Guelph (provincial electoral district)

Guelph is a provincial electoral district in southwestern Ontario, Canada. It was created for the 2007 provincial election. The entire riding was created from Guelph—Wellington riding.

The riding includes all of the city of Guelph.

The riding also existed from 1987 until 1999 with the same borders.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Guelph
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created
34th	1987–1990		Enrico Ferraro	Liberal
35th	1990–1995		Derek Fletcher	New Democratic
36th	1995–1999		Brenda Elliott	Progressive Conservative
Riding dissolved
Riding created from Guelph—Wellington
39th	2007–2011		Liz Sandals	Liberal
40th	2011–2014
41st	2014–Present

Election results

Ontario general election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Liz Sandals	22,014	41.52	-0.91
	Progressive Conservative	Anthony MacDonald	11,048	20.84	-4.76
	Green	Mike Schreiner	10,230	19.29	+12.36
	New Democratic	James Gordon	9,385	17.70	-6.18
	Communist	Juanita Burnett	178	0.34	+0.04
	Libertarian	Blair Smythe	170	0.32	-0.33
Total valid votes			53,025	100.00
	Liberal hold		Swing		+1.92
Source: Elections Ontario^[1]

Ontario general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Liz Sandals	19,815	42.43	+1.68
	Progressive Conservative	Greg Schirk	11,954	25.60	+0.86
	New Democratic	James Gordon	11,150	23.88	+10.03
	Green	Steve Dyck	3,234	6.93	-12.52
	Libertarian	Philip Bender	305	0.65
	Communist	Drew Garvie	139	0.30	-0.1
	Independent	Julian Ichim	100	0.21
Total valid votes			46,697	100.0
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			206	0.44
Turnout			46,903	50.27
Eligible voters			93,308
	Liberal hold		Swing		+0.41
Source: Elections Ontario^[2]

Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Liz Sandals	20,188	40.75	-1.5
	Progressive Conservative	Bob Senechal	12,258	24.74	-12.37
	Green	Ben Polley	9,635	19.45	+12.44
	New Democratic	Karan Mann-Bowers	6,862	13.85	+1.86
	Family Coalition	John Gots	402	0.81	-0.83
	Communist	Drew Garvie	196	0.40
Total valid votes			49,541	100.0

Ontario general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Liz Sandals	23,607	42.25	+8.98
	Progressive Conservative	Brenda Elliott	20,735	37.11	-15.51
	New Democratic	James Valcke	6,699	11.99	+0.15
	Green	Ben Polley	3,917	7.01	+5.54
	Family Coalition	Alan McDonald	914	1.64
Total valid votes			55,872	100.0

Ontario general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Brenda Elliott	26,246	52.62	+10.07
	Liberal	Wayne Hyland	16,595	33.27	+4.93
	New Democratic	Bruce Abel	5,907	11.84	-13.58
	Green	Bradley Shaw	733	1.47
	Independent	Anna Di Carlo (Marxist-Leninist)	396	0.79	+0.33
Total valid votes			49,877	100.0

Ontario general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Brenda Elliott	17,204	42.55	+16.9
	Liberal	Rick Ferraro	11,459	28.34	-1.74
	New Democratic	Derek Fletcher	10,278	25.42	-12.49
	Family Coalition	John G. Gots	1,035	2.56	-1.48
	Libertarian	Thomas Bradburn	265	0.66
	Independent	Anna Di Carlo (Marxist-Leninist)	187	0.46
Total valid votes			40,428	100.0

Ontario general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Derek Fletcher	15,051	37.91	+10.7
	Liberal	Rick Ferraro	11,944	30.08	-24.96
	Progressive Conservative	Linda Lennon	10,184	25.65	+9.59
	Family Coalition	John G. Gots	1,602	4.04
	Green	Bill Hulet	920	2.32
Total valid votes			39,701	100.0

Ontario general election, 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Rick Ferraro	18,445	55.04
	New Democratic	Derek Fletcher	9,119	27.21
	Progressive Conservative	Bob Pierce	5,383	16.06
	Independent	Bill Hulet	562	1.68
Total valid votes			33,509	100.0

2007 electoral reform referendum

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	26,835	55.4
	Mixed member proportional	21,629	44.6
	Total valid votes	48,464	100.0

References

↑ Elections Ontario. "General Election Results by District, 027 Guelph". Retrieved 13 June 2014.
↑ Elections Ontario (2011). "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Guelph" (PDF). Retrieved 2 June 2014.

Sources

Elections Ontario Past Election Results

Provincial ridings in Ontario

Northern	Algoma—Manitoulin Kenora—Rainy River Nickel Belt Nipissing Parry Sound—Muskoka Sault Ste. Marie Sudbury Thunder Bay—Atikokan Thunder Bay—Superior North Timiskaming—Cochrane Timmins—James Bay

Eastern	Glengarry—Prescott—Russell Kingston and the Islands Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington Leeds—Grenville Prince Edward—Hastings Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry

Central	Barrie Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound Dufferin—Caledon Durham Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock Newmarket—Aurora Northumberland—Quinte West Peterborough Simcoe—Grey Simcoe North York—Simcoe

Midwestern	Brant Cambridge Guelph Haldimand—Norfolk Huron—Bruce Kitchener Centre Kitchener—Conestoga Kitchener—Waterloo Oxford Perth—Wellington Wellington—Halton Hills

Southwestern	Chatham-Kent—Essex Elgin—Middlesex—London Essex Lambton—Kent—Middlesex London—Fanshawe London North Centre London West Sarnia—Lambton Windsor—Tecumseh Windsor West

Brampton, Mississauga & Oakville	Bramalea—Gore—Malton Brampton—Springdale Brampton West Mississauga—Brampton South Mississauga East—Cooksville Mississauga—Erindale Mississauga South Mississauga—Streetsville Oakville

Hamilton, Burlington & Niagara	Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale Burlington Halton Hamilton Centre Hamilton East—Stoney Creek Hamilton Mountain Niagara Falls Niagara West—Glanbrook St. Catharines Welland

Ottawa	Carleton—Mississippi Mills Nepean—Carleton Ottawa Centre Ottawa—Orléans Ottawa South Ottawa—Vanier Ottawa West—Nepean

South Durham, York	Ajax—Pickering Markham—Unionville Oak Ridges—Markham Oshawa Pickering—Scarborough East Richmond Hill Thornhill Vaughan Whitby—Oshawa

Toronto	Beaches—East York Davenport Don Valley East Don Valley West Eglinton—Lawrence Etobicoke Centre Etobicoke—Lakeshore Etobicoke North Parkdale—High Park Scarborough—Agincourt Scarborough Centre Scarborough—Guildwood Scarborough—Rouge River Scarborough Southwest St. Paul's Toronto Centre Toronto—Danforth Trinity—Spadina Willowdale York Centre York South—Weston York West

See also: Federal ridings in Ontario List of elections Politics of Ontario

Guelph, Ontario

Government	City Council Federal electoral district Grand River Conservation Authority Police Service Provincial electoral district Public Library Transit Wellington County Guelph City Hall

Places	Old City Hall Downtown McCrae House Memorial Gardens Basilica of Our Lady Immaculate River Run Centre Sleeman Centre Stone Road Mall University of Guelph

Transportation	Bus Terminal Goderich-Exeter Railway Hanlon Parkway Guelph Junction Railway Guelph Central Station

Culture	Culture People

Nature	Arboretum Arkell Spring Grounds Eramosa River Speed River

Coordinates: 43°33′N 80°15′W / 43.550°N 80.250°W / 43.550; -80.250

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