Waterloo—Wellington
Former federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada
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Waterloo—Wellington was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2003. It continued to be a provincial electoral district represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario until the 2007 provincial election.
 Ontario electoral district | |
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| Defunct federal electoral district | |
| Legislature | House of Commons |
| District created | 1996 |
| District abolished | 2003 |
| First contested | 1997 |
| Last contested | 2000 |
| Demographics | |
| Population (2001)[1] | 119,469 |
| Electors (2002)[1] | 77,610 |
| Area (km²)[1] | 2,622 |
| Census division(s) | Waterloo, Wellington |
| Census subdivision(s) | Elora, Fergus, Maryborough, Nichol, Peel, West Garfaxa, Wellesley, Wilmot, Woolwich, Kitchener |
Waterloo—Wellington was located in the province of Ontario.
Waterloo—Wellington federal riding was created in 1996 from parts of Guelph—Wellington, Kitchener, Perth—Wellington—Waterloo, Waterloo and Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Simcoe ridings. It was abolished in 2003, and divided between Cambridge, Kitchener—Conestoga, Perth Wellington and Wellington—Halton Hills ridings.
Waterloo—Wellington consisted of the southwest part of the City of Kitchener, the townships of Wilmot, Wellesley and Woolwich, the northwest part of the County of Wellington excluding the Village of Arthur, the Town of Mount Forest, and the Township of West Luther.
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riding created from Perth—Wellington—Waterloo, Waterloo, Guelph—Wellington, Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Simcoe and Kitchener |
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| 36th | 1997–2000 | Lynn Myers | Liberal | |
| 37th | 2000–2004 | |||
| Riding dissolved into Cambridge, Kitchener—Conestoga, Perth Wellington and Wellington—Halton Hills |
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Federal election results
| 2000 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Lynn Myers | 19,619 | 43.66 | -0.34 | $64,568.53 | |||
| Alliance | John Reimer | 14,797 | 32.93 | +1.6 | $47,962.31 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Michael Chong | 7,999 | 17.80 | -0.31 | $24,282.50 | |||
| New Democratic | Allan Douglas Strong | 1,845 | 4.11 | -2.45 | $1,588.58 | |||
| Green | Brent Bouteiller | 432 | 0.96 | $206.62 | ||||
| Christian Heritage | Peter Ellis | 249 | 0.55 | $2,148.45 | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 44,941 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 156 | 0.28 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 45,097 | 58.11 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 77,610 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -0.97 | ||||||
| 1997 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Lynn Myers | 20,038 | 44.00 | |||||
| Reform | Jeff Gerber | 14,142 | 31.33 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Mary Dunlop | 8,175 | 18.11 | |||||
| New Democratic | Mike Cooper | 3,180 | 6.56 | |||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 45,135 | 100.0 | ||||||
Provincial election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive Conservative | Ted Arnott | 22550 | 48.97 | -12.49 | |
| Liberal | Deborah Whale | 17344 | 37.67 | 7.45 | |
| New Democratic | Richard Walsh-Bowers | 3970 | 8.62 | 3.23 | |
| Green | Allan Strong | 1203 | 2.61 | 1.29 | |
| Family Coalition | Gord Truscott | 978 | 2.12 | 0.52 | |
| 1999 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Ted Arnott | 26286 | 61.46 | |||||
| Liberal | Marion Reidel | 12923 | 30.22 | |||||
| New Democratic | Richard Walsh-Bowers | 2306 | 5.39 | |||||
| Family Coalition | Gord Truscott | 685 | 1.6 | |||||
| Green | Brent Bouteiller | 566 | 1.32 | |||||