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WELLINGTON SOUTH — Canadian Federal Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

WELLINGTON SOUTH was won by Progressive Conservative at the 1965 general election, with a margin of 2,074 votes over NDP. This page covers every general election in WELLINGTON SOUTH from 1867 to 1965.

Full Election History, 1867–1965

Election Winner Party Votes Vote Share Runner-up Margin
1867 Liberal Liberal 963 59.6% Unknown (652) 311 (19.3 pts)
1872 Elected by acclamation (Liberal) — no opposing candidate, no vote count on record
1874 Liberal Liberal 1,667 78.1% Unknown (468) 1,199 (56.2 pts)
1878 Liberal Liberal 1,832 54.5% Unknown (1,529) 303 (9.0 pts)
1882 Liberal Liberal 1,790 51.7% Unknown (1,672) 118 (3.4 pts)
1887 Liberal Liberal 2,411 51.3% Conservative (2,285) 126 (2.7 pts)
1891 Liberal Liberal 2,510 54.0% Conservative (2,134) 376 (8.1 pts)
1896 Conservative Conservative 2,578 51.4% Liberal (2,440) 138 (2.8 pts)
1900 Liberal Liberal 2,755 51.0% Conservative (2,649) 106 (2.0 pts)
1904 Liberal Liberal 3,694 52.7% Conservative (3,315) 379 (5.4 pts)
1908 Liberal Liberal 3,873 55.0% Conservative (3,172) 701 (10.0 pts)
1911 Liberal Liberal 3,368 55.1% Conservative (2,744) 624 (10.2 pts)
1917 Unionist Unionist 7,358 77.5% Labour (2,139) 5,219 (55.0 pts)
1921 Conservative Conservative 6,208 36.6% Labour (6,077) 131 (0.8 pts)
1925 Conservative Conservative 9,096 52.9% Liberal (8,088) 1,008 (5.9 pts)
1926 Conservative Conservative 8,515 53.3% Liberal (7,471) 1,044 (6.5 pts)
1930 Conservative Conservative 8,887 53.0% Liberal (7,893) 994 (5.9 pts)
1935 Liberal Liberal 8,840 52.4% Conservative (5,854) 2,986 (17.7 pts)
1940 Liberal Liberal 8,115 46.9% Independent (5,073) 3,042 (17.6 pts)
1945 Liberal Liberal 8,484 45.2% Progressive Conservative (7,665) 819 (4.4 pts)
1949 Liberal Liberal 10,344 47.3% Progressive Conservative (7,778) 2,566 (11.7 pts)
1953 Liberal Liberal 9,275 45.4% Progressive Conservative (8,722) 553 (2.7 pts)
1957 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 11,632 54.6% Liberal (6,090) 5,542 (26.0 pts)
1958 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 15,160 59.4% Liberal (8,194) 6,966 (27.3 pts)
1962 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 11,345 42.0% Liberal (8,508) 2,837 (10.5 pts)
1963 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 11,350 39.7% Liberal (10,713) 637 (2.2 pts)
1965 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 11,264 38.8% NDP (9,190) 2,074 (7.1 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1867

PartyVotesShare
Liberal96359.6%
Unknown65240.4%

1874

PartyVotesShare
Liberal1,66778.1%
Unknown46821.9%

1878

PartyVotesShare
Liberal1,83254.5%
Unknown1,52945.5%

1882

PartyVotesShare
Liberal1,79051.7%
Unknown1,67248.3%

1887

PartyVotesShare
Liberal2,41151.3%
Conservative2,28548.7%

1891

PartyVotesShare
Liberal2,51054.0%
Conservative2,13446.0%

1896

PartyVotesShare
Conservative2,57851.4%
Liberal2,44048.6%

1900

PartyVotesShare
Liberal2,75551.0%
Conservative2,64949.0%

1904

PartyVotesShare
Liberal3,69452.7%
Conservative3,31547.3%

1908

PartyVotesShare
Liberal3,87355.0%
Conservative3,17245.0%

1911

PartyVotesShare
Liberal3,36855.1%
Conservative2,74444.9%

1917

PartyVotesShare
Unionist7,35877.5%
Labour2,13922.5%

1921

PartyVotesShare
Conservative6,20836.6%
Labour6,07735.9%
Liberal4,66227.5%

1925

PartyVotesShare
Conservative9,09652.9%
Liberal8,08847.1%

1926

PartyVotesShare
Conservative8,51553.3%
Liberal7,47146.7%

1930

PartyVotesShare
Conservative8,88753.0%
Liberal7,89347.0%

1935

PartyVotesShare
Liberal8,84052.4%
Conservative5,85434.7%
CCF1,5789.4%
Reconstruction5923.5%

1940

PartyVotesShare
Liberal8,11546.9%
Independent5,07329.3%
National Government4,12123.8%

1945

PartyVotesShare
Liberal8,48445.2%
Progressive Conservative7,66540.8%
CCF2,35512.5%
Labor-Progressive2681.4%

1949

PartyVotesShare
Liberal10,34447.3%
Progressive Conservative7,77835.6%
CCF3,74817.1%

1953

PartyVotesShare
Liberal9,27545.4%
Progressive Conservative8,72242.7%
CCF2,43111.9%

1957

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative11,63254.6%
Liberal6,09028.6%
CCF3,57316.8%

1958

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative15,16059.4%
Liberal8,19432.1%
CCF2,1868.6%

1962

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative11,34542.0%
Liberal8,50831.5%
NDP6,98925.9%
Social Credit1740.6%

1963

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative11,35039.7%
Liberal10,71337.5%
NDP6,39122.3%
Social Credit1500.5%

1965

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative11,26438.8%
NDP9,19031.6%
Liberal8,59529.6%

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each contested election, coloured by the winning party. Acclaimed elections (no opposing candidate) aren't plotted since there's no margin to measure.

1867: Liberal margin 19.3 pts 1874: Liberal margin 56.2 pts 1878: Liberal margin 9.0 pts 1882: Liberal margin 3.4 pts 1887: Liberal margin 2.7 pts 1891: Liberal margin 8.1 pts 1896: Conservative margin 2.8 pts 1900: Liberal margin 2.0 pts 1904: Liberal margin 5.4 pts 1908: Liberal margin 10.0 pts 1911: Liberal margin 10.2 pts 1917: Unionist margin 55.0 pts 1921: Conservative margin 0.8 pts 1925: Conservative margin 5.9 pts 1926: Conservative margin 6.5 pts 1930: Conservative margin 5.9 pts 1935: Liberal margin 17.7 pts 1940: Liberal margin 17.6 pts 1945: Liberal margin 4.4 pts 1949: Liberal margin 11.7 pts 1953: Liberal margin 2.7 pts 1957: Progressive Conservative margin 26.0 pts 1958: Progressive Conservative margin 27.3 pts 1962: Progressive Conservative margin 10.5 pts 1963: Progressive Conservative margin 2.2 pts 1965: Progressive Conservative margin 7.1 pts 1867 1874 1878 1882 1887 1891 1896 1900 1904 1908 1911 1917 1921 1925 1926 1930 1935 1940 1945 1949 1953 1957 1958 1962 1963 1965

Trend

WELLINGTON SOUTH has been contested at 27 general elections on record since 1867. Winning parties over that span: Liberal, Conservative, Unionist, Progressive Conservative.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won WELLINGTON SOUTH in the 1965 general election?

Progressive Conservative won WELLINGTON SOUTH in 1965 with 11,264 votes (38.8%), a margin of 2,074 votes over NDP in second place.

Which parties have won WELLINGTON SOUTH since 1867?

Since 1867, WELLINGTON SOUTH has been won by: Conservative, Liberal, Progressive Conservative, Unionist.

What was the closest result in WELLINGTON SOUTH?

The closest contested result on record for WELLINGTON SOUTH was 1921, when Conservative beat Labour by 131 votes (0.8 percentage points).

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