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For the provincial electoral district, see Halton (provincial electoral district).
For the British electoral district, see Halton (UK Parliament constituency).
Halton
Ontario electoral district
Halton, 2003–2015, in relation to other Ontario electoral districts
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1996
District abolished2013
First contested1997
Last contested2011
District webpageprofile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]203,437
Electors (2011)115,255
Area (km²)[2]537.47
Census division(s)Halton
Census subdivision(s)Burlington, Milton, Oakville

Halton was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1988 before being abolished in an electoral district redistribution, and again from 1997 to 2015, when it was again abolished in another electoral district redistribution. When it was last contested in 2011, its population was 203,437, of whom 115,255 were eligible electors.

Electoral district

1867–1966

Halton riding was created by the British North America Act, 1867, and defined as Halton County.

1966–1976

In 1966, the riding was redefined to consist of the Towns of Milton and Oakville and the Township of Esquesing in the County of Halton, and the Township of Erin in the County of Wellington.

1976–1987

In 1976, it was redefined to consist of the Towns of Milton and Oakville, and the southern part of the Town of Halton Hills.

The electoral district was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed between Halton—Peel and Oakville—Milton ridings.

1996–2015

In 1996, the riding was re-created to include the Town of Milton and the northern parts of the Town of Oakville and the City of Burlington, defined as:

  • the Town of Milton,
  • the part of the Town of Oakville lying northwest of a line drawn from northeast to southwest along Dundas Street West, southeaster along Eighth Line, and southwest along Upper Middle Road, and
  • the part of the City of Burlington lying northwest of a line drawn from northeast to southwest along the Queen Elizabeth Way, northwest along Walkers Line, southwest along Upper Middle Road, northwest along Guelph Line, and southwest along Dundas Street.

In 2015, the riding of Halton was abolished and redistributed between Milton, Oakville North—Burlington, Burlington, Mississauga—Streetsville and Mississauga—Erin Mills.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Halton
1st  1867–1872     John White Liberal
2nd  1872–1874
3rd  1874–1875     Daniel Black Chisholm Liberal–Conservative
 1875–1878     William McCraney Liberal
4th  1878–1882     William McDougall Liberal–Conservative
5th  1882–1887     William McCraney Liberal
6th  1887–1888 John Waldie
 1888–1888     David Henderson Conservative
 1888–1891     John Waldie Liberal
7th  1891–1896     David Henderson Conservative
8th  1896–1900
9th  1900–1904
10th  1904–1908
11th  1908–1911
12th  1911–1917
13th  1917–1921 Robert King Anderson
14th  1921–1925
15th  1925–1926
16th  1926–1930
17th  1930–1935
18th  1935–1940     Hughes Cleaver Liberal–Progressive
19th  1940–1945     Liberal
20th  1945–1949
21st  1949–1953
22nd  1953–1957     Sybil Bennett Progressive Conservative
23rd  1957–1958 Charles Alexander Best
24th  1958–1962
25th  1962–1963     Harry Harley Liberal
26th  1963–1965
27th  1965–1968
28th  1968–1972 Rutherford Lester Whiting
29th  1972–1974     Terry O'Connor Progressive Conservative
30th  1974–1979     Frank Philbrook Liberal
31st  1979–1980     Otto Jelinek Progressive Conservative
32nd  1980–1984
33rd  1984–1988
Riding dissolved into Halton—Peel and Oakville—Milton
Riding re-created from Halton—Peel, Oakville—Milton, Oakville and Burlington
36th  1997–2000     Julian Reed Liberal
37th  2000–2004
38th  2004–2006 Gary Carr
39th  2006–2006     Garth Turner Conservative
 2006–2007     Independent
 2007–2008     Liberal
40th  2008–2011     Lisa Raitt Conservative
41st  2011–2015
Riding dissolved into Milton, Oakville North—Burlington, Burlington,
Mississauga—Streetsville and Mississauga—Erin Mills

Election results

1997–2015

Graph of election results in Halton (1997–2015). Omitted are minor parties consistently registering less than 2% of the vote, as well as those who campaigned intermittently.
2011 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Lisa Raitt 44,206 54.4 +6.9
Liberal Connie Laurin-Bowie 20,903 25.8 -10.4
New Democratic Patricia Heroux 12,960 16.0 +7.2
Green Judi Remigio 2,778 3.4 -3.6
Christian Heritage Tony Rodrigues 249 0.3 -0.2
Total valid votes 81,096 100.0
Total rejected ballots 290 0.4 +0.1
Turnout 81,394 62.4 +1.9
Eligible voters 130,026 – –
2008 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Lisa Raitt 32,986 47.5 +3.5 $106,182
Liberal Garth Turner 25,136 36.2 -5.2 $51,972
New Democratic Robert Wagner 6,118 8.8 0.0 $3,421
Green Amy Collard 4,872 7.0 +1.4 $4,509
Christian Heritage Tony Rodrigues 337 0.5 – $2,108
Total valid votes/Expense limit 69,449 100.0 $107,026
Total rejected ballots 225 0.3
Turnout 69,674 60.5
2006 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Garth Turner 30,578 44.2 +5.3
Liberal Gary Carr 28,498 41.4 -6.9
New Democratic Anwar Naqvi 6,110 8.8 +0.6
Green Kyle Grice 4,026 5.6 +0.5
Total valid votes 69,212 100.0
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing -6.1
2004 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Gary Carr 27,362 48.3 +1.1
Conservative Dean Martin 21,704 38.8 -8.3
New Democratic Anwar Naqvi 4,642 8.2 +3.8
Green Frank Marchetti 2,889 5.1 +3.4
Total valid votes 56,597 100.0

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

2000 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Julian Reed 28,168 47.3 0.0
Alliance Tim Dobson 15,656 26.3 +4.1
Progressive Conservative Tom Kilmer 12,114 20.3 -4.7
New Democratic Brenda Dolling 2,633 4.4 0.0
Green Tom Adams 1,018 1.7 +0.6
Total valid votes 59,589 100.0

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

1997 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Julian Reed 26,017 47.2
Progressive Conservative Ralph Scholtens 13,778 25.0
Reform Richard Malboeuf 12,221 22.2
New Democratic Jay Jackson 2,452 4.5
Green Bill Champ 600 1.1
Total valid votes 55,068 100.0

