Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey was a federal
electoral district
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in
Ontario
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, Canada, that was represented in the
House of Commons of Canada
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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
Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Simcoe ridings. Located west of
Toronto
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, the largely rural electoral district's largest centre is the town of
Orangeville, Ontario. The riding consisted of the entire
County of Dufferin; that part of the
County of Grey contained in the townships of Egremont and Proton and the Village of
Dundalk
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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
Arthur
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and
Erin and that part of the
Regional Municipality of Peel contained in the
Town of Caledon.
The riding's first vote was the
1997 federal election in which
Liberal Murray Calder became its
Member of Parliament. 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,
Perth Wellington and
Wellington—Halton Hills ridings.
Members of Parliament
The riding has elected the following members of Parliament:
Election results
See also
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List of Canadian electoral districts
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Historical federal electoral districts of Canada
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References
External links
Riding history from the Library of Parliament
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Former federal electoral districts of Ontario
Orangeville, Ontario
Canadian federal electoral districts established in 1996
1996 establishments in Ontario
2004 disestablishments in Ontario
Constituencies disestablished in 2004