Wellington—Halton Hills (provincial electoral district)

Coordinates: 43°37′59″N 80°09′58″W / 43.633°N 80.166°W / 43.633; -80.166
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Wellington—Halton Hills
Ontario electoral district
Wellington-Halton Hills in relation to other southern Ontario ridings
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP
 
 
 
Ted Arnott
Progressive Conservative
District created2004
First contested2007
Last contested2022
Demographics
Population (2016)120,985
Electors (2018)96,887
Area (km²)1,514
Pop. density (per km²)79.9
Census division(s)Wellington County, Halton
Census subdivision(s)Guelph, Guelph/Eramosa, Puslinch, Erin, Centre Wellington, Halton Hills

Wellington—Halton Hills is a provincial electoral district in western Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

The riding, which was first contested in the 2007 provincial election, consists of the municipalities of Guelph/Eramosa, Puslinch, Erin, Centre Wellington and Halton Hills.

47.5% of the riding came from Halton, 25.2% came from Waterloo—Wellington, 16.3% came from Guelph—Wellington and 11% came from Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey. Although it is counted as a Midwestern Ontario riding, the Halton Hills portion is part of the Greater Toronto Area.

Members of Provincial Parliament[edit]

Wellington—Halton Hills
Assembly Years Member Party
Riding created from Halton, Waterloo—Wellington,
Guelph—Wellington and Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey
39th  2007–2011     Ted Arnott Progressive Conservative
40th  2011–2014
41st  2014–2018
42nd  2018–2022
43rd  2022–present

Election results[edit]

2022 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Progressive Conservative Ted Arnott 25,049 50.61 −3.39 $72,850
New Democratic Diane Ballantyne 7,724 15.61 −8.42 $35,782
Green Ryan Kahro 7,002 14.15 +5.51 $31,411
Liberal Tom Takacs 6,920 13.98 +1.20 $10,894
New Blue Stephen Kitras 2,548 5.15   $24,046
Consensus Ontario Ron Patava 250 0.51   $600
Total valid votes/Expense limit 49,493 99.41 +0.40 $144,105
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots 294 0.59 -0.40
Turnout 49,787 48.38 -12.73
Eligible voters 102,933
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +2.52
Source(s)
  • "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-18.
  • "Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-21.
2018 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Ted Arnott 31,659 54.00 +7.32
New Democratic Diane Ballantyne 14,087 24.03 +9.88
Liberal Jon Hurst 7,492 12.78 -16.34
Green Dave Rodgers 5,066 8.64 -5.51
Libertarian Jadon Pfeiffer 320 0.55 -1.73
Total valid votes 58,624 100.0  
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots
Turnout 64.26
Eligible voters 91,228
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -1.28
Source: Elections Ontario[1]
2014 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Ted Arnott 22,600 46.68 -8.94
Liberal Daniel Zister 14,095 29.12 +2.29
New Democratic Michael Carlucci 6,848 14.15 -0.30
Green Dave Rodgers 3,566 7.37 +4.27
Libertarian Jason Cousineau 1,104 2.28
Freedom Mitch Sproule 198 0.40
Total valid votes 48,411 100.00
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -5.62
Source: Elections Ontario[2]
2011 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Ted Arnott 23,495 55.62 +6.46
Liberal Moya Johnson 11,334 26.83 -3.56
New Democratic Dale Hamilton 6,106 14.45 +5.52
Green Raymond Dartsch 1,309 3.10 -7.15
Total valid votes 42,244 100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 137 0.32
Turnout 42,381 51.11
Eligible voters 82,926
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +5.01
Source: Elections Ontario[3]
2007 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Ted Arnott 21,533 49.16 -3.17
Liberal Marg Bentley 13,312 30.39 -2.34
Green Martin Lavictoire 4,489 10.25
New Democratic Noel Duignan 3,914 8.94 -0.25
Family Coalition Giuseppe Gori 555 1.27
Total valid votes 43,803 100.00
  Progressive Conservative hold Swing -0.42

^ Change based on redistributed results

2007 electoral reform referendum[edit]

2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum
Side Votes %
First Past the Post 28,316 66.0
Mixed member proportional 14,589 34.0
Total valid votes 42,905 100.0

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 12. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  2. ^ Elections Ontario. "General Election Results by District, 099 Wellington-Halton Hills". Retrieved 13 June 2014.
  3. ^ Elections Ontario (2011). "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Wellington—Halton Hills" (PDF). Retrieved 2 June 2014.

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