# Wellington South (provincial electoral district)

Wellington South was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1867 at the time of confederation and was abolished in 1986 before the 1987 election.

## Members of Provincial Parliament

Wellington South :
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| 1st | 1867–1871 | Peter Gow | Liberal |
| 2nd | 1871–1874 | Peter Gow | Liberal |
| 3rd | 1875–1876 | Peter Gow | Liberal |
| 3rd | 1876–1879 | James Massie | Liberal |
| 4th | 1879–1883 | James Laidlaw | Liberal |
| 5th | 1883–1886 | James Laidlaw | Liberal |
| 6th | 1886–1890 | Donald Guthrie | Liberal |
| 7th | 1890–1894 | Donald Guthrie | Liberal |
| 8th | 1894–1898 | John Mutrie | Liberal |
| 9th | 1898–1902 | John Mutrie | Liberal |
| 10th | 1902–1904 | Joseph Patrick Downey | Conservative |
| 11th | 1905–1908 | Joseph Patrick Downey | Conservative |
| 12th | 1908–1910 | Joseph Patrick Downey | Conservative |
| 12th | 1910–1911 | John Ransom Howitt | Conservative |
| 13th | 1911–1914 | Henry Scholfield | Conservative |
| 14th | 1914–1919 | Samuel Carter | Liberal-Prohibitionist |
| 15th | 1919–1923 | Caleb Henry Buckland | Conservative |
| 16th | 1923–1926 | Lincoln Goldie | Conservative |
| 17th | 1926–1929 | Lincoln Goldie | Conservative |
| 18th | 1929–1931 | Lincoln Goldie | Conservative |
| 18th | 1931–1934 | Duncan Paul Munro | Liberal |
| 19th | 1934–1934 | Duncan Paul Munro | Liberal |
| 19th | 1934–1937 | James Harold King | Liberal |
| 20th | 1937–1943 | James Harold King | Liberal |
| 21st | 1943–1945 | Leslie Hancock | Co-operative Commonwealth |
| 22nd | 1945–1948 | William Ernest Hamilton | Progressive Conservative |
| 23rd | 1948–1951 | William Ernest Hamilton | Progressive Conservative |
| 24th | 1951–1955 | William Ernest Hamilton | Progressive Conservative |
| 25th | 1955–1959 | Harry Worton | Liberal |
| 26th | 1959–1963 | Harry Worton | Liberal |
| 27th | 1963–1967 | Harry Worton | Liberal |
| 28th | 1967–1971 | Harry Worton | Liberal |
| 29th | 1971–1975 | Harry Worton | Liberal |
| 30th | 1975–1977 | Harry Worton | Liberal |
| 31st | 1977–1981 | Harry Worton | Liberal |
| 32nd | 1981–1985 | Harry Worton | Liberal |
| 33rd | 1985–1987 | Rick Ferraro | Liberal |
| Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly |||||
| Merged into Guelph before the 1987 election |||||

## Election results

vte1867 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Peter Gow | 940 | 58.42 |
| | Conservative | Mr. Leslie | 669 | 41.58 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 1,609 | 74.56 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 2,158 |
| | Liberal pickup new district. | Liberal pickup new district. | Liberal pickup new district. | Liberal pickup new district. | Liberal pickup new district. | Liberal pickup new district. | Liberal pickup new district. |
| Source: Elections Ontario |||||||
vte1871 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Peter Gow | Acclaimed |
| Source: Elections Ontario |||||||
vteOntario provincial by-election, January 1872 Ministerial by-election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Peter Gow | Acclaimed |
| Source: History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario$^{:399}$ |||||||
vte1875 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Peter Gow | Acclaimed |
| Source: Elections Ontario |||||||
vteOntario provincial by-election, September 1876 Resignation of Peter Gow :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | James Massie | Acclaimed |
| Source: History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario$^{:399}$ |||||||
vte1879 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | James Laidlaw | 1,430 | 52.15 |
| | Conservative | W.F. Sweetman | 1,312 | 47.85 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 2,742 | 65.83 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 4,165 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | – |
| Source: Elections Ontario |||||||