Grey South (federal electoral district)

Grey South was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1876 to 1917. It was located in the province of Ontario. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867 which divided the County of Grey into two ridings: Grey South and Grey North.

This article is about the federal electoral district. For the provincial electoral district, see Grey South (provincial electoral district).

Grey South

Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1867
District abolished	1914
First contested	1867
Last contested	1911

The South Riding consisted of the Townships of Bentinck, Glenelg, Artemesia, Osprey, Normanby, Egremont, Proton and Melancthon. In 1872, the County of Grey was divided into three ridings when Grey East was created. The townships of Artemesia, Osprey, Proton and Melancthon were excluded from the south riding. In 1882, the township of Artemesia and the town of Durham were incorporated into the riding. In 1903, the township of Sullivan and the village of Hanover were incorporated into the riding.

The electoral district was abolished in 1914 when it was merged into Grey Southeast riding.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
1st	1867–1872		George Jackson	Conservative
2nd	1872–1874		George Landerkin	Liberal
3rd	1874–1848
4th	1878–1882		George Jackson	Liberal–Conservative
5th	1882–1887		George Landerkin	Liberal
6th	1887–1891
7th	1891–1896
8th	1896–1900
9th	1900–1904		Matthew Kendal Richardson	Liberal–Conservative
10th	1904–1908		Henry Horton Miller	Liberal
11th	1908–1911
12th	1911–1917		Robert James Ball	Conservative
Riding dissolved into Grey Southeast

Election results

v t e 1867 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	George Jackson	1,560
	Unknown	R. Dalgleish	1,547
Eligible voters			3,885
Source: Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1871[1]

v t e 1872 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	George Landerkin	1,150
	Conservative	George Jackson	977
Source: Canadian Elections Database[2]

v t e 1874 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	George Landerkin	1,248
	Unknown	? Prebble	863

v t e 1878 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	George Jackson	1,163
	Liberal	George Landerkin	1,082

v t e 1882 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	George Landerkin	1,765
	Liberal–Conservative	Geo. Jackson	1,689

v t e 1887 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	George Landerkin	2,292
	Conservative	David Jamieson	2,195

v t e 1891 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	George Landerkin	2,284
	Conservative	John Blyth	2,281

v t e 1896 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	George Landerkin	1,819
	Conservative	David Jameson	1,753
	Patrons of Industry	William Allan	1,196

v t e 1900 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	Matthew Richardson	2,375
	Liberal	George Landerkin	2,231

v t e 1904 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Henry Horton Miller	2,227
	Conservative	Charles McKinnon	1,911

v t e 1908 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Henry Horton Miller	2,267
	Conservative	Robert James Ball	2,180

v t e 1911 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Robert James Ball	2,139
	Liberal	Henry Horton Miller	2,091

See also

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

References

1. "Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1871". 12 September 1871. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
2. Sayers, Anthony M. "1872 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 3 February 2024.

External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament