Waterloo—Wellington

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Waterloo—Wellington was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1997 to 2003. It continues to be a provincial electoral district represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. The provincial district will be eliminated before the next provincial election, expected in 2007.

Waterloo—Wellington is located in the province of Ontario.

Waterloo—Wellington federal riding was created in 1996 from parts of Guelph—Wellington, Kitchener, Perth—Wellington—Waterloo, Waterloo and Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Simcoe ridings. It was abolished in 2003, and divided between Cambridge, Kitchener—Conestoga, Perth—Wellington and Wellington—Halton Hills 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.

1 Electoral history
- 1.1 Federal elections
- 1.2 Provincial elections
2 See also
3 External links

[edit] Electoral history

[edit] Federal elections

Canadian federal election, 1997: Waterloo—Wellington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	MYERS, Lynn	20,038
	Reform	GERBER, Jeff	14,142
	Progressive Conservative	DUNLOP, Mary	8,175
	New Democratic Party	COOPER, Mike	3,180

Canadian federal election, 2000: Waterloo—Wellington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	MYERS, Lynn	19,619
	Canadian Alliance	REIMER, John	14,797
	Progressive Conservative	CHONG, Michael	7,999
	New Democratic Party	STRONG, Allan Douglas	1,845
	Green	BOUTEILLER, Brent A.	432
	No affiliation	ELLIS, Peter	249

[edit] Provincial elections

Ontario general election, 1999: Waterloo—Wellington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Ted Arnott	26,286
	Liberal	Marion Reidel	12,923
	New Democratic Party	R. Walsh-Bowers	2,306
	Family Coalition	Gord Truscott	685
	Green	Brent Bouteiller	566

Ontario general election, 2003: Waterloo—Wellington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Ted Arnott	22,550
	Liberal	Deborah Whale	17,344
	New Democratic Party	Richard Walsh Bowers	3,970
	Green	Allan Strong	1,203
	Family Coalition	Gord Truscott	978