Huron—Perth

Huron—Perth was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1953. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1933 from parts of Huron South and Perth South ridings.

Huron—Perth

Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1935
District abolished	1952
First contested	1935
Last contested	1949

It was initially defined to consist of the townships of Fullarton and Hibbert in the county of Perth, the townships of Hullett, McKillop, Stanley, Tuckersmith, Hay, Stephen and Usborne in the county of Huron.

In 1947, the riding was expanded to include the township of Logan and the town of Mitchell in the county of Perth.

The electoral district was abolished in 1952 when it was redistributed between Huron and Perth ridings.

Members of Parliament

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

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Huron South and Perth South
18th	1935–1940		William Henry Golding	Liberal
19th	1940–1945
20th	1945–1949
21st	1949–1953		Andrew Young McLean
Riding dissolved into Huron and Perth

Election results

1935 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Henry Golding	6,260
	Conservative	Frank Donnelly	3,001
	Reconstruction	Robert J. McMillan	1,530

1940 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Henry Golding	5,622
	National Government	James Wilson Morley	3,472

1945 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Henry Golding	5,645
	Progressive Conservative	Thomas Pryde	5,170
	Co-operative Commonwealth	George Alexander Cann	353

1949 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Andrew Young McLean	7,000
	Progressive Conservative	Elgin McKinley	6,705
	Co-operative Commonwealth	John Robert Peters	558

See also

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