Grey—Bruce

Grey—Bruce was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1968. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1933 from parts of Bruce South and Grey Southeast ridings.

Grey—Bruce
Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1933
District abolished1966
First contested1935
Last contested1965

It consisted of the townships of Artemesia, Bentinck, Egremont, Glenelg, Normanby, Proton and Sullivan in the county of Grey; and the townships of Brant, Carrick and Elderslie in the county of Bruce.

The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed between Bruce, Grey—Simcoe and Wellington—Grey ridings.

Members of Parliament

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

Parliament Years Member Party
Riding created from Bruce South and Grey Southeast
18th  1935–1940     Agnes Macphail United Farmers of Ontario–Labour
19th  1940–1945     Walter Edward Harris Liberal
20th  1945–1949
21st  1949–1953
22nd  1953–1957
23rd  1957–1958     Eric Winkler Progressive Conservative
24th  1958–1962
25th  1962–1963
26th  1963–1965
27th  1965–1968
Riding dissolved into Bruce, Grey—Simcoe and Wellington—Grey

Election results

1935 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
  United Farmers of OntarioLabour Agnes Macphail 7,210
LiberalWalter Allan Hall5,727
ConservativeLewis G. Campbell5,100
1940 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalWalter Edward Harris6,389
National GovernmentKarl Daniel Knechtel4,944
  United Farmers of OntarioLabour Agnes Macphail 4,761
1945 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalWalter Edward Harris8,912
Progressive ConservativeJohn Grierson7,582
Co-operative CommonwealthAlfred Sachs1,127
1949 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalWalter Edward Harris10,528
Progressive ConservativeFrank D. Sawyer6,051
Co-operative CommonwealthRudolph Baltruweit1,137
1953 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalWalter Edward Harris9,236
Progressive ConservativeRankin Lorne Carefoot6,279
1957 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeEric Winkler10,707
LiberalWalter Edward Harris7,606
1958 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeEric Winkler11,878
LiberalThomas Stevenson6,248
1962 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeEric Winkler10,514
LiberalWilliam P. Oswald7,009
New DemocraticElzard J. McAsey763
1963 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeEric Winkler10,535
LiberalDuncan Melvin McCallum6,981
Social CreditGeorge D. Watson566
New DemocraticElzard Joseph McAsey399
1965 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeEric Winkler10,138
LiberalWilliam R. Mathseon5,639
New DemocraticMelvin L. Tebbutt1,706

See also


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