Wentworth (electoral district)

This article is about Canadian electoral district. For Australian electoral district, see Division of Wentworth. For the British parliamentary constituency, see Wentworth (UK Parliament constituency). Federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada

Wentworth
Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1903
District abolished	1966
First contested	1904
Last contested	1965

Wentworth was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1904 to 1968. It was located near the City of Hamilton in the province of Ontario. This riding was first created in 1903 from parts of Wentworth North and Brant and Wentworth South ridings.

Wentworth initially consisted of the county of Wentworth, excluding of the city of Hamilton. In 1914, it was expanded to include those portions of the city of Hamilton not included in Hamilton East and Hamilton West ridings.

In 1947, it was redefined to consist of the county of Wentworth (excluding the townships of Beverly, Ancaster, Glanford and Binbrook), and the northern part the city of Hamilton. In 1952, it was again defined as being the county of Wentworth, excluding the city of Hamilton.

The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed between Halton—Wentworth, Hamilton Mountain, Hamilton—Wentworth and Wellington ridings.

Members of Parliament

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

Parliament	Years		Party
Riding created from Wentworth North and Brant and Wentworth South
10th	1904–1905	E. D. Smith	Conservative
10th	1905–1908	E. D. Smith	Conservative
11th	1908–1911	William Oscar Sealey	Liberal
12th	1911–1917	Gordon Crooks Wilson	Conservative
13th	1917–1921		Government (Unionist)
14th	1921–1925		Conservative
15th	1925–1926
16th	1926–1930
17th	1930–1935
18th	1935–1940	Frank Lennard
19th	1940–1945	Ellis Corman	Liberal
20th	1945–1949	Frank Lennard	Progressive Conservative
21st	1949–1953
22nd	1953–1957
23rd	1957–1958
24th	1958–1962
25th	1962–1963	Joseph Reed Sams
26th	1963–1965	John B. Morison	Liberal
27th	1965–1968	John B. Morison	Liberal
Riding dissolved into Halton—Wentworth, Hamilton—Wentworth, Hamilton Mountain and Wellington

Election results

1904 Canadian federal election: Wentworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. D. Smith	2,899
	Liberal	William Oscar Sealey	2,889

By-election: On election being declared void, 22 November 1905: Wentworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. D. Smith	2,982
	Liberal	William Oscar Sealey	2,965

1908 Canadian federal election: Wentworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Oscar Sealey	3,307
	Conservative	William Hall Ptolemy	2,961

1911 Canadian federal election: Wentworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gordon Crooks Wilson	3,832
	Liberal	William Oscar Sealey	2,939

1917 Canadian federal election: Wentworth
	Candidate	Votes
Government (Unionist)	Gordon Crooks Wilson	9,070
Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	John Herbert Dickenson	3,387
Labour	Frederick James Flatman	1,507

1921 Canadian federal election: Wentworth
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Gordon Crooks Wilson	9,375
Progressive	Christopher Frederic Woodley	9,246
Liberal	Walter Thompson Evans	3,177

1925 Canadian federal election: Wentworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gordon Crooks Wilson	12,970
	Progressive	Christopher Frederic Thomas Woodley	5,213

1926 Canadian federal election: Wentworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gordon Crooks Wilson	10,975
	Liberal	Harold Stanley Burns	5,335

1930 Canadian federal election: Wentworth
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Gordon Crooks Wilson	13,436
Liberal	Frank Campbell Biggs	9,628
Unknown	Samuel Radcliffe Weaver	1,630

1935 Canadian federal election: Wentworth
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Frank Lennard	9,958
Liberal	Ellis Corman	9,740
Reconstruction	William James Peace	5,978
Co-operative Commonwealth	Robert James Hanna	4,513

1940 Canadian federal election: Wentworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ellis Corman	15,714
	National Government	Frank Lennard	14,949

1945 Canadian federal election: Wentworth
	Candidate	Votes
Progressive Conservative	Frank Lennard	15,458
Liberal	Ellis Corman	13,652
Co-operative Commonwealth	John O'Hanley	11,914

1949 Canadian federal election: Wentworth
	Candidate	Votes
Progressive Conservative	Frank Lennard	16,443
Liberal	Henry Arnott Hicks	13,312
Co-operative Commonwealth	David Lewis	11,638
Labor–Progressive	Stanley Bréhaut Ryerson	1,028
Independent	Charles Giles	562

1953 Canadian federal election: Wentworth
	Candidate	Votes
Progressive Conservative	Frank Lennard	10,476
Liberal	Reginald Wheeler	7,700
Co-operative Commonwealth	Isaac Reginald Gardiner	3,915

1957 Canadian federal election: Wentworth
	Candidate	Votes
Progressive Conservative	Frank Lennard	19,037
Liberal	Edwin Delbert Hickey	8,922
Co-operative Commonwealth	John Joseph Zuliniak	4,905

1958 Canadian federal election: Wentworth
	Candidate	Votes
Progressive Conservative	Frank Lennard	23,854
Liberal	William Kitchen Dunham	7,578
Co-operative Commonwealth	John Joseph Zuliniak	4,972

1962 Canadian federal election: Wentworth
	Candidate	Votes
Progressive Conservative	Joseph Reed Sams	17,050
Liberal	John B. Morison	16,434
New Democratic	John Joseph Zuliniak	16,434
Social Credit	Gordon C. Fisher	806

1963 Canadian federal election: Wentworth
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal	John B. Morison	18,589
Progressive Conservative	Joseph Reed Sams	17,640
New Democratic	Harry Pomeroy	8,088

1965 Canadian federal election: Wentworth
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal	John B. Morison	17,746
Progressive Conservative	Joseph Reed Sams	15,991
New Democratic	Reginald Gardiner	13,735
Social Credit	Gordon C. Fisher	362

External links

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Federal ridings in Ontario

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Ontario

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Ontario

S Durham
& York

SW Durham	Ajax Oshawa Pickering—Uxbridge Whitby
S York	Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill King—Vaughan Markham—Stouffville Markham—Thornhill Markham—Unionville Richmond Hill Thornhill Vaughan—Woodbridge

City of Toronto
(Suburbs & Downtown)

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Cities of
Brampton &
Mississauga

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Southern
Halton,
Hamilton
and Niagara

Southwestern Halton	Burlington Milton Oakville Oakville North—Burlington
City of Hamilton	Flamborough—Glanbrook Hamilton Centre Hamilton East—Stoney Creek Hamilton Mountain Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas
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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

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