Waterloo—Wellington was a federal electoral district

Electoral district (Canada)

An electoral district in Canada, also known as a constituency or a riding, is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based...

 represented in the Canadian

Canada

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 House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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 from 1997 to 2003. It continues to be a provincial electoral district represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

The Legislative Assembly of Ontario , is the legislature of the Canadian province of Ontario, and is the second largest provincial legislature of Canada...

. The provincial district will be eliminated before the next provincial election

Ontario general election, 2007

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, expected in 2007.

Waterloo—Wellington is located in the province

Provinces and territories of Canada

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 of Ontario

Ontario

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.

Waterloo—Wellington federal riding was created in 1996 from parts of Guelph—Wellington, Kitchener

Kitchener (electoral district)

Kitchener was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1968 to 1997. It was located in the province of Ontario...

, Perth—Wellington—Waterloo

Perth—Wellington—Waterloo

Perth—Wellington—Waterloo was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1988 to 1997. It was located in the province of Ontario...

, Waterloo

Waterloo (electoral district)

Waterloo was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1968 to 1979. From 1973 to 1976, it was known as Waterloo—Cambridge...

 and Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Simcoe

Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Simcoe

Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Simcoe was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1988 to 1997. It was located in the province of Ontario...

 ridings. It was abolished in 2003, and divided between Cambridge

Cambridge

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, Kitchener—Conestoga

Kitchener—Conestoga

Kitchener—Conestoga is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004...

, Perth—Wellington

Perth—Wellington

Perth—Wellington is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004.It was created in 2003 from parts of Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey, Perth—Middlesex and Waterloo—Wellington ridings....

 and Wellington—Halton Hills

Wellington—Halton Hills

Wellington—Halton Hills is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004.The Member of Parliament for Wellington-Halton Hills is Mike Chong of the Conservative Party of Canada....

 ridings.

Waterloo-Wellington consists of the southwest part of the City of Kitchener, the townships of Wilmot, Wellesley and Woolwich, the northwest part of the County of Wellington excluding the Village of Arthur, the Town of Mount Forest, and the Township of West Luther.

Federal election results

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|Liberal

Liberal Party of Canada

The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...

|MYERS, Lynn

Lynn Myers

Lynn A. Myers is a former Canadian politician.Before being elected federally, he was involved in politics in the Waterloo Region from 1978 to 1997. He served in various capacities including mayor of Wilmot Township, Township councillor and regional councillor...

|align="right"|20,038

|Reform

Reform Party of Canada

The Reform Party of Canada was a Canadian federal political party that existed from 1987 to 2000. It was originally founded as a Western Canada-based protest party, but attempted to expand eastward in the 1990s. It viewed itself as a populist party....

| GERBER, Jeff
|align="right"|14,142

|Progressive Conservative

Progressive Conservative Party of Canada

The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....

| DUNLOP, Mary
|align="right"|8,175

|New Democratic Party

New Democratic Party

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| COOPER, Mike
|align="right"|3,180
|}
|-

|Liberal

Liberal Party of Canada

The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...

|MYERS, Lynn

Lynn Myers

Lynn A. Myers is a former Canadian politician.Before being elected federally, he was involved in politics in the Waterloo Region from 1978 to 1997. He served in various capacities including mayor of Wilmot Township, Township councillor and regional councillor...

|align="right"|19,619

|Canadian Alliance

Canadian Alliance

The Canadian Alliance , formally the Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance , was a Canadian conservative political party that existed from 2000 to 2003. The party was the successor to the Reform Party of Canada and inherited its position as the Official Opposition in the House of Commons and held...

| REIMER, John
|align="right"|14,797

|Progressive Conservative

Progressive Conservative Party of Canada

The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....

| CHONG, Michael
|align="right"|7,999

|New Democratic Party

New Democratic Party

The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in...

| STRONG, Allan Douglas
|align="right"|1,845

|Green

Green Party of Canada

The Green Party of Canada is a Canadian federal political party founded in 1983 with 10,000–12,000 registered members as of October 2008. The Greens advance a broad multi-issue political platform that reflects its core values of ecological wisdom, social justice, grassroots democracy and...

| BOUTEILLER, Brent A.
|align="right"|432

|No affiliation
| ELLIS, Peter
|align="right"|249
|}

Provincial election results

|-

|Ted Arnott

Ted Arnott

Theodore Calvin Arnott is a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario representing the district of Wellington—Halton Hills....

|align="right"|22550
|align="right"|48.97
|align="right"|-12.49
|-

|Deborah Whale
|align="right"|17344
|align="right"|37.67
|align="right"|7.45
|-

|Richard Walsh-Bowers
|align="right"|3970
|align="right"|8.62
|align="right"|3.23
|-

|Allan Strong
|align="right"|1203
|align="right"|2.61
|align="right"|1.29
|-

|Gord Truscott
|align="right"|978
|align="right"|2.12
|align="right"|0.52
|}


|-

|Ted Arnott

Ted Arnott

Theodore Calvin Arnott is a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario representing the district of Wellington—Halton Hills....

|align="right"|26286
|align="right"|61.46
|-

|Marion Reidel
|align="right"|12923
|align="right"|30.22
|-

|Richard Walsh-Bowers
|align="right"|2306
|align="right"|5.39
|-

|Gord Truscott
|align="right"|685
|align="right"|1.6
|-

|Brent Bouteiller
|align="right"|566
|align="right"|1.32
|}

See also

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

External links

• Website of the Parliament of Canada

• Elections Ontario 1999 results and 2003 results