Oxford South (federal electoral district)

This article is about the federal electoral district. For the provincial electoral district, see Oxford South (provincial electoral district).

Oxford South

Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1867
District abolished	1933
First contested	1867
Last contested	1934 by-election

Oxford South was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1935. It was located in the province of Ontario. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867.

In 1882, the South Riding of the county of Oxford consisted of the town of Ingersoll, the village of Norwich, and the townships of Oxford East, Oxford West, Oxford North, Norwich North, Norwich South, Burford and Oakland.

In 1903, the riding was redefined to include the township of Dereham and the town of Tilsonburg, and to exclude the townships of Burford and Oakland.

In 1924, Oxford South was defined to consist of the part of the county of Oxford lying south of and including the townships of Oxford North and Oxford West, south of and excluding the city of Woodstock, and south of and including the township of Oxford East.

The electoral district was abolished in 1933 when it was merged into Oxford riding.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
1st	1867–1872		Ebenezer Vining Bodwell	Liberal
2nd	1872–1874
3rd	1874–1874
	1874–1878		James Atchison Skinner
4th	1878–1882
5th	1882–1887		Archibald Harley
6th	1887–1891		Richard John Cartwright
7th	1891–1896
8th	1896–1896
	1896–1900
9th	1900–1904
10th	1904–1908		Malcolm Smith Schell
11th	1908–1911
12th	1911–1917		Donald Sutherland	Conservative
13th	1917–1921			Government (Unionist)
14th	1921–1925			Conservative
15th	1925–1926
16th	1926–1930		Thomas Merritt Cayley	Liberal
17th	1930–1934†
	1934–1935		Almon Rennie
Riding dissolved into Oxford

Election history

v t e 1867 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Ebenezer Bodwell	acclaimed
Source: Canadian Elections Database[1]

v t e 1872 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	Ebenezer Vining Bodwell	acclaimed
Source: Canadian Elections Database[2]

1874 Canadian federal election: South Riding of Oxford
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Ebenezer V. Bodwell	981
	Unknown	Dr. Thrall	223

1878 Canadian federal election: South Riding of Oxford
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James A. Skinner	1,915
	Unknown	Joseph Gibson	1,554
Source: Canadian Elections Database[3]

1882 Canadian federal election: South Riding of Oxford
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Archibald Harley	1,831
	Liberal	James A. Skinner	1,054

1887 Canadian federal election: South Riding of Oxford
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Sir R. J. Cartwright	2,099
	Conservative	John J. Hawkins	977

1891 Canadian federal election: South Riding of Oxford
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Sir R. J. Cartwright	2,021
	Conservative	Michael Walsh	1,287

1896 Canadian federal election: South Riding of Oxford
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Sir R. J. Cartwright	2,347
	Conservative	Thomas R. Mayberry	1,597

1900 Canadian federal election: South Riding of Oxford
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Sir R. J. Cartwright	2,042
	Conservative	Stephen King	1,226

1904 Canadian federal election: South Riding of Oxford
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Malcolm S. Schell	2,565
	Conservative	J. C. Henderson	2,070

1908 Canadian federal election: South Riding of Oxford
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Malcolm Smith Schell	2,712
	Conservative	Donald Sutherland	2,619

1911 Canadian federal election: South Riding of Oxford
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Donald Sutherland	2,503
	Liberal	Malcolm Smith Schell	2,479

1917 Canadian federal election: South Riding of Oxford
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Government	Donald Sutherland	4,124
	Opposition	Malcolm Smith Schell	2,812

1921 Canadian federal election: South Riding of Oxford
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Donald Sutherland	4,476
	Progressive	Martin Lee Haley	3,597
	Liberal	Matthew Dean	3,135

1925 Canadian federal election: Oxford South
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Donald Sutherland	5,400
	Liberal	James William Innes	5,200

1926 Canadian federal election: Oxford South
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Thomas Merritt Cayley	6,064
	Conservative	Hon. Donald Sutherland	5,364

1930 Canadian federal election: Oxford South
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Thomas Merritt Cayley	5,711
	Conservative	Hon. Donald Sutherland	5,656

By-election: On Mr. Cayley's death, 16 April 1934: Oxford South
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Almon Secord Rennie	6,692
	Conservative	Hon. Donald Sutherland	5,199

See also

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

References

1. Sayers, Anthony M. "1867 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 22 January 2024.
2. Sayers, Anthony M. "1872 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 3 February 2024.
3. Sayers, Anthony M. "1878 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 22 January 2024.

External links

• Website of the Parliament of Canada