Wellington North (Canadian electoral district)

For the township in Ontario, see Wellington North, Ontario. For the New Zealand electorate, see Wellington North (New Zealand electorate).

Wellington North

Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1867
District abolished	1952
First contested	1867
Last contested	1949

Wellington North was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1953. It was located in the province of Ontario.

It was created by the British North America Act, 1867 which divided the County of Wellington into North, South and Centre Ridings. The North Riding consisted initially of the Townships of Amaranth, Arthur, Luther, Minto, Maryborough, Peel, and the village of Mount Forest.

In 1872, the township of Peel was removed from the riding, and the Village of Mount Arthur was added. In 1882, the riding was re-defined to consist of the townships of Wallace, Minto, Arthur, Luther East, Luther West and Amaranth, the towns of Palmerston, Harriston and Mount Forest, and the villages of Arthur and Clifford.

In 1903, the Wellington's three ridings were combined into two: the north and the south ridings of Wellington. The north riding consisted of the townships of Arthur, Garafraxa West, Luther West, Maryborough, Minto and Peel, the towns of Harriston, Mount Forest and Palmerston, and the villages of Arthur, Clifford and Drayton.

In 1924, the riding was called "Wellington North" and defined as consisting of that part of the county of Wellington lying north of a line described as commencing at the southeast corner of the township of Garafraxa West and following its southerly and westerly boundaries and the southerly boundary of the township of Peel, to the south boundary of Wellington county.

In 1933, it was defined as consisting of the townships of Arthur, Erin, Garafraxa West, Maryborough, Minto, Peel and West Luther in Wellington county, and the townships of Garafraxa East and East Luther in the county of Dufferin. In 1947, it was defined to consist of the townships of Arthur, Erin, Garafraxa West, Maryborough, Minto, Peel and West Luther including the towns of Mount Forest and Palmerston in the county of Wellington, and the townships of Garafraxa East and Luther East in the county of Dufferin, but excluding the town of Orangeville.

The electoral district was abolished in 1952 when it was redistributed between Dufferin—Simcoe, Wellington South and Wellington—Huron ridings.

Members of Parliament

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

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
1st	1867–1872		George Alexander Drew	Liberal–Conservative
2nd	1872–1874		Nathaniel Higinbotham	Liberal
3rd	1874–1875
	1875–1878
4th	1878–1882		George Alexander Drew	Liberal–Conservative
5th	1882–1887		James McMullen	Liberal
6th	1887–1891
7th	1891–1896
8th	1896–1900
9th	1900–1904		Edwin Tolton	Conservative
10th	1904–1907†		Thomas Martin	Liberal
	1907–1908		Alexander Munro Martin
11th	1908–1911
12th	1911–1917		William Aurelius Clarke	Conservative
13th	1917–1921			Government (Unionist)
14th	1921–1925		John Pritchard	Progressive
15th	1925–1926		Duncan Sinclair	Conservative
16th	1926–1930
17th	1930–1935		John Knox Blair	Liberal
18th	1935–1940
19th	1940–1945
20th	1945–1949		Lewis Menary	Progressive Conservative
21st	1949–1953		Arnold Darroch	Liberal
Riding dissolved into Wellington—Huron, Wellington South and Dufferin—Simcoe

Election results

1867 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal–Conservative	George Alexander Drew	1,493
	Unknown	Michael Hamilton Foley	1,271
Eligible voters			3,476
Source: Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1871

1872 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Nathaniel Higinbotham	1,264
	Liberal–Conservative	George Alexander Drew	1,204
Source: Canadian Elections Database

By-election: On Mr. Higinbotham being unseated on petition, 18 March 1875: Wellington North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Nathaniel Higinbotham	1,368
	Liberal–Conservative	George Alexander Drew	1,365

1882 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James McMullen	1,911
	Unknown	J. B. Plumb	1,891

1887 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James McMullen	2,543
	Conservative	Robert Gordon	2,175

1891 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James McMullen	2,486
	Conservative	L. H. Clarke	2,300

1896 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James McMullen	2,712
	Conservative	L. H. Clarke	2,550

By-election: On Mr. Martin's death, 20 October 1907: Wellington North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alexander Munro Martin	2,338
	Conservative	Alex Hamilton	2,072

1904 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Martin	2,849
	Conservative	John McGowan	2,541

1917 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Government (Unionist)	William Aurelius Clarke	3,492
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	James McEwing	1,998

1926 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Duncan Sinclair	4,825
	Liberal	Richard Frederick Dale	4,452

1930 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Knox Blair	4,716
	Conservative	Duncan Sinclair	4,626
Source: lop.parl.ca

1935 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Knox Blair	7,063
	Conservative	Duncas Sinclair	4,485
	Reconstruction	Robert Hoath Smith	1,276

1945/06/11

1949 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Arnold Darroch	6,057
	Progressive Conservative	Lewis Menary	6,025
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Frank J. Heffernan	479

See also

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

External links

• Website of the Parliament of Canada