Essex South

For other meanings, see Essex South (disambiguation).

Essex South was a federal and provincial electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1882 to 1968. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1882 from parts of Essex riding.

It was created when the County of Essex was divided into two ridings: Essex North and Essex South. It initially consisted of the townships of Anderdon, Malden, North Colchester, South Colchester, Gosfield, Mersea, the town of Amherstburg, the villages of Leamington and Kingsville, and Pelée Island in the county of Essex.

In 1903, it was expanded to include the townships of Malden, Tilbury North, Tilbury West, Essex, and the portion of the village of Tilbury lying in the county of Essex. In 1914, it was expanded to include the village of Wheatley lying in the county of Essex.

In 1924, it was redefined to consist of the townships of Anderdon, Malden, Sandwich South, Colchester (North and South), Gosfield (North and South), Mersea and Pelee Island in the county of Essex, and the part of the village of Wheatley lying in the county of Kent. In 1933, it was expanded to exclude the township of Sandwich South, and the village of Wheatley. In 1947, it was redefined to include Pelee Island, Sandwich South, Tilbury West and the town of Essex, and exclude the village of Wheatley and the town of Tilbury.

In 1952, it was redefined to consist of the townships of Anderdon, Malden, Colchester (North and South), Gosfield (North and South), Mersea, Pelee Island, Sandwich South, Tilbury West and the town of Essex but excluding the village of Wheatley.

The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed between Essex and Essex—Kent ridings.

Election results

Federal

Canadian federal election, 1882
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	WIGLE, Lewis	1,475
	Unknown	MCGREGOR, Wm.	1,415

Canadian federal election, 1887
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	BRIEN, James	2,177
	Conservative	WIGLE, Lewis	2,144

Canadian federal election, 1891
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	ALLAN, H.W.	2,390
	Conservative	WIGLE, Lewis	2,333

Canadian federal election, 1896
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	COWAN, M.K.	2,426
	Conservative	KING, S.A.	2,244

Canadian federal election, 1900
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	COWAN, Mahlon K.	2,539
	Conservative	WIGLE, Lewis	2,456

Canadian federal election, 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	CLARKE, A.H.	3,193
	Conservative	WIGLE, Lewis	2,780

Canadian federal election, 1908
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	CLARKE, Alfred Henry	3,334
	Conservative	WIGLE, Darius	2,611

Canadian federal election, 1911
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	CLARKE, Alfred Henry	2,946
	Conservative	PARK, William Frederick	2,745

Canadian federal election, 1917
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Government	BRIEN, John Wesley	3,645
	Opposition	ATKIN, Robert	3,476

Canadian federal election, 1921
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	GRAHAM, Hon. George Perry	4,968
	Progressive	WILLAN, Thomas James	4,455
	Conservative	SCRATCH, Eugene S.	2,953

On Mr. Graham's being named Minister of Militia and Defence, 29 December 1921, and Minister of Naval Service, 29 December 1921:

By-election on 19 January 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	GRAHAM, Hon. George Perry	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1925
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	GOTT, Eccles James	6,851
	Liberal	GRAHAM, Rt. Hon. George Perr	6,017

Canadian federal election, 1926
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	GOTT, Eccles James	6,761
	Liberal	ROWLEY, Thomas	6,438

Canadian federal election, 1930
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	GOTT, Eccles James	8,261
	Liberal	MONTGOMERY, John Clarence	6,281

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	CLARK, Stuart Murray	5,592
	Conservative	GOTT, Eccles James	4,889
	Unknown	MORRIS, James Ramsey	2,563

Canadian federal election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	CLARK, Stuart Murray	7,624
	National Government	BRUNER, Albert Leonard	5,457

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	CLARK, Stuart Murray	7,875
	Progressive Conservative	CONKLIN, William D.	7,540
	Co-operative Commonwealth	MCGEE, Edward Amos	574

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	CLARK, Stuart Murray	10,427
	Progressive Conservative	JASPERSON, Fred	9,110

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	CLARK, Stuart Murray	10,620
	Progressive Conservative	MCKEE, Percy	7,420

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	THRASHER, Richard Devere	10,006
	Liberal	CLARK, Robert M.	9,580
	Co-operative Commonwealth	MACMILLAN, E. Lee	775
	Social Credit	CHARRON, Edgar B.	311

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	THRASHER, Richard Devere	14,326
	Liberal	ODETTE, Thomas Charles	8,222
	Co-operative Commonwealth	HAGGAR, George	861

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	WHELAN, Eugene	11,397
	Progressive Conservative	THRASHER, Richard D.	10,409
	New Democrat	CERVIN, Val	1,342
	Unknown	BACKER, Jack	284

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	WHELAN, Eugene F.	12,947
	Progressive Conservative	THRASHER, Richard Devere	12,178
	Social Credit	BACKER, Jack	419

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	WHELAN, Eugene F.	12,887
	Progressive Conservative	THRASHER, Richard D.	10,072
	New Democrat	BERTRAND, Donald E.	1,329

Provincial (partial)

Ontario provincial by-election, December 2, 1993: Essex South
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Bruce Crozier	12,736
	Progressive Conservative	Joan Flood	3,295
	New Democratic	David Maris	1,100
	Family Coalition	Joyce Ann Cherryr	1,060
	Green	Michael Green	132
	Independent	John Turmel	84

See also

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

External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament