Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale

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Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale

Ontario electoral district
Map of riding
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP		David Sweet Conservative
District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2008
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2001)	111,844
Electors (2001)	8,121
Area (km²)	744
Pop. density (per km²)	150.3
Census divisions	Hamilton
Census subdivisions	Hamilton

For the provincial electoral district see Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale (provincial electoral district)

Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004.

The district includes the western half of the newly amalgamated city of Hamilton but does not include any of the city centre. It does, however, include McMaster University and many of the neighborhoods surrounding it. The area is 744 km². Its population in 2001 was 106,245.

The electoral district was created in 2003: 82.9% of the population of the riding came from Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Aldershot, and 17.1% from Hamilton West.

Contents 1 Demographics 2 Member of Parliament 2.1 Current Member of Parliament 3 Federal election results 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Demographics

Ethnic groups: 92.7% White, 2.1% Chinese, 1.6% South Asian
Languages: 83.4% English, 1.1% French, 14.7% Other
Religions: 45.0% Protestant, 27.7% Catholic, 1.6% Christian Orthodox, 2.7% Other Christian, 1.8% Jewish, 1.2% Muslim, 18.6% No affiliation
Average income: $37,986

[edit] Member of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

1. Russ Powers, Liberal (2004-2006)
2. David Sweet, Conservative (2006-present)

[edit] Current Member of Parliament

The incumbent from the majority of the riding, at the time the riding was created, was John Bryden, a Conservative member elected in 2000 as a Liberal. In the 2004 election, Russ Powers of the Liberal Party was elected MP. David Sweet was elected as MP in the 2006 federal election and re-elected in the 2008 federal election.

[edit] Federal election results

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	David Sweet	26,297	46.5%	+7.4%	$69,185
	Liberal	Arlene MacFarlane-VanderBeek	15,322	27.1%	-7.4%	$42,231
	New Democrat	Gordon Guyatt	9,632	17.0%	-4.3%	$44,859
	Green	Peter Ormond	5,149	9.1%	+4.7%	$21,445
	Marxist-Leninist	Jamilé Ghaddar	148	0.3%	+0.1%
Total valid votes/Expense limit			56,548	100%		$88,494
Total rejected ballots			170
Total number of votes			56,718

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Sweet	24,530	39.1%	+4.5%
	Liberal	Russ Powers	21,656	34.5%	-5.2%
	New Democrat	Gordon Guyatt	13,376	21.3%	+0.4%
	Green	David Januczkowski	2,767	4.4%	-0.4%
	Independent	Ben Cowie	303	0.5%	-
	Marxist-Leninist	Jamilé Ghaddar	112	0.2%	-
Total number of valid votes			62,744	100%
Rejected ballots			175
Total number of votes			62,919

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Russ Powers	21,935	39.7%
	Conservative	David Sweet	19,135	34.6%
	New Democrat	Gordon Guyatt	11,557	20.9%
	Green	David Januczkowski	2,636	4.8%
Total number of valid votes			55,263	100%
Rejected ballots			252
Total number of votes			55,515

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament
• Expenditures

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