Burlington (electoral district)

Burlington

Ontario electoral district
Burlington in relation to other Ontario electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Mike Wallace Conservative
District created	1976
First contested	1979
Last contested	2011
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	119,615
Electors (2011)	90,949
Area (km²)	75.45
Pop. density (per km²)	1,585.4
Census divisions	Halton
Census subdivisions	Burlington

Map of Burlington riding

For the provincial electoral district, see Burlington (provincial electoral district).

Burlington is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1979.

Geography

It consists of the southern part of the city of Burlington, Ontario.

The riding consists of the neighbourhoods of Aldershot, Maple, Freeman, Wellington Square, Dynes, Roseland, Longmoor, Shoreacres, Pinedale, Elizabeth Gardens, Palmer, Mountainside, Brant Hills, and Tyandaga in Burlington.

History

Burlington was created in 1976 from Halton—Wentworth.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
31st	1979–1980		Bill Kempling	Progressive Conservative
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988
34th	1988–1993
35th	1993–1997		Paddy Torsney	Liberal
36th	1997–2000
37th	2000–2004
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008		Mike Wallace	Conservative
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–present

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Conservative	Mike Wallace	32,958	54.16	+5.56
	Liberal	Alyssa Brierley	14,154	23.26	-9.99
	New Democratic	David Carter Laird	11,449	18.81	+7.61
	Green	Graham Mayberry	2,151	3.53	-3.40
	Marxist–Leninist	Elaine Baetz	140	0.23	–
Total valid votes			60,852	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			175	0.29	-0.12
Turnout			61,027	67.02	+2.03
Eligible voters			91,058	–	–

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Conservative	Mike Wallace	28,614	48.60	+5.50	$82,440
	Liberal	Paddy Torsney	19,577	33.25	-5.86	$86,026
	New Democratic	David Carter Laird	6,597	11.20	-1.24	$21,862
	Green	Marnie Mellish	4,083	6.93	+1.60	$2,280
Total valid votes/Expense limit			58,871	100.00	$92,099
Total rejected ballots			239	0.40	+0.05
Turnout			59,110	64.99

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Conservative	Mike Wallace	28,030	43.10	+4.8
	Liberal	Paddy Torsney	25,431	39.11	-5.9
	New Democratic	David Carter Laird	8,090	12.44	+1.6
	Green	Rick Goldring	3,471	5.33	+0.1
Total valid votes			65,022	100.0
Total rejected ballots			227	0.35
Turnout			65,249	72.96

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Liberal	Paddy Torsney	27,423	45.0	+20.7
	Conservative	Mike Wallace	23,389	38.4	-9.6
	New Democratic	David Carter Laird	6,581	10.8	+7.2
	Green	Angela Reid	3,169	5.2
	Christian Heritage	John Herman Wubs	429	0.7
Total valid votes			60,991	100.0

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Liberal	Paddy Torsney	22,175	46.8	+2.7
	Alliance	Don Pennell	11,500	24.3	+6.9
	Progressive Conservative	Stephen Collinson	11,240	23.7	-9.0
	New Democratic	Larry McMahon	1,722	3.6	-1.5
	Green	Tom Snyder	771	1.6
Total valid votes			47,408	100.0

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Liberal	Paddy Torsney	22,042	44.1	0.0
	Progressive Conservative	Mike Kuegle	16,344	32.7	+6.5
	Reform	Terry Lamping	8,662	17.3	-5.9
	New Democratic	Jim Hough	2,561	5.1	+2.1
	Canadian Action	Ann Marsden	352	0.7
Total valid votes			49,961	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Liberal	Paddy Torsney	22,785	44.1	+17.5
	Progressive Conservative	Mike Kuegle	13,540	26.2	-25.9
	Reform	Hugh Ramolla	11,984	23.2
	New Democratic	Jim Hough	1,554	3.0	-13.1
	Independent	Bill Barlett	929	1.8
	National	Bill Watson	535	1.0
	Natural Law	Ursula Kropfel	336	0.7
Total valid votes			51,663	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Kempling	26,293	52.1	-9.9
	Liberal	James Smith	13,448	26.6	+7.8
	New Democratic	Jane Mulkewich	8,149	16.1	-3.1
	Christian Heritage	Ron Bremer	2,285	4.5
	Libertarian	Dan Riga	321	0.6
Total valid votes			50,496	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Kempling	37,577	61.9	+11.2
	New Democratic	Walter Mulkewich	11,687	19.3	+3.6
	Liberal	Fred Schwenger	11,406}	18.8	-14.0
Total valid votes			60,670	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Kempling	27,212	50.8	-5.6
	Liberal	Tom Sutherland	17,574	32.8	+4.6
	New Democratic	Danny Dunleavy	8,421	15.7	+1.0
	Libertarian	Bruno S. Oberski	341	0.6	0.0
	Marxist–Leninist	Charles Boylan	63	0.1	0.0
Total valid votes			53,611	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Kempling	32,225	56.4
	Liberal	Tom Sutherland	16,100	28.2
	New Democratic	Danny Dunleavy	8,421	14.7
	Libertarian	John Lawson	365	0.6
	Marxist–Leninist	Charles Boylan	62	0.1
Total valid votes			57,173	100.0

See also

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

References

• "(Code 35010) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=FED&Code1=35010&Geo2=PR&Code2=35&Data=Count&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All. Retrieved 2012-03-02. 
• Federal riding history from the Library of Parliament
• 2011 Results from Elections Canada
• Campaign expense data from Elections Canada