Haldimand—Norfolk

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.

Demographics

According to the Canada 2011 Census; 2013 representation^[3]^[4]

Ethnic groups: 95.0% White, 3.2% Aboriginal
Languages: 89.5% English, 3.5% German, 1.4% Dutch, 1.2% French
Religions: 73.6% Christian (22.8% Catholic, 13.6% United Church, 8.6% Anglican, 6.1% Baptist, 3.6% Presbyterian, 1.9% Lutheran, 1.5% Pentecostal, 15.4% Other), 25.6% No religion
Median income (2010): $29,580
Average income (2010): $36,839

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. After being re-elected in the 2006 election, Finley was appointed to the cabinet as Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development. She was shuffled from the Human Resources and Skills Development Canada to the Citizenship and Immigration Canada portfolio on January 4, 2007. After her 2008 election victory she resumed her former post as Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development in the Conservative minority government, a post she continues to hold today.

This riding was left unchanged after the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		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	Bob Speller	Liberal
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	2011–2015
42nd	2015–Present

Election results

2003–present

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Diane Finley	24,714	44.14	-6.8	–
	Liberal	Joan Mouland	20,487	36.59	+11.67	–
	New Democratic	John Harris	7,625	13.62	-6.36	–
	Green	Wayne Ettinger	1,857	3.31	0	–
	Christian Heritage	David Bylsma	884	1.58	+0.72	–
	Independent	Dustin Wakeford	272	0.49	–	–
	Independent	Leslie Bory	151	0.27	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			55,990	100.0		$218,300.93
Total rejected ballots			312	0.55	+0.04
Turnout			56,302	68.44	+4.95
Eligible voters			82,261
Source: Elections Canada^[5]^[6]

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Diane Finley	25,655	50.94	+10.11	–
	Liberal	Bob Speller	12,549	24.92	-7.43	–
	New Democratic	Ian Nichols	10,062	19.98	+8.45	–
	Green	Anne Faulkner	1,665	3.31	-0.93	–
	Christian Heritage	Steven Elgersma	435	0.86	-0.18	–
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
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
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+1.0

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

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	Brantford—Brant Haldimand—Norfolk Huron—Bruce Kitchener—Conestoga Oxford Perth—Wellington Wellington—Halton Hills

Liberal	Cambridge Guelph Kitchener Centre Kitchener South—Hespeler Waterloo

Federal ridings in Ontario

Central Ontario

Eastern Ontario

S Durham & York

Southwestern Durham	Ajax Oshawa Pickering—Uxbridge Whitby

Southern York	Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill King—Vaughan Markham—Stouffville Markham—Thornhill Markham—Unionville Richmond Hill Thornhill Vaughan—Woodbridge

City of Toronto
(Suburbs & Downtown)

Scarborough	Scarborough—Agincourt Scarborough Centre Scarborough—Guildwood Scarborough North Scarborough—Rouge Park Scarborough Southwest

Beaches—East York Davenport Don Valley East Don Valley North Don Valley West Eglinton—Lawrence Humber River—Black Creek Parkdale—High Park Spadina—Fort York Toronto Centre Toronto—Danforth Toronto—St. Paul's University—Rosedale Willowdale York Centre York South—Weston

Etobicoke	Etobicoke Centre Etobicoke—Lakeshore Etobicoke North

Cities of Brampton & Mississauga

Brampton	Brampton Centre Brampton East Brampton North Brampton South Brampton West

Mississauga	Mississauga Centre Mississauga East—Cooksville Mississauga—Erin Mills Mississauga—Lakeshore Mississauga—Malton Mississauga—Streetsville

Southern Halton,
Hamilton and Niagara

Southwestern Halton	Burlington Milton Oakville Oakville North—Burlington

City of Hamilton	Flamborough—Glanbrook Hamilton Centre Hamilton East—Stoney Creek Hamilton Mountain Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas

Niagara	Niagara Centre Niagara Falls Niagara West St. Catharines

See also: Provincial ridings in Ontario

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 Walsh Public School 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

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