Flamborough—Glanbrook

Flamborough—Glanbrook
Ontario electoral district

Map of southwestern Ontario showing the location of Flamborough—Glanbrook
Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP
 
 
 

David Sweet
Conservative

District created 2013
First contested 2015
District webpage profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1] 97,081
Electors (2015) 77,774
Area (km²)[2] 941
Pop. density (per km²) 103.2
Census divisions Hamilton
Census subdivisions Hamilton

Flamborough—Glanbrook is a federal electoral district in Hamilton, Ontario.

Geography

Flamborough—Glanbrook was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order as the area commencing at the intersection of the easterly limit of the city with the Niagara Escarpment, westerly along said escarpment to Redhill Creek, westerly along the creek to Mountain Brow Boulevard, southerly along said boulevard to Arbour Road, southerly along said road, its intermittent production, Anchor Road and its southerly production to the intersection of Rymal Road East with Glover Road, westerly along Rymal Road East, Rymal Road West and Garner Road East to Glancaster Road, southerly along said road to the electric power transmission line situated northerly of Grassyplain Drive, westerly along said transmission line to Trinity Road, northerly along said road and Highway No. 52 North to the Canadian National Railway, easterly along said railway to Highway No. 403, northeasterly along said highway to the northerly limit of Hamilton, and then in an uneven manner to the point of commencement.[3]

History

Flamborough—Glanbrook came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for October 2015.[4]It was created out of parts of the electoral districts of Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale, Niagara West—Glanbrook and Hamilton Mountain.[5]

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Flamborough—Glanbrook
Riding created from Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale,
Hamilton Mountain, and Niagara West—Glanbrook
42nd  2015–Present     David Sweet Conservative

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
ConservativeDavid Sweet 24,137 43.48 -11.92
LiberalJennifer Stebbing 21,728 39.14 +22.24
New DemocraticMike DiLivio 7,779 14.01 -8.78
GreenDave Allan Urquhart 1,866 3.36 -0.80
Total valid votes/Expense limit 55,510100.00 $211,904.70
Total rejected ballots 2200.39
Turnout 55,73070.67
Eligible voters 78,865
Conservative hold Swing -17.08
Source: Elections Canada[6][7]
2011 federal election redistributed results[8]
Party Vote %
  Conservative 25,143 55.40
  New Democratic 10,344 22.79
  Liberal 7,671 16.90
  Green 1,890 4.16
  Others 337 0.74

References

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