Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey was a federal

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, Canada, that was represented in the

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from 1997 to 2004.

Federal electoral district

The federal riding was created as a result of redistribution in 1996 from parts of Guelph—Wellington, Halton—Peel and

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ridings. Located west of

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, the largely rural electoral district's largest centre is the town of

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. The riding consisted of the entire County of Dufferin; that part of the

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contained in the townships of Egremont and Proton and the Village of

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; that part of the County of Wellington contained in the townships of Erin and West Luther, the Town of Mount Forest and the villages of

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and

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and that part of the

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contained in the Town of Caledon. The riding's first vote was the 1997 federal election in which

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Murray Calder Murray Calder (born 15 January 1951) was a Liberal member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1993 to 2004. He is a farmer by profession. Born in Mount Forest, Ontario, Calder first became a Liberal candidate in 1988, unsuccessfully contestin ...

became its

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. Calder was re-elected in the 2000 election. The federal electoral district was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed between Dufferin—Caledon, Grey—Bruce—Owen Sound,

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and

Wellington—Halton Hills 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 ...

ridings.

Members of Parliament

The riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Election results

External links

Riding history from the

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