Halton (provincial electoral district)

Halton
Ontario electoral district
	Halton in relation to other Greater Toronto Area electoral districts (2007-2018 boundaries)
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	1867
District abolished	2018
First contested	1867
Last contested	2014
Demographics
Population (2006)	151,943
Electors (2007)	102,730
Area (km²)	568
Census division(s)	Halton
Census subdivision(s)	Oakville, Burlington, Milton

Halton was a provincial electoral district in Central Ontario, Canada. It elected one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

History

Until 1967, the electoral district was contiguous with the County of Halton.

Division (1967-1999)

The territory comprising Halton was redistributed on several occasions between 1967 and 1999:

The Representation Act, 1966^[1] divided the County into Halton East (consisting of Georgetown, Milton, Oakville and the southern part of Esquesing Township) and Halton West (consisting of Acton, Burlington, Nassagaweya Township and the northern part of Esquesing).
The Representation Act, 1975^[2] divided the new Regional Municipality of Halton into Burlington South, Halton-Burlington (consisting of Halton Hills, Milton and the northern part of Burlington) and Oakville.
The Representation Act, 1986^[3] divided the Region into Burlington South, Halton Centre (consisting of the northern parts of Burlington and Oakville and a southern part of Milton), Halton North (consisting of Halton Hills and the northern part of Milton) and Oakville South.

Alignment with federal electoral district (1999)

With the passage of the Representation Act, 1996,^[4] the electoral district of Halton was revived, and its boundaries were declared to be contiguous with those of the federal electoral district. Subsequent adjustments to boundaries have been consequential upon representation orders made under the federal Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act^[5] that were subsequently incorporated into Ontario law.^[6]

The new riding included all of the Regional Municipality of Halton north of a line following Dundas Street to Highway 407 to Upper Middle Road to Walkers Line to the QEW to Burlington City limits to Upper Middle Road.

In 2007, the riding lost all of the Town of Halton Hills to Wellington—Halton Hills. Also, the border following the 407 was altered so that it follows Guelph Line instead. Also, the territory east of Eighth Line and south of Dundas Street was also lost.

Abolition (2018)

In 2018, the riding was divided into Milton, Oakville North—Burlington, Burlington, Mississauga—Streetsville and Mississauga—Erin Mills.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Halton
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
*Riding created on Confederation*
1st	1867–1871		William Barber	Liberal
2nd	1871–1874
3rd	1875–1875
3rd	1875–1879		William Durie Lyon
4th	1879–1883		David Robertson
5th	1883–1886		William Kerns	Conservative
6th	1886–1890
7th	1890–1894
8th	1894–1898
9th	1898–1902		John Roaf Barber	Liberal
10th	1902–1905		John Roaf Barber	Liberal
11th	1905–1908		Alfred Westland Nixon	Conservative
12th	1908–1911
13th	1911–1914
14th	1914–1919
15th	1919–1920		John Featherstone Ford	United Farmers
15th	1920–1923		Ernest Charles Drury	United Farmers
16th	1923–1926		George Hillmer	Conservative
17th	1926–1929		George Hillmer	Conservative
18th	1929–1934		Thomas Aston Blakelock^[7]^[8]	Liberal–Progressive
19th	1934–1937
20th	1937–1943
21st	1943–1945		Stanley Hall	Progressive Conservative
22nd	1945–1948
23rd	1948–1951
24th	1951–1955
25th	1955–1959
26th	1959–1962
27th	1963–1967		George Albert Kerr
**Riding divided (1967) into Halton East and Halton West**
Riding re-created on realignment with federal electoral district (1999) from Halton North and Halton Centre
37th	1999–2003		Ted Chudleigh	Progressive Conservative
38th	2003–2007
39th	2007–2011
40th	2011–2014
41st	2014–2018		Indira Naidoo-Harris	Liberal
Riding dissolved into Milton, Oakville North—Burlington, Burlington, Mississauga—Streetsville and Mississauga—Erin Mills

Election results (1999-2014)

Graph of election results in Halton (1999-2014). Omitted are minor parties consistently registering less than 2% of the vote, as well as those who campaigned intermittently.

