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Former federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada

Wellington—Huron
Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1952
District abolished	1966
First contested	1953
Last contested	1965

Wellington—Huron was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1953 to 1968. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1952 from parts of Huron North, Wellington North and Wellington South ridings.

Wellington—Huron consisted of the townships of Arthur, Garafraxa West, Maryborough, Minto, Nichol, Peel and West Luther, including the towns of Mount Forest and Palmerston in the county of Wellington, and the townships of Howick, Turnberry, and the town of Wingham the county of Huron.

The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed between Huron and Wellington—Grey ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Parliament	Years		Party
Riding created from Huron North, Wellington North and Wellington South
22nd	1953–1957	Marvin Howe	Progressive Conservative
23rd	1957–1958
24th	1958–1962
25th	1962–1963
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968
Riding dissolved into Huron and Wellington—Grey

Election results

1953 Canadian federal election: Wellington—Huron
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Marvin Howe	7,198
	Liberal	Arnold Darroch	7,120

1957 Canadian federal election: Wellington—Huron
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Marvin Howe	9,421
	Liberal	Arnold Darroch	5,741

1958 Canadian federal election: Wellington—Huron
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Marvin Howe	10,574
	Liberal	Ross McLellan	4,963

1962 Canadian federal election: Wellington—Huron
	Candidate	Votes
Progressive Conservative	Marvin Howe	7,455
Liberal	Fred G. Beck	5,344
New Democratic	H. Gordon Green	2,616

1963 Canadian federal election: Wellington—Huron
	Candidate	Votes
Progressive Conservative	Marvin Howe	8,391
Liberal	Bill Tilden	5,809
New Democratic	Oliver Mabee	1,152

1965 Canadian federal election: Wellington—Huron
	Candidate	Votes
Progressive Conservative	Marvin Howe	7,792
Liberal	H. Gordon Green	5,385
New Democratic	John R. MacLeod	1,304

References

External links

Website of the Parliament of Canada

Federal ridings in Ontario

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Ontario

S Durham
& York

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Halton,
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and Niagara

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See also: Former federal ridings in Ontario
Provincial ridings in Ontario

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Former federal electoral districts of Ontario

Members of Parliament

Election results

See also

References

External links