Grey—Bruce
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Grey—Bruce 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...

 represented in the Canadian
Canada
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 House of Commons
Canadian House of Commons
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 from 1935 to 1968. It was located in the province
Provinces and territories of Canada
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 of Ontario
Ontario
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. This riding was created in 1933 from parts of 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....

 and Grey Southeast
Grey Southeast
Grey Southeast was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1917 to 1935. It was located in the province of Ontario...

 ridings.

It consisted of the townships of Artemesia, Bentinck, Egremont, Glenelg, Normanby, Proton and Sullivan in the county of Grey; and the townships of Brant, Carrick and Elderslie in the county of Bruce.

The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed between Bruce, Grey—Simcoe
Grey—Simcoe
Grey—Simcoe was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1968 to 1988. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1966 from parts of Grey North, Grey—Bruce and Simcoe East ridings....

 and Wellington—Grey
Wellington—Grey
Wellington—Grey, renamed Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Waterloo in 1970, was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1968 to 1979. It was located in the province of Ontario...

 ridings.

MPs for Grey—Bruce

  • 1935-1940 Agnes MacPhail
    Agnes Macphail
    Agnes Campbell Macphail was the first woman to be elected to the Canadian House of Commons, and one of the first two women elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario...

    , United Farmers
    United Farmers of Ontario
    The United Farmers of Ontario was a political party in Ontario, Canada. It was the Ontario provincial branch of the United Farmers movement of the early part of the 20th century.- Foundation and rise :...

    -Labour
    Labour candidates and parties in Canada
    There have been various groups in Canada that have nominated candidates under the label Labour Party or Independent Labour Party or other variations from the 1870s until the 1960s...

  • 1940-1957 Walter Edward Harris, Liberal
    Liberal Party of Canada
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  • 1957-1965 Eric Alfred Winkler
    Eric Alfred Winkler
    Eric Alfred Winkler was a Canadian politician.Born in Hanover, Ontario, he was a prisoner of war for three years after being shot down in 1942 during World War II...

    , Progressive Conservative
    Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
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Election results

|United Farmers
United Farmers of Ontario
The United Farmers of Ontario was a political party in Ontario, Canada. It was the Ontario provincial branch of the United Farmers movement of the early part of the 20th century.- Foundation and rise :...

-Labour
Labour candidates and parties in Canada
There have been various groups in Canada that have nominated candidates under the label Labour Party or Independent Labour Party or other variations from the 1870s until the 1960s...


|MACPHAIL, Agnes C.
Agnes Macphail
Agnes Campbell Macphail was the first woman to be elected to the Canadian House of Commons, and one of the first two women elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario...


|align="right"| 7,210
|-

|HALL, Walter Allan
|align="right"|5,727
|-

|CAMPBELL, Lewis G.
|align="right"|5,100
|}
|-

|HARRIS, Walter Edward 
|align="right"| 6,389
|-

|KNECHTEL, Karl Daniel
|align="right"| 4,944

|United Farmers
United Farmers of Ontario
The United Farmers of Ontario was a political party in Ontario, Canada. It was the Ontario provincial branch of the United Farmers movement of the early part of the 20th century.- Foundation and rise :...

-Labour
Labour candidates and parties in Canada
There have been various groups in Canada that have nominated candidates under the label Labour Party or Independent Labour Party or other variations from the 1870s until the 1960s...


|MACPHAIL, Agnes Campbell
Agnes Macphail
Agnes Campbell Macphail was the first woman to be elected to the Canadian House of Commons, and one of the first two women elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario...


|align="right"| 4,761
|}
|-

|HARRIS, Walter Edward 
|align="right"| 8,912
|-

|GRIERSON, John
|align="right"| 7,582
|-

|SACHS, Alfred
|align="right"| 1,127
|}
|-

|HARRIS, Walter Edward 
|align="right"| 10,528
|-

|SAWYER, Frank D.
|align="right"| 6,051
|-

|BALTRUWEIT, Rudolph
|align="right"| 1,137
|}
|-

|HARRIS, Hon. Walter Edward 
|align="right"| 9,236
|-

|CAREFOOT, Rankin Lorne
|align="right"| 6,279
|}
|-

|WINKLER, Eric Alfred
Eric Alfred Winkler
Eric Alfred Winkler was a Canadian politician.Born in Hanover, Ontario, he was a prisoner of war for three years after being shot down in 1942 during World War II...

 
|align="right"| 10,707
|-

|HARRIS, Hon. Walter Edward 
|align="right"| 7,606
|}
|-

|WINKLER, Eric Alfred
Eric Alfred Winkler
Eric Alfred Winkler was a Canadian politician.Born in Hanover, Ontario, he was a prisoner of war for three years after being shot down in 1942 during World War II...

 
|align="right"|11,878
|-

|STEVENSON, Thomas
|align="right"|6,248
|}
|-

|WINKLER, Eric Alfred
Eric Alfred Winkler
Eric Alfred Winkler was a Canadian politician.Born in Hanover, Ontario, he was a prisoner of war for three years after being shot down in 1942 during World War II...

 
|align="right"| 10,514
|-

|OSWALD, William P.
|align="right"| 7,009
|-

|MCASEY, Elzard J.
|align="right"| 763
|}
|-

|WINKLER, Eric Alfred
Eric Alfred Winkler
Eric Alfred Winkler was a Canadian politician.Born in Hanover, Ontario, he was a prisoner of war for three years after being shot down in 1942 during World War II...

 
|align="right"| 10,535
|-

|MCCALLUM, Duncan Melvin
|align="right"| 6,981
|-

|WATSON, George D.
|align="right"| 566
|-

|MCASEY, Elzard Joseph
|align="right"| 399
|}
|-

|WINKLER, Eric Alfred
Eric Alfred Winkler
Eric Alfred Winkler was a Canadian politician.Born in Hanover, Ontario, he was a prisoner of war for three years after being shot down in 1942 during World War II...

 
|align="right"| 10,138
|-

|MATHESON, Wm. R.
|align="right"| 5,639
|-

|TEBBUTT, Melvin L.
|align="right"| 1,706
|}

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