Wellington—Halton Hills (provincial electoral district)

For the federal electoral district, see Wellington—Halton Hills.
Wellington—Halton Hills
Ontario electoral district

Wellington-Halton Hills in relation to other southern Ontario ridings
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Ontario
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Ted Arnott
Progressive Conservative

District created 2004
First contested 2007
Last contested 2014
Demographics
Population (2006) 111,241
Electors (2007) 75,358
Area (km²) 1,584
Pop. density (per km²) 70.2
Census divisions Wellington County, Halton
Census subdivisions Guelph, Guelph/Eramosa, Puslinch, Erin, Centre Wellington, Halton Hills

Wellington—Halton Hills is a provincial electoral district in western Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

The riding, which was first contested in the 2007 provincial election, consists of the municipalities of Guelph/Eramosa, Puslinch, Erin, Centre Wellington and Halton Hills.

47.5% of the riding came from Halton, 25.2% came from Waterloo—Wellington, 16.3% came from Guelph—Wellington and 11% came from Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Wellington—Halton Hills
Assembly Years Member Party
Riding created from Halton, Waterloo—Wellington,
Guelph—Wellington and Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey
39th  2007–2011     Ted Arnott Progressive Conservative
40th  2011–2014
41st  2014–Present

Election results

Ontario general election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Progressive ConservativeTed Arnott 22,600 46.68 -8.94
LiberalDaniel Zister 14,095 29.12 +2.29
New DemocraticMichael Carlucci 6,848 14.15 -0.30
GreenDave Rodgers 3,566 7.37 +4.27
LibertarianJason Cousineau 1,104 2.28
FreedomMitch Sproule 198 0.40
Total valid votes 48,411100.00
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -5.62
Source: Elections Ontario[1]
Ontario general election, 2011
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Progressive ConservativeTed Arnott 23,495 55.62 +6.46
LiberalMoya Johnson 11,334 26.83 -3.56
New DemocraticDale Hamilton 6,106 14.45 +5.52
GreenRaymond Dartsch 1,309 3.10 -7.15
Total valid votes 42,244100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 1370.32
Turnout 42,38151.11
Eligible voters 82,926
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +5.01
Source: Elections Ontario[2]
Ontario general election, 2007
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Progressive ConservativeTed Arnott 21,533 49.16 -3.17
Liberal Marg Bentley 13,312 30.39 -2.34
GreenMartin Lavictoire 4,489 10.25
New DemocraticNoel Duignan 3,914 8.94 -0.25
Family CoalitionGiuseppe Gori 555 1.27
Total valid votes 43,803 100.00
     Progressive Conservative hold Swing -0.42

^ Change based on redistributed results

2007 electoral reform referendum

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side Votes %
First Past the Post 28,316 66.0
Mixed member proportional 14,589 34.0
Total valid votes 42,905 100.0

Sources

Coordinates: 43°39′25″N 79°56′35″W / 43.657°N 79.943°W / 43.657; -79.943

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