Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Simcoe was a federal
electoral district
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represented in the
House of Commons of Canada
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from 1988 to 1997. It was located in the
province
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of
Ontario
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. This riding was created in 1987 from parts of
Bruce—Grey,
Grey—Simcoe and
Wellington—Dufferin—Simcoe ridings.
The electoral district was abolished in 1996 when it was re-distributed between
Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey could refer to:
* Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey (federal electoral district)
* Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey (provincial electoral district)
{{Disambiguation ...
,
Simcoe—Grey and
Waterloo—Wellington
Waterloo—Wellington was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2003. It continued to be a provincial electoral district represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario until the 2007 provin ...
ridings.
Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Simcoe consisted of the County of Dufferin; the Town of Thornbury, the Village of Dundalk and the townships of Collingwood, Egremont, Osprey and Proton in the County of Grey; the towns of Collingwood and Stayner, the Village of Creemore and the Township of Nottawasaga in the County of Simcoe; and the towns of Fergus, Harriston, Mount Forest and Palmerston, the villages of Arthur, Clifford and Elora, and the townships of Arthur, Minto, Nichol, West Garafraxa and West Luther in the County of Wellington.
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following
members of Parliament:
Election results
, -
,
Liberal
,
Murray Calder
, align="right", 20,374
,
Progressive Conservative
,
Perrin Beatty
, align="right", 18,665
,
New Democratic
, Dan Heffernan
, align="right", 2,090
See also
*
List of Canadian electoral districts
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Canadian federal electoral districts are constituencies that elect membe ...
*
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