Essex South

Essex South
Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1882
District abolished	1966
First contested	1882
Last contested	1965

For the defunct provincial electoral district, see Essex South (provincial electoral district).

Essex South was a federal and provincial electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1882 to 1968. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1882 from parts of Essex riding.

It was created when the County of Essex was divided into two ridings: Essex North and Essex South. It initially consisted of the townships of Anderdon, Malden, North Colchester, South Colchester, Gosfield, Mersea, the town of Amherstburg, the villages of Leamington and Kingsville, and Pelée Island in the county of Essex.

In 1903, it was expanded to include the townships of Malden, Tilbury North, Tilbury West, Essex, and the portion of the village of Tilbury lying in the county of Essex. In 1914, it was expanded to include the village of Wheatley lying in the county of Essex.

In 1924, it was redefined to consist of the townships of Anderdon, Malden, Sandwich South, Colchester (North and South), Gosfield (North and South), Mersea and Pelee Island in the county of Essex, and the part of the village of Wheatley lying in the county of Kent. In 1933, it was expanded to exclude the township of Sandwich South, and the village of Wheatley. In 1947, it was redefined to include Pelee Island, Sandwich South, Tilbury West and the town of Essex, and exclude the village of Wheatley and the town of Tilbury.

In 1952, it was redefined to consist of the townships of Anderdon, Malden, Colchester (North and South), Gosfield (North and South), Mersea, Pelee Island, Sandwich South, Tilbury West and the town of Essex but excluding the village of Wheatley.

The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed between Essex and Essex—Kent ridings.

Members of Parliament[]

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

Parliament	Years		Party
Riding created from Essex
5th	1882–1887	Lewis Wigle	Conservative
6th	1887–1891	James Brien	Liberal
7th	1891–1896	Henry William Allan
8th	1896–1900	Mahlon K. Cowan
9th	1900–1904	Mahlon K. Cowan
10th	1904–1908	Alfred Henry Clarke
11th	1908–1911
12th	1911–1917
13th	1917–1921	John Wesley Brien	Government (Unionist)
14th	1921–1921	George Perry Graham	Liberal
14th	1922–1925	George Perry Graham	Liberal
15th	1925–1926	Eccles James Gott	Conservative
16th	1926–1930
17th	1930–1935
18th	1935–1940	Murray Clark	Liberal
19th	1940–1945
20th	1945–1949
21st	1949–1953
22nd	1953–1957
23rd	1957–1958	Richard Thrasher	Progressive Conservative
24th	1958–1962	Richard Thrasher	Progressive Conservative
25th	1962–1963	Eugene Whelan	Liberal
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968
Riding dissolved into Essex and Essex—Kent

Election results[]

Federal[]

1882 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Lewis Wigle	1,475
	Unknown	William McGregor	1,415

1887 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James Brien	2,177
	Conservative	Lewis Wigle	2,144

1891 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Henry William Allan	2,390
	Conservative	Lewis Wigle	2,333

1896 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Mahlon K. Cowan	2,426
	Conservative	S. A. King	2,244

1900 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Mahlon K. Cowan	2,539
	Conservative	Lewis Wigle	2,456

1904 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Alfred Henry Clarke	3,193
	Conservative	Lewis Wigle	2,780

1908 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Alfred Henry Clarke	3,334
	Conservative	Darius Wigle	2,611

1911 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Alfred Henry Clarke	2,946
	Conservative	William Frederick Park	2,745

1917 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Government (Unionist)	John Wesley Brien	3,645
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	Robert Atkin	3,476

1921 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	George Perry Graham	4,968
	Progressive	Thomas James Willan	4,455
	Conservative	Eugene S. Scratch	2,953

On Mr. Graham's being named Minister of Militia and Defence, 29 December 1921, and Minister of Naval Service, 29 December 1921:

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 19 January 1922
	Liberal	George Perry Graham	acclaimed

1925 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Eccles James Gott	6,851
	Liberal	George Perry Graham	6,017

1926 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Eccles James Gott	6,761
	Liberal	Thomas Rowley	6,438

1930 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Eccles James Gott	8,261
	Liberal	John Clarence Montgomery	6,281

