Wellington—Dufferin—Simcoe

Wellington—Dufferin—Simcoe was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 to 1988. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1976 as Dufferin—Wellington and renamed in 1977. It was created from parts of Halton, Peel—Dufferin—Simcoe and Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Waterloo ridings.

It consisted of the County of Dufferin, the Townships of Adjala and Tosorontio and the Town of Alliston in the County of Simcoe, and Townships of Arthur, Erin, Maryborough, Minto, Nichol, Peel, West Garafraxa and West Luther, including the Towns of Mount Forest and Palmerston in the County of Wellington.

The electoral district was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed between Guelph—Wellington, Perth—Wellington—Waterloo, Simcoe Centre, Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Simcoe and York—Simcoe ridings.

Electoral history

Canadian federal election, 1979: Wellington—Dufferin—Simcoe
Party Candidate Votes % ±
  Progressive Conservative BEATTY, Perrin 25,807
  Liberal GREENE, Harry A. 11,202
  New Democratic Party KOECHLIN, Jeff 4,744
Canadian federal election, 1980: Wellington—Dufferin—Simcoe
Party Candidate Votes % ±
  Progressive Conservative BEATTY, Perrin 21,205
  Liberal DAVIES, Larry 12,104
  New Democratic Party CHAMBERS, Cecil 5,966
LibertarianWATSON, Norma162
Canadian federal election, 1984: Wellington—Dufferin—Simcoe
Party Candidate Votes % ±
  Progressive Conservative BEATTY, Perrin 29,983
  Liberal GREEN, John 7,303
  New Democratic Party YOUNG, Sandy W.A. 6,468

See also

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