Wellington—Halton Hills (provincial electoral district)

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Wellington—Halton Hills
Flag of Ontario.svg Ontario electoral district
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Wellington-Halton Hills in relation to other southern Ontario ridings
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP
 
 
 
Ted Arnott
Progressive Conservative
District created 2004
First contested 2007
Last contested 2014
Demographics
Population (2006) 111,241
Electors (2007) 75,358
Area (km²) 1,584
Pop. density (per km²) 70.2
Census divisions Wellington County, Halton
Census subdivisions Guelph, Guelph/Eramosa, Puslinch, Erin, Centre Wellington, Halton Hills
For the federal electoral district, see Wellington—Halton Hills.

Wellington—Halton Hills is a provincial electoral district in western Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

The riding, which was first contested in the 2007 provincial election, consists of the municipalities of Guelph/Eramosa, Puslinch, Erin, Centre Wellington and Halton Hills.

47.5% of the riding came from Halton, 25.2% came from Waterloo—Wellington, 16.3% came from Guelph—Wellington and 11% came from Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey.

Members of Provincial Parliament[edit]

Wellington—Halton Hills
Assembly Years Member Party
Riding created from Halton, Waterloo—Wellington,
Guelph—Wellington and Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey
39th  2007 − 2011     Ted Arnott Progressive Conservative
40th  2011 − 2014
41st  2014 − Present

Election results[edit]

Ontario general election, 2014
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
Progressive Conservative Ted Arnott 22,600 46.68 -8.94
Liberal Daniel Zister 14,095 29.12 +2.29
New Democratic Michael Carlucci 6,848 14.15 -0.30
Green Dave Rodgers 3,566 7.37 +4.27
Libertarian Jason Cousineau 1,104 2.28
Freedom Mitch Sproule 198 0.40
Total valid votes 48,411 100.00
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -5.62
Source: Elections Ontario[1]
Ontario general election, 2011
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
Progressive Conservative Ted Arnott 23,495 55.62 +6.46
Liberal Moya Johnson 11,334 26.83 -3.56
New Democratic Dale Hamilton 6,106 14.45 +5.52
Green Raymond Dartsch 1,309 3.10 -7.15
Total valid votes 42,244 100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 137 0.32
Turnout 42,381 51.11
Eligible voters 82,926
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +5.01
Source: Elections Ontario[2]
Ontario general election, 2007
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
Progressive Conservative Ted Arnott 21,533 49.16 -3.17
Liberal Marg Bentley 13,312 30.39 -2.34
Green Martin Lavictoire 4,489 10.25
New Democratic Noel Duignan 3,914 8.94 -0.25
Family Coalition Giuseppe Gori 555 1.27
Total valid votes 43,803 100.00
     Progressive Conservative hold Swing -0.42

^ Change based on redistributed results

2007 electoral reform referendum[edit]

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side Votes %
First Past the Post 28,316 66.0
Mixed member proportional 14,589 34.0
Total valid votes 42,905 100.0

Sources[edit]

Coordinates: 43°39′25″N 79°56′35″W / 43.657°N 79.943°W / 43.657; -79.943