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. I ...

, Grey—Bruce,

Waterloo North Waterloo North was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1968. It was located in the province of Ontario. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867 which entitled each of north and s ...

Wellington South Wellington South was a Canadian federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1968. It was located in the province of Ontario. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867 as the "South Riding o ...

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 Grey—Simcoe was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1988. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1966 from parts of Grey North, Grey—Bruce and Simcoe East ...

Guelph Guelph ( ; 2021 Canadian Census population 143,740) is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. Known as "The Royal City", Guelph is roughly east of Kitchener and west of Downtown Toronto, at the intersection of Highway 6, Highway 7 and Wel ...

and

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ridings.

Members of Parliament

Electoral history

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, Allan F. Ross , align="right", 11,640 , New Democratic , Don Francis , align="right", 4,846 , - , Progressive Conservative ,

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, Brian Kirkham , align="right", 12,500 , New Democratic , Don Francis , align="right", 4,297

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wellington-Grey Former federal electoral districts of Ontario

Members of Parliament

Electoral history

See also

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