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Grey—Bruce

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Grey—Bruce
Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1933
District abolished1966
First contested1935
Last contested1965

Grey—Bruce was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1968. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1933 from parts of Bruce South and Grey Southeast ridings.

It consisted of the townships of Artemesia, Bentinck, Egremont, Glenelg, Normanby, Proton and Sullivan in the county of Grey; and the townships of Brant, Carrick and Elderslie in the county of Bruce.

The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed between Bruce, Grey—Simcoe and Wellington—Grey ridings.

Members of Parliament

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

Parliament Years Member Party
Riding created from Bruce South and Grey Southeast
18th  1935–1940     Agnes Macphail United Farmers of Ontario–Labour
19th  1940–1945     Walter Edward Harris Liberal
20th  1945–1949
21st  1949–1953
22nd  1953–1957
23rd  1957–1958     Eric Winkler Progressive Conservative
24th  1958–1962
25th  1962–1963
26th  1963–1965
27th  1965–1968
Riding dissolved into Bruce, Grey—Simcoe and Wellington—Grey

Election results

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1935 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
  United Farmers of Ontario–Labour Agnes Macphail 7,210
Liberal Walter Allan Hall 5,727
Conservative Lewis G. Campbell 5,100
1940 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Walter Edward Harris 6,389
National Government Karl Daniel Knechtel 4,944
  United Farmers of Ontario–Labour Agnes Macphail 4,761
1945 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Walter Edward Harris 8,912
Progressive Conservative John Grierson 7,582
Co-operative Commonwealth Alfred Sachs 1,127
1949 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Walter Edward Harris 10,528
Progressive Conservative Frank D. Sawyer 6,051
Co-operative Commonwealth Rudolph Baltruweit 1,137
1953 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Walter Edward Harris 9,236
Progressive Conservative Rankin Lorne Carefoot 6,279
1957 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive Conservative Eric Winkler 10,707
Liberal Walter Edward Harris 7,606
1958 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive Conservative Eric Winkler 11,878
Liberal Thomas Stevenson 6,248
1962 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive Conservative Eric Winkler 10,514
Liberal William P. Oswald 7,009
New Democratic Elzard J. McAsey 763
1963 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive Conservative Eric Winkler 10,535
Liberal Duncan Melvin McCallum 6,981
Social Credit George D. Watson 566
New Democratic Elzard Joseph McAsey 399
1965 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive Conservative Eric Winkler 10,138
Liberal William R. Mathseon 5,639
New Democratic Melvin L. Tebbutt 1,706

See also

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