Haldimand—Norfolk

Haldimand—Norfolk

Ontario electoral district
Haldimand—Norfolk in relation to other southern Ontario electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Diane Finley Conservative
District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2011
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]	108,051
Electors (2011)	79,362
Area (km²)[2]	2,859.66
Pop. density (per km²)	37.8
Census divisions	Haldimand, Norfolk
Census subdivisions	Haldimand, Norfolk

For the provincial electoral district, see Haldimand—Norfolk (provincial electoral district).

Haldimand—Norfolk is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 to 1997, and since 2004. Its Member of Parliament (MP) is Conservative Diane Finley. The population of the riding is 104,575.

Geography

This riding is located in rural Southern Ontario, and comprises Haldimand and Norfolk Counties, except for parts of the Six Nations and New Credit Indian Reserves. The total area is 3,073 km². There are 205 polling divisions. Neighbouring districts include Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale, Brant, Elgin—Middlesex—London, Niagara West—Glanbrook, Oxford, and Welland.

Federal electoral district history

Haldimand—Norfolk has existed as a federal electoral district twice. It was first created in 1976 from the riding of Norfolk—Haldimand. Haldimand—Norfolk was later abolished in 1996, and was mostly replaced by Haldimand—Norfolk—Brant. It was recreated in 2003 from 12.0% of Erie—Lincoln and 88.0% of Haldimand—Norfolk—Brant.

From its first election in 1979 to 1988, Haldimand—Norfolk was represented by the Progressive Conservative Bud Bradley. In 1988, Liberal Bob Speller defeated Bradley. Speller went on to serve as Minister of Agriculture. In 2004, Haldimand—Norfolk elected Conservative candidate Diane Finley, who was re-elected in 2008 and 2011.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Haldimand—Norfolk Riding created from Norfolk—Haldimand
31st	1979 − 1980		Bud Bradley	Progressive Conservative
32nd	1980 − 1984
33rd	1984 − 1988
34th	1988 − 1993		Bob Speller	Liberal
35th	1993 − 1997
Riding dissolved into Haldimand—Norfolk—Brant
Riding re-created from Haldimand—Norfolk—Brant and Erie—Lincoln
38th	2004 − 2006		Diane Finley	Conservative
39th	2006 − 2008
40th	2008 − 2011
41st	2011 − Present

Election results

2003–present

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Diane Finley	25,655	50.9	+10.1	–
	Liberal	Bob Speller	12,549	24.9	-7.5	–
	New Democratic	Ian Nichols	10,062	20.0	+9.5	–
	Green	Anne Faulkner	1,665	3.3	-0.9	–
	Christian Heritage	Steven Elgersma	435	0.9	-0.1	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			50,366	100.0	4.1
Total rejected ballots			256	0.51	–
Turnout			50,622	63.49
Eligible voters			79,729	–	–

Source:

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Diane Finley	19,657	40.83	-7.5	$67,583
	Liberal	Eric Hoskins	15,577	32.35	-1.9	$72,913
	New Democratic	Ian Nichols	5,549	11.53	-1.3	$5,509
	Independent	Gary McHale	4,821	10.01	–	$22,798
	Green	Stephana Johnston	2,041	4.24	+0.7	$2,581
	Christian Heritage	Steven Elgersma	501	1.04	0.0
Total valid votes/Expense limit			48,146	100	$85,391
Majority			4,080	8.48
Total rejected ballots			248	0.51
Turnout			48,394

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Conservative	Diane Finley	25,885	48.33	+6.1
	Liberal	Bob Speller	18,363	34.29	-4.5
	New Democratic	Valya Roberts	6,858	12.80	-1.6
	Green	Carolyn Van Nort	1,894	3.54	+0.1
	Christian Heritage	Steven Elgersma	559	1.04	-0.2
Majority			7,522	14.0
Turnout			53,559
	Conservative hold.		Swing	+5.3

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Conservative	Diane Finley	20,981	42.2	-6.2
	Liberal	Bob Speller	19,336	38.8	-7.2
	New Democratic	Carrie Sinkowski	7,143	14.4	+9.8
	Green	Colin Jones	1,703	3.4
	Christian Heritage	Steven Elgersma	617	1.2
Majority			1,645	3.3
Turnout			49,780	63.3
	Notional Conservative hold.		Swing	+0.5

Poll-by-poll results

Change from 2000 is based on redistributed results. Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals.

From 1996 until 2003, Haldimand—Norfolk did not exist as a federal riding, and was mostly represented by Haldimand—Norfolk—Brant. Results for 1997 and 2000 can be found on that page.

1976–1996

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Bob Speller	24,100	53.6	+15.6
	Reform	Ken Gilpen	10,563	23.5
	Progressive Conservative	Jack Cronkwright	7,273	16.2	-21.4
	New Democratic	Herman Plas	1,667	3.7	-11.4
	National	Ross Bateman	1,340	3.0
Total			44,943	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Bob Speller	16,921	38.0	+11.7
	Progressive Conservative	Bud Bradley	16,712	37.6	-21.5
	New Democratic	Eric Butt	6,736	15.1	+1.9
	Christian Heritage	Gary Sytsma	3,969	8.9
	Libertarian	David Yaki	162	0.4
Total			44,500	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Bud Bradley	27,296	59.0	+17.0
	Liberal	Edith Fuller	12,161	26.3	-15.4
	New Democratic	Bill Jefferies	6,138	13.3	-2.4
	Independent	Martin J. Weber	656	1.4
Total valid votes			46,251	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Bud Bradley	18,600	42.0	-7.6
	Liberal	Art Renn	18,461	41.7	+6.7
	New Democratic	Norm, Walpole	6,937	15.7	+0.9
	Social Credit	Charley Harris	284	0.6	0.0
Total valid votes			44,282	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Bud Bradley	22,655	49.6
	Liberal	Art Renn	15,990	35.0
	New Democratic	Joe Clark	6,762	14.8
	Social Credit	William Triska	309	0.7
Total valid votes			45,716	100.0

See also

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

References

• "(Code 35028) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-03. 

Notes

External links

Federal riding history from the Library of Parliament:

• (1976 - 1996)
• (2003 - 2008)
• 2011 Results from Elections Canada
• Website of the Parliament of Canada
• Campaign expense data from Elections Canada

Federal ridings in Midwestern Ontario Conservative Brant Cambridge Haldimand—Norfolk Huron—Bruce Kitchener Centre Kitchener—Conestoga Kitchener—Waterloo Oxford Perth—Wellington Wellington—Halton Hills Liberal Guelph

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Norfolk County, Ontario Municipal elections 2000 2003 2006 2010 Provincial and federal government Current Current federal electoral district Current provincial electoral district Defunct Federal electoral district of Haldimand—Norfolk—Brant Federal electoral district of Norfolk Federal electoral district of Norfolk—Elgin Federal electoral district of Norfolk—Haldimand Federal electoral district of Norfolk North Federal electoral district of Norfolk South Provincial electoral district of Haldimand—Norfolk—Brant Radio and newspapers CHCD-FM Delhi News-Record Simcoe Reformer Attractions and services Backus Mill Backstage Capitol Theatre Bird Studies Canada County Fair and Horse Show Delhi Community Arena Fort Norfolk General Hospital Gopher Dunes Green Energy Hub Long Point Provincial Park Lynn River Lynn Valley Trail MacDonald Turkey Point Marina Ontario tobacco belt Rotary Friendship Festival Talbot Gardens Local sports teams Delhi Travellers Port Dover Sailors Norfolk IceCats Port Dover Pirates Simcoe Storm Roads and highways Highway 3 Highway 19 Highway 24 Highway 51 Highway 59 Norfolk County roads School boards Brant Haldimand Norfolk Catholic District School Board Grand Erie District School Board Norfolk Board of Education Communities Delhi Glen Meyer Hillcrest Long Point Nixon Nixon Public School Port Dover Friday the 13th motorcycle rally Port Dover Composite School Raid on Port Dover Timeline Port Rowan Simcoe Walsh Waterford Other communities Miscellaneous 133rd Battalion (Norfolk's Own), CEF Dennis' Horseradish Doan's Hollow Public School Dennison Field Haldimand-Norfolk Housing Corporation Nixon Airport Ride Norfolk South Norfolk Railway Townsend Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Company Trapped (novel)

Coordinates: 42°55′N 80°03′W / 42.92°N 80.05°W / 42.92; -80.05