Halton—Wentworth
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Halton—Wentworth was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1968 to 1979. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1966 from parts of Halton and Wentworth ridings.
It consisted of the Town of Burlington and the Township of Nassagaweya in the County of Halton, and the Town of Burlington, the Town of Dundas and the Townships of East Flamborough and West Flamborough in the County of Wentworth.
The electoral district was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed between Burlington, Guelph, Halton and Hamilton—Wentworth ridings.
[edit] Election results
| Canadian federal election, 1968 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | MORISON, John | 19,563 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | SWANBOROUGH, James Reginald | 18,043 | |||
| New Democrat | MACDONALD, Ted | 9,312 | |||
| Independent Liberal | BRADEN, Norman Brian | 399 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1972 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Progressive Conservative | KEMPLING, Bill | 31,150 | |||
| Liberal | MCGUINNESS, Norm | 21,450 | |||
| New Democrat | BAILEY, Dickson | 10,630 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1974 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Progressive Conservative | KEMPLING, Bill | 26,798 | |||
| Liberal | CUNNINGHAM, Eric | 26,130 | |||
| New Democrat | MULKEWICH, Walter | 8,877 | |||
