Guelph (provincial electoral district)

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Guelph
Ontario electoral district


Guelph in relation to other southwestern Ontario electoral districts

Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP       Liz Sandals
Liberal
District created 2004
First contested 2007
Demographics
Population (2006) 114,943
Electors (2007) 85,961
Area (km²) 92
Pop. density (per km²) 1,249.4
Census divisions Wellington County
Census subdivisions Guelph

Guelph is a provincial electoral district in southwestern Ontario, Canada. It was created for the 2007 provincial election. The entire riding was carved from from Guelph—Wellington.

The riding includes all of Guelph.

The riding also existed from 1987 until 1999 with the same borders.

[edit] Members of Provincial Parliament

  1. Rick Ferraro, Liberal (1987-1990)
  2. Derek Fletcher, N.D.P. (1990-1995)
  3. Brenda Elliott, Progressive Conservative (1995-1999)

[edit] Provincial election results

Ontario general election, 2007
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal Liz Sandals 20,188 40.8
     Progressive Conservative Bob Senechal 12,258 24.7
     Green Ben Polley 9,635 19.5
     New Democrat Karan Mann-Bowers 6,862 13.9
     Family Coalition John Gots 402 0.8
     Communist Drew Garvie 196 0.4
Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side Votes %
First Past the Post 26835 55.4%
Mixed member proportional 21629 44.6%