Brant South (provincial electoral district)

This article is about the provincial electoral district. For the federal electoral district, see Brant South.

Brant South was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1867 at the time of confederation and was abolished at the 1926 provincial election

Brant South
Brantford

Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	1867
District abolished	1933
First contested	1867
Last contested	1923

Members of Provincial Parliament

Brant South
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
1st	1867–1871		Edmund Burke Wood	Conservative
2nd	1871–1873
	1873–1875		Arthur Sturgis Hardy	Liberal
3rd	1875–1879
4th	1879–1883
5th	1883–1886
6th	1886–1890
7th	1890–1894
8th	1894–1898
9th	1898–1899
	1899–1902		Thomas Hiram Preston
10th	1902–1904
11th	1905–1908
12th	1908–1911		Willoughby Staples Brewster	Conservative
13th	1911–1914
14th	1914–1919		Joseph Henry Ham	Liberal
15th	1919–1923		M.M. MacBride	Labour
16th	1923–1926
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[1]
Merged into Brantford before 1926 election

Election results

v t e 1867 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Edmund Burke Wood	1,268	54.37
	Liberal	H. Biggar	1,064	45.63
Total valid votes			2,332	71.45
Eligible voters			3,264
	Conservative pickup new district.
Source: Elections Ontario[2]

v t e 1871 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edmund Burke Wood	1,172	52.70	−1.68
	Liberal	Mr. Plewes	1,052	47.30	+1.68
Turnout			2,224	66.55	−4.90
Eligible voters			3,342
	Conservative hold		Swing		−1.68
Source: Elections Ontario[3]

v t e Ontario provincial by-election, May 1873 Resignation of Edmund Burke Wood
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Arthur Sturgis Hardy	1,288	53.76	+6.45
	Independent	J.J. Hawkins	1,108	46.24
Total valid votes			2,396	100.0	+7.73
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+6.45
Source: History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario[4]: 22

v t e 1875 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Arthur Sturgis Hardy	Acclaimed
Source: Elections Ontario[5]

v t e Ontario provincial by-election, March 1877 Ministerial by-election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Arthur Sturgis Hardy	Acclaimed
Source: History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario[4]: 22

v t e 1879 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Arthur Sturgis Hardy	1,622	56.87
	Conservative	Mr. Wilson	1,230	43.13
Total valid votes			2,852	60.93
Eligible voters			4,681
	Liberal hold		Swing		–
Source: Elections Ontario[6]