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Grenville (provincial electoral district)

provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 5, 2026
Entity authorityQ30598266 ↗
Source-derived summary

Grenville was a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada. In 1867 at the time of confederation, the area was split between Grenville North and Grenville South but these were merged in 1886 into one riding. In 1934, parts of Grenville were merged with the riding of Dundas to form Grenville-Dundas. In 1977 it was further redistributed to form Carleton-Grenville. It was merged into Leeds-Grenville and Stormont-Dundas and Glengarry in 1987.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Grenville (provincial electoral district)” as provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Grenville, provincial and electoral.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1867, 1886, 1934, 1977—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Grenville, provincial and electoral providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Grenville (provincial electoral district)”, the useful work is to connect “provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 5, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q30598266. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1867, 1886, 1934 and 1977.

Critical limits

A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

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  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
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Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Grenville (provincial electoral district)”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Grenville (provincial electoral district) primary sources, Grenville (provincial electoral district) archive and Grenville research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

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This entry incorporates text from “Grenville (provincial electoral district)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.