Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Simcoe

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Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Simcoe was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1988 to 1997. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1987 from parts of Bruce—Grey, Grey—Simcoe and Wellington—Dufferin—Simcoe ridings.

The electoral district was abolished in 1996 when it was re-distributed between Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey, Simcoe—Grey and Waterloo—Wellington ridings.

Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Simcoe consisted of the County of Dufferin; the Town of Thornbury, the Village of Dundalk and the townships of Collingwood, Egremont, Osprey and Proton in the County of Grey; the towns of Collingwood and Stayner, the Village of Creemore and the Township of Nottawasaga in the County of Simcoe; and the towns of Fergus, Harriston, Mount Forest and Palmerston, the villages of Arthur, Clifford and Elora, and the townships of Arthur, Minto, Nichol, West Garafraxa and West Luther in the County of Wellington.

[edit] Electoral history

Canadian federal election, 1988: Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Simcoe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	BEATTY, Perrin	26,066
	Liberal	CALDER, Murray	15,494
	New Democratic Party	FARLINGER, Shirley	7,746
	Christian Heritage	NIEUWENHUIS, Bert	1,761
	Libertarian	STEBELSKY, Oleh	157

Canadian federal election, 1993: Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Simcoe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	CALDER, Murray	20,374
	Progressive Conservative	BEATTY, Perrin	18,665
	Reform	GREENLAND, Bob	15,160
	New Democratic Party	HEFFERNAN, Dan	2,090
	Green	FRANCIS, Sara	566