Haldimand—Norfolk (federal electoral district)

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Haldimand—Norfolk
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Haldimand--Norfolk (federal electoral district)
Interactive map of riding boundaries from the 2004 federal election
Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP
 
 		 
Leslyn Lewis
Conservative
District created2003
First contested 2004
Last contested 2021
District webpage profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011) [1] 108,051
Electors (2015)81,773
Area (km²) [2] 3,061
Pop. density (per km²)35.3
Census division(s) Haldimand, Norfolk
Census subdivision(s) Norfolk, Haldimand

Haldimand—Norfolk is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 to 1997, and since 2004. The current Member of Parliament (MP) is Conservative Leslyn Lewis.

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Geography

This riding is located in rural Southern Ontario, and comprises Haldimand and Norfolk Counties, except for parts of the Six Nations and New Credit Indian reserves. The total area is 3,073 km2. There are 205 polling divisions. Neighbouring districts include Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale, Brant, Elgin—Middlesex—London, Niagara West—Glanbrook, Oxford, and Welland.

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census [3]

Languages: 89.5% English, 1.9% German, 1.0% Dutch
Religions: 62.1% Christian (20.4% Catholic, 8.1% United Church, 6.0% Anglican, 3.5% Baptist, 2.6% Presbyterian, 2.1% Reformed, 2.0% Anabaptist, 1.5% Pentecostal, 1.4% Lutheran, 14.5% Other), 36.4% None
Median income: $40,800 (2020)
Average income: $49,480 (2020)

Panethnic groups in Haldimand—Norfolk (2011−2021)
Panethnic group2021 [4] 2016 [5] 2011 [6]
Pop. %Pop.%Pop.%
European [a] 105,950101,870100,310
Indigenous 4,0053,3353,410
African 1,405800575
South Asian 965330175
Southeast Asian [b] 725375275
East Asian [c] 575335425
Latin American 450190120
Middle Eastern [d] 2858030
Other/multiracial [e] 445135255
Total responses114,790107,450105,585
Total population116,706109,652108,051
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses.
Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.

History

Haldimand—Norfolk has existed as a federal electoral district twice. It was first created in 1976 from the riding of Norfolk—Haldimand. Haldimand—Norfolk was later abolished in 1996, and was mostly replaced by Haldimand—Norfolk—Brant. It was recreated in 2003 from 12.0% of Erie—Lincoln and 88.0% of Haldimand—Norfolk—Brant.

From its first election in 1979 to 1988, Haldimand—Norfolk was represented by the Progressive Conservative Bud Bradley. In 1988, Liberal Bob Speller defeated Bradley. Speller went on to serve as Minister of Agriculture. In 2004, Haldimand—Norfolk elected Conservative candidate Diane Finley, who was re-elected in 2008 and 2011. After being re-elected in the 2006 election, Finley was appointed to the cabinet as Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development. She was shuffled from the Human Resources and Skills Development Canada to the Citizenship and Immigration Canada portfolio on January 4, 2007. After her 2008 election victory she resumed her former post as Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development in the Conservative minority government, a post she continued to hold until 2013.

This riding was left unchanged after the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

ParliamentYearsMemberParty
Haldimand—Norfolk
Riding created from Norfolk—Haldimand
31st  1979–1980   Bud Bradley Progressive Conservative
32nd  1980–1984
33rd  1984–1988
34th  1988–1993   Bob Speller Liberal
35th  1993–1997
Riding dissolved into Haldimand—Norfolk—Brant
Riding re-created from Haldimand—Norfolk—Brant and Erie—Lincoln
38th  2004–2006   Diane Finley Conservative
39th  2006–2008
40th  2008–2011
41st  2011–2015
42nd  2015–2019
43rd  2019–2021
44th  2021–2025 Leslyn Lewis
45th  2025–present

