Welland (electoral district)

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Welland is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1988, and since 2004. The current representative to Ottawa is Liberal MP John Maloney. It will elect a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the next provincial election. Its population in 2001 was 108,876.

The electoral district was created in 2003: 74.9% of the riding came from Niagara Centre riding, 22.5% from Erie—Lincoln and 2.7% from Niagara Falls riding.

Contents 1 Geography 2 Federal electoral district 2.1 Members of Parliament 3 Federal election results 3.1 2003 - present 3.2 1867 - 1987 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Geography

Welland riding consists of the cities of Welland, Thorold, and Port Colborne, the Township of Wainfleet, and the part of the City of St. Catharines lying south of a line drawn from the western city limit east along St. Paul Street West, northeast along St. Paul Crescent, east and south along Twelve Mile Creek, east along Glendale Avenue, northwest along Merrit Street, and northeast along Glendale Avenue to the eastern city limit.[1]

[edit] Federal electoral district

Welland riding was originally created in 1867 by the British North America Act. It consisted initially of the Townships of Bertie, Crowland, Humberstone, Stamford, Thorold, and Willoughby, and the Villages of Chippewa, Clifton, Fort Erie, Thorold and Welland.

In 1892, the riding was redefined to exclude reference to the Village of Clifton, and include the villages of Niagara Falls and Port Colborne, and the town of Niagara Falls. In 1903, it was redefined to consist of the county of Welland.

In 1952, it was redefined to consist of the townships of Pelham, Thorold, Crowland, Humberstone and Wainfleet, including the city of Welland and the towns of Port Colborne, Thorold, Fonthill and Humberstone.

In 1966, it was redefined to consist of:

• in the County of Welland, the City of Welland and the Townships of Crowland, Humberstone and Wainfleet; and
• in the County of Haldimand, the Townships of Canborough, Dunn, Moulton and Sherbrooke.

In 1976, it was redefined to consist of the City of Welland, the Town of Thorold, and the part of the City of St. Catharines lying south of the Canadian National Railway.

The electoral district was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed between Welland—St. Catharines—Thorold, St. Catharines and Erie ridings.

In 2003, a new Welland riding was created from parts of Erie—Lincoln, Niagara Centre, Niagara Falls and St. Catharines ridings.

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
1st	1867-1872		Thomas Clark Street	Conservative
2nd	1872
1872 By-election	1872-1874		William Alexander Thomson	Liberal
3rd	1874-1878
4th	1878-1882		Christopher William Bunting	Conservative
5th	1882-1887		John Ferguson	Conservative
6th	1887-1891
7th	1891-1892		William M. German	Liberal
1892 By-election	1892-1896		James M. Lowell	Liberal
8th	1896-1900		William McCleary	Conservative
9th	1900-1904		William M. German	Liberal
10th	1904-1908
11th	1908-1911
12th	1911-1917
13th	1917-1921		Evan Eugene Fraser	Unionist
14th	1921-1925		William M. German	Liberal
15th	1925-1926		George Hamilton Pettit	Conservative
16th	1926-1930
17th	1930-1935
18th	1935-1940		Arthur B. Damude	Liberal
19th	1940-1941
1942 By-election	1942-1945		Humphrey Mitchell	Liberal
20th	1945-1949
21st	1949-1950
1950 By-election	1950-1953		William Hector McMillan	Liberal
22nd	1953-1957
23rd	1957-1958
24th	1958-1962
25th	1962-1963
26th	1963-1965
27th	1965-1968		Donald R. Tolmie	Liberal
28th	1968-1972
29th	1972-1974		Victor Railton	Liberal
30th	1974-1979
31st	1979-1980		Gilbert Parent	Liberal
32nd	1980-1984
33rd	1984-1988		Allan Pietz	Progressive Conservative
see Welland—St. Catharines—Thorold, St. Catharines, Erie, Erie—Lincoln, Niagara Centre, and Niagara Falls for 1987-2003
38th	2004-2006		John Maloney	Liberal
39th	2006-

[edit] Federal election results

[edit] 2003 - present

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Maloney	20,238
	New Democrat	Jody Di Bartolomeo	17,484
	Conservative	Mel Grunstein	16,665
	Green	Brian Simpson	1,960
	Christian Heritage	Irma D. Ruiter	536

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Maloney	19,642
	New Democrat	Jody Di Bartolomeo	14,623
	Conservative	Mel Grunstein	12,997
	Green	Ryan McLaughlin	1,454
	Christian Heritage	Irma D. Ruiter	735
	Marxist-Leninist	Ron Walker	113

[edit] 1867 - 1987

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Allan Pietz	18,418
	Liberal	Gilbert Parent	14,481
	New Democrat	Rob Dobrucki	10,508
	Green	Andrew Rivett	284
	Communist	John MacLennan	145

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Gilbert Parent	18,112
	New Democrat	Robert Wright	11,729
	Progressive Conservative	George Krusell	11,292
	Communist	John Severinsky	95
	Marxist-Leninist	Ron Walker	78

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Gilbert Parent	16,025
	Progressive Conservative	Allan E. Pietz	15,527
	New Democrat	Robert Wright	11,151
	Independent	John L. Sabados	218
	Communist	John Severinsky	83
	Marxist-Leninist	Ron Walker	62

