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Burlington
Ontario electoral district
Burlington in relation to other Ontario electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP		Mike Wallace Conservative
District created	1976
First contested	1979
Last contested	2008
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2001)	118,310
Electors (2001)	89,433
Area (km²)	79
Pop. density (per km²)	1,497.6
Census divisions	Halton
Census subdivisions	Burlington

Map of Burlington riding

For the provincial electoral district, see Burlington (provincial electoral district)

Burlington is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1979.

1 Geography
2 Federal riding
- 2.1 Members of Parliament
- 2.2 Federal election results
3 See also
4 External links

Geography

It consists of the southern part of the city of Burlington, Ontario.

The riding consists of the neighbourhoods of Aldershot, Maple, Freeman, Wellington Square, Dynes, Roseland, Longmoor, Shoreacres, Pinedale, Elizabeth Gardens, Palmer, Mountainside, Brant Hills, and Tyandaga in Burlington.

Federal riding

Burlington was created in 1976 from Halton—Wentworth.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Bill Kempling, Progressive Conservative (1979-1993)
Paddy Torsney, Liberal (1993-2006)
Mike Wallace, Conservative (2006-present)

Federal election results

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Mike Wallace	28,614	48.6%	+5.7%	$82,440
	Liberal	Paddy Torsney	19,577	33.3%	-5.8%	$86,026
	New Democrat	David Carter Laird	6,597	11.2%	-0.8%	$21,862
	Green	Marnie Mellish	4,083	6.9%	+1.6%	$2,280
Total valid votes/Expense limit			58,871	100.0%		$92,099
Total rejected ballots			239
Turnout			59,110	%

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Wallace	28,030	43.1%	+4.8%
	Liberal	Paddy Torsney	25,431	39.1%	-5.9%
	New Democrat	David Carter Laird	8,090	12.4%	+1.6%
	Green	Rick Goldring	3,471	5.3%	+0.1%
Total valid votes			65,022	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Paddy Torsney	27,423	45.0%	+20.7%
	Conservative	Mike Wallace	23,389	38.4%	-9.6%
	New Democrat	David Carter Laird	6,581	10.8%	+7.2%
	Green	Angela Reid	3,169	5.2%
	Christian Heritage	John Herman Wubs	429	0.7%
Total valid votes			60,991	100.0%

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Paddy Torsney	22,175	46.8%	+2.7%
	Canadian Alliance	Don Pennell	11,500	24.3%	+6.9%
	Progressive Conservative	Stephen Collinson	11,240	23.7%	-9.0%
	New Democrat	Larry McMahon	1,722	3.6%	-1.5%
	Green	Tom Snyder	771	1.6%
Total valid votes			47,408	100.0%

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Paddy Torsney	22,042	44.1%	0.0%
	Progressive Conservative	Mike Kuegle	16,344	32.7%	+6.5%
	Reform	Terry Lamping	8,662	17.3%	-5.9%
	New Democrat	Jim Hough	2,561	5.1%	+2.1%
	Canadian Action	Ann Marsden	352	0.7%
Total valid votes			49,961	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Paddy Torsney	22,785	44.1%	+17.5%
	Progressive Conservative	Mike Kuegle	13,540	26.2%	-25.9%
	Reform	Hugh Ramolla	11,984	23.2%
	New Democrat	Jim Hough	1,554	3.0%	-13.1%
	Independent	Bill Barlett	929	1.8%
	National	Bill Watson	535	1.0%
	Natural Law	Ursula Kropfel	336	0.7%
Total valid votes			51,663	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Kempling	26,293	52.1%	-9.9%
	Liberal	James Smith	13,448	26.6%	+7.8%
	New Democrat	Jane Mulkewich	8,149	16.1%	-3.1%
	Christian Heritage	Ron Bremer	2,285	4.5%
	Libertarian	Dan Riga	321	0.6%
Total valid votes			50,496	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Kempling	37,577	61.9%	+11.2%
	New Democrat	Walter Mulkewich	11,687	19.3%	+3.6%
	Liberal	Fred Schwenger	11,406}	18.8%	-14.0%
Total valid votes			60,670	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Kempling	27,212	50.8%	-5.6%
	Liberal	Tom Sutherland	17,574	32.8%	+4.6%
	New Democrat	Danny Dunleavy	8,421	15.7%	+1.0%
	Libertarian	Bruno S. Oberski	341	0.6%	0.0%
	Marxist-Leninist	Charles Boylan	63	0.1%	0.0%
Total valid votes			53,611	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Kempling	32,225	56.4%
	Liberal	Tom Sutherland	16,100	28.2%
	New Democrat	Danny Dunleavy	8,421	14.7%
	Libertarian	John Lawson	365	0.6%
	Marxist-Leninist	Charles Boylan	62	0.1%
Total valid votes			57,173	100.0%

External links

v • d • e Federal ridings in Hamilton, Halton and Niagara

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New Democratic	Hamilton Centre • Hamilton East—Stoney Creek • Hamilton Mountain • Welland

v • d • e Federal ridings in Ontario

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

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Coordinates: 43°20′55″N 79°47′25″W / 43.3487°N 79.7903°W / 43.3487; -79.7903

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Burlington

Contents

Geography

Federal riding

Members of Parliament

Federal election results

See also

External links