Waterloo—Wellington

Waterloo—Wellington was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1997 to 2003. It continues to be a provincial electoral district represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. The provincial district will be eliminated before the next provincial election, expected in 2007.

Waterloo—Wellington is located in the province of Ontario.

Waterloo—Wellington federal riding was created in 1996 from parts of Guelph—Wellington, Kitchener, Perth—Wellington—Waterloo, Waterloo and Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Simcoe ridings. It was abolished in 2003, and divided between Cambridge, Kitchener—Conestoga, Perth—Wellington and Wellington—Halton Hills ridings.

Waterloo—Wellington consists of the southwest part of the City of Kitchener, the townships of Wilmot, Wellesley and Woolwich, the northwest part of the County of Wellington excluding the Village of Arthur, the Town of Mount Forest, and the Township of West Luther.

Federal election results

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Lynn Myers	19,619	43.66	-0.34	$64,568.53
	Alliance	John Reimer	14,797	32.93	+1.6	$47,962.31
	Progressive Conservative	Michael Chong	7,999	17.80	-0.31	$24,282.50
	New Democratic	Allan Douglas Strong	1,845	4.11	-2.45	$1,588.58
	Green	Brent Bouteiller	432	0.96		$206.62
	Christian Heritage	Peter Ellis	249	0.55		$2,148.45
Total valid votes/Expense limit			44,941	100.0
Total rejected ballots			156	0.28	–
Turnout			45,097	58.11
Eligible voters			77,610
	Liberal hold		Swing		-0.97

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Lynn Myers	20,038	44.00
	Reform	Jeff Gerber	14,142	31.33
	Progressive Conservative	Mary Dunlop	8,175	18.11
	New Democratic	Mike Cooper	3,180	6.56
Total valid votes/Expense limit			45,135	100.0

Provincial election results

Ontario general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Ted Arnott	22550	48.97	-12.49
	Liberal	Deborah Whale	17344	37.67	7.45
	New Democratic	Richard Walsh-Bowers	3970	8.62	3.23
	Green	Allan Strong	1203	2.61	1.29
	Family Coalition	Gord Truscott	978	2.12	0.52

Ontario general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Ted Arnott	26286	61.46
	Liberal	Marion Reidel	12923	30.22
	New Democratic	Richard Walsh-Bowers	2306	5.39
	Family Coalition	Gord Truscott	685	1.6
	Green	Brent Bouteiller	566	1.32

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

• Website of the Parliament of Canada
• Elections Ontario 1999 results and 2003 results