Hastings South

Hastings South
Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1924
District abolished	1966
First contested	1925
Last contested	1965

Hastings South was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1925 to 1968. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1924 from parts of Hastings East and Hastings West ridings.

It consisted of the townships of Hungerford, Tyendinaga, Thurlow and Sydney, and including the city of Belleville and towns of Trenton and Deseronto in the County of Hastings.

The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed between Hastings and Prince Edward—Hastings ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Parliament	Years		Party
Riding created from Hastings East and Hastings West
15th	1925–1926	William Ernest Tummon	Conservative
16th	1926–1930
17th	1930–1935
18th	1935–1940	John Charles Alexander Cameron	Liberal
19th	1940–1945	George Henry Stokes	National Government
20th	1945–1949	George Henry Stokes	Progressive Conservative
21st	1949–1953	Frank Follwell	Liberal
22nd	1953–1957	Frank Follwell	Liberal
23rd	1957–1958	Lee Grills	Progressive Conservative
24th	1958–1962
25th	1962–1963
26th	1963–1965	Anthony Robert Temple	Liberal
27th	1965–1968	Lee Grills	Progressive Conservative
Riding dissolved into Hastings and Prince Edward—Hastings

1935 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Charles Alexander Cameron	9,982
	Conservative	William Ernest Tummon	9,572
	Reconstruction	Laurie Hamilton Lewis	879

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