Wellington—Halton Hills (federal electoral district)

For the provincial electoral district, see Wellington—Halton Hills (provincial electoral district).

Wellington—Halton Hills

Ontario electoral district
Wellington—Halton Hills in relation to other southern Ontario electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Michael Chong Conservative
District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	115,880
Electors (2015)	88,674
Area (km²)	1,584
Pop. density (per km²)	73.2
Census division(s)	Wellington, Halton
Census subdivision(s)	Halton Hills, Centre Wellington, Guelph/Eramosa, Erin, Puslinch

Wellington—Halton Hills in relation to Southern Ontario ridings

Wellington—Halton Hills is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004.

The Member of Parliament for Wellington—Halton Hills is Michael Chong of the Conservative Party of Canada.

The riding was created in 2003 from parts of Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey, Guelph—Wellington, Halton and Waterloo—Wellington ridings.

It consists of the Town of Halton Hills in the Regional Municipality of Halton 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, it spills into Halton, which is part of the Greater Toronto Area.

This riding lost fractions of territory to Guelph and Kitchener—Conestoga during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Members of Parliament

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Wellington—Halton Hills Riding created from Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey, Guelph—Wellington, Halton and Waterloo—Wellington
38th	2004–2006		Michael Chong	Conservative
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015
42nd	2015–2019
43rd	2019–2021
44th	2021–present

Election results

Graph of election results in Wellington—Halton Hills (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Michael Chong	35,257	52.1	+4.7
	Liberal	Melanie Lang	18,384	27.2	-1.2
	New Democratic	Noor Jahangir	7,050	10.4	+1.1
	People's	Syl Carle	4,359	6.4	+4.2
	Green	Ran Zhu	2,606	3.9	-8.8
Total valid votes			67,656	99.3
Total rejected ballots			448	0.7
Turnout			68,104	67.3
Eligible voters			101,212
	Conservative hold		Swing		+3.0
Source: Elections Canada

2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Michael Chong	33,044	47.4	-3.2	$78,757.50
	Liberal	Lesley Barron	19,777	28.4	-8.18	$70,168.78
	Green	Ralph Martin	8,851	12.7	8.61	none listed
	New Democratic	Andrew Bascombe	6,499	9.3	0.86	none listed
	People's	Syl Carle	1,509	2.2	-	$6,565.51
Total valid votes/expense limit			69,680	100.0		$122,383.64
Total rejected ballots			359
Turnout			70,039	70.8
Eligible voters			98,901
	Conservative hold		Swing		+2.49
Source: Elections Canada

2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Michael Chong	32,482	50.90	-12.83	$114,808.31
	Liberal	Don Trant	23,279	36.48	+20.16	$82,917.29
	New Democratic	Anne Gajerski-Cauley	5,321	8.34	-4.66	$11,740.16
	Green	Brent Allan Bouteiller	2,547	3.99	-2.41	$2,190.90
	Canadian Action	Harvey Edward Anstey	183	0.29	-0.27	$381.96
Total valid votes/Expense limit			63,812	100.00		$230,272.85
Total rejected ballots			185	0.28	–
Turnout			63,977	71.36	+4.09
Eligible voters			89,653
	Conservative hold		Swing		-16.5
Source: Elections Canada

2011 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	35,023	63.73
	Liberal	8,979	16.34
	New Democratic	7,120	12.96
	Green	3,518	6.40
	Others	315	0.57

2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Michael Chong	35,132	63.70	+6.07	–
	Liberal	Barry Peters	9,034	16.38	-5.95	–
	New Democratic	Anastasia Zavarella	7,146	12.96	+3.59	–
	Green	Brent Bouteiller	3,527	6.37	-3.47	9,592.53
	Christian Heritage	Jeffrey Streutker	316	0.57	-0.24	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			55,155	100.00		$89,278.64
Total rejected ballots			154	0.28	–
Turnout			55,309	67.27	–
Eligible voters			82,215	–	–
	Conservative hold		Swing		+6.01

2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Michael Chong	29,191	57.63	+6.97	$67,429
	Liberal	Bruce Bowser	11,312	22.33	-6.83	$71,000
	Green	Brent Bouteiller	4,987	9.84	+3.74	$1,497
	New Democratic	Noel Duignan	4,747	9.37	-2.94	$800
	Christian Heritage	Jeffrey Streutker	414	0.81	-0.29	$416
Total valid votes/Expense limit			50,651	100.00		$85,604
	Conservative hold		Swing		+6.9

2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Michael Chong	27,907	50.75	+7.95	$73,993
	Liberal	Rod Finnie	16,065	29.22	-8.99	$55,605
	New Democratic	Noel Duignan	6,785	12.34	+0.43	$5,496
	Green	Brent Bouteiller	3,362	6.11	+0.68	$1,102
	Christian Heritage	Carol Ann Krusky	606	1.10	-0.54	$4,944
	Independent	Mike Wisniewski	355	0.65	–	$1,174
Total valid votes			54,987	100.00	$78,546
	Conservative hold		Swing		+8.47

2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Michael Chong	21,479	42.81	–	$64,026
	Liberal	Bruce Hood	19,173	38.21	–	$73,831
	New Democratic	Noel Duignan	5,974	11.91	–	$13,594
	Green	Brent Bouteiller	2,725	5.43	–	$799
	Christian Heritage	Pat Woode	826	1.65	–	$2,304
Total valid votes			50,177	100.00		$75,799
	Conservative hold		Swing		+6.01

See also

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

References

• "Wellington—Halton Hills (federal electoral district) (Code 35098) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved March 3, 2011.
• Riding history from the Library of Parliament
• 2011 results from Elections Canada
• Campaign expense data from Elections Canada