Wellington—Grey, renamed Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Waterloo in 1970, was a federal

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represented in the

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from 1968 to 1979. It was located in the

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. This riding was created in 1966 from parts of

Dufferin—Simcoe Dufferin—Simcoe was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1925 to 1968. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1924 from parts of Dufferin and Simcoe South ridings. ...

, Grey—Bruce,

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, 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,

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and Waterloo ridings.

Members of Parliament

Electoral history

, - , Progressive Conservative , Marvin Howe , align="right", 12,118 , Liberal , Jon Church , align="right", 12,027 , New Democratic , Edward E. Seymour , align="right", 2,902 , Independent , Melvin Francis Kienapple , align="right", 224 , - , Progressive Conservative , Perrin Beatty , align="right", 17,080 , Liberal , Allan F. Ross , align="right", 11,640 , New Democratic , Don Francis , align="right", 4,846 , - , Progressive Conservative , Perrin Beatty , align="right", 17,253 , Liberal , Brian Kirkham , align="right", 12,500 , New Democratic , Don Francis , align="right", 4,297

References

External links

* Website of th
Parliament of Canada
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wellington-Grey Former federal electoral districts of Ontario

Members of Parliament

Electoral history

See also

References

External links