Burlington (provincial electoral district)

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Burlington

Ontario electoral district
Burlington in relation to other Greater Toronto Area electoral districts
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP		Joyce Savoline Progressive Conservative
District created	1999
First contested	1999
Last contested	2007
Demographics
Population (2006)	118,310
Electors (2007)	88,385
Area (km²)	79
Pop. density (per km²)	1,497.6
Census divisions	Halton
Census subdivisions	Burlington

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

It was created in 1999 from parts of Burlington South, Halton Centre, and a small part of Oakville South.

When the riding was created, it included the city of Burlington east of a line following the Queen Elizabeth Way to Highway 403 to King Road and south of a line following Dundas Street to the 403 to Upper Middle Road to Walkers Line.

In 2007, the boundaries were altered so that the riding included all of Burlington south of a line following Dundas Street to Guelph Line to Upper Middle Road to Walker Line to the QEW.

Contents 1 Members of Provincial Parliament 2 Election results 2.1 2007 general 2.2 2007 by-election 2.3 2003 2.4 1999

[edit] Members of Provincial Parliament

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

1. Cam Jackson, Progressive Conservative (1999-2006)
2. Joyce Savoline, Progressive Conservative (2007-present)

[edit] Election results

[edit] 2007 general

Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Joyce Savoline	21,517	41.3
	Liberal	Marianne Meed Ward	19,693	37.8
	New Democrat	Cory Judson	5,731	11.0
	Green	Tim Wilson	4,750	9.1
	Family Coalition	Mark Gamez	395	0.8

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	33067	65.7%
	Mixed member proportional	17267	34.7%

[edit] 2007 by-election

Following Cam Jackson's resignation to successfully run for mayor of Burlington, the riding was left with a vacant seat at Queen's Park. Consequently, a by-election was called by Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty on January 10, 2007, to be held on February 8, 2007.[1] Joan Lougheed, who was defeated by Jackson for the mayor's post, was nominated as the Ontario Liberal Party candidate on January 4, 2007. [2] Former Halton Regional Chair Joyce Savoline became the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario candidate, after narrowly defeating former Miss Canada Blair Lancaster at their nomination meeting.[3] On January 12, 2007, Brantford school teacher and community activist Cory Judson defeated former Halton District School Board trustee David Abbott for the Ontario New Democratic Party candidacy.[4] On January 25, 2007, Frank de Jong was named the Ontario Green Party candidate.

By-election, February 8, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-
	Progressive Conservative	Joyce Savoline	11,143	49.0%	+2.8%
	Liberal	Joan Lougheed	9,365	41.2%	-1.0%
	New Democrat	Cory Judson	1,310	5.8%	-1.4%
	Green	Frank de Jong	734	3.2%	+0.9%
	Freedom	Barry Spruce	106	0.5%	*
	Independent	John C. Turmel	90	0.4%	*

[edit] 2003

Ontario general election, 2003: Burlington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Cam Jackson	21,506	46.15
	Liberal	Mark Fuller	19,654	42.18
	New Democratic Party	David Laird	3,832	8.22
	Green	Julie Gordon	1,086	2.33
	Family Coalition	Vic Corvaro	523	1.12
Total			46,601	100

[edit] 1999

Ontario general election, 1999: Burlington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Cam Jackson	29,055	62.74
	Liberal	Linda Glover	14,220	30.71
	New Democratic Party	Danny Dunleavy	2,167	4.68
	Green	Bruce Smith	432	0.93
	Independent	Anne Marsden	289	0.62
	Natural Law	Regina Law	144	0.31
Total			46,307	100

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