Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale

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Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale Electoral district
MP	David Sweet (2006-)
Party	Conservative (2006-)
Province	Ontario
Census division(s)	Hamilton
Census subdivision(s)	Hamilton
Federal district created	2003

Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004. It will elect a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the next provincial election.

The district includes the western half of the newly amalgamated city of Hamilton but does not include any of the city centre. It does, however, include McMaster University and many of the neighborhoods surrounding it. The area is 744 sq. km. Its population in 2001 was 106,245.

The electoral district was created in 2003: 82.9% of the population of the riding came from Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Aldershot, and 17.1% from Hamilton West.

Contents 1 Demographics 2 Member of Parliament 2.1 Current Member of Parliament 3 Federal election results 4 See also 5 External link

[edit] Demographics

Ethnic groups: 92.7% White, 2.1% Chinese, 1.6% South Asian
Languages: 83.4% English, 1.1% French, 14.7% Other
Religions: 45.0% Protestant, 27.7% Catholic, 1.6% Christian Orthodox, 2.7% Other Christian, 1.8% Jewish, 1.2% Muslim, 18.6% No affiliation
Average income: $37,986

[edit] Member of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

1. Russ Powers, Liberal (2004-2006)
2. David Sweet, Conservative (2006-present)

[edit] Current Member of Parliament

The incumbent from the majority of the riding, at the time the riding was created, was John Bryden, a Conservative member elected in 2000 as a Liberal. In the 2004 election, Russ Powers of the Liberal Party was elected MP. David Sweet was elected as MP in the 2006 federal election

[edit] Federal election results

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	David Sweet	24,530	39.1
	Liberal	Russ Powers	21,656	34.5
	New Democrat	Gordon Guyatt	13,376	21.3
	Green	David Januczkowski	2,767	4.4
	Independent	Ben Cowie	303	0.5
	Marxist-Leninist	Jamilé Ghaddar	112	0.2
Total number of valid votes			62,744
Rejected ballots			175
Total number of votes			62,919

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Russ Powers	21,935
	Conservative	David Sweet	19,135
	New Democrat	Gordon Guyatt	11,557
	Green	David Januczkowski	2,636

[edit] See also

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

[edit] External link

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament

Federal Ridings in Hamilton, Halton and Niagara
Conservative	Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale | Burlington | Niagara Falls | Niagara West—Glanbrook | St. Catharines
New Democratic	Hamilton Centre | Hamilton East—Stoney Creek | Hamilton Mountain
Liberal	Oakville | Welland | Halton*
* Halton MP Garth Turner was elected as a Conservative, but has resigned from the party and is now sitting as a Liberal.

Federal Ridings in Ontario
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Eastern Ontario	Glengarry—Prescott—Russell | Kingston and the Islands | Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington | Leeds—Grenville | Prince Edward—Hastings | Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke | Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry
Toronto (S Durham & York, Suburbs, Downtown, Brampton & Mississauga)	Ajax—Pickering | Beaches—East York | Bramalea—Gore—Malton | Brampton—Springdale | Brampton West | Davenport | Don Valley East | Don Valley West | Eglinton—Lawrence | Etobicoke Centre | Etobicoke—Lakeshore | Etobicoke North | Markham—Unionville | Mississauga—Brampton South | Mississauga East—Cooksville | Mississauga—Erindale | Mississauga South | Mississauga—Streetsville | Oak Ridges—Markham | Oshawa | Parkdale—High Park | Pickering—Scarborough East | Richmond Hill | St. Paul's | Scarborough—Agincourt | Scarborough Centre | Scarborough—Guildwood | Scarborough—Rouge River | Scarborough Southwest | Thornhill | Toronto Centre | Toronto—Danforth | Trinity—Spadina | Vaughan | Whitby—Oshawa | Willowdale | York Centre | York South—Weston | York West
Hamilton, Burlington & Niagara	Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale | Burlington | Halton | Hamilton Centre | Hamilton East—Stoney Creek | Hamilton Mountain | Niagara Falls | Niagara West—Glanbrook | Oakville | St. Catharines | Welland
Midwestern Ontario	Brant | Cambridge | Guelph | Haldimand—Norfolk | Huron—Bruce | Kitchener Centre | Kitchener—Conestoga | Kitchener—Waterloo | Oxford | Perth—Wellington | Wellington—Halton Hills
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