Perth South (provincial electoral district)

This article is about the provincial electoral district. For the federal electoral district, see Perth South.

Perth 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.

Perth 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

Perth South
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
1st	1867–1871		James Trow	Liberal
2nd	1871–1874		Thomas B. Guest	Conservative
3rd	1875–1879		Thomas Ballantyne	Liberal
4th	1879–1883
5th	1883–1886
6th	1886–1890
7th	1890–1894
8th	1894–1898		John McNeill	Liberal-Patron
9th	1898–1899		William Caven Moscrip	Liberal
	1899–1902		Samuel Nelson Monteith	Conservative
10th	1902–1904		Valentine Stock	Liberal
11th	1905–1908		Samuel Nelson Monteith	Conservative
12th	1908–1911		Valentine Stock	Liberal
13th	1911–1914		John Bennewies	Conservative
14th	1914–1919
15th	1919–1923		Peter Smith	United Farmers
16th	1923–1926		McCausland Irvine	Conservative
17th	1926–1929		Albert Alexander Colquhoun	Liberal
18th	1929–1930		David Bonis	Conservative
	1930–1934		Charles Edward Richardson
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly
Merged into Perth before 1934 election

Election results

1867 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	James Trow	1,552	56.56
	Conservative	J.A. Donovan	1,192	43.44
Total valid votes			2,744	80.16
Eligible voters			3,423
	Liberal pickup new district.
Source: Elections Ontario

1871 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas B. Guest	1,302	50.60	+7.16
	Liberal	James Trow	1,271	49.40	−7.16
Turnout			2,573	71.99	−8.17
Eligible voters			3,574
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+7.16
Source: Elections Ontario

1875 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Ballantyne	1,508	53.23	+3.83
	Conservative	G. Leversage	1,325	46.77	−3.83
Total valid votes			2,833	70.98	−1.01
Eligible voters			3,991
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+3.83
Source: Elections Ontario

1879 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Ballantyne	1,759	55.00	+1.77
	Conservative	Mr. Brunner	1,439	45.00	−1.77
Total valid votes			3,198	65.67	−5.32
Eligible voters			4,870
	Liberal hold		Swing		+1.77
Source: Elections Ontario