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When the East and West
Ridings were renamed for their respective counties in 1845, the township of Erin continued to be part of Halton for electoral purposes, and the township of Dumfries was similarly included for such purposes in Waterloo. At that time, Waterloo County was declared to consist of
40:
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An Act for better defining the limits of the
Counties and Districts in Upper Canada, for erecting certain new Townships, for detaching Townships from some Counties and attaching them to others, and for other purposes relative to the division of Upper Canada into Townships, Counties and
624:
An Act for abolishing the
Territorial Division of Upper-Canada into Districts, and for providing for temporary Unions of Counties for Judicial and other purposes, and for the future dissolutions of such Unions, as the increase of wealth and population may
343:, for electoral purposes Erin Township was attached to Halton County, which became known as the East Riding of Halton, and the remaining townships of Wellington that had previously been part of Halton became known as the West Riding of Halton.
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In 1849, Wellington
District was abolished, and Waterloo County remained for municipal and judicial purposes. The territory of the
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An Act erecting certain parts of the
Counties of Halton and Simcoe into a new District, by the name of the District of Wellington
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Thomas Ridout survey of 1821. The northern section shows Blocks 1–4, together with surrounding Crown reserves and
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An Act to divide the
District of Huron, in the Province of Canada, and for other purposes therein mentioned
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in 1850, with the
Wellington District outlined in green. The outline mistakenly excludes Puslinch Township.
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An Act to re-unite the
Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, and for the Government of Canada
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the triangular piece of land adjoining the said tract in the proposed
District of Huron
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An Act to make certain alterations in the
Territorial Divisions of Upper Canada
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became part of Waterloo in 1849, but was later withdrawn and transferred to
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part of the late purchase from the Indians of Gore, and part of Indian lands
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that was constructed in the period 1840-1848 to the new community of
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the sum of which was surveyed into townships on either side of the
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later surveyed to form the townships of Maryborough and Wallace
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later surveyed to form the townships of Wellesley and Peel
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868:History of the Regional Municipality of Waterloo
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324:For electoral purposes, it was called
863:History of Wellington County, Ontario
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529:Handbook of Upper Canadian Chronology
853:1838 establishments in Upper Canada
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488:Saugeen Tract Agreement
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486:acquired under the
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199:Other lands
175:Upper Canada
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120:Upper Canada
701:(1791–1849)
391:Maryborough
179:Canada West
136:Established
126:Canada West
97:The Canadas
77: /
47:Canada West
842:Categories
813:See also:
796:Wellington
550:2017-11-04
513:References
474:being the
394:Melancthon
385:Mornington
273:Melancthon
196:Townships
65:80°18′07″W
62:43°34′19″N
766:Newcastle
751:Johnstown
726:Dalhousie
606:Districts
440:in 1851.
427:Wellesley
376:Garafraxa
226:Garafraxa
190:District
144:Dissolved
139:June 1840
122:(1840–41)
99:(1840–41)
826:Category
791:Victoria
721:Colborne
711:Bathurst
504:Sydenham
424:Woolwich
418:Waterloo
415:Sullivan
412:Sydenham
409:Puslinch
397:Normanby
367:Egremont
358:Bentinck
355:Amaranth
328:and the
291:–
267:Amaranth
244:Woolwich
238:Waterloo
235:Puslinch
217:Dumfries
171:district
113:Province
801:Western
771:Niagara
761:Midland
731:Eastern
625:require
379:Holland
373:Glenelg
364:Eramosa
220:Eramosa
193:County
128:(1841–)
105:(1841–)
90:Country
45:Map of
786:Simcoe
776:Ottawa
756:London
536:
421:Wilmot
406:Proton
400:Nichol
382:Luther
370:Guelph
352:Arthur
334:Guelph
287:London
276:Proton
270:Luther
260:Simcoe
241:Wilmot
232:Nichol
229:Guelph
210:Halton
158:Guelph
746:Huron
716:Brock
444:Notes
388:Minto
361:Derby
741:Home
736:Gore
630:S.C.
611:S.C.
534:ISBN
403:Peel
332:was
255:Home
223:Erin
205:Gore
165:The
147:1849
173:in
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