Halton Centre

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Halton Centre
Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Ontario
District created1986
District abolished1996
First contested1987
Last contested1995

Halton Centre was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It existed from 1987 to 1999, when it was abolished into Wentworth-Burlington, Burlington, Halton and Oakville when ridings were redistributed to match their federal counterpart. It consisted of the central areas of Halton Region.

Members of Provincial Parliament[edit]

Halton Centre
Assembly Years Member Party
Riding created out of Halton-Burlington, Burlington and Oakville
34th  1987–1990     Barbara Sullivan Liberal
35th  1990–1995
36th  1995–1999     Terence Young Progressive Conservative
Riding dissolved into Wentworth-Burlington, Burlington, Halton and Oakville

Election results[edit]

1987[edit]

1987 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Barbara Sullivan 15,833 53.03
Progressive Conservative Clifford Quinn 9,539 31.95
New Democratic Richard Banigan 4,487 15.03
Total valid votes 29,859 99.37
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 188 0.63
Turnout 30,047 59.40
Eligible voters 50,586

1990[edit]

1990 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Barbara Sullivan 13,494 35.03 -18.00
Progressive Conservative Bob Taylor 12,279 31.87 -0.07
New Democratic Richard Banigan 10,163 26.38 +11.35
Family Coalition James Bruce 1,232 3.20
Freedom Bill Frampton 731 1.90
Libertarian Jim Stock 624 1.52
Total valid votes 38,523 97.95
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 805 2.05 +1.42
Turnout 39,328 63.12 +3.72
Eligible voters 62,311
Liberal hold Swing -8.96

1995[edit]

1995 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Terence Young 30,621 61.41 +29.53
Liberal Barbara Sullivan 13,977 28.03 -7.00
New Democratic Richard Banigan 5,268 10.56 -15.82
Total valid votes 49,866 99.16
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 422 0.84 -1.21
Turnout 50,528 69.06 +5.94
Eligible voters 72,819
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +18.27

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Barbara Sullivan | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org. 1987-09-10. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
  2. ^ "Terence Young | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". www.ola.org. 1995-06-08. Retrieved 2023-06-12.