Perth North
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Perth North was a federal electoral district
represented in the Canadian
House of Commons
from 1867 to 1935. It was located in the province
of Ontario
. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867 which divided the County of Perth into two ridings.
The North Riding of the County of Perth consisted of the Townships of Wallace, Elma, Logan, Ellice, Mornington, and North Easthope, and the Town of Stratford.
In 1882, it was redefined to consist of the townships of Ellice, Elma, Mornington and Logan, the towns of Stratford and Listowel, and the village of Milverton. In 1903, it was redefined to include the township of Easthope North. In 1914, it was redefined to include the township of Wallace, and exclude the township of Logan.
In 1924, Perth North was defined to consist of the part of the county of Perth lying north of and including the township of Easthope North, the city of Stratford, and the townships of Ellice and Elma.
The electoral district was abolished in 1933 when it was merged into Perth
riding.
|Liberal
|REDFORD, James
|align="right"| 1,515
|Liberal-Conservative
|DALY, Thomas Mayne
|align="right"| 1,307
|}
|-
|Liberal-Conservative
|DALY, Thomas Mayne
|align="right"| 1,848
|Liberal
|REDFORD, J.
|align="right"| 1,792
|}
|-
|Conservative
|MONTEITH, Andrew
|align="right"| 1,992
|Liberal
|REDFORD, J.
|align="right"| 1,829
|}
|-
|Conservative
|MONTEITH, Andrew
|align="right"| 1,737
|Independent
|FISHER, James
|align="right"|1,717
|}
|-
|Conservative
|HESSON, Samuel Rollin
|align="right"| 2,533
|Independent
|FISHER, J.
|align="right"| 2,450
|}
|-
|Conservative
|HESSON, Samuel Rollin
|align="right"| 1,934
|Independent
|JONES, Robert
|align="right"| 1,682
|}
|-
|Conservative
|HESSON, S.R.
|align="right"| 2,382
|Liberal
|JOHNSON, Jas.
|align="right"| 2,182
|}
|-
|Liberal
|GRIEVE, Jas.
|align="right"| 2,520
|Conservative
|HESSON, Samuel R.
|align="right"|2,449
|}
|-
|Liberal
|GRIEVE, James Nicol
|align="right"| acclaimed
|}
|-
|Conservative
|MACLAREN, Alex. F.
|align="right"| 2,916
|Liberal
|GRIEVE, James N.
|align="right"| 2,870
|}
|-
|Conservative
|MACLAREN, A.F.
|align="right"| 3,118
|Liberal
|GOETZ, George
|align="right"|2,838
|}
|-
|Conservative
|MACLAREN, Alexander Ferguson
|align="right"| 3,618
|Liberal
|MABEE, James P.
|align="right"|3,298
|}
|-
|Liberal
|RANKIN, James Palmer
|align="right"| 3,514
|Conservative
|MACLAREN, Alexander Ferguson
|align="right"| 3,473
|}
|-
|Conservative
|MORPHY, Hugh Boulton
|align="right"| 3,741
|Liberal
|RANKIN, James Palmer
|align="right"| 3,244
|}
|-
|Government
|MORPHY, Hugh Boulton
|align="right"| 5,977
|Opposition
|RANKIN, James Palmer
|align="right"| 4,109
|}
|-
|Liberal
|RANKIN, James Palmer
|align="right"|6,030
|Conservative
|MORPHY, Hugh Boulton
|align="right"| 5,274
|Progressive
|AMOS, William Andrew
|align="right"|3,425
|}
|-
|Conservative
|WRIGHT, David McKenzie
|align="right"| 7,386
|Liberal
|BROWN, Tom
|align="right"| 6,725
|}
|-
|Liberal
|HAY, Francis Wellington
|align="right"|8,236
|Conservative
|WRIGHT, David McKenzie
|align="right"|7,596
|}
|-
|Conservative
|WRIGHT, David M.
|align="right"| 8,726
|Liberal
|SMITH, David
|align="right"| 7,850
|}
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
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
House of Commons
Canadian House of Commons
The House of Commons of Canada is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign and the Senate. The House of Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 308 members known as Members of Parliament...
from 1867 to 1935. It was located in the province
Provinces and territories of Canada
The provinces and territories of Canada combine to make up the world's second-largest country by area. There are ten provinces and three territories...
of Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867 which divided the County of Perth into two ridings.
The North Riding of the County of Perth consisted of the Townships of Wallace, Elma, Logan, Ellice, Mornington, and North Easthope, and the Town of Stratford.
In 1882, it was redefined to consist of the townships of Ellice, Elma, Mornington and Logan, the towns of Stratford and Listowel, and the village of Milverton. In 1903, it was redefined to include the township of Easthope North. In 1914, it was redefined to include the township of Wallace, and exclude the township of Logan.
In 1924, Perth North was defined to consist of the part of the county of Perth lying north of and including the township of Easthope North, the city of Stratford, and the townships of Ellice and Elma.
The electoral district was abolished in 1933 when it was merged into Perth
Perth (electoral district)
Perth was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1935 to 1988...
riding.
