Wellington—Halton_Hills_(federal_electoral_district)

Wellington—Halton Hills (federal electoral district)

Wellington—Halton Hills (federal electoral district)

Federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada


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

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Wellington—Halton Hills in relation to Southern Ontario ridings

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.

Under the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution the riding will be replaced by Milton East—Halton Hills South and Wellington—Halton Hills North.[3]

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census[4]

Ethnic groups: 86.8% White, 4.4% South Asian, 2.6% Indigenous, 1.5% Black

Languages: 84.6% English, 1.2% French, 1.2% Polish, 1.1% Punjabi, 1.1% Portuguese

Religions: 59.6% Christian (27.9% Catholic, 6.2% United Church, 5.4% Anglican, 3.3% Presbyterian, 1.2% Christian Orthodox, 1.1% Baptist, 1.1% Reformed, 13.4% Other), 1.6% Sikh, 1.5% Muslim, 1.1% Hindu, 35.3% None

Median income: $48,800 (2020)

Average income: $66,200 (2020)

Members of Parliament

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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)
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See also


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

Notes

43.633°N 80.166°W / 43.633; -80.166


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