1867–1988

Graph of election results in Halton (1867–1984). Omitted are minor parties consistently registering less than 2% of the vote, as well as those who campaigned intermittently.
1984 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Otto Jelinek 38,076 60.6 +13.8
Liberal Oriena R.M. Currie 14,125 22.5 -14.2
New Democratic Kevin Flynn 9,164 14.6 -1.4
Green Chris Kowalchuk 1,494 2.4
Total valid votes 62,859 100.0
1980 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Otto Jelinek 24,752 46.8 -6.5
Liberal Bill Perras 19,380 36.6 +4.9
New Democratic Doug Black 8,455 16.0 +1.5
Libertarian Karen Selick 170 0.3 +0.1
Independent Robert J. Ritchie 142 0.3 0.0
Marxist–Leninist Charles Shrybman 18 0.0 0.0
Total valid votes 52,917 100.0
1979 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Otto Jelinek 28,850 53.3 +11.7
Liberal Frank A. Philbrook 17,169 31.7 -13.5
New Democratic Doug Black 7,838 14.5 +1.2
Libertarian Karen Selick 144 0.3
Independent Robert J. Ritchie 130 0.2
Marxist–Leninist Charles Shrybman 23 0.0
Total valid votes 54,154 100.0
1974 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Frank Philbrook 23,520 45.2 +5.8
Progressive Conservative Terry O'Connor 21,609 41.5 -2.2
New Democratic Archibald Brown 6,887 13.2 -3.6
Total valid votes 52,016 100.0
1972 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Terry O'Connor 22,640 43.7 +9.7
Liberal Rud L. Whiting 20,419 39.4 -8.7
New Democratic Carolyn Holstein 8,725 16.8 -1.0
Total valid votes 51,784 100.0
1968 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Rud L. Whiting 17,837 48.1 +0.3
Progressive Conservative Peter McWilliams 12,614 34.0 +2.9
New Democratic Murray Kernighan 6,606 17.8 -2.6
Total valid votes 37,057 100.0
1965 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Harry C. Harley 25,213 47.8 -4.2
Progressive Conservative Allan M. Masson 16,412 31.1 -1.4
New Democratic Murray S. Kernighan 10,751 20.4 +6.5
Independent Conservative Henry Timmins 373 0.7 -0.3
Total valid votes 52,749 100.0
1963 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Harry C. Harley 25,482 52.0 +11.2
Progressive Conservative Sandy Best 15,949 32.5 -8.0
New Democratic Ellis Fullerton 6,790 13.8 -3.7
Independent Conservative Henry Timmins 481 1.0
Social Credit Irv Wilson 330 0.7 -0.5
Total valid votes 49,032 100.0
1962 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Harry C. Harley 18,556 40.7 +11.8
Progressive Conservative Sandy Best 18,458 40.5 -20.5
New Democratic Carl Rouleau 8,001 17.6 +7.5
Social Credit Irving R. Wilson 547 1.2
Total valid votes 45,562 100.0

Note: NDP vote is compared to CCF vote in 1958 election.

1958 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Charles Alexander Best 21,056 61.0 +2.2
Liberal Ken Dick 9,978 28.9 -1.3
Co-operative Commonwealth Jack Henry 3,481 10.1 -1.0
Total valid votes 34,515 100.0
1957 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Charles Alexander Best 17,795 58.8 +10.3
Liberal Kenneth Y. Dick 9,145 30.2 -12.5
Co-operative Commonwealth Jack Henry 3,344 11.0 +2.2
Total valid votes 30,284 100.0
1953 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Sybil Bennett 9,914 48.4 +6.9
Liberal Murray Hunter McPhail 8,732 42.7 -6.4
Co-operative Commonwealth Stan Allen 1,819 8.9 -0.5
Total valid votes 20,465 100.0
1949 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Hughes Cleaver 9,546 49.0 +2.8
Progressive Conservative M. Sybil Bennett 8,099 41.6 -1.0
Co-operative Commonwealth William Albert Shane 1,829 9.4 -1.8
Total valid votes 19,474 100.0
1945 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Hughes Cleaver 7,344 46.3 -9.5
Progressive Conservative Allan Stanley Nicholson 6,763 42.6 -1.7
Co-operative Commonwealth Carlyle C. Browne 1,770 11.1
Total valid votes 15,877 100.0

Note: Progressive Conservative vote is compared to "National Government" vote in 1940 election.

1940 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Hughes Cleaver 7,788 55.7 +8.9
National Government George C. Atkins 6,184 44.3 +5.3
Total valid votes 13,972 100.0

Note: "National Government" vote is compared to Conservative vote in 1935 election.

1935 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Hughes Cleaver 6,177 46.8
Conservative George Currie 5,146 39.0 -15.6
Reconstruction Melville Marks Robinson 1,876 14.2
Total valid votes 13,199 100.0
1930 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert King Anderson 6,976 54.6 -4.5
Progressive James Waldbrook 5,806 45.4
Total valid votes 12,782 100.0
1926 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert King Anderson 6,222 59.1 +3.6
Liberal William James Laird Hampshire 4,308 40.9 -3.6
Total valid votes 10,530 100.0
1925 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert King Anderson 6,775 55.5 +12.2
Liberal Duncan Campbell 5,424 44.5 +14.4
Total valid votes 12,199 100.0
1921 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert King Anderson 5,264 43.3 -26.9
Liberal William Franklin Fisher 3,649 30.0 +0.3
Progressive John Featherstone Ford 3,238 26.6
Total valid votes 12,151 100.0

Note: Conservative vote is compared to Government vote in 1917 election, and Liberal vote is compared to Opposition vote.

