Wellington—Grey

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.

Electoral history

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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

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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

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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 electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

External links

• Website of the Parliament of Canada