Dufferin—Caledon (provincial electoral district)

"Dufferin—Peel" redirects here. For other uses, see Dufferin-Peel (disambiguation).

Dufferin—Caledon

Ontario electoral district
Dufferin—Caledon in relation to other central Ontario electoral districts
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP	Sylvia Jones Progressive Conservative
District created	2005
First contested	2007
Last contested	2014
Demographics
Population (2011)	116,341
Electors (2007)	73,263
Area (km²)	2,293
Pop. density (per km²)	50.7
Census divisions	Dufferin County, Peel
Census subdivisions	Caledon, Orangeville, Mono, Shelburne, Amaranth, Mulmur, Melancthon, East Luther Grand Valley, East Garafraxa

Dufferin—Caledon is a provincial electoral district in southwestern Ontario, Canada. It was created for the 2007 provincial election. The entire riding was carved from Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey, and includes all of Dufferin County plus the town of Caledon in Peel Region.

The riding also existed from 1987 until 1999 with the same borders, but was known as Dufferin—Peel.

Members

Dufferin—Peel
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created
34th	1987–1990		Mavis Wilson	Liberal
35th	1990–1995		David Tilson	Progressive Conservative
36th	1995–1999
Riding dissolved

Dufferin—Caledon
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey
39th	2007–2011		Sylvia Jones	Progressive Conservative
40th	2011–2014
41st	2014–Present

Election results

Ontario general election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Sylvia Jones	18,017	39.86	-7.09
	Liberal	Bobbie Daid	13,861	30.66	+3.91
	Green	Karren Wallace	7,518	16.63	+2.05
	New Democratic	Rehya Yazbek	5,269	11.66	+0.60
	Libertarian	Daniel Kowalewski	538	1.19	+0.53
Total valid votes			45,203	100.00
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-5.50
Source: Elections Ontario

Ontario general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Sylvia Jones	17,833	46.95	+5.12
	Liberal	Lori Holloway	10,162	26.75	-5.27
	Green	Rob Strang	5,540	14.58	-1.71
	New Democratic	Karen Gventer	4,200	11.06	+1.20
	Libertarian	Daniel Kowalewski	250	0.66
Total valid votes			37,985	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			166	0.44
Turnout			38,151	47.74
Eligible voters			79,918
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+5.20
Source: Elections Ontario

Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Sylvia Jones	16,508	41.83
	Liberal	Betsy Hall	12,636	32.02
	Green	Rob Strang	6,429	16.29
	New Democratic	Lynda McDougall	3,891	9.86
Total valid votes			39,464	100.0

Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey

Ontario general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	David Tilson	30,532	64.76
	Liberal	Steve White	13,591	28.83
	New Democratic	Noel Duignan	1,871	3.97
	Green	Richard Procter	1,156	2.45
Total valid votes/			47,150	100.00
Total rejected ballots			342	–
Turnout			49,492	58.6
Eligible voters			81,020
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		–

Dufferin—Peel

Ontario general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	David Tilson	23,239	66.00	+31.30
	Liberal	Mavis Wilson	8,501	24.14	-8.66
	New Democratic	Sandra Crane	3,470	9.85	-17.55
Total valid votes/			35,210	100.00
Total rejected ballots			204	–
Turnout			35,414	65.2
Eligible voters			54,176
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+19.98

Ontario general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	David Tilson	10,899	34.70	+3.41
	Liberal	Mavis Wilson	10,327	32.80	-20.26
	New Democratic	Sandra Crane	8,627	27.40	+11.76
	Libertarian	Bob Shapton	1,594	5.10	–
Total valid votes/			35,210	100.00
Total rejected ballots			204	–
Turnout			35,414
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+11.84

2007 electoral reform referendum

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	24,736	64.1
	Mixed member proportional	13,867	35.9
	Total valid votes	38,603	100.0

Sources

• Elections Ontario Past Election Results