Wellington North (Canadian electoral district)

Wellington North
Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1867
District abolished	1952
First contested	1867
Last contested	1949

Last updated February 08, 2024

Wellington North was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1953. It was located in the province of Ontario.

In 1872, the township of Peel was removed from the riding, and the Village of Mount Arthur was added. In 1882, the riding was re-defined to consist of the townships of Wallace, Minto, Arthur, Luther East, Luther West and Amaranth, the towns of Palmerston, Harriston and Mount Forest, and the villages of Arthur and Clifford.

In 1903, the Wellington's three ridings were combined into two: the north and the south ridings of Wellington. The north riding consisted of the townships of Arthur, Garafraxa West, Luther West, Maryborough, Minto and Peel, the towns of Harriston, Mount Forest and Palmerston, and the villages of Arthur, Clifford and Drayton.

In 1924, the riding was called "Wellington North" and defined as consisting of that part of the county of Wellington lying north of a line described as commencing at the southeast corner of the township of Garafraxa West and following its southerly and westerly boundaries and the southerly boundary of the township of Peel, to the south boundary of Wellington county.

In 1933, it was defined as consisting of the townships of Arthur, Erin, Garafraxa West, Maryborough, Minto, Peel and West Luther in Wellington county, and the townships of Garafraxa East and East Luther in the county of Dufferin. In 1947, it was defined to consist of the townships of Arthur, Erin, Garafraxa West, Maryborough, Minto, Peel and West Luther including the towns of Mount Forest and Palmerston in the county of Wellington, and the townships of Garafraxa East and Luther East in the county of Dufferin, but excluding the town of Orangeville.

The electoral district was abolished in 1952 when it was redistributed between Dufferin—Simcoe, Wellington South and Wellington—Huron ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Parliament	Years		Party
1st	1867–1872	George Alexander Drew	Liberal–Conservative
2nd	1872–1874	Nathaniel Higinbotham	Liberal
3rd	1874–1875
3rd	1875–1878
4th	1878–1882	George Alexander Drew	Liberal–Conservative
5th	1882–1887	James McMullen	Liberal
6th	1887–1891
7th	1891–1896
8th	1896–1900
9th	1900–1904	Edwin Tolton	Conservative
10th	1904–1907†	Thomas Martin	Liberal
10th	1907–1908	Alexander Munro Martin
11th	1908–1911	Alexander Munro Martin
12th	1911–1917	William Aurelius Clarke	Conservative
13th	1917–1921	William Aurelius Clarke	Government (Unionist)
14th	1921–1925	John Pritchard	Progressive
15th	1925–1926	Duncan Sinclair	Conservative
16th	1926–1930	Duncan Sinclair	Conservative
17th	1930–1935	John Knox Blair	Liberal
18th	1935–1940
19th	1940–1945
20th	1945–1949	Lewis Menary	Progressive Conservative
21st	1949–1953	Arnold Darroch	Liberal
Riding dissolved into Wellington—Huron, Wellington South and Dufferin—Simcoe

Election results

v t e 1867 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal–Conservative	George Alexander Drew	1,493
	Unknown	Michael Hamilton Foley	1,271
Eligible voters			3,476
Source: Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1871^[1]

v t e 1872 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Nathaniel Higinbotham	1,264
	Liberal–Conservative	George Alexander Drew	1,204

v t e 1874 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Nathaniel Higinbotham	1,470
	Liberal–Conservative	George Alexander Drew	1,464

By-election: On Mr. Higinbotham being unseated on petition, 18 March 1875: Wellington North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Nathaniel Higinbotham	1,368
	Liberal–Conservative	George Alexander Drew	1,365

v t e 1878 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal–Conservative	George Alexander Drew	1,713
	Liberal	Nathaniel Higinbotham	1,605

v t e 1882 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James McMullen	1,911
	Unknown	J. B. Plumb	1,891

v t e 1887 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James McMullen	2,543
	Conservative	Robert Gordon	2,175

v t e 1891 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James McMullen	2,486
	Conservative	L. H. Clarke	2,300

v t e 1896 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James McMullen	2,712
	Conservative	L. H. Clarke	2,550

v t e 1900 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edwin Tolton	2,463
	Liberal	James McMullen	2,431

By-election: On Mr. Martin's death, 20 October 1907: Wellington North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alexander Munro Martin	2,338
	Conservative	Alex Hamilton	2,072

v t e 1904 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Martin	2,849
	Conservative	John McGowan	2,541

v t e 1908 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alexander Munro Martin	2,651
	Conservative	William Aurelius Clarke	2,567

v t e 1911 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Aurelius Clarke	2,530
	Liberal	Alexander Munro Martin	2,505

v t e 1917 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Government (Unionist)	William Aurelius Clarke	3,492
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	James McEwing	1,998

v t e 1921 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	John Pritchard	5,138
	Conservative	William Aurelius Clarke	3,874

v t e 1925 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Duncan Sinclair	4,152
	Progressive	John Pritchard	3,370

v t e 1926 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Duncan Sinclair	4,825
	Liberal	Richard Frederick Dale	4,452

v t e 1930 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Knox Blair	4,716
	Conservative	Duncan Sinclair	4,626

v t e 1935 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Knox Blair	7,063
	Conservative	Duncas Sinclair	4,485
	Reconstruction	Robert Hoath Smith	1,276

v t e 1940 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Knox Blair	5,748
	National Government	Lewis Menary	4,266

1945/06/11

v t e 1945 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Lewis Menary	5,779
	Liberal	Arnold Darroch	5,764
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Harry Hall	457

v t e 1949 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Arnold Darroch	6,057
	Progressive Conservative	Lewis Menary	6,025
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Frank J. Heffernan	479

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References

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

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

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