Hamilton South (electoral district)
Hamilton South was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1953 to 1965. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1952, from parts of Hamilton East, Hamilton West and Wentworth ridings.
Ontario electoral district | |
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Defunct federal electoral district | |
Legislature | House of Commons |
District created | 1952 |
District abolished | 1966 |
First contested | 1953 |
Last contested | 1965 |
It consisted of the part of the city of Hamilton lying east of Ottawa Street, the brow of the mountain, the part of the city south of the brow and west of Ottawa Street.
The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed between Hamilton East, Hamilton Mountain, Hamilton—Wentworth and ridings.
Members of Parliament
This riding elected the following members of the House of Commons:
Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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Riding created from Hamilton East, Hamilton West and Wentworth | ||||
22nd | 1953–1957 | Russell Reinke | Liberal | |
23rd | 1957–1958 | Bob McDonald | Progressive Conservative | |
24th | 1958–1962 | |||
25th | 1962–1963 | |||
26th | 1963–1965 | William Dean Howe | New Democratic | |
27th | 1965–1968 | |||
Riding dissolved into Hamilton East, Hamilton Mountain and Hamilton—Wentworth |
Election results
1953 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | Russell Reinke | 12,296 | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | Edward Charles David Crockett | 9,220 | ||||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | Joseph Lees Easton | 7,478 | ||||||
Social Credit | Ethel B. Fagan | 582 | ||||||
Labor–Progressive | Stanley Bréhaut Ryerson | 573 |
1957 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | Bob McDonald | 16,085 | ||||||
Liberal | Russell Reinke | 11,611 | ||||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | David T. Lawrence | 11,485 | ||||||
Social Credit | James Ernest Harrison | 1,629 |
1958 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | Bob McDonald | 24,453 | ||||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | David Lawrence | 10,874 | ||||||
Liberal | Russell Reinke | 9,860 |
1962 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | Bob McDonald | 17,392 | ||||||
Liberal | James Charles Custeau | 15,933 | ||||||
New Democratic | William Dean Howe | 15,899 | ||||||
Social Credit | Peter Paul Lepp | 657 |
1963 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
New Democratic | William Dean Howe | 19,205 | ||||||
Liberal | James Charles Custeau | 17,842 | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | Bob McDonald | 16,441 | ||||||
Social Credit | Peter Paul Lepp | 459 |
1965 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
New Democratic | William Dean Howe | 22,736 | ||||||
Liberal | James Alexander Bethune | 19,693 | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | Ralph Whittington Brown | 11,425 | ||||||
Social Credit | Russell Thomas Davis | 359 |
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