Bruce South (provincial electoral district)

This article is about the provincial electoral district. For the federal electoral district, see Bruce South (federal electoral district).

Bruce South was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1867 at the time of confederation and was abolished in 1933 before the 1934 election.

Bruce South

Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	1867
District abolished	1933
First contested	1867
Last contested	1929

Members of Provincial Parliament

Bruce South
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
1st	1867–1871		Edward Blake	Liberal
2nd	1871–1872
	1872–1874		Rupert Mearse Wells
3rd	1875–1879
4th	1879–1882
	1882–1883		Hamilton Parke O'Connor
5th	1883–1886
6th	1886–1890
7th	1890–1894
8th	1894–1898		Reuben Eldridge Truax
9th	1898–1902
10th	1902–1904
11th	1905–1908		Robert Edwin Clapp	Conservative
12th	1908–1911		Reuben Eldridge Truax	Liberal
13th	1911–1914		John Anderson
14th	1914–1919		Wellington David Cargill	Conservative
15th	1919–1923		Frank Rennie	Liberal
16th	1923–1926		Malcolm Alex McCallum	United Farmers
17th	1926–1928			Progressive
	1928–1929		Foster Graham Moffatt	Conservative
18th	1929–1934		William John MacKay	Liberal
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly
Merged into Bruce before the 1934 election

Election results

1867 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Edward Blake	1,726	50.10
	Conservative	T. Broclebank	1,719	49.90
Total valid votes			3,445	84.83
Eligible voters			4,061
	Liberal pickup new district.
Source: Elections Ontario

1871 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Edward Blake	2,082	55.21	+5.11
	Conservative	Mr. Sproat	1,689	44.79	−5.11
Turnout			3,771	79.79	−5.04
Eligible voters			4,726
	Liberal hold		Swing		+5.11
Source: Elections Ontario

Ontario provincial by-election, January 18, 1872 Ministerial by-election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Edward Blake	Acclaimed
Source: History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario

Ontario provincial by-election, September 21, 1872 Resignation of Edward Blake
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Rupert Mearse Wells	1,782	52.14
	Conservative	Mr. Brocelbank	1,636	47.86
Total valid votes			3,418	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing
Source: History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario

1875 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rupert Mearse Wells	1,864	65.87	+13.73
	Conservative	D.W. Ross	966	34.13	−13.73
Turnout			2,830	49.26
Eligible voters			5,745
	Liberal hold		Swing		+13.73
Source: Elections Ontario

1879 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rupert Mearse Wells	2,866	50.62	−15.25
	Conservative	Mr. Baird	2,796	49.38	+15.25
Total valid votes			5,662	72.67	+23.41
Eligible voters			7,791
	Liberal hold		Swing		−15.25
Source: Elections Ontario