Halton—Wentworth

Halton—Wentworth was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1979. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1966 from parts of Halton and Wentworth ridings.

Halton—Wentworth

Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1966
District abolished	1976
First contested	1968
Last contested	1974

It consisted of the Town of Burlington and the Township of Nassagaweya in the County of Halton, and the Town of Burlington, the Town of Dundas and the Townships of East Flamborough and West Flamborough in the County of Wentworth.

The electoral district was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed between Burlington, Guelph, Halton and Hamilton—Wentworth ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Halton and Wentworth
28th	1968–1972		John B. Morison	Liberal
29th	1972–1974		Bill Kempling	Progressive Conservative
30th	1974–1979
Riding dissolved into Burlington, Guelph, Halton and Hamilton—Wentworth

Election results

1968 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John B. Morison	19,563
	Progressive Conservative	James Reginald Swanborough	18,043
	New Democratic	Ted MacDonald	9,312
	Independent Liberal	Norman Brian Braden	399

1972 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Kempling	31,150
	Liberal	Norm McGuinness	21,450
	New Democratic	Dickson Bailey	10,630

1974 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Kempling	26,798
	Liberal	Eric Cunningham	26,130
	New Democratic	Walter Mulkewich	8,877

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament