Haldimand—Norfolk—Brant

For the defunct provincial electoral district, see Haldimand—Norfolk—Brant (provincial electoral district).
Haldimand—Norfolk—Brant
Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created 1996
District abolished 2003
First contested 1997
Last contested 2000

Haldimand—Norfolk—Brant was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1997 to 2004. This riding was created in 1996 from parts of Elgin—Norfolk and Haldimand—Norfolk ridings.

It consisted of the Regional Municipality of Haldimand-Norfolk (excluding the Town of Dunnville), the townships of Burford, Oakland and Onondaga in the County of Brant, the Six Nations Indian Reserve No. 40 and the New Credit Indian Reserve No. 40A.

The electoral district was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed between Brant, Haldimand—Norfolk and Oxford ridings.

Members of Parliament

The riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Haldimand—Norfolk—Brant
Riding created from Haldimand—Norfolk
and Elgin—Norfolk
36th  1997–2000     Bob Speller Liberal
37th  2000–2004
Riding dissolved into Haldimand—Norfolk,
Brant and Oxford

Election results

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party Candidate Votes % ±
     Liberal Bob Speller 21,043 45.5 -8.1
ReformKen Gilpen 12,548 27.1 +3.6
     Progressive Conservative Sharon Hazen 9,704 21.0 +4.8
     New Democratic Herman Plas 2,516 5.4 +1.7
GreenJohn W. Jaques 437 0.9 +0.9
Total 46,248
Change is from the 1993 election in Haldimand—Norfolk, which can be found on that page.
Canadian federal election, 2000
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalBob Speller 20,867 46.8 +1.3
AllianceJim Maki 15,416 34.6 +7.5
Progressive ConservativeGary Muntz 5,761 12.9 -8.1
New DemocraticNorm Walpole 2,124 4.8 -0.6
Canadian ActionL. Scott Morgan 397 0.9 +0.9
Total 44,565
Canadian Alliance change is from Reform.

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