Wellington—Grey

Wellington—Grey, renamed Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Waterloo in 1970, was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons 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

Canadian federal election, 1968: Wellington—Grey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	HOWE, Marvin	12,118
	Liberal	CHURCH, Jon	12,027
	New Democratic Party	SEYMOUR, Edward E.	2,902
	Independent	KIENAPPLE, Melvin Francis	224

Canadian federal election, 1972: Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Waterloo
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	BEATTY, Perrin	17,080
	Liberal	ROSS, Allan F.	11,640
	New Democratic Party	FRANCIS, Don	4,846

Canadian federal election, 1974: Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Waterloo
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	BEATTY, Perrin	17,253
	Liberal	KIRKHAM, Brian	12,500
	New Democratic Party	FRANCIS, Don	4,297

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

• Website of the Parliament of Canada