Flamborough—Glanbrook is a federal

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, Canada, that has been represented in the

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since 2015.

Geography

Flamborough—Glanbrook was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order as the area commencing at the intersection of the easterly limit of the city with the

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, westerly along said escarpment to Redhill Creek, westerly along the creek to Mountain Brow Boulevard, southerly along said boulevard to Arbour Road, southerly along said road, its intermittent production, Anchor Road and its southerly production to the intersection of Rymal Road East with Glover Road, westerly along Rymal Road East, Rymal Road West and Garner Road East to Glancaster Road, southerly along said road to the electric power transmission line situated northerly of Grassyplain Drive, westerly along said transmission line to Trinity Road, northerly along said road and Highway No. 52 North to the

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, easterly along said railway to Highway No. 403, northeasterly along said highway to the northerly limit of Hamilton, and then in an uneven manner to the point of commencement.

Demographics

:''According to the

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'' Ethnic groups: 85.1% White, 3.8% South Asian, 2.3% Black, 1.6% Arab, 1.5% Indigenous, 1.2% Latin American
Languages: 80.6% English, 2.1% Italian, 1.6% Polish, 1.5% French, 1.2% Portuguese, 1.0% Spanish, 1.0% Arabic
Religions (2011): 74.0% Christian (35.7% Catholic, 8.5% United Church, 7.3% Anglican, 3.5% Presbyterian, 2.3% Baptist, 2.0% Christian Orthodox, 1.5% Pentecostal 13.1% Other), 1.9% Muslim, 21.9% None.
Median income: $41,116 (2015)
Average income: $53,166 (2015)

History

Flamborough—Glanbrook came into effect upon the call of the

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, scheduled for October 2015. It was created out of parts of the electoral districts of

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and

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Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following

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Election results

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Flamborough-Glanbrook Ontario federal electoral districts Politics of Hamilton, Ontario 2013 establishments in Ontario