2014 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Indira Naidoo-Harris	33,724	44.79	+5.66
	Progressive Conservative	Ted Chudleigh	27,937	37.10	-7.37
	New Democratic	Nik Spohr	9,758	12.96	-0.19
	Green	Susan Farrant	2,618	3.48	+1.30
	Libertarian	Kal Ghory	916	1.22	–
	Family Coalition	Gerry Marsh	346	0.46	-0.04
Total valid votes			75,299	98.87
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			863	1.13	+0.83
Turnout			76,162	50.90	+4.91
Eligible voters			149,633
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+6.51
Source: Elections Ontario^[9]

2011 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Ted Chudleigh	26,228	44.47	+2.63
	Liberal	Indira Naidoo-Harris	23,080	39.13	-2.38
	New Democratic	Nik Spohr	7,757	13.15	+5.48
	Green	Karen Fraser	1,286	2.18	-5.89
	Family Coalition	Tony Rodrigues	296	0.50	-0.40
	Freedom	Gina Van Den Burg	168	0.28
	Independent	Phil Buck	166	0.28
Total valid votes			58,981	99.69
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			181	0.31	-0.40
Turnout			59,162	45.99	-5.54
Eligible voters			128,643
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+2.51
Source: Elections Ontario^[10]

2007 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Ted Chudleigh	22,677	41.84	-4.69
	Liberal	Gary Zemlak	22,501	41.51	-0.58
	Green	Andrew Chlobowski	4,376	8.07
	New Democratic	Pat Heroux	4,160	7.68	+0.16
	Family Coalition	Stan Lazarski	487	0.90
Total valid votes			54,201	99.29
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			388	0.71
Turnout			54,589	51.53
Eligible voters			105,931
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-2.06

2003 general election redistributed results^[11]
Party		Vote	%
	Progressive Conservative	20,101	46.53
	Liberal	18,182	42.09
	New Democratic	3,248	7.52
	Others	1,666	3.86

2003 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Ted Chudleigh	33,610	48.20	-16.75
	Liberal	Barbara Sullivan	28,112	40.32	+13.30
	New Democratic	Jay Jackson	5,587	8.01	+2.83
	Green	Matthew Raymond Smith	1,295	1.86	+0.38
	Family Coalition	Giuseppe Gori	1,123	1.61	+0.23
Total valid votes			69,727	99.50
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			352	0.50	-0.07
Turnout			70,079	59.73	+0.07
Eligible voters			117,319
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-15.03

1999 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Ted Chudleigh	35,505	64.95
	Liberal	Mohan Anand	14,767	27.01
	New Democratic	Jay Jackson	2,833	5.18
	Green	Bill Champ	806	1.47
	Family Coalition	Giuseppe Gori	755	1.38
Total valid votes			54,666	99.43
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			315	0.57
Turnout			54,981	59.66
Eligible voters			92,150

2007 electoral reform referendum

2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	33,302	62.5
	Mixed member proportional	20,019	37.5
	Total valid votes	53,321	100.0

Election results (1867-1967)

Graph of election results in Halton (1867-1963). Omitted are minor parties consistently registering less than 2% of the vote, as well as those who campaigned intermittently.

1963 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	George Kerr	19,947	51.53	+8.30
	Liberal	Owen Mullin	13,575	35.07	-5.14
	New Democratic	William Gillies	5,188	13.40	-3.16
Total valid votes			38,710	100.00
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+6.72
Source: Elections Ontario

1959 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Stanley Hall	10,385	43.23	-4.08
	Liberal	Owen Mullin	9,658	40.21	+6.81
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Jack Henry	3,977	16.56	-2.73
Total valid votes			24,020	100.00
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-5.45
Source: Elections Ontario

1955 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Stanley Hall	8,373	47.31	-4.30
	Liberal	William Anderson	5,912	33.40	-2.48
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Stanley Allen	3,414	19.29	+6.78
Total valid votes			17,699	100.00
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-0.91
Source: Elections Ontario

1951 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Stanley Hall	9,063	51.61	+12.16
	Liberal	F. Murray Deans	6,301	35.88	-2.87
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Angus Langille	2,197	12.51	-9.29
Total valid votes			17,561	100.00
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+7.52
Source: The Georgetown Herald, November 28, 1951; Elections Ontario (misidentified as Hastings West)

1948 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Stanley Hall	6,377	39.45	-5.31
	Liberal	F. Murray Deans	6,264	38.75	+1.68
	Co-operative Commonwealth	W. Adamson	3,524	21.80	+3.63
Total valid votes			16,165	100.00
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-3.50
Source: Elections Ontario

1945 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Stanley Hall	6,914	44.76	+6.25
	Liberal	Mary Pettit	5,725	37.07	+5.72
	Co-operative Commonwealth	William Millward	2,806	18.17	-11.02
Total valid votes			15,445	100.00
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+0.27
Source: Elections Ontario