Electoral history
|-|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
|REDFORD, James
James Redford
James Redford was an Ontario businessman and political figure. He represented Perth North in the Canadian House of Commons as a Liberal member from 1867 to 1872....
|align="right"| 1,515
|Liberal-Conservative
Liberal-Conservative Party
The Liberal-Conservative Party was the formal name of the Conservative Party of Canada until 1873, although some Conservative candidates continued to run under the label as late as the 1911 election and others ran as simple Conservatives prior to 1873...
|DALY, Thomas Mayne
Thomas Mayne Daly, Sr.
Thomas Mayne Daly was a businessman and political figure in Canada West . He represented the riding of Perth North in the Canadian House of Commons and in the Ontario Provincial Parliament....
|align="right"| 1,307
|}
|-
|Liberal-Conservative
Liberal-Conservative Party
The Liberal-Conservative Party was the formal name of the Conservative Party of Canada until 1873, although some Conservative candidates continued to run under the label as late as the 1911 election and others ran as simple Conservatives prior to 1873...
|DALY, Thomas Mayne
Thomas Mayne Daly, Sr.
Thomas Mayne Daly was a businessman and political figure in Canada West . He represented the riding of Perth North in the Canadian House of Commons and in the Ontario Provincial Parliament....
|align="right"| 1,848
|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
|REDFORD, J.
|align="right"| 1,792
|}
|-
|Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
|MONTEITH, Andrew
Andrew Monteith
Andrew Monteith was an Ontario businessman and political figure. He represented Perth North in the Parliament of Ontario from 1867 to 1874 and in the Canadian House of Commons as a Conservative member from 1874 to 1878....
|align="right"| 1,992
|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
|REDFORD, J.
|align="right"| 1,829
|}
|-
|Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
|MONTEITH, Andrew
|align="right"| 1,737
|Independent
|FISHER, James
|align="right"|1,717
|}
|-
|Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
|HESSON, Samuel Rollin
Samuel Rollin Hesson
Samuel Rollin Hesson was an Irish-born merchant and political figure in Ontario, Canada. He represented Perth North in the Canadian House of Commons from 1878 to 1891 as a Conservative member....
|align="right"| 2,533
|Independent
|FISHER, J.
|align="right"| 2,450
|}
|-
|Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
|HESSON, Samuel Rollin
|align="right"| 1,934
|Independent
|JONES, Robert
|align="right"| 1,682
|}
|-
|Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
|HESSON, S.R.
|align="right"| 2,382
|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
|JOHNSON, Jas.
|align="right"| 2,182
|}
|-
|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
|GRIEVE, Jas.
|align="right"| 2,520
|Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
|HESSON, Samuel R.
|align="right"|2,449
|}
|-
|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
|GRIEVE, James Nicol
|align="right"| acclaimed
|}
|-
|Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
|MACLAREN, Alex. F.
|align="right"| 2,916
|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
|GRIEVE, James N.
|align="right"| 2,870
|}
|-
|Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
|MACLAREN, A.F.
|align="right"| 3,118
|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
|GOETZ, George
|align="right"|2,838
|}
|-
|Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
|MACLAREN, Alexander Ferguson
|align="right"| 3,618
|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
|MABEE, James P.
|align="right"|3,298
|}
|-
|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
|RANKIN, James Palmer
|align="right"| 3,514
|Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
|MACLAREN, Alexander Ferguson
|align="right"| 3,473
|}
|-
|Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
|MORPHY, Hugh Boulton
|align="right"| 3,741
|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
|RANKIN, James Palmer
|align="right"| 3,244
|}
|-
|Government
|MORPHY, Hugh Boulton
|align="right"| 5,977
|Opposition
Laurier Liberals
Prior to the 1917 federal election in Canada, the Liberal Party of Canada split into two factions:* the Laurier Liberals, who opposed conscription of soldiers to support Canada's involvement in World War I and who were led by former Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier; and* the Liberal Unionists who...
|RANKIN, James Palmer
|align="right"| 4,109
|}
|-
|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
|RANKIN, James Palmer
|align="right"|6,030
|Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
|MORPHY, Hugh Boulton
|align="right"| 5,274
|Progressive
Progressive Party of Canada
The Progressive Party of Canada was a political party in Canada in the 1920s and 1930s. It was linked with the provincial United Farmers parties in several provinces and, in Manitoba, ran candidates and formed governments as the Progressive Party of Manitoba...
|AMOS, William Andrew
|align="right"|3,425
|}
|-
|Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
|WRIGHT, David McKenzie
|align="right"| 7,386
|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
|BROWN, Tom
|align="right"| 6,725
|}
|-
|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
|HAY, Francis Wellington
|align="right"|8,236
|Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
|WRIGHT, David McKenzie
|align="right"|7,596
|}
|-
|Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
|WRIGHT, David M.
|align="right"| 8,726
|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
|SMITH, David
|align="right"| 7,850
|}
See also
- List of Canadian federal electoral districts
- Past Canadian electoral districts