Perth North (federal electoral district)

This article is about the federal electoral district. For the provincial electoral district, see Perth North (provincial electoral district).

Perth North was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1935. It was located in the province of Ontario. It was created by the British North America Act 1867 which divided the County of Perth into two ridings.

Perth North

Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1867
District abolished	1933
First contested	1867
Last contested	1930

The North Riding of the County of Perth consisted of the Townships of Wallace, Elma, Logan, Ellice, Mornington, and North Easthope, and the Town of Stratford.

In 1882, it was redefined to consist of the townships of Ellice, Elma, Mornington and Logan, the towns of Stratford and Listowel, and the village of Milverton. In 1903, it was redefined to include the township of Easthope North. In 1914, it was redefined to include the township of Wallace, and exclude the township of Logan.

In 1924, Perth North was defined to consist of the part of the county of Perth lying north of and including the township of Easthope North, the city of Stratford, and the townships of Ellice and Elma.

The electoral district was abolished in 1933 when it was merged into Perth riding.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
1st	1867–1872		James Redford	Liberal
2nd	1872–1874		Thomas Mayne Daly Sr.	Liberal–Conservative
3rd	1874–1875		Andrew Monteith	Conservative
	1875–1878
4th	1878–1882		Samuel Rollin Hesson
5th	1882–1887
6th	1887–1891
7th	1891–1892		James Nicol Grieve	Liberal
	1892–1896
8th	1896–1900		Alexander Ferguson MacLaren	Conservative
9th	1900–1904
10th	1904–1908
11th	1908–1911		James Palmer Rankin	Liberal
12th	1911–1917		Hugh Boulton Morphy	Conservative
13th	1917–1921			Government (Unionist)
14th	1921–1925		James Palmer Rankin	Liberal
15th	1925–1926		David McKenzie Wright	Conservative
16th	1926–1930		Wellington Hay	Liberal
17th	1930–1935		David McKenzie Wright	Conservative
Riding dissolved into Perth

Election history

v t e 1867 Canadian federal election: Perth North
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James Redford	1,515
	Liberal-Conservative	Thomas Mayne Daly Sr.	1,307
	Unknown	Grey	0
Source: Canadian Elections Database[1]

v t e 1872 Canadian federal election: Perth North
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal-Conservative	Thomas Mayne Daly Sr.	1,848
	Liberal	James Redford	1,792
Source: Canadian Elections Database[2]

v t e 1874 Canadian federal election: Perth North
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Andrew Monteith	1,992
	Liberal	James Redford	1,829
Source: lop.parl.ca

By-election: On Mr. Monteith being unseated on petition, 7 July 1875: Perth North
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Andrew Monteith	1,737
	Independent	James Fisher	1,717

v t e 1878 Canadian federal election: Perth North
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Samuel Rollin Hesson	2,533
	Independent	J. Fisher	2,450

v t e 1882 Canadian federal election: Perth North
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Samuel Rollin Hesson	1,934
	Independent	Robert Jones	1,682

v t e 1887 Canadian federal election: Perth North
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Samuel Rollin Hesson	2,382
	Liberal	James Johnson	2,182

v t e 1891 Canadian federal election: Perth North
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James Nicol Grieve	2,520
	Conservative	Samuel Rollin Hesson	2,449

By-election: On election being declared void, 19 May 1892: Perth North
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James Nicol Grieve	acclaimed

v t e 1896 Canadian federal election: Perth North
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Alex. F. MacLaren	2,916
	Liberal	James N. Grieve	2,870

v t e 1900 Canadian federal election: Perth North
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	A. F. MacLaren	3,118
	Liberal	George Goetz	2,838

v t e 1904 Canadian federal election: Perth North
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Alexander Ferguson MacLaren	3,618
	Liberal	James P. Mabee	3,298

v t e 1908 Canadian federal election: Perth North
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James Palmer Rankin	3,514
	Conservative	Alexander Ferguson MacLaren	3,473

v t e 1911 Canadian federal election: Perth North
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Hugh Boulton Morphy	3,741
	Liberal	James Palmer Rankin	3,244

v t e 1917 Canadian federal election: Perth North
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Government	Hugh Boulton Morphy	5,977
	Opposition	James Palmer Rankin	4,109

v t e 1921 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James Palmer Rankin	6,030
	Conservative	Hugh Boulton Morphy	5,274
	Progressive	William Andrew Amos	3,425

v t e 1925 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	David McKenzie Wright	7,386
	Liberal	Tom Brown	6,725

v t e 1926 Canadian federal election: Perth North
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Francis Wellington Hay	8,236
	Conservative	David McKenzie Wright	7,596

v t e 1930 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	David M. Wright	8,726
	Liberal	David Smith	7,850
Source: lop.parl.ca

See also

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