Bruce South (provincial electoral district)
Bruce South was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1867 at the time of confederation and was abolished in 1933 before the 1934 election.
| Ontario electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Ontario |
| District created | 1867 |
| District abolished | 1933 |
| First contested | 1867 |
| Last contested | 1929 |
Members of Provincial Parliament
| Bruce South | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| 1st | 1867–1871 | Edward Blake | Liberal | |
| 2nd | 1871–1872 | |||
| 1872–1874 | Rupert Mearse Wells | |||
| 3rd | 1875–1879 | |||
| 4th | 1879–1882 | |||
| 1882–1883 | Hamilton Parke O'Connor | |||
| 5th | 1883–1886 | |||
| 6th | 1886–1890 | |||
| 7th | 1890–1894 | |||
| 8th | 1894–1898 | Reuben Eldridge Truax | ||
| 9th | 1898–1902 | |||
| 10th | 1902–1904 | |||
| 11th | 1905–1908 | Robert Edwin Clapp | Conservative | |
| 12th | 1908–1911 | Reuben Eldridge Truax | Liberal | |
| 13th | 1911–1914 | John Anderson | ||
| 14th | 1914–1919 | Wellington David Cargill | Conservative | |
| 15th | 1919–1923 | Frank Rennie | Liberal | |
| 16th | 1923–1926 | Malcolm Alex McCallum | United Farmers | |
| 17th | 1926–1928 | Progressive | ||
| 1928–1929 | Foster Graham Moffatt | Conservative | ||
| 18th | 1929–1934 | William John MacKay | Liberal | |
| Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[1] | ||||
| Merged into Bruce before the 1934 election | ||||
Election results
| 1867 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Edward Blake | 1,726 | 50.10 | |||||
| Conservative | T. Broclebank | 1,719 | 49.90 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 3,445 | 84.83 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 4,061 | |||||||
| Liberal pickup new district. | ||||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[2] | ||||||||
| 1871 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Edward Blake | 2,082 | 55.21 | +5.11 | ||||
| Conservative | Mr. Sproat | 1,689 | 44.79 | −5.11 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,771 | 79.79 | −5.04 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 4,726 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +5.11 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[3] | ||||||||
| Ontario provincial by-election, January 18, 1872 Ministerial by-election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Edward Blake | Acclaimed | ||||||
| Source: History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario[4]: 34 | ||||||||
| Ontario provincial by-election, September 21, 1872 Resignation of Edward Blake | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Rupert Mearse Wells | 1,782 | 52.14 | |||||
| Conservative | Mr. Brocelbank | 1,636 | 47.86 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 3,418 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal hold | ||||||||
| Source: History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario[4]: 34 | ||||||||
| 1875 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Rupert Mearse Wells | 1,864 | 65.87 | +13.73 | ||||
| Conservative | D.W. Ross | 966 | 34.13 | −13.73 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,830 | 49.26 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 5,745 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +13.73 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[5] | ||||||||
| 1879 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Rupert Mearse Wells | 2,866 | 50.62 | −15.25 | ||||
| Conservative | Mr. Baird | 2,796 | 49.38 | +15.25 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 5,662 | 72.67 | +23.41 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 7,791 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | −15.25 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[6] | ||||||||
References
- For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
- For Edward Blake's Legislative Assembly information see "Edward Blake, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Rupert Mearse Wells's Legislative Assembly information see "Rupert Mearse Wells, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Hamilton Parke O'Connor's Legislative Assembly information see "Hamilton Parke O'Connor, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Reuben Eldridge Truax's Legislative Assembly information see "Reuben Eldridge Truax, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Robert Edwin Clapp's Legislative Assembly information see "Robert Edwin Clapp, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For John Anderson's Legislative Assembly information see "John Anderson, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Wellington David Cargill's Legislative Assembly information see "Wellington David Cargill, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Frank Rennie's Legislative Assembly information see "Frank Rennie, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Malcolm Alex McCallum's Legislative Assembly information see "Malcolm Alex McCallum, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For Foster Graham Moffatt's Legislative Assembly information see "Foster Graham Moffatt, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- For William John MacKay's Legislative Assembly information see "William John MacKay, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2017.
- "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1867. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
- "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1871. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
- Lewis, Roderick (1968). Centennial Edition of a History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario, 1867–1968. OCLC 1052682.
- "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1875. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
- "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1879. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
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