Huron South

Not to be confused with Huron South (provincial electoral district).

This article is about the defunct federal electoral district. For current municipality, see South Huron.

Huron South was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1935. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867 which divided the County of Huron into two ridings: Huron North and Huron South.

Huron South

Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1867
District abolished	1933
First contested	1867
Last contested	1932 by-election

In 1872, the County of Huron was divided into three ridings, and Huron Centre was created. The South Riding was defined to consist of the Townships of Goderich, Stanley, Hay, Stephen, and Usborne, and the Village of Clinton.

In 1882, the South Riding was redefined to consist of the townships of McKillop, Hullett, Tuckersmith, Stanley, and Hay, the town of Seaforth, and the village of Bayfield.

In 1903, the county of Huron was divided into three ridings: Huron East, Huron West and Huron South. Huron South was redefined to exclude the township of Hullett, and include the townships of Stephen and Usborne and the villages of Exeter and Hensall.

In 1914, the county of Huron was divided into two ridings: Huron North and Huron South. Huron South was expanded to include the townships of Hullet and Goderich, and the town of Clinton.

In 1924, Huron South was redefined to consist of the part of the County of Huron lying south of and excluding the town of Goderich, and north of and including the townships of Goderich, Hullett, and McKillop.

The electoral district was abolished in 1933 when it was redistributed between Huron North and Huron—Perth ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
1st	1867–1872		Malcolm Colin Cameron	Liberal
2nd	1872–1874
3rd	1874–1874
	1875–1878		Thomas Greenway	Independent
4th	1878–1882		Malcolm Colin Cameron	Liberal
5th	1882–1883		John McMillan
	1883–1887		Richard John Cartwright
6th	1887–1891		John McMillan
7th	1891–1896
8th	1896–1900
9th	1900–1904		George McEwen
10th	1904–1907†		Benjamin B. Gunn	Conservative
	1908–1908		Murdo Young McLean	Liberal
11th	1908–1911
12th	1911–1917		Jonathan Joseph Merner	Conservative
13th	1917–1921			Government (Unionist)
14th	1921–1925		William Black	Progressive
15th	1925–1926		Thomas McMillan	Liberal
16th	1926–1930
17th	1930–1932†
	1932–1935		William Henry Golding
Riding dissolved into Huron North and Huron—Perth

Election results

1867 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Malcolm Colin Cameron	1,624
	Unknown	G. H. Ritchie	1,453
	Unknown	D. L. Sills	1
Eligible voters			3,853
Source: Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1871

On the election being declared void, 22 February 1874:

By-election on 11 February 1875
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Thomas Greenway	acclaimed

1882 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John McMillan	1,621
	Unknown	W. J. Shannon	1,024

On Mr. McMillan's resignation, Dec. 1883:

By-election on 10 December 1883
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Richard John Cartwright	acclaimed

1887 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John McMillan	1,784
	Liberal	John Campbell	1,026

1891 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John McMillan	1,845
	Liberal	David Weismiller	990
	Unknown	John Reith	54

1896 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John McMillan	1,831
	Conservative	T. E. Hays	1,526

1904 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Benjamin B. Gunn	2,532
	Liberal	Thomas Fraser	2,421

On Mr. Gunn's death, 9 December 1907:

By-election on 22 January 1908
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Murdo Young McLean	2,679
	Conservative	Henry Horton	2,562

1908 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Murdo Young McLean	2,586
	Conservative	John Sherritt	2,432

1925 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Thomas McMillan	4,947
	Conservative	Jonathan Joseph Merner	4,694
	Progressive	Robert J. McMillan	1,680

1926 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Thomas McMillan	6,370
	Conservative	Andrew Hicks	5,217

1930 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Thomas McMillan	6,176
	Conservative	Nelson W. Trewartha	5,827

On Mr. McMillan's death, 7 June 1932:

By-election on 3 October 1932
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Henry Golding	7,046
	Conservative	Louis Henry Rader	5,060

See also

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

External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament