Halton (electoral district)

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Halton Electoral district
Halton in relation to the surrounding area ridings
MP	Garth Turner (2006-)
Party	Liberal (2007-)
MPP	Ted Chudleigh (1999-)
Party	Progressive Conservative (1999-)
Province	Ontario
Census division(s)	Halton
Census subdivision(s)	Burlington, Milton, Oakville
Federal district created	1996

Halton is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1988 and since 1997, and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1867 to 1902 and since 1999. Its population in 2001 was 100,055.

Contents 1 Geography 2 Federal electoral district 2.1 Members of Parliament 3 Provincial electoral district 3.1 Members of the Legislative Assembly/Members of Provincial Parliament 4 Federal election results 4.1 1997 - present 4.2 1867-1988 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] Geography

The district includes the Town of Milton and the northern parts of the Town of Oakville and the City of Burlington.

In 2003, it was defined to consist of:

• the Town of Milton,
• the part of the Town of Oakville lying northwest of a line drawn from northeast to southwest along Dundas Street West, southeaster along Eighth Line, and southwest along Upper Middle Road, and
• the part of the City of Burlington lying northwest of a line drawn from northeast to southwest along the Queen Elizabeth Way, northwest along Walkers Line, southwest along Upper Middle Road, northwest along Guelph Line, and southwest along Dundas Street.

[edit] Federal electoral district

Halton riding was created by British North America Act in 1867. It consisted of Halton County until 1966. In 1966, it was redefined to consist of the Towns of Milton and Oakville and the Township of Esquesing in the County of Halton, and the Township of Erin in the County of Wellington. In 1976, it was redefined to consist of the Towns of Milton and Oakville, and southern the part of the Town of Halton Hills.

The electoral district was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed between Halton—Peel and Oakville—Milton ridings.

It was re-created in 1996 from parts of Burlington, Halton—Peel, Oakville and Oakville—Milton ridings.

The new riding consisted of the towns of Halton Hills and Milton, the part of the Town of Oakville lying northwest of the Queen Elizabeth Way and Upper Middle Road, and the part of the City of Burlington lying north of a line drawn from northeast to southwest along the Queen Elizabeth Way, northwest along Walkers Line, southwest along Upper Middle Road, north along a

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

1. John White, Liberal (1867-1874)
2. Daniel Black Chisholm, Liberal-Conservative (1874-1875)
3. William McCraney, Liberal (1875-1878)
4. William McDougall, Liberal-Conservative (1878-1882)
5. William McCraney, Liberal (1882-1887)
6. John Waldie, Liberal (1887-1888)
7. David Henderson, Conservative (1888)
8. John Waldie, Liberal (1888-1891)
9. David Henderson, Conservative (1891-1917)
10. Robert King Anderson, Conservative (1917-1935)
11. Hughes Cleaver, Liberal (1935-1953)
12. Sybil Bennett, Progressive Conservative (1953-1957)
13. Alexander Best, Progressive Conservative (1957-1962)
14. Harry C. Harley, Liberal (1962-1968)
15. Rud L. Whiting, Liberal (1968-1972)
16. Terry O'Connor, Progressive Conservative (1972-1974)
17. Frank Philbrook, Liberal (1974-1979)
18. Otto Jelinek, Progressive Conservative (1979-1988)

	Liberal	Julian Reed	1997 - 2004
	Liberal	Gary Carr	2004 - 2006
	Conservative	Garth Turner	2006
	Independent		2006 - 2007
	Liberal		2007 - Present

[edit] Provincial electoral district

Halton provincial riding was created in 1867, and abolished in 1902. It was re-created in 1999 when provincial ridings were defined to have the same borders as federal ridings.

[edit] Members of the Legislative Assembly/Members of Provincial Parliament

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

1. William Barber, Liberal (1867-1875)
2. William Durie Lyon, Liberal (1875-1879)
3. David Robertson, Liberal (1879-1883)
4. William Kerns, Conservative (1883-1898)
5. John Roaf Barber, Liberal (1898-1902)
6. Ted Chudleigh, Progressive Conservative (1999-present)

[edit] Federal election results

[edit] 1997 - present

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Garth Turner	30,578
	Liberal	Gary Carr	28,498
	New Democrat	Anwar Naqvi	6,110
	Green	Kyle Grice	4,026

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Gary Carr	27,362
	Conservative	Dean Martin	21,704
	New Democrat	Anwar Naqvi	4,642
	Green	Frank Marchetti	2,889

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Julian Reed	28,168
	Canadian Alliance	Tim Dobson	15,656
	Progressive Conservative	Tom Kilmer	12,114
	New Democrat	Brenda Dolling	2,633
	Green	Tom Adams	1,018

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Julian Reed	26,017
	Progressive Conservative	Ralph Scholtens	13,778
	Reform	Richard Malboeuf	12,221
	New Democrat	Jay Jackson	2,452
	Green	Bill Champ	600

[edit] 1867-1988

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Otto Jelinek	38,076
	Liberal	Oriena R.M. Currie	14,125
	New Democrat	Kevin Flynn	9,164
	Green	Chris Kowalchuk	1,494

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Otto Jelinek	24,752
	Liberal	Bill Perras	19,380
	New Democrat	Doug Black	8,455
	Libertarian	Karen Selick	170
	Independent	Robert J. Ritchie	142
	Marxist-Leninist	Charles Shrybman	18

