Halton Centre
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 Ontario electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Ontario |
| District created | 1986 |
| District abolished | 1996 |
| First contested | 1987 |
| Last contested | 1995 |
Halton Centre was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It existed from 1987 to 1999, when it was abolished into Wentworth-Burlington, Burlington, Halton and Oakville when ridings were redistributed to match their federal counterpart. It consisted of the central areas of Halton Region.
Members of Provincial Parliament
[edit]- Barbara Sullivan (Liberal) (1987–1995)[1]
- Terence Young (Progressive Conservative) (1995–1999)[2]
| Halton Centre | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| Riding created out of Halton-Burlington, Burlington and Oakville | ||||
| 34th | 1987–1990 | Barbara Sullivan | Liberal | |
| 35th | 1990–1995 | |||
| 36th | 1995–1999 | Terence Young | Progressive Conservative | |
| Riding dissolved into Wentworth-Burlington, Burlington, Halton and Oakville | ||||
Election results
[edit]1987
[edit]| 1987 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Barbara Sullivan | 15,833 | 53.03 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Clifford Quinn | 9,539 | 31.95 | |||||
| New Democratic | Richard Banigan | 4,487 | 15.03 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 29,859 | 99.37 | ||||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 188 | 0.63 | ||||||
| Turnout | 30,047 | 59.40 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 50,586 | |||||||
1990
[edit]| 1990 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Barbara Sullivan | 13,494 | 35.03 | -18.00 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Bob Taylor | 12,279 | 31.87 | -0.07 | ||||
| New Democratic | Richard Banigan | 10,163 | 26.38 | +11.35 | ||||
| Family Coalition | James Bruce | 1,232 | 3.20 | |||||
| Freedom | Bill Frampton | 731 | 1.90 | |||||
| Libertarian | Jim Stock | 624 | 1.52 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 38,523 | 97.95 | ||||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 805 | 2.05 | +1.42 | |||||
| Turnout | 39,328 | 63.12 | +3.72 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 62,311 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -8.96 | ||||||
1995
[edit]| 1995 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Terence Young | 30,621 | 61.41 | +29.53 | ||||
| Liberal | Barbara Sullivan | 13,977 | 28.03 | -7.00 | ||||
| New Democratic | Richard Banigan | 5,268 | 10.56 | -15.82 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 49,866 | 99.16 | ||||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 422 | 0.84 | -1.21 | |||||
| Turnout | 50,528 | 69.06 | +5.94 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 72,819 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +18.27 | ||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Barbara Sullivan | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org. 1987-09-10. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
- ^ "Terence Young | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org. 1995-06-08. Retrieved 2023-06-12.