Halton (provincial electoral district)

Infobox Canada electoral district
name = Halton
province = Ontario


caption = Halton in relation to other Greater Toronto Area electoral districts
prov-status = active
prov-created = 1999
prov-abolished =
prov-election-first = 1999
prov-election-last = 2007
prov-rep = Ted Chudleigh
prov-rep-link =
prov-rep-party = Progressive Conservative
prov-rep-party-link = Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
demo-census-date = 2006
demo-pop = 151943
demo-electors = 102730
demo-electors-date = 2007
demo-area = 568
demo-cd = Halton
demo-csd = Oakville, Burlington, Milton

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

It was created in 1999 from all of Halton North and part of Halton Centre. The riding also existed from 1867 to 1902 and from 1905 to 1967.

When the riding was created, it included all of the Regional Municipality of Halton north of a line following Dundas Street to Highway 407 to Upper Middle Road to Walkers Line to the QEW to Burlington City limits to Upper Middle Road.

In 2007, the riding lost all of the Town of Halton Hills. Also, the border following the 407 is altered so that it follows Guelph Line instead. Also, the territory east of Eighth Line and south of Dundas Street is also lost.

Members of the Legislative Assembly/Members of Provincial Parliament

This riding elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:

1867-1902

#William Barber, Liberal (1867-1875)
#William Durie Lyon, Liberal (1875-1879)
#David Robertson, Liberal (1879-1883)
#William Kerns, Conservative (1883-1898)
#John Roaf Barber, Liberal (1898-1902)

1905-1967

#Alfred Westland Nixon, Conservative (1905-1919)
#John Featherstone Ford, United Farmers (1919-1920)
#Ernest Charles Drury, United Farmers (1920-1923)
#George Hillmer, Conservative (1923-1929)
#Thomas Aston Blakelock, Liberal (1929-1943)
#Stanley Leroy Hall, Progressive Conservative (1943-1962)
#George Albert Kerr, Progressive Conservative (1963-1967)

1999-Present

#Ted Chudleigh, Progressive Conservative (1999-present)

Election results

Election box begin | title=Ontario general election, 2007
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Ted Chudleigh
align="right"|23,391
align="right"|42.6
align="right"|-5.6
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Gary Zemlak
align="right"|22,497
align="right"|41.0
align="right"|+0.68
-
Andrew Chlobowski
align="right"|4,375
align="right"|8.0
align="right"|+6.14
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Pat Heroux
align="right"|4,159
align="right"|7.6
align="right"|-0.41
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Stan Lazarski
align="right"|506
align="right"|0.9
align="right"|-0.71

Election box begin | title=Ontario general election, 2003
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Ted Chudleigh
align="right"|33,610
align="right"|48.2
align="right"|-16.75
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Barbara Sullivan
align="right"|28,112
align="right"|40.32
align="right"|+13.31
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Jay Jackson
align="right"|5,587
align="right"|8.01
align="right"|+2.83
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Matthew Raymond Smith
align="right"|12,95
align="right"|1.86
align="right"|+0.39
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Giuseppe Gori
align="right"|1,123
align="right"|1.61
align="right"|+0.23

OntElec5|1999
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Ted Chudleigh
align="right"|35,505
align="right"|64.95
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Mohan Anand
align="right"|14,767
align="right"|27.01
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Jay Jackson
align="right"|2,833
align="right"|5.18
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Bill Champ
align="right"|806
align="right"|1.47
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Giuseppe Gori
align="right"|755
align="right"|1.38