1917 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Government (Unionist) Robert King Anderson 4,802 70.3 +15.9
Opposition (Laurier Liberals) Walter Dymond Gregory 2,032 29.7 -15.9
Total valid votes 6,834 100.0

Note: Government vote is compared to Conservative vote in 1911 election, and Opposition vote is compared to Liberal vote.

1911 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Henderson 2,618 54.3 +2.1
Liberal Walter Harland Smith 2,199 45.7 -2.1
Total valid votes 4,817 100.0
1908 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Henderson 2,417 52.3 +0.7
Liberal William Spencer Harrison 2,205 47.7
Total valid votes 4,622 100.0
1904 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Henderson 2,288 51.6 0.0
Unknown John S. Deacon 2,148 48.4
Total valid votes 4,436 100.0
1900 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Henderson 2,379 51.6 +0.7
Liberal S.F. McKinnon 2,233 48.4 -0.7
Total valid votes 4,612 100.0
1896 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Henderson 2,460 50.9 -0.2
Liberal John Waldie 2,376 49.1 +0.2
Total valid votes 4,836 100.0

Note: indicates change in popular vote from to 1891 general election.

By-election on 28 January 1892

On the election having been declared 16 November 1891

Party Candidate Votes
Conservative David Henderson acclaimed
1891 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Henderson 2,441 51.1 +1.4
Liberal John Waldie 2,337 48.9 -1.4
Total valid votes 4,778 100.0
Canadian federal by-election, 22 August 1888
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
On Mr. Henderson being unseated for corrupt practices by agents
Liberal John Waldie 2,042 50.3
Conservative David Henderson 2,018 49.7 -1.4
Total valid votes 4,060 100.0
Canadian federal by-election, 7 February 1888
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
On Mr. Waldie being unseated, 19 January 1888, for bribery by agents
Conservative David Henderson 2,183 51.1 +1.2
Unknown McLeod 2,086 48.9
Total valid votes 4,269 100.0
1887 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Waldie 2,222 50.1 -1.1
Conservative David Henderson 2,213 49.9
Total valid votes 4,435 100.0
1882 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William McCraney 1,822 51.2
Unknown Geo. C. McKindsey 1,739 48.8
Total valid votes 3,561 100.0
1878 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal–Conservative William McDougall 1,708 50.3 +2.3
Liberal William McCraney 1,690 49.7 -2.3
Total valid votes 3,398 100.0

On Mr. Chisholm being unseated, on petition, 8 December 1874:

By-election on 25 January 1875
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William McCraney 1,704 52.1 +2.5
Liberal–Conservative Daniel Black Chisholm 1,569 47.9 -2.5
Total valid votes 3,273 100.0
1874 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal–Conservative Daniel Black Chisholm 1,464 50.4
Liberal J. White 1,441 49.6 -2.9
Total valid votes 2,905 100.0
1872 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John White 1,414 52.5 +0.1
Unknown G.C. McKindsey 1,278 47.5
Total valid votes 2,692 100.0
1867 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal John White 1,422 52.5
Unknown Mr. Chisholm 1,289 47.5
Total valid votes 2,711 100.0

See also

References

  • "Halton (federal electoral district) (Code 35030) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
  • Federal riding history 1867–1987 from the Library of Parliament
  • Federal riding history 1997–2008 from the Library of Parliament
  • 2011 Results from Elections Canada
  • Campaign expense data from Elections Canada

Notes

  1. ^ Statistics Canada: 2012
  2. ^ Statistics Canada: 2012

43°29′02″N 79°53′13″W / 43.484°N 79.887°W / 43.484; -79.887

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