Halton was a provincial
electoral district in Central
Ontario
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, Canada. It elected one member to the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario.
History
Until 1967, the electoral district was contiguous with the
County of Halton.
Division (1967-1999)
The territory comprising Halton was redistributed on several occasions between 1967 and 1999:
:* The ''Representation Act, 1966'' divided the County into Halton East (consisting of Georgetown, Milton, Oakville and the southern part of Esquesing Township) and Halton West (consisting of Acton, Burlington, Nassagaweya Township and the northern part of Esquesing).
:* The ''Representation Act, 1975'' divided the new
Regional Municipality of Halton
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into
Burlington South, Halton-Burlington (consisting of Halton Hills, Milton and the northern part of Burlington) and Oakville.
:* The ''Representation Act, 1986'' divided the Region into
Burlington South, Halton Centre (consisting of the northern parts of Burlington and Oakville and a southern part of Milton), Halton North (consisting of Halton Hills and the northern part of Milton) and Oakville South.
Alignment with federal electoral district (1999)
With the passage of the ''Representation Act, 1996'', the electoral district of Halton was revived, and its boundaries were declared to be contiguous with those of the
federal electoral district
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The new riding included all of the Regional Municipality of
Halton north of a line following
Dundas Street to
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to Upper Middle Road to Walkers Line to the
QEW to
Burlington
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City limits to Upper Middle Road.
In 2007, the riding lost all of the
Town of Halton Hills to
Wellington—Halton Hills
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. Also, the border following the 407 was altered so that it follows
Guelph Line instead. Also, the territory east of Eighth Line and south of Dundas Street was also lost.
Abolition (2018)
In 2018, the riding was divided into
Milton,
Oakville North—Burlington
Oakville North—Burlington (french: Oakville-Nord—Burlington) is a federal electoral district in Halton Region, Ontario.
History
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,
Burlington
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,
Mississauga—Streetsville
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and
Mississauga—Erin Mills
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.
Members of Provincial Parliament
Election results (1999-2014)
2007 electoral reform referendum
Election results (1867-1967)
Sources
Elections Ontario Past Election Results
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Milton, Ontario
Politics of Burlington, Ontario
Politics of Oakville, Ontario
Former provincial electoral districts of Ontario