Wellington—Halton Hills (provincial electoral district)

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Wellington—Halton Hills

Ontario electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP		Ted Arnott Progressive Conservative
District created	2004
First contested	2007
Demographics
Population (2006)	111,241
Electors (2007)	75,358
Area (km²)	1,584
Pop. density (per km²)	70.2
Census divisions	Wellington County, Halton
Census subdivisions	Guelph, Guelph/Eramosa, Puslinch, Erin, Centre Wellington, Halton Hills

For the federal electoral district, see 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.

[edit] Election results

Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Ted Arnott	21,533	49.2
	Liberal	Marg Bentley	13,311	30.4
	Green	Martin Lavictoire	4,484	10.2
	New Democrat	Noel Duignan	3,902	8.9
	Family Coalition	Giuseppe Gori	559	1.3

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	28316	66%
	Mixed member proportional	14589	34%

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