Brantford (federal electoral district)

For the former provincial electoral district, see Brantford (provincial electoral district).

Brantford was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1904 to 1925 and from 1949 to 1968.

Brantford

Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1903, 1947
District abolished	1924, 1966
First contested	1904
Last contested	1965

The riding was first created in 1903 from parts of Brant South riding. It consisted initially of the city of Brantford, the township of Oakland, and the part of the township of Brantford south and west of the Grand River. The electoral district was abolished in 1924 when it was merged into Brantford City riding.

It was recreated in 1947 from parts of Brant and Brantford City ridings. The second incarnation consisted initially of the city of Brantford, the townships of Burford and Oakland and the part of the township of Brantford lying south and west of the left bank of Grand River, in the county of Brant. In 1952, it was redefined to include a part of the township of Brantford lying to the east of the city Brantford.

The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was merged into Brant riding.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Brant South
10th	1904–1908		William Foster Cockshutt	Conservative
11th	1908–1911		Lloyd Harris	Liberal
12th	1911–1917		William Foster Cockshutt	Conservative
13th	1917–1921			Government (Unionist)
14th	1921–1925		William Gawtress Raymond	Liberal
Riding dissolved into Brantford City
Riding re-created from Brant and Brantford City
21st	1949–1953		William Ross Macdonald	Liberal
22nd	1953–1957		James Elisha Brown
23rd	1957–1958		Jack Wratten	Progressive Conservative
24th	1958–1962
25th	1962–1963		James Elisha Brown	Liberal
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968
Riding dissolved into Brant

Election results

1904–1921

1904 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	William Foster Cockshutt	2,383
	Liberal	Charles Bernard Heyd	2,368

1908 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Lloyd Harris	2,832
	Conservative	William Foster Cockshutt	2,627

1911 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	William Foster Cockshutt	3,159
	Liberal	Thomas Hiram Preston	2,440

1917 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Government (Unionist)	William Foster Cockshutt	5,925
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	John Wedgewood Bowlby	2,233
	Labour	Morrisson Mann MacBride	1,726

1921 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Gawtress Raymond	6,879
	Conservative	William Foster Cockshutt	4,892
	Progressive	Arthur William Burt	1,244

1949–1965

1949 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Ross Macdonald	12,565
	Progressive Conservative	John Tozeland Shillington	6,747
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Reginald Cooper	4,160

1953 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James Elisha Brown	9,576
	Progressive Conservative	John Tozeland Shillington	7,912
	Co-operative Commonwealth	John Houison Gillies	3,839
	Labor–Progressive	Dorise Nielsen	216

1957 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Jack Wratten	9,902
	Liberal	W. John McCormack	8,095
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Margaret McLellan	5,927

1958 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Jack Wratten	14,059
	Liberal	James Gray Leslie	7,694
	Co-operative Commonwealth	John Maycock	3,726

1962 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James Elisha Brown	11,475
	Progressive Conservative	Jack Wratten	8,549
	New Democratic	Robert G. Good	4,085
	Social Credit	Geoffrey E. W. Styles	1,193

1963 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James Elisha Brown	10,804
	Progressive Conservative	Andy Andreasen	9,680
	New Democratic	Bill Humble	3,706
	Social Credit	Herb Motz	766

1965 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James Elisha Brown	9,948
	Progressive Conservative	Ken Hodge	7,825
	New Democratic	Mac Makarchuk	6,176
	Social Credit	Paul Seddon	208

See also

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

External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament
• Riding history from the Library of Parliament