Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Aldershot

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Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Aldershot (also known as Wentworth—Burlington) was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1997 to 2004, and a provincial electoral district that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999.

Its population was 104,775 in 2001.

1 Geography
2 History
- 2.1 Member of Parliament
- 2.2 Members of Provincial Parliament
3 Federal election results
4 Provincial election results
5 External link

[edit] Geography

The electoral district is located to the west and north of the city centre of Hamilton, Ontario. It includes the former towns of Ancaster, Dundas, Flamborough, and Aldershot.

[edit] History

The district was first created in 1996 as "Wentworth—Burlington" from parts of Hamilton—Wentworth riding. The riding was renamed "Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Aldershot" in 2000.

The federal electoral district was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed between Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale, Burlington, Hamilton Centre, Hamilton Mountain and Niagara West—Glanbrook ridings.

[edit] Member of Parliament

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

John Bryden, Liberal, briefly Independent, then Conservative (1997-2004)

[edit] Members of Provincial Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:

Toni Skarica, Ontario Progressive Conservative Party (1999-2000)
Ted McMeekin, Liberal (2000-present)

[edit] Federal election results

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	BRYDEN, John	19,921
	Canadian Alliance	PENNINGS, Ray	15,272
	Progressive Conservative	AGGUS, Gerry	9,451
	New Democrat	GUYATT, Gordon	3,756

[edit] Provincial election results

Ontario general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/- (1999)	+/- (2000)
	Liberal	Ted McMeekin	23,045	47.5	+14.0	-12.1
	Progressive Conservative	Mark Mullins	18,141	37.4	-20.7	+6.9
	New Democrat	Kelly Hayes	5,666	11.7	+2.3	+4.8
	Green	Brian Elder Sullivan	903	1.9	-	-0.8
	Family Coalition	Michael Trolly	434	0.9	-	-
	Confederation of Regions	Richard Butson	293	0.6	-	-

By-election: February 7, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-
	Liberal	Ted McMeekin	19,916	59.6	+26.1
	Progressive Conservative	Priscilla De Villiers	10,201	30.5	-27.6
	New Democrat	Jessica Brennan	2,297	6.7	-1.5
	Green	Mark Coakley	1,405	4.14	-
	Independent	John C. Turmel	80	0.2	-