Hamilton South Ontario electoral district Legislature House of Commons District created 1952 District abolished 1966 First contested 1953 Last contested 1965
Hamilton South was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1953 to 1965. It was located in the province of Ontario . This riding was created in 1952, from parts of Hamilton East , Hamilton West and Wentworth ridings .
It consisted of the part of the city of Hamilton lying east of Ottawa Street, the brow of the mountain, the part of the city south of the brow and west of Ottawa Street.
The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed between Hamilton East, Hamilton Mountain , Hamilton—Wentworth and ridings.
Members of Parliament [ ]
This riding elected the following members of the House of Commons:
Parliament
Years
Member
Party
Riding created from Hamilton East , Hamilton West and Wentworth
22nd
1953–1957 Russell Reinke Liberal
23rd
1957–1958 Bob McDonald Progressive Conservative
24th
1958–1962
25th
1962–1963
26th
1963–1965 William Dean Howe New Democratic
27th
1965–1968
Riding dissolved into Hamilton East , Hamilton Mountain and Hamilton—Wentworth
Election results [ ]
1953 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
Liberal
Russell Reinke
12,296
Progressive Conservative
Edward Charles David Crockett
9,220
Co-operative Commonwealth
Joseph Lees Easton
7,478
Social Credit
Ethel B. Fagan
582
Labor–Progressive
Stanley Bréhaut Ryerson
573
1957 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
Progressive Conservative
Bob McDonald
16,085
Liberal
Russell Reinke
11,611
Co-operative Commonwealth
David T. Lawrence
11,485
Social Credit
James Ernest Harrison
1,629
1958 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
Progressive Conservative
Bob McDonald
24,453
Co-operative Commonwealth
David Lawrence
10,874
Liberal
Russell Reinke
9,860
1962 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
Progressive Conservative
Bob McDonald
17,392
Liberal
James Charles Custeau
15,933
New Democratic
William Dean Howe
15,899
Social Credit
Peter Paul Lepp
657
1963 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
New Democratic
William Dean Howe
19,205
Liberal
James Charles Custeau
17,842
Progressive Conservative
Bob McDonald
16,441
Social Credit
Peter Paul Lepp
459
1965 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
New Democratic
William Dean Howe
22,736
Liberal
James Alexander Bethune
19,693
Progressive Conservative
Ralph Whittington Brown
11,425
Social Credit
Russell Thomas Davis
359
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