1935 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Murray Clark	5,592
	Conservative	Eccles James Gott	4,889
	Unknown	James Ramsey Morris	2,563

1940 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Murray Clark	7,624
	National Government	Albert Leonard Bruner	5,457

1945 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Murray Clark	7,875
	Progressive Conservative	William D. Conklin	7,540
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Edward Amos McGee	574

1949 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Murray Clark	10,427
	Progressive Conservative	Fred Jasperson	9,110

1953 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Murray Clark	10,620
	Progressive Conservative	Percy McKee	7,420

1957 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Richard Thrasher	10,006
	Liberal	Robert M. Clark	9,580
	Co-operative Commonwealth	E. Lee MacMillan	775
	Social Credit	Edgar B. Charron	311

1958 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Richard Thrasher	14,326
	Liberal	Thomas Charles Odette	8,222
	Co-operative Commonwealth	George Haggar	861

1962 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Eugene Whelan	11,397
	Progressive Conservative	Richard Thrasher	10,409
	New Democratic	Val Cervin	1,342
	Unknown	Jack Backer	284

1963 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Eugene Whelan	12,947
	Progressive Conservative	Richard Thrasher	12,178
	Social Credit	Jack Backer	419

1965 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Eugene Whelan	12,887
	Progressive Conservative	Richard Thrasher	10,072
	New Democratic	Donald E. Bertrand	1,329

Provincial (partial)[]

v t Ontario provincial by-election, December 2, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Bruce Crozier	12,736
	Progressive Conservative	Joan Flood	3,295
	New Democratic	David Maris	1,100
	Family Coalition	Joyce Ann Cherryr	1,060
	Green	Michael Green	132
	Independent	John Turmel	84

External links[]

Riding history from the Library of Parliament

v t Historical federal ridings in Ontario
Until 2015	Ajax—Pickering Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale Barrie Bramalea—Gore—Malton Brampton—Springdale Brant Carleton—Mississippi Mills Chatham-Kent—Essex Halton Kitchener—Waterloo Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington Leeds—Grenville Mississauga—Brampton South Mississauga—Erindale Mississauga South Nepean—Carleton Niagara West—Glanbrook Northumberland—Quinte West Oak Ridges—Markham Ottawa—Orléans Peterborough Pickering—Scarborough East Prince Edward—Hastings St. Paul's Scarborough—Rouge River Trinity—Spadina Vaughan Welland Whitby—Oshawa York West
Until 2006	Clarington—Scugog—Uxbridge Grey—Bruce—Owen Sound Middlesex—Kent—Lambton
Until 2004	Algoma—Manitoulin Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Aldershot Barrie—Simcoe—Bradford Bramalea—Gore—Malton—Springdale Brampton Centre Brampton West—Mississauga Bruce—Grey Carleton—Lanark Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey Durham Erie—Lincoln Guelph—Wellington Haldimand—Norfolk—Brant Haliburton—Victoria—Brock Hamilton East Hamilton West Hastings—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington Kenora—Rainy River Lambton—Kent—Middlesex Markham Mississauga Centre Mississauga East Mississauga West Niagara Centre Nipissing Northumberland Oak Ridges Perth—Middlesex Pickering—Ajax—Uxbridge Scarborough East Stoney Creek Stormont—Dundas—Charlotenburgh Thunder Bay—Atikokan Timiskaming—Cochrane Toronto Centre—Rosedale Vaughan—King—Aurora Waterloo—Wellington Whitby—Ajax Windsor—St. Clair York North
Until 2000	Bramalea—Gore—Malton Broadview—Greenwood Carleton—Gloucester Kent—Essex London—Adelaide Stormont—Dundas Victoria—Haliburton Wentworth—Burlington
Until 1997	Algoma Beaches—Woodbine Brampton Cochrane—Superior Don Valley North Elgin—Norfolk Erie Essex—Kent Essex—Windsor Haldimand—Norfolk Halton—Peel Hamilton—Wentworth Kent Kitchener Lambton—Middlesex Lincoln London East London—Middlesex Markham—Whitchurch-Stouffville Nepean Oakville—Milton Ontario Ottawa West Perth—Wellington—Waterloo Rosedale Scarborough West Simcoe Centre Thunder Bay—Nipigon Timiskaming—French River Timmins—Chapleau Waterloo Welland—St. Catharines—Thorold Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Simcoe York—Simcoe
Until 1993	Brampton—Malton Elgin Markham Renfrew Timiskaming Windsor—Lake St. Clair
Until 1988	Beaches Brampton—Georgetown Durham—Northumberland Grey—Simcoe Guelph Halton Lanark—Renfrew—Carleton Mississauga North Nepean—Carleton Ottawa—Carleton Perth Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke Simcoe South Spadina Trinity Welland Wellington—Dufferin—Simcoe Windsor—Walkerville York East York—Peel York—Scarborough
Until 1984	Cochrane Hastings—Frontenac Sarnia
Until 1979	Broadview Bruce Don Valley Eglinton Etobicoke Fort William Frontenac—Lennox and Addington Greenwood Grenville—Carleton Halton—Wentworth Hastings High Park—Humber Valley Huron—Middlesex Kent—Essex Lambton—Kent Leeds Middlesex—London—Lambton Mississauga Norfolk—Haldimand Northumberland—Durham Oshawa—Whitby Parkdale Peel—Dufferin—Simcoe Perth—Wilmot Port Arthur Renfrew North—Nipissing East Sarnia—Lambton Thunder Bay Timmins Toronto—Lakeshore Waterloo—Cambridge Wellington Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Waterloo York—Simcoe York South
Until 1974	Huron Middlesex Ottawa East Peel South Waterloo
Until 1972	Essex Glengarry—Prescott High Park Lakeshore Lanark and Renfrew Perth Renfrew North Sarnia Wellington—Grey
Until 1968	Algoma East Algoma West Brant—Haldimand Brantford Carleton Danforth Dufferin—Simcoe Durham Essex East Essex South Essex West Grenville—Dundas Grey—Bruce Grey North Hamilton South Hastings—Frontenac Hastings South Kent Kingston Lambton West Lanark London Middlesex East Middlesex West Norfolk Northumberland Peel Prince Edward—Lennox Renfrew South Russell Simcoe East Stormont Victoria Waterloo North Waterloo South Wellington—Huron Wellington South Wentworth York—Humber
Until 1953	Brant—Wentworth Frontenac—Addington Glengarry Haldimand Hastings—Peterborough Huron North Huron—Perth Kingston City Peterborough West Prescott Wellington North
Until 1949	Brant Brantford City Muskoka—Ontario Parry Sound
Until 1935	Bruce North Bruce South Elgin West Grey Southeast Huron South Lambton East Norfolk—Elgin City of Ottawa Oxford North Oxford South Perth North Perth South Port Arthur—Thunder Bay Timiskaming North Timiskaming South Toronto East Toronto East Centre Toronto—High Park Toronto Northeast Toronto Northwest Toronto—Scarborough Toronto South Toronto West Centre
Until 1925	Brantford Dufferin Dundas Elgin East Essex North Fort William and Rainy River Frontenac Glengarry and Stormont Grenville Hastings East Hastings West Kingston Lennox and Addington Muskoka Norfolk North Oxford Ontario North Ontario South Peterborough East Port Arthur and Kenora Prince Edward Simcoe South South Oxford Timiskaming Toronto Centre Toronto North Toronto West York East
Until 1917	Brockville Glengarry Grey East Grey South Huron East Huron West Kent East Kent West Lanark North Lanark South Middlesex North Northumberland East Northumberland West Stormont Thunder Bay and Rainy River York Centre
Until 1904	Addington Algoma Bothwell Brant South Bruce East Bruce West Cardwell Centre Toronto Cornwall and Stormont Durham East Durham West East York Grenville South Haldimand and Monck Hamilton Hastings North Kent Leeds North and Grenville North Leeds South Lennox Lincoln and Niagara Middlesex South Muskoka and Parry Sound Norfolk North Norfolk South Ontario West Victoria North Victoria South Wellington Centre Wentworth North and Brant Wentworth South West Toronto York West
Until 1896	Brant North Haldimand Monck Wentworth North
Until 1882	Bruce South Cornwall Essex Huron Centre Huron North Lambton Lincoln Muskoka Niagara Stormont