Adelaide Metcalfe is a township

Township (Canada)

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 in Middlesex County

Middlesex County, Ontario

Middlesex County is a primarily rural county in Southwestern Ontario. Landlocked, the county is bordered by Huron and Perth counties on the north, Oxford County on the east, Elgin County on the south, and Chatham-Kent and Lambton County on the west.The seat is the city of London, although the city...

, Ontario

Ontario

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, Canada

Canada

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. It was formed on January 1, 2001 through the amalgamation of the former Township of Adelaide and the Township of Metcalfe.

Communities

The township contains the communities of Adelaide, Crathie, Dejong, Kerwood, Keyser, Mullifarry, Napier, Napperton, Springfield, Walkers and Wrightmans Corners.

Demographics

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Population trend:

• Population in 2006: 3150
• Population in 2001: 3149 (or 3109 when adjusted to 2006 boundaries)
• Population total in 1996: 3128
  • Adelaide (township): 1901
  • Metcalfe (township): 1057
• Population in 1991:
  • Adelaide (township): 1970
  • Metcalfe (township): 986

Wind farm project

Adelaide is the site of a proposed TCI Renewables wind farm

Wind farm

A wind farm is a group of wind turbines in the same location used to produce electric power. A large wind farm may consist of several hundred individual wind turbines, and cover an extended area of hundreds of square miles, but the land between the turbines may be used for agricultural or other...

 project to generate 75 MW of electricity for the Ontario grid, enough to light 1400 homes. The project is to be completed by summer 2013.

This project is currently being opposed by the Middlesex Wind Action Group, a group formed by concerned citizens of Adelaide Metcalfe township (one of over 48 such groups in Ontario) who believe that due process was not followed. Key arguments in the protest relate to unaddressed health concerns, lack of notification of the project and road safety (i.e. proximity to highway 402, shadow flicker, ice throw, blade throw).

2010 Election

Ontario municipal elections

Ontario municipal elections, 2010

The 2010 municipal elections in Ontario were held on October 25, 2010.Voters in the province of Ontario elected mayors, councillors, school board trustees and all other elected officials in all of the province's municipalities....

 were held on October 25, 2010. In Adelaide Metcalfe, David Bolton was acclaimed as mayor. Other positions were elected based on the following results:

Deputy Mayor:

• Adrian deBruyn = 425 Elected
• Putts Strybosch = 375

Councillor:

• Randy Campbell = 179
• Richard Copp = 338
• Mary Ann Hendrikx = 388
• Betty Ann Mckinnon = 403 Elected
• Kurtis Smith = 445 Elected
• Nick Stokman = 404 Elected

External links

• Official web site