Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Simcoe
Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Simcoe was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 1997. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1987 from parts of Bruce—Grey, Grey—Simcoe and Wellington—Dufferin—Simcoe ridings.
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Defunct federal electoral district | |
Legislature | House of Commons |
District created | 1987 |
District abolished | 1996 |
First contested | 1988 |
Last contested | 1993 |
The electoral district was abolished in 1996 when it was re-distributed between Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey, Simcoe—Grey and Waterloo—Wellington ridings.
Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Simcoe consisted of the County of Dufferin; the Town of Thornbury, the Village of Dundalk and the townships of Collingwood, Egremont, Osprey and Proton in the County of Grey; the towns of Collingwood and Stayner, the Village of Creemore and the Township of Nottawasaga in the County of Simcoe; and the towns of Fergus, Harriston, Mount Forest and Palmerston, the villages of Arthur, Clifford and Elora, and the townships of Arthur, Minto, Nichol, West Garafraxa and West Luther in the County of Wellington.
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:
Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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Riding created from Wellington—Dufferin—Simcoe, Grey—Simcoe and Bruce—Grey |
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34th | 1988–1993 | Perrin Beatty | Progressive Conservative | |
35th | 1993–1997 | Murray Calder | Liberal | |
Riding dissolved into Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey, Simcoe—Grey and Waterloo—Wellington |
Election results
1988 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | Perrin Beatty | 26,066 | ||||||
Liberal | Murray Calder | 15,494 | ||||||
New Democratic | Shirley Farlinger | 7,746 | ||||||
Christian Heritage | Bert Nieuwenhuis | 1,761 | ||||||
Libertarian | Oleh Stebelsky | 157 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Murray Calder | 20,374 | |||
Progressive Conservative | Perrin Beatty | 18,665 | |||
Reform | Bob Greenland | 15,160 | |||
New Democratic | Dan Heffernan | 2,090 | |||
Green | Sara Francis | 566 |