1943 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Stanley Hall	4,474	38.51	-3.71
	Liberal	Thomas Blakelock	3,642	31.35	-24.15
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Wilfred Tate	3,391	29.19	+27.50
	Independent	John Foster	111	0.96	+0.96
Total valid votes			11,618	100.00
	Progressive Conservative gain		Swing
Source: Elections Ontario

1937 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal–Progressive	Thomas Blakelock	7,832	55.50	+5.50
	Liberal–Conservative	Lloyd Dingle	5,958	42.22	+1.61
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Wilfred Tate	238	1.69	-7.70
	Independent	Wallace Cross	83	0.59	+0.59
Total valid votes			14,111	100.00
	Liberal–Progressive hold		Swing		+1.95
Source: Elections Ontario

1934 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal–Progressive	Thomas Blakelock	6,929	50.00	-0.32
	Liberal–Conservative	William Davis	5,628	40.61	-9.07
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Robert Hetherington	1,301	9.39	+9.39
Total valid votes			13,858	100.00
	Liberal–Progressive hold		Swing
Source: Elections Ontario

1929 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal–Progressive	Thomas Blakelock	5,696	50.32	+1.85
	Conservative	George Hillmer	5,624	49.68	-1.85
Total valid votes			11,320	100.00
	Liberal–Progressive gain from Conservative		Swing		+1.85
Source: Elections Ontario

1926 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Hillmer	6,164	51.53	+6.10
	Progressive	Harry Pettit	5,799	48.47	+9.31
Total valid votes			11,963	100.00
	Conservative hold		Swing
Source: Elections Ontario

1923 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Hillmer	5,186	45.43	+14.64
	United Farmers	Ernest Drury	4,470	39.16	-1.17
	Liberal	Leroy Dale	1,760	15.42	-13.46
Total valid votes			11,416	100.00
	Conservative gain from United Farmers		Swing		+7.91
Source: Elections Ontario

Ontario provincial by-election, February 16, 1920 upon the resignation of John Ford, MPP
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Farmers	Ernest Drury	4,419	67.67
	Soldier	Edward J. Stephenson	2,111	32.33
Total valid votes			6,530	100.00
Source: "Official Record of Halton Ballots". The Georgetown Herald. February 25, 1920. p. 2.

1919 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Farmers	John Ford	4,456	40.33	+40.33
	Conservative	Alfred Nixon	3,402	30.79	-22.38
	Liberal	Ellis Cleaver	3,190	28.88	-17.95
Total valid votes			11,048	100.00
	United Farmers gain from Conservative		Swing		+31.36
Source: Elections Ontario

1914 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alfred Nixon	2,676	53.17	-0.57
	Liberal	William Fisher	2,357	46.83	+0.57
Total valid votes			5,033	100.00
	Conservative hold		Swing		-0.57
Source: Elections Ontario

1911 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alfred Nixon	2,385	53.74	-0.12
	Liberal	Robert Warren	2,053	46.26	+0.12
Total valid votes			4,438	100.00
	Conservative hold		Swing		-0.12
Source: Elections Ontario

1908 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alfred Nixon	2,449	53.86	-1.76
	Liberal	Robert Warren	2,098	46.14	+1.76
Total valid votes			4,547	100.00
	Conservative hold		Swing		-1.76
Source: Elections Ontario

1905 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alfred Nixon	2,522	55.62	+5.79
	Liberal	Duncan Cameron	2,012	44.38	-5.79
Total valid votes			4,534	100.00
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+5.79
Source: Elections Ontario

1902 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Barber	2,365	50.17	-1.08
	Conservative	Alfred Nixon	2,349	49.83	+1.08
Total valid votes			4,714	100.00
	Liberal hold		Swing		-1.08
Source: Elections Ontario

v t e 1898 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Barber	2,531	51.25	+2.50
	Conservative	William Kerns	2,408	48.75	-2.50
Total valid votes			4,939	100.00
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+2.50
Source: Elections Ontario

v t e 1894 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Kerns	2,269	51.25	-0.73
	Liberal	John Husband	2,158	48.75	+0.73
Total valid votes			4,427	100.00
	Conservative hold		Swing		-0.73
Source: Elections Ontario

v t e 1890 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Kerns	2,377	51.98	+0.60
	Liberal	Henry Robinson	2,196	48.02	-0.60
Total valid votes			4,573	100.00
	Conservative hold		Swing		+0.60
Source: Elections Ontario

v t e 1886 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Kerns	2,277	51.38	-0.55
	Liberal	Dr Anson Buck	2,155	48.62	+0.55
Total valid votes			4,432	100.00
	Conservative hold		Swing		-0.55
Source: Elections Ontario

v t e 1883 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Kerns	2,004	51.93	+1.33
	Liberal	D. Robertson	1,855	48.07	-1.33
Total valid votes			3,859	100.00
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+1.33
Source: Canadian Parliamentary Companion, 1885^[12]

v t e 1879 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Robertson	1,765	50.46	−0.80
	Conservative	W.C. Beaty	1,733	49.54	+0.80
Total valid votes			3,498	66.63	−1.55
Eligible voters			5,250
	Liberal hold		Swing		−0.80
Source: Elections Ontario^[13]

v t e Ontario provincial by-election, November 1875 Previous election voided
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Durie Lyon	1,363	51.26	−4.72
	Conservative	William Clay	1,296	48.74	+4.72
Total valid votes			2,659
	Liberal hold		Swing		−4.72
Source: History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario^[14]^: 119

v t e 1875 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Barber	1,609	52.58	−3.40
	Conservative	William C. Beaty	1,451	47.42	+3.40
Turnout			3,060	68.18	+10.67
Eligible voters			4,488
Election voided
Source: Elections Ontario^[15]

v t e 1871 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Barber	1,194	55.98	−0.65
	Conservative	William Durie Lyon	939	44.02	+0.65
	Independent	Mr. Appelbe	0	–
Turnout			2,133	57.51	−19.19
Eligible voters			3,709
	Liberal hold		Swing		−0.65
Source: Elections Ontario^[16]

v t e 1867 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	William Barber	1,556	56.62
	Conservative	Simcoe Kerr	1,192	43.38
Total valid votes			2,748	76.70
Eligible voters			3,583
	Liberal pickup new district.
Source: Elections Ontario^[17]

Sources

^ The Representation Act, 1966, S.O. 1966, c. 137
^ The Representation Act, 1975, S.O. 1975, c. 13
^ Representation Act, 1986, S.O. 1986, c. 30
^ Representation Act, 1996, S.O. 1996, c. 28 , Schedule
^ Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. E-3
^ Election Statute Law Amendment Act, 2005, S.O. 2005, c. 35, Sch. 1 , s.2, and Electoral Boundaries Act, 2015, S.O. 2015, c. 31, Sch. 1 , s.2
^ "Halton Election". The Georgetown Herald. November 13, 1929. p. 3.
^ "Blakelock again unanimous choice". The Georgetown Herald. September 8, 1937. p. 2.
^ Elections Ontario (2014). "Summary of valid votes cast for each candidate" (PDF). p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 12, 2017. Retrieved December 28, 2017.
^ Elections Ontario (2011). "Summary of valid votes cast for each candidate" (PDF). p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 28, 2017. Retrieved December 28, 2017.
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^ Lewis, Roderick (1968). Centennial Edition of a History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario, 1867–1968. OCLC 1052682.
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^ "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1871. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
^ "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1867. Retrieved March 15, 2024.

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[1] The Representation Act, 1966, S.O. 1966, c. 137

[2] The Representation Act, 1975, S.O. 1975, c. 13

[3] Representation Act, 1986, S.O. 1986, c. 30

[4] Representation Act, 1996, S.O. 1996, c. 28 , Schedule

[5] Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. E-3

[6] Election Statute Law Amendment Act, 2005, S.O. 2005, c. 35, Sch. 1 , s.2, and Electoral Boundaries Act, 2015, S.O. 2015, c. 31, Sch. 1 , s.2

[7] "Halton Election". The Georgetown Herald. November 13, 1929. p. 3.

[8] "Blakelock again unanimous choice". The Georgetown Herald. September 8, 1937. p. 2.

[9] Elections Ontario (2014). "Summary of valid votes cast for each candidate" (PDF). p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 12, 2017. Retrieved December 28, 2017.

[10] Elections Ontario (2011). "Summary of valid votes cast for each candidate" (PDF). p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 28, 2017. Retrieved December 28, 2017.

[11] "Archived copy". www.elections.on.ca. Archived from the original on 12 October 2007. Retrieved 26 July 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[12] Gemmill, J.A., ed. (1885). The Canadian parliamentary companion. CIHM/ICMH Microfiche ;no. 32958. Ottawa: J. Durie & Son. p. 220. hdl:2027/aeu.ark:/13960/t1jh48t0s. ISBN 9780665329586.

[ElectionsOnt1879-13] "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1879. Retrieved April 19, 2024.

[Lewis1968-14] Lewis, Roderick (1968). Centennial Edition of a History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario, 1867–1968. OCLC 1052682.

[15] "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1875. Retrieved April 6, 2024.

[16] "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1871. Retrieved March 31, 2024.

[17] "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1867. Retrieved March 15, 2024.

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