# Brant South (provincial electoral district)

Brant South was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1867 at the time of confederation and was abolished at the 1926 provincial election

## Members of Provincial Parliament

Brant South :
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| 1st | 1867–1871 | Edmund Burke Wood | Conservative |
| 2nd | 1871–1873 | Edmund Burke Wood | Conservative |
| 2nd | 1873–1875 | Arthur Sturgis Hardy | Liberal |
| 3rd | 1875–1879 | Arthur Sturgis Hardy | Liberal |
| 4th | 1879–1883 | Arthur Sturgis Hardy | Liberal |
| 5th | 1883–1886 | Arthur Sturgis Hardy | Liberal |
| 6th | 1886–1890 | Arthur Sturgis Hardy | Liberal |
| 7th | 1890–1894 | Arthur Sturgis Hardy | Liberal |
| 8th | 1894–1898 | Arthur Sturgis Hardy | Liberal |
| 9th | 1898–1899 | Arthur Sturgis Hardy | Liberal |
| 9th | 1899–1902 | Thomas Hiram Preston | Liberal |
| 10th | 1902–1904 | Thomas Hiram Preston | Liberal |
| 11th | 1905–1908 | Thomas Hiram Preston | Liberal |
| 12th | 1908–1911 | Willoughby Staples Brewster | Conservative |
| 13th | 1911–1914 | Willoughby Staples Brewster | Conservative |
| 14th | 1914–1919 | Joseph Henry Ham | Liberal |
| 15th | 1919–1923 | M.M. MacBride | Labour |
| 16th | 1923–1926 | M.M. MacBride | Labour |
| Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly |||||
| Merged into Brantford before 1926 election |||||

## Election results

vte1867 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Edmund Burke Wood | 1,268 | 54.37 |
| | Liberal | H. Biggar | 1,064 | 45.63 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 2,332 | 71.45 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 3,264 |
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| Source: Elections Ontario |||||||
vte1871 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Edmund Burke Wood | 1,172 | 52.70 | −1.68 |
| | Liberal | Mr. Plewes | 1,052 | 47.30 | +1.68 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,224 | 66.55 | −4.90 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 3,342 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | −1.68 |
| Source: Elections Ontario |||||||
vteOntario provincial by-election, May 1873 Resignation of Edmund Burke Wood :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Arthur Sturgis Hardy | 1,288 | 53.76 | +6.45 |
| | Independent | J.J. Hawkins | 1,108 | 46.24 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 2,396 | 100.0 | +7.73 |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | Swing | +6.45 |
| Source: History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario$^{:22}$ |||||||
vte1875 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Arthur Sturgis Hardy | Acclaimed |
| Source: Elections Ontario |||||||
vteOntario provincial by-election, March 1877 Ministerial by-election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Arthur Sturgis Hardy | Acclaimed |
| Source: History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario$^{:22}$ |||||||
vte1879 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Arthur Sturgis Hardy | 1,622 | 56.87 |
| | Conservative | Mr. Wilson | 1,230 | 43.13 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 2,852 | 60.93 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 4,681 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | – |
| Source: Elections Ontario |||||||