Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Simcoe

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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. This riding was created in 1987 from parts of Bruce—Grey, Grey—Simcoe and Wellington—Dufferin—Simcoe ridings.

The electoral district was abolished in 1996 when it was re-distributed between Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey, Simcoe—Grey and Waterloo—Wellington ridings.

Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Simcoe consisted of the County of Dufferin; the Town of Thornbury, the Village of Dundalk and the townships of Collingwood, Egremont, Osprey and Proton in the County of Grey; the towns of Collingwood and Stayner, the Village of Creemore and the Township of Nottawasaga in the County of Simcoe; and the towns of Fergus, Harriston, Mount Forest and Palmerston, the villages of Arthur, Clifford and Elora, and the townships of Arthur, Minto, Nichol, West Garafraxa and West Luther in the County of Wellington.

Electoral history

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive Conservative BEATTY, Perrin 26,066
Liberal CALDER, Murray 15,494
New Democratic FARLINGER, Shirley 7,746
Christian Heritage NIEUWENHUIS, Bert 1,761
Libertarian STEBELSKY, Oleh 157
Canadian federal election, 1993: Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Simcoe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal CALDER, Murray 20,374
     Progressive Conservative BEATTY, Perrin 18,665
Reform GREENLAND, Bob 15,160
     New Democratic Party HEFFERNAN, Dan 2,090
Green FRANCIS, Sara 566

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