Lanark South was a federal electoral district

Electoral district (Canada)

An electoral district in Canada, also known as a constituency or a riding, is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based...

 represented in the Canadian

Canada

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 House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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 from 1867 to 1917. It was located in the province

Provinces and territories of Canada

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 of Ontario

Ontario

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. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867 which divided the County of Lanark into two ridings: Lanark South and Lanark North

Lanark North

Lanark North was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1917. It was located in the province of Ontario...

.

In 1882, the South Riding of Lanark was defined as consisting of the townships of Bathurst, North Elmsley, Beckwith, South Sherbrooke, North Burgess, Drummond and Montague, the Town of Perth, and the Village of Carleton Place.

In 1903, the Town of Smith's Falls was added to the riding, and the Village of Carleton Place was excluded.

The electoral district was abolished in 1914 when it was merged into Lanark

Lanark (electoral district)

Lanark was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1917 to 1968. It was located in the province of Ontario...

 riding.

Electoral history

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|MORRIS, Alexander

Alexander Morris

Alexander Morris, PC was a Canadian politician. He served in the cabinet of Prime Minister John A. Macdonald , and was the second Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba...

|align="right"| acclaimed
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On Mr. Morris being named Minister of Inland Revenue

Minister of Inland Revenue

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, 16 November 1869:

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|MORRIS, Alexander
|align="right"|acclaimed
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|HAGGART, John Graham

John Graham Haggart

John Graham Haggart, PC was a Canadian politician.A member of the Canadian House of Commons, he was the Postmaster General and the Minister of Railways and Canals. He was Mayor of Perth, Ontario in 1867, 1869 and 1871....

|align="right"|1,318
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|BELL,
|align="right"|562
|}
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|HAGGART, John Graham
|align="right"|1,318
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|GOULD, John Henry
|align="right"| 889
|}
|-

|HAGGART, J. H.
|align="right"|1,585
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|FROST,
|align="right"|1,261
|}
|-

|HAGGART, John Graham
|align="right"|acclaimed
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|-

|HAGGART, John Graham
|align="right"|1,762
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|KIPPEN, Duncan
|align="right"|880
|}

On Mr. Haggart being named Postmaster General, 3 August 1888:

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|HAGGART, John Graham
|align="right"|acclaimed
|}
|-

|HAGGART, J. H.
|align="right"|1,804
|-

|MCGARRY, William
|align="right"|1,174
|}
|-

|HAGGART, J. H.
|align="right"|1,939
|-

|FERGUSON, John
|align="right"|1,560
|}
|-

|HAGGART, Hon. John
|align="right"|2,010
|-

|PRESTON, Richard F.
|align="right"| 1,626
|}
|-

|HAGGART, John Graham
|align="right"|2,075
|-

|DWYER, Andrew W.
|align="right"|1,185
|}
|-

|HAGGART, Hon. John Graham
|align="right"|2,108
|-

|MCKIMM, George Fred
|align="right"|1,349
|}
|-

|HAGGART, Hon. John Graham
|align="right"|2,234
|-

|MCKIMM, George Frederick
|align="right"|1,067
|}

On Mr. Haggart's death, 13 March 1913:

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|HANNA, Adelbert Edward

Adelbert Edward Hanna

Adelbert Edward Hanna was a physician and political figure in Ontario, Canada. He represented Lanark South from 1913 to 1917 as a Conservative and Lanark from 1917 to 1918 as a Unionist Party member....

|align="right"| 1,907
|-

|BALDERSON, J.M.
|align="right"|1,773
|-

|HAWKES, Arthur
|align="right"|65
|}

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

• Parliamentary website