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Victor Railton	21,228
	Progressive Conservative	Alex McCrae	9,107
	New Democrat	Jim McPherson	6,983
	Communist	John Severinsky	238

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Victor Railton	18,693
	Progressive Conservative	Kent Hodgson	11,977
	New Democrat	Ronald Cook	7,256

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Donald R. Tolmie	17,335
	New Democrat	Robert Wright	11,363
	Progressive Conservative	Franklin Bud Law	6,129

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Donald R. Tolmie	17,869
	New Democrat	Robert Wright	9,206
	Progressive Conservative	T.G. Spencer	8,496

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Hector McMillan	19,879
	New Democrat	Guy Mersereau	5,010
	Social Credit	J.M. Patterson	1,413
	Communist	Frank Haslam	372
	Progressive Conservative	Francis Goldring	?

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Hector McMillan	17,614
	Progressive Conservative	Allan Pietz	12,209
	New Democrat	Mel Swart	6,225
	Social Credit	W.F. Trelford	630
	Communist	Frank Haslam	317

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Hector McMillan	15,365
	Progressive Conservative	Allan Ernest Pietz	14,053
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Mel Swart	6,550

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Hector McMillan	13,241
	Progressive Conservative	William Bigelow Wellington	10,620
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Melvin L. Swart	7,356

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Hector McMillan	15,411
	Progressive Conservative	Clarence Lavern Robins	7,373
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Melvin L. Swart	4,408
	Labour-Progressive	Frank Haslam	721

By-election on 16 October 1950 On Mr. Mitchell's death, 1 August 1950
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Hector McMillan	19,553
	Progressive Conservative	Sam Hughes	13,031
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Melvin L. Swart	5,972
	Labour-Progressive	Melbourne A. Doig	1,616

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Humphrey Mitchell	23,734
	Progressive Conservative	Sam Hughes	13,259
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Armour McCrae	11,493
	Labour-Progressive	Melbourne A. Doig	1,711

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Humphrey Mitchell	19,522
	Progressive Conservative	Thomas Oscar Oliver	14,637
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Harland Roy Potter	7,383
	Farmer-Labour	Fern A. Sayles	3,258

By-election on 9 February 1942 On Mr. Damude's death, 15 September 1941
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Humphrey Mitchell	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Arthur B. Damude	19,132
	National Government	Allan Brooks	14,491
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Ernest Woodworth	2,818

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Arthur B. Damude	17,324
	Conservative	Fred M. Cairns	11,850
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Thomas C. Daly	3,836
	Reconstruction	W. Herbert Smith	1,200

Canadian federal election, 1930
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	George Hamilton Pettit	15,503
	Liberal	Arthur Byron Damude	13,037

Canadian federal election, 1926
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	George Hamilton Pettit	14,331
	Liberal	William Manly German	12,890

Canadian federal election, 1925
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	George Hamilton Pettit	12,753
	Liberal	Harry Punshon Stephens	8,373

Canadian federal election, 1921
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Manly German	11,195
	Conservative	Evan Eugene Fraser	6,365
	Progressive	Joseph Henry Staley	3,437
	Independent	Henry Speakman	156

Canadian federal election, 1917
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Government	Evan Eugene Fraser	5,378
	Opposition	William Manly German	4,616
	Labour	James Arthur Hughes	1,704

Canadian federal election, 1911
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Manly German	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1908
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Manly German	4,449
	Conservative	George Hanan	3,806

Canadian federal election, 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Manly German	3,543
	Independent Conservative	Walter Upper	2,621

Canadian federal election, 1900
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Manly German	2,777
	Conservative	William McCleary	2,557

Canadian federal election, 1896
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	William McCleary	2,705
	Liberal	James A. Lowell	2,536

By-election on 29 April 1892 On Mr. German being unseated, 5 April 1892
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James A. Lowell	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1891
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William M. German	2,726
	Conservative	John Ferguson	2,279

Canadian federal election, 1887
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Ferguson	2,622
	Unknown	Thos. Conlon	2,410

Canadian federal election, 1882
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Ferguson	1,965
	Unknown	B.B. Osler	1,833

Canadian federal election, 1878
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal-Conservative	Christopher William Bunting	1,926
	Unknown	H. Edwin	1,810

Canadian federal election, 1874
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Alexander Thomson	1,682
	Unknown	E.W. Brookfield	1,493

By-election on 23 November 1872 On Mr. Street's death, 6 August 1872
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Alexander Thomson	1,539
	Unknown	Richard S. King	1,480

Canadian federal election, 1872
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Thomas Clark Street	1,590
	Unknown	A.G. Hill	1,060

Canadian federal election, 1867
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Thomas Clark Street	acclaimed

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External links

• 1867-1987 Riding history from the Library of Parliament
• 2003-present Riding history from the Library of Parliament
• [2] Elections Canada Voting Assistance
• [3]Welland Riding Map from Elections Canada

Federal Ridings in Hamilton, Halton and Niagara
Conservative	Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale | Burlington | Niagara Falls | Niagara West—Glanbrook | St. Catharines
New Democratic	Hamilton Centre | Hamilton East—Stoney Creek | Hamilton Mountain
Liberal	Oakville | Welland | Halton*
* Halton MP Garth Turner was elected as a Conservative, but has resigned from the party and is now sitting as a Liberal.

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