Halton Centre

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Halton Centre
Flag of Ontario.svg Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created1986
District abolished1996
First contested 1987
Last contested 1995

Halton Centre was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It existed from 1987 to 1999, when it was abolished into Wentworth-Burlington, Burlington, Halton and Oakville when ridings were redistributed to match their federal counterpart. It consisted of the central areas of Halton Region.

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Members of Provincial Parliament

Halton Centre
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Riding created out of Halton-Burlington, Burlington and Oakville
34th  1987–1990   Barbara Sullivan Liberal
35th  1990–1995
36th  1995–1999   Terence Young Progressive Conservative
Riding dissolved into Wentworth-Burlington, Burlington, Halton and Oakville

Election results

1987

1987 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Barbara Sullivan 15,83353.03
Progressive Conservative Clifford Quinn9,53931.95
New Democratic Richard Banigan4,48715.03
Total valid votes 29,85999.37
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots1880.63
Turnout30,04759.40
Eligible voters50,586

1990

1990 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Barbara Sullivan 13,49435.03-18.00
Progressive Conservative Bob Taylor12,27931.87-0.07
New Democratic Richard Banigan10,16326.38+11.35
Family Coalition James Bruce1,2323.20
Freedom Bill Frampton7311.90
Libertarian Jim Stock6241.52
Total valid votes 38,52397.95
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots8052.05+1.42
Turnout39,32863.12+3.72
Eligible voters62,311
Liberal hold Swing -8.96

1995

1995 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Terence Young 30,62161.41+29.53
Liberal Barbara Sullivan 13,97728.03-7.00
New Democratic Richard Banigan5,26810.56-15.82
Total valid votes 49,86699.16
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots4220.84-1.21
Turnout50,52869.06+5.94
Eligible voters72,819
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +18.27

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References

  1. "Barbara Sullivan | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org. 1987-09-10. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
  2. "Terence Young | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org. 1995-06-08. Retrieved 2023-06-12.