Dufferin—Caledon (provincial electoral district)

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Dufferin—Caledon

Ontario electoral district
Dufferin—Caledon in relation to other central Ontario electoral districts
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP		Sylvia Jones Progressive Conservative
District created	1987
First contested	1988
Last contested	2007
Demographics
Population (2006)	111,486
Electors (2007)	73,263
Area (km²)	2,293
Pop. density (per km²)	48.6
Census divisions	Dufferin County, Peel
Census subdivisions	Caledon, Orangeville, Mono, Shelburne, Amaranth, Mulmur, Melancthon, East Luther Grand Valley, East Garafraxa

Dufferin—Caledon is a provincial electoral district in southwestern Ontario, Canada. It was created for the 2007 provincial election. The entire riding was carved from from Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey, and includes all of Dufferin County plus the town of Caledon in Peel Region.

The riding also existed from 1987 until 1999 with the same borders, but was known as Dufferin—Peel.

Contents 1 Members of Provincial Parliament 1.1 Dufferin—Peel 1.2 Dufferin—Caledon 2 Provincial election results

[edit] Members of Provincial Parliament

[edit] Dufferin—Peel

1. Mavis Wilson, Liberal (1987-1990)
2. David Tilson, Progressive Conservative (1990-1999)

[edit] Dufferin—Caledon

1. Sylvia Jones, Progressive Conservative (2007-present)

[edit] Provincial election results

Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Sylvia Jones	16,508	41.8
	Liberal	Betsy Hall	12,636	32.0
	Green	Rob Strang	6,429	16.3
	New Democrat	Lynda McDougall	3,891	9.9

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	24736	64.1%
	Mixed member proportional	13867	35.9%

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