Middlesex South (provincial electoral district)

Middlesex South
Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	1934
District abolished	1973
First contested	1934
Last contested	1971

Middlesex South was a provincial riding in Ontario, Canada, that was created for the 1934 election. It was abolished prior to the 1975 election. It was redistributed into the ridings of Middlesex, Huron—Middlesex and London South.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Middlesex South
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
*Renamed from Middlesex West*
19th	1934–1937		Charles Maitland MacFie^{[nb 1]}	Liberal
20th	1937–1943		Charles Maitland MacFie^{[nb 1]}	Liberal
21st	1943–1945		Daniel McIntyre	Progressive Conservative
22nd	1945–1948		Harry Marshall Allen	Progressive Conservative
23rd	1948–1951
24th	1951–1955
25th	1955–1959
26th	1959–1963
27th	1963–1967		Neil Leverne Olde	Progressive Conservative
28th	1967–1969		Neil Leverne Olde	Progressive Conservative
28th	1969–1971		Kenneth Bolton	New Democratic
29th	1971–1975		Robert G. Eaton	Progressive Conservative
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly^[1]
*Redistributed into Middlesex, Huron—Middlesex and London South before 1975 election*

Election results

1951 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Harry Allen	8,461	58.27	+7.53
	Liberal	Harry Brodie	5,137	35.38	-5.06
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Anne Vowles	922	6.35	-2.47
Total valid votes			14,520	99.53
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			68	0.47	-0.01
Turnout			14,588	65.08	-2.98
Eligible voters			22,416
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+6.29
Source: Elections Ontario^[2]

1955 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Harry Allen	9,434	56.72	-1.55
	Liberal	Harvey Wales	7,199	43.28	+7.90
Total valid votes			16,633	98.84
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			196	1.16	+0.70
Turnout			16,829	67.64	+2.56
Eligible voters			24,879
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-4.73
Source: Elections Ontario^[3]

1959 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Harry Allen	9,317	55.98	-0.97
	Liberal	Ronald Macfie	6,193	37.21	-6.07
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Everett Hall	1,132	6.80
Total valid votes			16,642	98.86
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			299	1.76	+0.60
Turnout			16,941	59.45	-8.20
Eligible voters			28,498
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+2.67
Source: Elections Ontario^[4]

1963 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Neil Olde	12,532	60.72	+4.74
	Liberal	Ronald Macfie	6,623	32.09	-5.12
	New Democratic	Patricia Chefurka	1,483	7.19	+0.38
Total valid votes			20,638	99.09
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			192	0.92	-0.84
Turnout			20,830	62.57	+3.12
Eligible voters			33,291
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+4.93
Source: Elections Ontario^[5]

1967 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Neil Olde	8,423	44.47	-16.26
	Liberal	Leo Gent	5,865	30.92	-1.13
	New Democratic	Kenneth Bolton	4,654	24.57	+17.38
Total valid votes			18,942	99.33
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			128	0.67	-0.25
Turnout			19,070	63.19	+0.62
Eligible voters			30,181
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-7.56
Source: Elections Ontario^[6]

Ontario provincial by-election, September 18, 1969 Death of Neil Leverne Olde
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Kenneth Bolton	8,194	37.78	+13.21
	Progressive Conservative	Walden Allen	6,802	31.36	-13.11
	Liberal	David McDonald	6,694	30.86	-0.10
	New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+13.16

1971 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Eaton	12,253	42.85	+11.49
	New Democratic	Kenneth Bolton	9,200	32.18	-5.60
	Liberal	Ronald Crawford	7,140	24.97	-5.89
Total valid votes			28,593	99.58
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			123	0.43
Turnout			28,716	77.14
Eligible voters			37,227
	Progressive Conservative gain from New Democratic		Swing		+8.55
Source: Elections Ontario^[7]

References

Notes

Citations

[nb 1]

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

Search