Prince Edward—Hastings was a federal electoral district in

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, Canada, that existed in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 2015. Its population in 2006 was 113,227. It was redistributed between

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electoral district and

Hastings—Lennox and Addington Hastings—Lennox and Addington is a federal electoral district in Ontario. Hastings—Lennox and Addington was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came ...

electoral district as a result of the

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History

The electoral district was created in 1966 from parts of Hastings South, Hastings—Frontenac,

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, and

Prince Edward—Lennox Prince Edward—Lennox was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1925 to 1968. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1924 from Prince Edward riding and parts of Lennox and ...

ridings. It consisted of the County of Prince Edward, the Townships of Rawdon and Sidney (excluding the City of Belleville) in the County of Hastings, and the Townships of Brighton, Cramahe, Murray and Seymour in the County of Northumberland. The electoral district was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed between

and Prince Edward ridings, but Prince Edward riding was renamed "Prince Edward—Hastings" in 1978 before an election was held. In 1976, Prince Edward riding was defined to consist of the County of Prince Edward, and, in the County of Hastings, the Townships of Hungerford, Huntingdon, Thurlow and Tyendinaga, the City of Belleville, and the Town of Deseronto, the Village of Frankford, and Tyendinaga Indian Reserve No. 38. In 1996, it was redefined to consist of the County of Prince Edward, and the part of the County of Hastings lying south of and including the townships of Hungerford, Huntingdon and Rawdon, south of but excluding the Village of Stirling, and excluding the City of Trenton. In 2003, it was redefined to consist of the County of Prince Edward and the County of Hastings (except the City of

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). As part of the

, the southern portion of district forms the bulk of the new

district, while the northern portion becomes part of

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following

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Election results

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative votes in the 2000 election. Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform Party vote in the 1997 election.

References

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Riding history 1966-1976 from the

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Riding history 1978-2008 from the

2011 results from Elections Canada

Campaign expense data from Elections Canada

Notes

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History

Members of Parliament

Election results

See also

References

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