Election results

2003–present

Graph of election results in Haldimand—Norfolk (since 2004, minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
2025 Canadian federal election
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Conservative Leslyn Lewis 41,21857.56+10.17
Liberal Colin Walsh26,04036.37+8.85
New Democratic Shannon Horner-Shepherd2,4123.37–9.92
Green Nathan Hawkins7501.05N/A
People's Henry Geissler6570.92–9.58
Christian Heritage Lily Eggink5290.74–0.15
Total valid votes/expense limit71,60699.50
Total rejected ballots3600.50
Turnout71,96672.47
Eligible voters99,311
Conservative hold Swing +0.66
Source: Elections Canada [7] [8]
2021 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Conservative Leslyn Lewis 29,66447.39+0.64$95,262.97
Liberal Karen Matthews17,22427.52+2.98$68,413.90
New Democratic Meghan Piironen8,32013.29-2.05$1,184.27
People's Ken Gilpin6,57010.50+8.44$4,451.20
Christian Heritage Charles Lugosi5590.89-0.47$8,363.12
Veterans Coalition George McMorrow2550.41-1.40$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit62,505––$121,858.73
Total rejected ballots425
Turnout63,01767.18+1.25
Eligible voters93,802
Conservative hold Swing -2.34
Source: Elections Canada [9]
2019 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Conservative Diane Finley 28,01846.75+2.7$71,248.92
Liberal Kim Huffman14,70424.54-12.1$47,529.88
New Democratic Adrienne Roberts9,19215.34+1.7$2,660.65
Green Brooke Martin4,8788.14+4.8none listed
People's Bob Forbes1,2342.06-$2,959.97
Veterans Coalition Harold Stewart1,0831.81-none listed
Christian Heritage Lily Eggink8171.36-0.2none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit59,92699.28
Total rejected ballots4360.72
Turnout60,36265.93
Eligible voters91,557
Conservative hold Swing +7.4
Source: Elections Canada [10] [11]
2015 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Conservative Diane Finley 24,71444.14-6.80$127,788.19
Liberal Joan Mouland20,48736.59+11.67$72,346.01
New Democratic John Harris7,62513.62-6.36$3,656.59
Green Wayne Ettinger1,8573.32+0.01$12,277.23
Christian Heritage David Bylsma8841.58+0.72$7,252.58
Independent Dustin Wakeford2720.49–$12,267.19
Independent Leslie Bory1510.27–$1,616.53
Total valid votes/expense limit55,990100.00 $219,180.63
Total rejected ballots3120.55
Turnout56,30268.14
Eligible voters82,621
Conservative hold Swing -9.24
Source: Elections Canada [12] [13]
2011 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Conservative Diane Finley 25,65550.94+10.11–
Liberal Bob Speller 12,54924.92-7.43–
New Democratic Ian Nichols10,06219.98+8.45–
Green Anne Faulkner1,6653.31-0.93–
Christian Heritage Steven Elgersma4350.86-0.18–
Total valid votes/expense limit50,366100.04.1
Total rejected ballots2560.51–
Turnout50,62263.49
Eligible voters79,729––

Source:

2008 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Conservative Diane Finley 19,65740.83-7.5$67,583
Liberal Eric Hoskins 15,57732.35-1.9$72,913
New Democratic Ian Nichols5,54911.53-1.3$5,509
Independent Gary McHale 4,82110.01–$22,798
Green Stephana Johnston2,0414.24+0.7$2,581
Christian Heritage Steven Elgersma5011.040.0
Total valid votes/expense limit48,146100$85,391
Majority4,0808.48
Total rejected ballots2480.51
Turnout48,394
2006 Canadian federal election : Haldimand—Norfolk
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Diane Finley 25,88548.33+6.1
Liberal Bob Speller 18,36334.29-4.5
New Democratic Valya Roberts6,85812.80-1.6
Green Carolyn Van Nort1,8943.54+0.1
Christian Heritage Steven Elgersma5591.04-0.2
Turnout53,559
Conservative hold Swing +5.3
2004 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Diane Finley 20,98142.2-6.2
Liberal Bob Speller 19,33638.8-7.2
New Democratic Carrie Sinkowski7,14314.4+9.8
Green Colin Jones1,7033.4
Christian Heritage Steven Elgersma6171.2
Majority1,6453.3
Turnout49,78063.3
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +1.0

Poll-by-poll results

Change from 2000 is based on redistributed results. Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals.

From 1996 until 2003, Haldimand—Norfolk did not exist as a federal riding, and was mostly represented by Haldimand—Norfolk—Brant. Results for 1997 and 2000 can be found on that page.

1976–1996

Graph of election results in Haldimand—Norfolk (1979-1993, minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
1993 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Bob Speller 24,10053.6+15.6
Reform Ken Gilpen10,56323.5
Progressive Conservative Jack Cronkwright7,27316.2-21.4
New Democratic Herman Plas1,6673.7-11.4
National Ross Bateman1,3403.0
Total44,943100.0
1988 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Bob Speller 16,92138.0+11.7
Progressive Conservative Bud Bradley 16,71237.6-21.5
New Democratic Eric Butt6,73615.1+1.9
Christian Heritage Gary Sytsma3,9698.9
Libertarian David Yaki1620.4
Total44,500100.0
1984 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Bud Bradley 27,29659.0+17.0
Liberal Edith Fuller12,16126.3-15.4
New Democratic Bill Jefferies6,13813.3-2.4
Independent Martin J. Weber6561.4
Total valid votes46,251100.0
1980 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Bud Bradley 18,60042.0-7.6
Liberal Art Renn18,46141.7+6.7
New Democratic Norm, Walpole6,93715.7+0.9
Social Credit Charley Harris2840.60.0
Total valid votes44,282100.0
1979 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Progressive Conservative Bud Bradley 22,65549.6
Liberal Art Renn15,99035.0
New Democratic Joe Clark6,76214.8
Social Credit William Triska3090.7
Total valid votes45,716100.0

See also

References

Notes

  1. ↑ Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
  2. ↑ Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
  3. ↑ Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
  4. ↑ Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
  5. ↑ Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.
  1. ↑ Statistics Canada: 2012
  2. ↑ Statistics Canada: 2012
  3. ↑ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (9 February 2022). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Haldimand--Norfolk [Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)], Ontario". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  4. ↑ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (26 October 2022). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  5. ↑ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (27 October 2021). "Census Profile, 2016 Census". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  6. ↑ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (27 November 2015). "NHS Profile". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  7. ↑ "Voter information service". Elections Canada. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
  8. ↑ "Election Night Results - Electoral Districts". Elections Canada. 29 April 2025. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  9. ↑ "September 20, 2021 General Election Election Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  10. ↑ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  11. ↑ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  12. ↑ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Haldimand—Norfolk, 30 September 2015
  13. ↑ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates

Federal riding history from the Library of Parliament:

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