Wellington—Dufferin—Simcoe was a federal
electoral district
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represented in the
House of Commons of Canada
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from 1979 to 1988. It was located in the
province
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of
Ontario
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. This riding was created in 1976 as Dufferin—Wellington and renamed in 1977. It was created from parts of
Halton,
Peel—Dufferin—Simcoe
Peel—Dufferin—Simcoe was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1979. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1966 from parts of Peel—Dufferin riding.
It cons ...
and
Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Waterloo ridings.
It consisted of the County of Dufferin, the Townships of Adjala and Tosorontio and the Town of Alliston in the County of Simcoe, and Townships of Arthur, Erin, Maryborough, Minto, Nichol, Peel, West Garafraxa and West Luther, including the Towns of Mount Forest and Palmerston in the County of Wellington.
The electoral district was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed between
Guelph—Wellington,
Perth—Wellington—Waterloo
Perth—Wellington—Waterloo was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 1997. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1987 from parts of Perth, Waterloo and Well ...
,
Simcoe Centre
Simcoe Centre was a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 1997. This riding was created in 1987 from parts of Grey—Simcoe, Simcoe Sou ...
,
Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Simcoe and
York—Simcoe ridings.
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following
members of Parliament:
Election results
, -
,
Progressive Conservative
,
Perrin Beatty
, align="right", 25,807
,
Liberal
, Harry A. Greene
, align="right", 11,202
,
New Democratic
, Jeff Koechlin
, align="right", 4,744
, -
,
Progressive Conservative
,
Perrin Beatty
, align="right", 21,205
,
Liberal
, Larry Davies
, align="right", 12,104
,
New Democratic
, Cecil Chambers
, align="right", 5,966
, -
,
Progressive Conservative
,
Perrin Beatty
, align="right", 29,983
,
Liberal
, John Green
, align="right", 7,303
,
New Democratic
, Sandy W. A. Young
, align="right", 6,468
See also
*
List of Canadian electoral districts
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*
Historical federal electoral districts of Canada
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References
External links
* Website of th
Parliament of Canada
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Former federal electoral districts of Ontario