Wellington—Halton Hills

For the provincial electoral district, see Wellington—Halton Hills (provincial electoral district).

Wellington—Halton Hills

Ontario electoral district
File:Wellington-Halton Hills.png Wellington—Halton Hills in relation to other southern Ontario electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Michael Chong Conservative
District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2015
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	115,880
Electors (2015)	88,674
Area (km²)	1,584
Pop. density (per km²)	73.2
Census divisions	Wellington, Halton
Census subdivisions	Halton Hills, Centre Wellington, Guelph/Eramosa, Erin, Puslinch

File:Wellington-Halton Hills.png

Wellington—Halton Hills in relation to Southern Ontario ridings

Wellington—Halton Hills is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004.

The Member of Parliament for Wellington—Halton Hills is Michael Chong of the Conservative Party of Canada.

The riding was created in 2003 from parts of Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey, Guelph—Wellington, Halton and Waterloo—Wellington ridings.

It consists of the Town of Halton Hills in the Regional Municipality of Halton and the townships of Centre Wellington, Guelph/Eramosa and Puslinch and the Town of Erin in Wellington County. Although it is counted as part of Midwestern Ontario, it spills into Halton, which is part of the Greater Toronto Area.

This riding lost fractions of territory to Guelph and Kitchener—Conestoga during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Members of Parliament

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Wellington—Halton Hills Riding created from Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey, Guelph—Wellington, Halton and Waterloo—Wellington
38th	2004–2006		Michael Chong	Conservative
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015
42nd	2015–Present

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Michael Chong	32,482	50.9	-12.83	–
	Liberal	Don Trant	23,279	36.5	+20.16	–
	New Democratic	Anne Gajerski-Cauley	5,321	8.3	-4.66	–
	Green	Brent Allan Bouteiller	2,547	4.0	-2.4	–
	Canadian Action	Harvey Edward Anstey	183	0.3	-0.27	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			63,812	100.0		$229,340.37
Total rejected ballots			185	0.28	–
Turnout			63,977	71.36	+4.09
Eligible voters			89,653
	Conservative hold		Swing		-16.5
Source: Elections Canada

2011 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	35,023	63.73
	Liberal	8,979	16.34
	New Democratic	7,120	12.96
	Green	3,518	6.40
	Others	315	0.57

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Michael Chong	35,132	63.70	+6.07	–
	Liberal	Barry Peters	9,034	16.38	-5.95	–
	New Democratic	Anastasia Zavarella	7,146	12.96	+3.59	–
	Green	Brent Bouteiller	3,527	6.37	-3.47	9,592.53
	Christian Heritage	Jeffrey Streutker	316	0.57	-0.24	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			55,155	100.00	$89,278.64
Total rejected ballots			154	0.28	–
Turnout			55,309	67.27	–
Eligible voters			82,215	–	–
	Conservative hold		Swing		+6.01

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Michael Chong	29,191	57.63	+6.97	$67,429
	Liberal	Bruce Bowser	11,312	22.33	-6.83	$71,000
	Green	Brent Bouteiller	4,987	9.84	+3.74	$1,497
	New Democratic	Noel Duignan	4,747	9.37	-2.94	$800
	Christian Heritage	Jeffrey Streutker	414	0.81	-0.29	$416
Total valid votes/Expense limit			50,651	100.00	$85,604
	Conservative hold		Swing		+6.9

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Michael Chong	27,907	50.75	+7.95	$73,993
	Liberal	Rod Finnie	16,065	29.22	-8.99	$55,605
	New Democratic	Noel Duignan	6,785	12.34	+0.43	$5,496
	Green	Brent Bouteiller	3,362	6.11	+0.68	$1,102
	Christian Heritage	Carol Ann Krusky	606	1.10	-0.54	$4,944
	Independent	Mike Wisniewski	355	0.65	–	$1,174
Total valid votes			54,987	100.00	$78,546
	Conservative hold		Swing		+8.47

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Michael Chong	21,479	42.81	–	$64,026
	Liberal	Bruce Hood	19,173	38.21	–	$73,831
	New Democratic	Noel Duignan	5,974	11.91	–	$13,594
	Green	Brent Bouteiller	2,725	5.43	–	$799
	Christian Heritage	Pat Woode	826	1.65	–	$2,304
Total valid votes			50,177	100.00	$75,799
	Conservative hold		Swing		+6.01

See also

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

References

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament
• 2011 results from Elections Canada
• Campaign expense data from Elections Canada