Perth South (federal electoral district)

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

Perth South 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. The South Riding of the County of Perth initially consisted of the Townships of Blanchard, Downie, South Easthope, Fullarton, Hibbert, and the Villages of Mitchell and St. Marys.

Perth South

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

In 1882, the townships of Usborne were added to the riding, and that of South Easthope was excluded. In 1903, Usborne was removed from the riding, and Easthope South and Logan townships were added. In 1914, the part of the village of Tavistock situated in the township of Easthope South was added.

In 1924, Perth South was defined to consist of the part of the county of Perth lying south of and including the townships of Logan, Fullerton and Downie, south of but excluding the city of Stratford, south of but including the township of Easthope South to the east boundary of the said county. That part of Tavistock lying in the township of Easthope South was also included.

The electoral district was abolished in 1933 when it was redistributed between Huron—Perth and Perth ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
1st	1867–1872		Robert MacFarlane	Liberal
2nd	1872–1874		James Trow
3rd	1874–1878
4th	1878–1882
5th	1882–1887
6th	1887–1891
7th	1891–1892
	1892–1896		William Pridham	Conservative
8th	1896–1900		Dilman Kinsey Erb	Liberal
9th	1900–1904
10th	1904–1908		Gilbert Howard McIntyre
11th	1908–1911
12th	1911–1917		Michael Steele	Conservative
13th	1917–1921			Government (Unionist)
14th	1921–1925		William Forrester	Liberal
15th	1925–1926		Fred Sanderson
16th	1926–1930
17th	1930–1935
Riding dissolved into Perth and Huron—Perth

Election history

1867 Canadian federal election: South Riding of the County of Perth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Robert MacFarlane	1,490
	Unknown	T. B. Guest	1,393
Eligible voters			1,393
Source: Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1871[1]

1872 Canadian federal election: South Riding of the County of Perth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James Trow	1,683
	Unknown	J. Kidd	1,256

1874 Canadian federal election: South Riding of the County of Perth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James Trow	acclaimed

1878 Canadian federal election: South Riding of the County of Perth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James Trow	1,796
	Unknown	E. Hornibrook	1,719

1882 Canadian federal election: South Riding of the County of Perth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James Trow	1,896
	Unknown	Thomas B. Guest	1,717

1887 Canadian federal election: South Riding of the County of Perth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James Trow	2,224
	Conservative	H. F. Sharp	2,131

1891 Canadian federal election: South Riding of the County of Perth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James Trow	2,363
	Conservative	H. F. Sharp	2,186

By-election: On election being declared void, 10 March 1892: South Riding of the County of Perth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	William Pridham	acclaimed

1896 Canadian federal election: South Riding of the County of Perth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	D. K. Erb	2,069
	Conservative	William Pridham	1,851
	Protestant Protective	J. A. Donald	551

1900 Canadian federal election: South Riding of the County of Perth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Dilman Kinsey Erb	2,169
	Conservative	William Pridham	2,160

1904 Canadian federal election: South Riding of the County of Perth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Gilbert H. McIntyre	2,454
	Conservative	Michael Steele	2,310

1908 Canadian federal election: South Riding of the County of Perth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Gilbert Howard McIntyre	2,412
	Conservative	Michael Steele	2,383

1911 Canadian federal election: South Riding of the County of Perth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Michael Steele	2,303
	Liberal	Gilbert Howard McIntyre	2,221

1917 Canadian federal election: South Riding of the County of Perth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Government	Michael Steele	2,770
	Opposition	William Forrester	2,713

1921 Canadian federal election: South Riding of the County of Perth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Forrester	3,209
	Conservative	Michael Steele	2,948
	Progressive	Robert Berry	2,908

1925 Canadian federal election: Perth South
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Frederick George Sanderson	4,455
	Conservative	Robert S. Graham	4,041

1926 Canadian federal election: Perth South
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Fred George Sanderson	4,966
	Conservative	Robert S. Graham	4,451

1930 Canadian federal election: Perth South
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Frederick George Sanderson	5,063
	Conservative	Samuel James Monteith	4,346

See also

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