Bruce East was a federal electoral district

Electoral district (Canada)

An electoral district in Canada, also known as a constituency or a riding, is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based...

 in Ontario

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, Canada

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, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons

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 from 1882 to 1904. This riding was created in 1882 from parts of Bruce North

Bruce North

Bruce North was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1935. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867 which divided the county of Bruce into two ridings: Bruce North and Bruce South.-Geography:The North...

 and Bruce South

Bruce South

Bruce South was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1882 and from 1903 to 1935....

 ridings.

The East Riding of the county of Bruce consisted of the townships of Culross, Greenock, Brant and Carrick, the town of Walkerton, and the village of Teeswater.

The electoral district was abolished in 1903 when it was redistributed between Bruce North and Bruce South ridings.

Election results

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|WELLS, Rupert M.

Rupert Mearse Wells

Rupert Mearse Wells was speaker of the Legislature of Ontario in 1874 to 1879 and served as Liberal MLA for Bruce South from 1872 to 1882. He represented Bruce East in the Canadian House of Commons from 1883 to 1887 as a Liberal.He was born in Prescott County in Upper Canada in 1835 and attended...

|align="right"| 1,558
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|SHAW, Alexander
|align="right"| 1,497
|}
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|CARGILL, Henry

Henry Cargill

Henry Cargill was an Ontario farmer, merchant and political figure. He represented Bruce East in the Canadian House of Commons from 1887 to 1891 and from 1892 to 1903 as a Conservative member....

|align="right"| 2,182
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|WELLS, Robert Mearse
|align="right"| 1,812
|}

On Mr. Cargill's resignation, as he was already holding a Crown appointment (postmaster), and on his resignation as postmaster:

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|CARGILL, Henry
|align="right"| 2,009
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|TRUAX, Richard
|align="right"| 1,886
|}
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|TRUAX, Reuben

Reuben Eldridge Truax

Reuben Eldridge Truax was an Ontario businessman and political figure. He represented Bruce South in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1894 to 1904 and from 1908 to 1911 and Bruce East in 1891 and Bruce South from 1913 to 1921 in the Canadian House of Commons as a Liberal member...

|align="right"| 2,045
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|CARGILL, Henry
|align="right"| 1,931
|}

On Mr. Truax being unseated:

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|CARGILL, Henry
|align="right"| acclaimed
|}
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|CARGILL, Henry
|align="right"| 2,048
|-

|TOLTON, James
|align="right"| 1,881
|}
|-

|CARGILL, Henry
|align="right"| 1,806
|-

|COUMANS, John
|align="right"| 1,763
|}

On Mr. Cargill's death, 1 October 1903:

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|DONNELLY, James J.

James J. Donnelly

James J. Donnelly was born November 14, 1866 and was appointed to the Canadian Senate for life by Prime Minister Robert Laird Borden May 26, 1913 to represent the senatorial division for Bruce South, Ontario. He was the youngest Senator chosen at that time...

|align="right"| 1,821
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|ROBB, Alexander W.
|align="right"| 1,650
|}

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament
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