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Wellington—Halton Hills is a former federal
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in
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, Canada, that was represented in the
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from 2004 to 2025. The Member of Parliament for Wellington—Halton Hills is
Michael Chong Michael David Chong (born November 22, 1971) is a Canadian politician who has represented the Ontario riding of Wellington—Halton Hills in the House of Commons since 2004. A member of the Conservative Party, he served in the cabinet of Pr ...
of the
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. The riding was created in 2003 from parts of
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 ...
, Guelph—Wellington, Halton 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. It consists of the Town of Halton Hills in the
Regional Municipality of Halton The Regional Municipality of Halton, or Halton Region, is a regional municipality in Ontario, Canada, located in the Golden Horseshoe of Southern Ontario. It comprises the city of Burlington and the towns of Oakville, Milton, and Halton H ...
and the townships of Centre Wellington, Guelph/Eramosa and Puslinch and the Town of Erin in Wellington County. Although it is counted as part of
Midwestern Ontario Southwestern Ontario (census population 2,796,367 in 2021) is a secondary region of Southern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario. It occupies most of the Ontario Peninsula, bounded by Lake Huron (including Georgian Bay) to the north and no ...
, it spills into Halton, which is part of the
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. This riding lost fractions of territory to
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and Kitchener—Conestoga during the 2012 electoral redistribution. Under the
2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution A redistribution of federal electoral districts ("ridings") began in Canada following the results of the 2021 Canadian census. The Constitution of Canada requires that federal electoral districts that compose the House of Commons undergo a re ...
the riding was replaced by
Milton East—Halton Hills South Milton East—Halton Hills South is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It came into effect upon the call of the 2025 Canadian federal election. Geography Under the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution the new riding wi ...
and
Wellington—Halton Hills North Wellington—Halton Hills North is a federal Electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It came into effect upon the call of the 2025 Canadian federal election. Geography Under the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redis ...
.


Members of Parliament


Demographics

''According to the
2021 Canadian census The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canada, Canadian population with a reference date of May 11, 2021. It follows the 2016 Canadian census, which recorded a population of 35,151,728. The overall response rate was 98%, whic ...
'' Ethnic groups: 86.8% White, 4.4% South Asian, 2.6% Indigenous, 1.5% Black Languages: 84.6% English, 1.2% French, 1.2% Polish, 1.1% Punjabi, 1.1% Portuguese Religions: 59.6% Christian (27.9% Catholic, 6.2% United Church, 5.4% Anglican, 3.3% Presbyterian, 1.2% Christian Orthodox, 1.1% Baptist, 1.1% Reformed, 13.4% Other), 1.6% Sikh, 1.5% Muslim, 1.1% Hindu, 35.3% None


Election results


See also

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List of Canadian electoral districts This is a list of Canada's 343 federal electoral districts (commonly referred to as '' ridings'' in Canadian English) as defined by the ''2023 Representation Order''. Canadian federal electoral districts are constituencies that elect membe ...
*
Historical federal electoral districts of Canada This is a list of past arrangements of Electoral district (Canada), Canada's electoral districts. Each district sends one member to the House of Commons of Canada. Federal electoral districts in Canada are re-adjusted every ten years based on the ...


References

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Riding history from the
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2011 results from Elections Canada

Campaign expense data from Elections Canada


Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wellington-Halton Hills Former federal electoral districts of Ontario Centre Wellington Halton Hills Canadian federal electoral districts disestablished in 2025