Perth South

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 of 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.

In 1882, the townships of Usborne was 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[]

Parliament	Years	Member and margin of victory				Party
1st	1867–1872	3.4%			Robert MacFarlane	Liberal
2nd	1872–1874	14.5%			James Trow
3rd	1874–1878	acclaimed
4th	1878–1882	2.2%
5th	1882–1887	5.0%
6th	1887–1891	2.1%
7th	1891–1892	3.9%
7th*	1892–1896	acclaimed			William Pridham	Conservative
8th	1896–1900	4.9%			Dilman Kinsey Erb	Liberal
9th	1900–1904	0.2%
10th	1904–1908	3.0%			Gilbert Howard McIntyre
11th	1908–1911	0.6%
12th	1911–1917	1.8%			Michael Steele	Conservative
13th	1917–1921	1.0%
14th	1921–1925	2.9%			William Forrester	Liberal
15th	1925–1926	4.9%			Frederick George Sanderson
16th	1926–1930	5.5%
17th	1930–1935	7.6%

* denotes byelection

Electoral history[]

See also[]

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

External links[]

• Website of the Parliament of Canada