Wentworth South (federal electoral district)

Wentworth South was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1904. it was located near Hamilton in the province of Ontario.

It was created by the

. The "South Riding of Wentworth" initially consisted of the Townships of Saltfleet, Binbrook, Glanford, Barton and Ancaster. In 1882, the townships of Grimsby and Caistor, and the village of Grimsby were added, while the Township of Ancaster was removed.

In 1892, it was called "South Wentworth" and redefined to consist of the townships of Saltfleet, Binbrooke, Barton, Glanford, North and South Grimsby, Caistor, East and West Flamborough, the town of Dundas, and the villages of Grimsby and Waterdown.

The electoral district was abolished in 1903 when it was redistributed between Lincoln and Wentworth ridings.

Electoral history

v t e 1867 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joseph Rymal	1,015
	Unknown	Thomas Robertson	988

v t e 1872 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joseph Rymal	1,203
	Unknown	A. Bethune	995

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v t e 1874 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joseph Rymal	1,184
	Conservative	H.B. Bull	875

v t e 1878 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joseph Rymal	1,169
	Unknown	Franklin Metcalfe Carpenter	1,095

v t e 1882 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Lewis Springer	1,253
	Unknown	R.R. Waddell	1,205

v t e 1887 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	F.M. Carpenter	1,839
	Liberal	Jas. Russell	1,663

v t e 1891 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	F.M. Carpenter	1,773
	Liberal	Jas. T. Middleton	1,772

v t e 1896 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Bain	2,673
	Conservative	Andrew H. Pettit	2,486

v t e 1900 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ernest D'Israeli Smith	2,584
	Liberal	William Oscar Sealey	2,428

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

External links

• Website of the Parliament of Canada