Brantford City
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Brantford City was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1925 to 1949. . This riding was created in 1924 from parts of Brantford riding.
It consisted initially of the City of Brantford (according to its 1914 boundaries) and the township of Oakland and the part of the township of Brantford lying south and west of the Grand River, in the county of Brant.
The electoral district was abolished in 1947 when it was merged into Brantford riding.
[edit] Election results
| Canadian federal election, 1925 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Conservative | RYERSON, Robert Edwy | 7,395 | |||
| Liberal | RAYMOND, William Gawtress | 4,952 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1926 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Conservative | RYERSON, Robert Edwy | 7,070 | |||
| Liberal | MACDONALD, William Ross | 5,993 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1930 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Conservative | RYERSON, Robert Edwy | 9,154 | |||
| Liberal | MACDONALD, William Ross | 6,072 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1935 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | MACDONALD, W. Ross | 7,383 | |||
| Conservative | RYERSON, Robert Edwy | 6,511 | |||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | COWHERD, William John | 1,618 | |||
| Reconstruction | KNEALE, Allan | 1,202 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1940 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | MACDONALD, Ross | 8,013 | |||
| National Government | WILMOT, Charles Eardley | 6,312 | |||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | MATTHEWS, John Henry | 1,315 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1945 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | MACDONALD, W. Ross | 8,670 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | DOWDEN, Walter James | 6,988 | |||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | COX, Nelson | 2,437 | |||
