Bruce West ridings.

It was recreated in 1903 from those two ridings. The second incarnation of the south riding consisted of the townships of Brant, Carrick, Culross, Elderslie, Greenock, Huron, and Kinloss, the town of Walkerton, and the villages of Chelsey, Lucknow, Paisley and Teeswater in the county of Bruce.

In 1924, it was redefined to consist of the part of the county of Bruce lying south of and including the townships of Huron, Kinloss, Greenock and Elderslie.

The electoral district was abolished in 1933 when it was merged into Bruce riding.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

ParliamentYearsMemberParty
1st  1867–1872   Francis Hurdon Conservative
2nd  1872–1873   Edward Blake Liberal
 1873–1874
3rd  1874–1875
 1875–1878
4th  1878–1882   Alexander Shaw Liberal–Conservative
Riding dissolved into Bruce East and Bruce West
Riding re-created from Bruce East and Bruce West
10th  1904–1908   Peter H. McKenzie Liberal
11th  1908–1911   James J. Donnelly Conservative
12th  1911–1913
 1913–1917   Reuben Eldridge Truax Liberal
13th  1917–1921   Opposition (Laurier Liberals)
14th  1921–1925   John Walter Findlay Progressive
15th  1925–1926   Walter Allan Hall Liberal
16th  1926–1930
17th  1930–1935
Riding dissolved into Bruce

Election results

1867-1882

1867 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Francis Hurdon 1,777
UnknownW. Rastall1,624
UnknownMr. Hall5
Eligible voters4,066
Source: Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1871 [1]
1872 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Edward Blake 1,878
Conservative Francis Hurdon 190

On Mr. Blake's appointment as Minister without Portfolio, 7 November 1873:

By-election on 14 December 1873
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Edward Blake acclaimed
1874 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Edward Blake 2,312
UnknownR. Baird1,991

By-Election: On Mr. Blake's appointment as Minister of Justice, 19 May 1875:

By-election on 2 June 1875
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Edward Blake acclaimed
1878 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal–Conservative Alexander Shaw 2,673
Liberal Edward Blake 2,598

1904-1935

1904 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Peter H. McKenzie 3,082
Conservative James J. Donnelly 2,938
1908 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative James J. Donnelly 3,005
Liberal Peter H. McKenzie 2,812
1911 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative James J. Donnelly 2,878
Liberal R. E. Truax 2,775

Mr. J.J. Donnelly summoned to the Senate, 26 May 1913:

By-election on 30 October 1913
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal R. E. Truax 2,948
Conservative W. D. Cargill2,833
1917 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Opposition (Laurier Liberals) Reuben Eldridge Truax 3,628
Government (Unionist) Alexander Eugene McNab3,456
1921 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Progressive John Walter Findlay 4,762
Liberal Reuben Eldridge Truax 3,849
Conservative John Purvis2,232
1925 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Walter Allan Hall 3,965
Conservative Frederick William Lippert3,362
Progressive John Walter Findlay 2,128
1926 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Walter Allan Hall 5,050
Conservative George S. Fowler3,504
Progressive John Weigel1,791
1930 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal Walter Allan Hall 5,738
Conservative Foster Graham Moffat4,837

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References

  1. "Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1871". 1871. Retrieved 27 June 2022.