Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey was a federal electoral district

Electoral district (Canada)

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 in Ontario

Ontario

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, Canada

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, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons

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 from 1997 to 2004.

Federal electoral district

The federal riding was created as a result of redistribution

Redistribution (election)

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 in 1996 from parts of Guelph—Wellington, Halton—Peel

Halton—Peel

Halton—Peel was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1988 to 1997. It was located in the province of Ontario...

 and Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Simcoe

Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Simcoe

Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Simcoe was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1988 to 1997. It was located in the province of Ontario...

 ridings. Located west of Toronto

Toronto

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, the largely rural electoral district's largest centre is the town of Orangeville, Ontario

Orangeville, Ontario

Orangeville is a town in south-central Ontario, Canada, and the seat of Dufferin County.-History:Before European settlers, Orangeville was thought to be a native hunting ground...

. The riding consisted of the entire County of Dufferin

Dufferin County, Ontario

Dufferin County is a county and census division of the Canadian province of Ontario. The county seat is Orangeville, and the current Warden is Deputy Mayor Warren Maycock of the Town of Orangeville, Ontario. The Current Chief Administrative Officer is Linda J. Dean...

; that part of the County of Grey

Grey County, Ontario

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 contained in the townships of Egremont and Proton and the Village of Dundalk

Dundalk, Ontario

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; that part of the County of Wellington

Wellington County, Ontario

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 contained in the townships of Erin and West Luther, the Town of Mount Forest and the villages of Arthur

Arthur, Ontario

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 and Erin

Erin, Ontario

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 and that part of the Regional Municipality of Peel

Regional Municipality of Peel, Ontario

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 contained in the Town of Caledon

Caledon, Ontario

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.

The riding's first vote was the 1997 federal election

Canadian federal election, 1997

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 in which Liberal

Liberal Party of Canada

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 Murray Calder

Murray Calder

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 became its Member of Parliament

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. Calder was re-elected in the 2000 election

Canadian federal election, 2000

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.

The federal electoral district was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed between Dufferin—Caledon

Dufferin—Caledon

Dufferin—Caledon is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004.It was created in 2003 from parts of Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey riding.-Member of Parliament:...

, Grey—Bruce—Owen Sound, Perth—Wellington

Perth—Wellington

Perth—Wellington is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004.It was created in 2003 from parts of Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey, Perth—Middlesex and Waterloo—Wellington ridings....

 and Wellington—Halton Hills

Wellington—Halton Hills

Wellington—Halton Hills is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004.The Member of Parliament for Wellington-Halton Hills is Mike Chong of the Conservative Party of Canada....

 ridings.

Federal election results

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|CALDER, Murray

Murray Calder

Murray Calder was a Liberal member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1993 to 2004. He is a farmer by profession....

|align="right"| 20,957
|align="right"|42.62
|-

|DAVIES, Dave
|align="right"|14,760
|align="right"|30.02
|-

|TAYLOR, Eleanor
|align="right"| 11,089
|align="right"|22.55
|-

|KELLY, Kevin
|align="right"|2,355
|align="right"|4.70
|}
|-

|CALDER, Murray

Murray Calder

Murray Calder was a Liberal member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1993 to 2004. He is a farmer by profession....

|align="right"|21,678
|align="right"|45.47
|-

|CRAWFORD, Don
|align="right"|15,128
|align="right"|31.73
|-

|MAJKOT, Richard
|align="right"| 7,926
|align="right"|16.62
|-

|HEALEY, Mitchel
|align="right"| 1,473
|align="right"|3.09
|-

|STRANG, Robert
|align="right"|1,464
|align="right"|3.07
|}

External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament
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