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Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale (provincial electoral district)

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Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale
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Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale in relation to other southwestern Ontario electoral districts
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Ontario
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Ted McMeekin
Liberal
District created 2004
First contested 2007
Demographics
Population (2006) 111,844
Electors (2007) 82,367
Area (km²) 744
Pop. density (per km²) 150.3
Census divisions Hamilton
Census subdivisions Hamilton

Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale is a provincial electoral district in southwestern Ontario, Canada. It was created for the 2007 provincial election. 82.9% of the riding came from Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Aldershot while 17.1% came from Hamilton West.

The riding includes all of Hamilton west of a line running along Glancaster Road then to Garner Road then to a Hydroelectric Transmission Line then to Highway 403 to Hamilton Harbour.

Election results

Ontario general election, 2011
Party Candidate Votes % ±pp
Liberal Ted McMeekin 21,646 43.7 +2.2
Progressive Conservative Donna Skelly 17,120 34.6 -0.2
New Democratic Trevor Westerhoff 8,154 17.2 +4.0
Green Erik Coverdale 1,475 3.0 -5.6
Family Coalition Robert Maton 324 0.7 -0.3
Libertarian Glenn Langton 259 0.5 +0.4
Communist Party of Canada Rick Gunderman 92 0.2
Total valid votes 100.00 0.2

Source: "Declared Candidates," The Hamilton Spectator July 23, 2011, A6, News

Ontario general election, 2007
Party Candidate Votes % ±pp
Liberal Ted McMeekin 20,525 41.5
Progressive Conservative Chris Corrigan 17,219 34.8
New Democratic Juanita Maldonado 6,542 13.2
Green David Januczkowski 4,243 8.6
Family Coalition Jim Enos 501 1.0
Independent Martin Zaliniak 219 0.4
Confederation of Regions Eileen Butson 129 0.3
Libertarian Sam Zaslavsky 65 0.1
Total valid votes 49,443 100.0

2007 electoral reform referendum

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side Votes %
First Past the Post 30,716 63
Mixed member proportional 18,033 37
Total valid votes 48,749 100.0

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Coordinates: 43°15′38″N 80°01′30″W / 43.2605°N 80.025°W / 43.2605; -80.025


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