Peel South

Peel South

Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1966
District abolished	1976
First contested	1968
Last contested	1974

Peel South (also known as Mississauga riding) was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1974. It was located in the province of Ontario. The riding was created in 1966 from parts of the Peel riding.

It consisted of the Township of Toronto in the County of Peel, and the part of Metropolitan Toronto lying west of the Etobicoke River.

The electoral district's name was changed in late 1973 to Mississauga, on a request by then MP Don Blenkarn, to coincide with the creation of the City of Mississauga.^[1] It was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed between Brampton—Halton Hills, Mississauga North and Mississauga South ridings.

Members of Parliament

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Peel South Riding created from Peel
28th	1968–1972		Hyliard Chappell	Liberal
29th	1972–1974		Don Blenkarn	Progressive Conservative
Mississauga
30th	1974–1979		Anthony Abbott	Liberal
Riding dissolved into Brampton—Halton Hills, Mississauga North and Mississauga South

Election results

1968 Canadian federal election: Peel South
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Hyliard Chappell	24,255
	Progressive Conservative	Earl K. Brownridge	19,065
	New Democratic	Keith Wollard	8,498

1972 Canadian federal election: Peel South
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Don Blenkarn	31,981
	Liberal	Bill Kent	30,305
	New Democratic	David Busby	18,553
	Independent	Michael Houlton	461

1974 Canadian federal election: Mississauga
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Anthony Abbott	38,517
	Progressive Conservative	Don Blenkarn	34,080
	New Democratic	David Busby	14,276
	Independent	Richard C. Darwin	227
	Marxist–Leninist	David A. Starbuck	113

See also

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

References

1. "Mississauga riding official", Mississauga Times, 12 December 1973.

External links

• Website of the Parliament of Canada