Brampton—Georgetown

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Brampton—Georgetown
Flag of Ontario.svg Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created1976
District abolished1987
First contested 1979
Last contested 1984

Brampton–Georgetown (also known as Brampton–Halton Hills) was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 to 1988.

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The riding was represented from 1979 to 1988 by the Honourable John McDermid of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada.

It was created as "Brampton–Halton Hills" riding in 1976 from parts of Halton, Mississauga and Peel—Dufferin—Simcoe ridings. It was renamed "Brampton–Georgetown" in 1977. It consisted of city of Brampton, and the northern part of the Town of Halton Hills.

The electoral district was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed between Brampton and Halton—Peel ridings.

Members of Parliament

ParliamentYearsMemberParty
Riding created from Halton, Mississauga and Peel—Dufferin—Simcoe
31st  1979–1980   John McDermid Progressive Conservative
32nd  1980–1984
33rd  1984–1988
Riding dissolved into Brampton and Halton—Peel

Election results

1979 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Progressive Conservative John McDermid 31,042
Liberal Ross Milne 22,270
New Democratic David Moulton11,584
Libertarian Joe Yundt243
Communist James Bridgewood77
Marxist–Leninist Marsha Fine45
1980 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Progressive Conservative John McDermid 25,243
Liberal Ross Milne 24,876
New Democratic David Moulton11,978
Libertarian Joe Yundt201
Communist Jim Bridgewood64
Marxist–Leninist Marsha Fine40
1984 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Progressive Conservative John McDermid 47,743
Liberal Ross Milne 23,325
New Democratic John Deamer13,356
Green Steven Kaasgaard458
Communist Jim Bridgewood153

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