Grey South (provincial electoral district)

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

Grey South was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1867 at the time of confederation and was abolished in 1996 before the 1999 election.

Grey South

Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	1867
District abolished	1996
First contested	1867
Last contested	1995

The riding was known as Grey from 1974 to 1987, and Grey—Owen Sound from 1987 to 1999.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Grey South
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
1st	1867–1871		Abram William Lauder	Conservative
2nd	1871–1875
3rd	1875–1879		James Hill Hunter	Liberal
4th	1879–1883
5th	1883–1886		John Blythe	Conservative
6th	1886–1890
7th	1890–1891		James Hill Hunter	Liberal
	1891–1894		Gilbert McKechnie
8th	1894–1898		David McNicol	Patrons of Industry
9th	1898–1902		David Jamieson	Conservative
10th	1902–1905
11th	1905–1908
12th	1908–1911
13th	1911–1914
14th	1914–1919
15th	1919–1923		George Mansfield Leeson	United Farmers
16th	1923–1926		David Jamieson	Conservative
17th	1926–1929		Farquhar Oliver	United Farmers
18th	1929–1934
19th	1934–1937
20th	1937–1943
21st	1943–1945			Liberal
22nd	1945–1948
23rd	1948–1951
24th	1951–1955
25th	1955–1959
26th	1959–1963
27th	1963–1967
28th	1967–1971		Eric Winkler	Progressive Conservative
29th	1971–1975
Grey
30th	1975–1977		Bob McKessock	Liberal
31st	1977–1981
32nd	1981–1985
33rd	1985–1987
34th	1987–1990		Ron Lipsett
35th	1990–1995		Bill Murdoch	Progressive Conservative
36th	1995–1999
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly
Merged into Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound and Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey

Election results

1867 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Abram William Lauder	1,675	53.23
	Liberal	W.K. Flesher	1,472	46.77
Total valid votes			3,147	80.86
Eligible voters			3,892
	Conservative pickup new district.
Source: Elections Ontario

1871 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Abram William Lauder	1,625	59.92
	Liberal	Mr. McFayden	1,087	40.08
Turnout			2,712	61.83
Eligible voters			4,386
Election voided
Source: Elections Ontario

Ontario provincial by-election, January 1872 Previous election voided
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Abram William Lauder	1,670	52.37	−0.86
	Independent	Mr. Dickey	1,519	47.63
Total valid votes			3,189	100.0	+1.33
	Conservative hold		Swing		−0.86
Source: History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario

1875 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Hill Hunter	1,017	46.27	+6.19
	Independent	J. Nasmith	724	32.94
	Conservative	J. Hopkins	457	20.79	−39.13
Turnout			2,198	69.29	+7.46
Eligible voters			3,172
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+6.19
Source: Elections Ontario

1879 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Hill Hunter	1,694	61.49	+15.22
	Conservative	J.H. Fahey	1,061	38.51	+17.72
Total valid votes			2,755	73.72	+4.43
Eligible voters			3,737
	Liberal hold		Swing		−1.25
Source: Elections Ontario

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