Brant South

{{Short description|Former federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada}} {{Use Canadian English|date=December 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}}  {{Infobox Canada electoral district | province = Ontario | image = | caption = | fed-status = defunct | fed-district-number = | fed-created = 1867 | fed-abolished = 1903 | fed-election-first = 1867 | fed-election-last = 1900 }}

'''Brant South''' was a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1904, and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1867 to 1923.

It was also called the '''South Riding of Brant'''. Brant County was named after Joseph Brant, a Mohawk Chief originally from New York State who settled the area, centred on Brantford.

==History== ===Federal=== The federal riding was created by the British North America Act 1867, which divided the county of Brant into two ridings: Brant North and Brant South according to a traditional division. In 1882, the South Riding of Brant was defined to consist of the townships of West Brantford, Onondaga and Tuscarora, the city of Brantford and the town of Paris.

The electoral district was abolished in 1903 when it was merged into Brantford riding.

The first member of Parliament for Brant South, elected in 1867 was Edmund Burke Wood. Wood was also elected to the Provincial Parliament. Eventually an act was passed to abolish dual representation.

In 1872, the Liberal candidate, William Paterson (a biscuit manufacturer) won the riding, and remained Member of Parliament until 1896, when he was defeated by Robert Henry (a grocer, and Conservative).

This election was declared void, and in a by-election Charles Bernhard Heyd (a Liberal, and also a grocer) won the riding. Heyd held the riding until it was abolished in 1903.

====Members of Parliament====

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

{{CanMP}} {{CanMP row | FromYr = 1867 | ToYr = 1872 | Assembly# = 1 | CanParty = Liberal | RepName = Edmund Burke Wood | PartyTerms# = 7 }} {{CanMP row | FromYr = 1872 | ToYr = 1874 | Assembly# = 2 | RepName = William Paterson | RepLink = William Paterson (Canadian politician) | RepTerms# = 6 }} {{CanMP row | FromYr = 1874 | ToYr = 1878 | Assembly# = 3 }} {{CanMP row | FromYr = 1878 | ToYr = 1882 | Assembly# = 4 }} {{CanMP row | FromYr = 1882 | ToYr = 1887 | Assembly# = 5 }} {{CanMP row | FromYr = 1887 | ToYr = 1891 | Assembly# = 6 }} {{CanMP row | FromYr = 1891 | ToYr = 1896 | Assembly# = 7 }} {{CanMP row | FromYr = 1896 | ToYr = 1896 | Assembly# = 8 | #ByElections = 1 | CanParty = Conservative (historical) | RepName = Robert Henry | RepLink = Robert Henry (Canadian politician) }} {{CanMP row | FromYr = 1897 | ToYr = 1900 | CanParty = Liberal | RepName = Charles Bernhard Heyd | PartyTerms# = 2 | RepTerms# = 2 }} {{CanMP row | FromYr = 1900 | ToYr = 1904 | Assembly# = 9 }} {{CanMP nodata|''Riding dissolved into'' Brantford}} {{CanMP end}}

===Provincial=== The provincial riding was also created in 1867.

The first Member of the Legislative Assembly for Brant South was Edmund Burke Wood. Wood was also elected to the first federal parliament. When an act was passed to abolish dual representation, Wood choose to remain in the provincial parliament.

In 1871, Arthur Sturgis Hardy won the riding. He held it until his death in 1889. Thomas H. Preston held the riding from 1899 until 1908. Willoughby Staples Brewster held the riding from 1908 until 1914. Joseph Henry Ham held the riding from 1914 until 1919. Morrison Mann MacBride held the riding from 1919 until 1923, when the provincial riding became the Brantford riding in 1923.

==Federal election results== {{1867 Canadian federal election/Brant South}} {{1872 Canadian federal election/Brant South}} {{1874 Canadian federal election/Brant South}} {{1878 Canadian federal election/Brant South}} {{1882 Canadian federal election/Brant South}} {{1887 Canadian federal election/Brant South}} {{1891 Canadian federal election/Brant South}} {{1896 Canadian federal election/Brant South}} On Mr. Henry's election being declared void and on his being unseated, 15 December 1896: {{CanElec1-by|4 February 1897}} {{CANelec|CA|Liberal|C. B. Heyd | 2,787 }} {{CANelec|CA|Conservative (historical)|Robert Henry| 2,406 }} |}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1900}} {{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Charles B. Heyd | 2,494 }} {{CANelec|CA|Conservative (historical)|Robert Henry| 2,288 }} |}

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == *[http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=66 Riding history from the] Library of Parliament

Category:Former federal electoral districts of Ontario Category:Canadian federal electoral districts established in 1867 Category:1867 establishments in Ontario Category:1904 disestablishments in Ontario Category:Constituencies disestablished in 1904