Wellington—Grey

Wellington—Grey

Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1966
District abolished	1976
First contested	1968
Last contested	1974

Wellington—Grey, renamed Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Waterloo in 1970, was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1979. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1966 from parts of Dufferin—Simcoe, Grey—Bruce, Waterloo North, Wellington South and Wellington—Huron ridings.

Wellington—Grey consisted of:

• the Townships of Amarath, East Luther, Melancthon and East Garafraxa excepting the Town of Orangeville in the County of Dufferin,
• the Town of Durham and the Townships of Artemesia, Egremont, Glenelg, Normanby and Proton in the County of Grey,
• the Townships of Wellesley and Woolwich in the County of Waterloo,
• the Townships of Arthur, West Garafraxa, West Luther, Maryborough, Minto, Nichol, Peel and Pilkington in the County of Wellington, and
• the Town of Palmerston.

The electoral district was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed between Bruce—Grey, Dufferin—Wellington, Grey—Simcoe, Guelph and Waterloo ridings.

Members of Parliament

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Wellington—Grey Riding created from Dufferin—Simcoe, Grey—Bruce, Waterloo North, Wellington South and Wellington—Huron
28th	1968–1972		Marvin Howe	Progressive Conservative
Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Waterloo
29th	1972–1974		Perrin Beatty	Progressive Conservative
30th	1974–1979
Riding dissolved into Bruce—Grey, Dufferin—Wellington, Grey—Simcoe, Guelph and Waterloo

Electoral history

1968 Canadian federal election: Wellington—Grey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Marvin Howe	12,118
	Liberal	Jon Church	12,027
	New Democratic	Edward E. Seymour	2,902
	Independent	Melvin Francis Kienapple	224

1972 Canadian federal election: Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Waterloo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Perrin Beatty	17,080
	Liberal	Allan F. Ross	11,640
	New Democratic	Don Francis	4,846

1974 Canadian federal election: Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Waterloo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Perrin Beatty	17,253
	Liberal	Brian Kirkham	12,500
	New Democratic	Don Francis	4,297

See also

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

External links

• Website of the Parliament of Canada