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Otto Jelinek	28,850
	Liberal	Frank A. Philbrook	17,169
	New Democrat	Doug Black	7,838
	Libertarian	Karen Selick	144
	Independent	Robert J. Ritchie	130
	Marxist-Leninist	Charles Shrybman	23

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Frank Philbrook	23,520
	Progressive Conservative	Terry O'Connor	21,609
	New Democrat	Archibald Brown	6,887

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Terry O'Connor	22,640
	Liberal	Rud L. Whiting	20,419
	New Democrat	Carolyn Holstein	8,725

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Rud L. Whiting	17,837
	Progressive Conservative	Peter McWilliams	12,614
	New Democrat	Murray Kernighan	6,606

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Harry C. Harley	25,213
	Progressive Conservative	Allan M. Masson	16,412
	New Democrat	Murray S. Kernighan	10,751
	Independent Conservative	Henry Timmins	373

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Harry C. Harley	25,482
	Progressive Conservative	Sandy Best	15,949
	New Democrat	Ellis Fullerton	6,790
	Independent Conservative	Henry Timmins	481
	Social Credit	Irv Wilson	330

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Harry C. Harley	18,556
	Progressive Conservative	Sandy Best	18,458
	New Democrat	Carl Rouleau	8,001
	Social Credit	Irving R. Wilson	547

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Alexander Best	21,056
	Liberal	Ken Dick	9,978
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Jack Henry	3,481

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Alexander Best	17,795
	Liberal	Kenneth Y. Dick	9,145
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Jack Henry	3,344

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Sybil Bennett	9,914
	Liberal	Murray Hunter McPhail	8,732
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Stan Allen	1,819

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Hughes Cleaver	9,546
	Progressive Conservative	M. Sybil Bennett	8,099
	Co-operative Commonwealth	William Albert Shane	1,829

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Hughes Cleaver	7,344
	Progressive Conservative	Allan Stanley Nicholson	6,763
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Carlyle C. Browne	1,770

Canadian federal election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Hughes Cleaver	7,788
	National Government	George C. Atkins	6,184

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Hughes Cleaver	6,177
	Conservative	George Currie	5,146
	Reconstruction	Melville Marks Robinson	1,876

Canadian federal election, 1930
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Robert King Anderson	6,976
	Progressive	James Waldbrook	5,806

Canadian federal election, 1926
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Robert King Anderson	6,222
	Liberal	William James Laird Hampshire	4,308

Canadian federal election, 1925
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Robert King Anderson	6,775
	Liberal	Duncan Campbell	5,424

Canadian federal election, 1921
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Robert King Anderson	5,264
	Liberal	William Franklin Fisher	3,649
	Progressive	John Featherstone Ford	3,238

Canadian federal election, 1917
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Government	Robert King Anderson	4,802
	Opposition	Walter Dymond Gregory	2,032

Canadian federal election, 1911
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	David Henderson	2,618
	Liberal	Walter Harland Smith	2,199

Canadian federal election, 1908
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	David Henderson	2,417
	Liberal	William Spencer Harrison	2,205

Canadian federal election, 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	David Henderson	2,288
	Unknown	John S. Deacon	2,148

Canadian federal election, 1900
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	David Henderson	2,379
	Liberal	S.F. McKinnon	2,233

Canadian federal election, 1896
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	David Henderson	2,460
	Liberal	John Waldie	2,376

By-election on 28 January 1892 On the election having been declared 16 November 1891
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	David Henderson	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1891
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	David Henderson	2,441
	Liberal	John Waldie	2,337

By-election on 22 August 1888 On Mr. Henderson being unseated for corrupt practices by agents
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Waldie	2,042
	Conservative	David Henderson	2,018

By-election on 7 February 1888 On Mr. Waldie being unseated, 19 January 1888, for bribery by agents
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	David Henderson	2,183
	Unknown	McLeod	2,086

Canadian federal election, 1887
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Waldie	2,222
	Conservative	David Henderson	2,213

Canadian federal election, 1882
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William McCraney	1,822
	Unknown	Geo. C. McKindsey	1,739

Canadian federal election, 1878
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal-Conservative	William McDougall	1,708
	Unknown	W. McCraney	1,690

On Mr. Chisholm being unseated, on petition, 8 December 1874:

By-election on 25 January 1875
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William McCraney	1,704
	Liberal-Conservative	Daniel Black Chisholm	1,569

Canadian federal election, 1874
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal-Conservative	Daniel Black Chisholm	1,464
	Liberal	J. White	1,441

Canadian federal election, 1872
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John White	1,414
	Unknown	G.C. McKindsey	1,278

Canadian federal election, 1867
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John White	1,422
	Unknown	Chisholm	1,289

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External links

• 1867-1986 Riding history 1867-1988 from the Library of Parliament
• 1997-present Riding history 1997-2004 from the Library of Parliament

Federal Ridings in Hamilton, Halton and Niagara
Conservative	Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale | Burlington | Niagara Falls | Niagara West—Glanbrook | St. Catharines
New Democratic	Hamilton Centre | Hamilton East—Stoney Creek | Hamilton Mountain
Liberal	Oakville | Welland | Halton*
* Halton MP Garth Turner was elected as a Conservative, but has resigned from the party and is now sitting as a Liberal.

Federal Ridings in Ontario
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Hamilton, Burlington & Niagara	Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale | Burlington | Halton | Hamilton Centre | Hamilton East—Stoney Creek | Hamilton Mountain | Niagara Falls | Niagara West—Glanbrook | Oakville | St. Catharines | Welland
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