Waterloo South (provincial electoral district)

Waterloo South

Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	1867
District abolished	1975
First contested	1867
Last contested	1971

Waterloo South was a provincial electoral district in Canada. It was created in 1867 at the time of confederation and was abolished in 1975.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Waterloo South
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
1st	1867–1871		Isaac Clemens	Liberal
2nd	1871–1875
3rd	1875–1877		John Fleming
	1877–1879		Isaac Master
4th	1879–1883
5th	1883–1886
6th	1886–1890
7th	1890–1894		John Douglas Moore
8th	1894–1898
9th	1898–1902		William Abram Kribs	Conservative
10th	1902–1905
11th	1905–1908		George Pattinson
12th	1908–1911
13th	1911–1914
14th	1914–1919		Zachariah Adam Hall
15th	1919–1923		Karl Homuth	Labour-United Farmers
16th	1923–1926			Labour
17th	1926–1929
18th	1929–1930			Conservative
	1930–1934		Norman Hipel	Liberal
19th	1934–1937
20th	1937–1943
21st	1943–1945		Leonard Grieve Robinson	Co-operative Commonwealth
22nd	1945–1948		Gordon Chaplin	Progressive Conservative
23rd	1948–1951		Theodore Isley	Co-operative Commonwealth
24th	1951–1955		Raymond Myers Gorssline	Progressive Conservative
25th	1955–1959
26th	1959–1963
27th	1963–1967		Allan Reuter
28th	1967–1971
29th	1971–1975
Riding dissolved

Electoral history

v t e 1867 Ontario general election : Waterloo South
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Isaac Clemens	1,309	57.59
	Conservative	J. Crombie	964	42.41
Total valid votes			2,273	81.59
Eligible voters			2,786
	Liberal pickup new district.
Source: Elections Ontario [1]

v t e 1871 Ontario general election : Waterloo South
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Isaac Clemens	1,215	60.27	+2.68
	Conservative	Mr. Erb	801	39.73	−2.68
Turnout			2,016	69.42	−12.17
Eligible voters			2,904
	Liberal hold		Swing		+2.68
Source: Elections Ontario [2]

v t e 1875 Ontario general election : Waterloo South
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Fleming	Acclaimed
Source: Elections Ontario [3]

v t e Ontario provincial by-election, January 9, 1878: Waterloo South Death of John Fleming
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Isaac Master	1,252	50.10
	Independent	Mr. Merners	1,247	49.90
Total valid votes			2,499
	Liberal hold		Swing		–
Source: History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario [4] : 383

v t e 1879 Ontario general election : Waterloo South
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Livingston	1,699	57.38	+7.28
	Conservative	T.P. Phin	1,262	42.62
Total valid votes			2,961	72.06
Eligible voters			4,109
	Liberal hold		Swing		+7.28
Source: Elections Ontario [5]

See also

• List of Canadian electoral districts

References

1. "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1867. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
2. "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1871. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
3. "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1875. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
4. Lewis, Roderick (1968). Centennial Edition of a History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario, 1867–1968 . OCLC   1052682.
5. "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1879. Retrieved 19 April 2024.