Brantford City

Brantford City was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1925 to 1949. This riding was created in 1924 from parts of Brantford riding.

Brantford City
Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1924
District abolished1947
First contested1925
Last contested1945

It consisted initially of the City of Brantford (according to its 1914 boundaries) and the township of Oakland and the part of the township of Brantford lying south and west of the Grand River, in the county of Brant.

The electoral district was abolished in 1947 when it was merged into Brantford riding.

Members of Parliament

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

Parliament Years Member Party
Riding created from Brantford
15th  1925–1926     Robert Edwy Ryerson Conservative
16th  1926–1930
17th  1930–1935
18th  1935–1940     William Ross Macdonald Liberal
19th  1940–1945
20th  1945–1949
Riding dissolved into Brantford

Election results

1925 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeRobert Edwy Ryerson7,395
LiberalWilliam Gawtress Raymond4,952
1926 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeRobert Edwy Ryerson7,070
LiberalWilliam Ross Macdonald5,993
1930 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeRobert Edwy Ryerson9,154
LiberalWilliam Ross Macdonald6,072
1935 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalWilliam Ross Macdonald7,383
ConservativeRobert Edwy Ryerson6,511
Co-operative CommonwealthWilliam John Cowherd1,618
ReconstructionAllan Kneale1,202
1940 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalWilliam Ross Macdonald8,013
National GovernmentCharles Eardley Wilmot6,312
Co-operative CommonwealthJohn Henry Matthews1,315
1945 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalWilliam Ross Macdonald8,670
Progressive ConservativeWalter James Dowden6,988
Co-operative CommonwealthNelson Cox2,437

See also

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