Haldimand—Norfolk is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 to 1997, and since 2004. The current Member of Parliament (MP) is Conservative Leslyn Lewis.

Haldimand—Norfolk

Ontario electoral district
Haldimand—Norfolk in relation to other southern Ontario electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Leslyn Lewis Conservative
District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]	108,051
Electors (2015)	81,773
Area (km²)[2]	3,061
Pop. density (per km²)	35.3
Census division(s)	Haldimand, Norfolk
Census subdivision(s)	Haldimand, Norfolk

Geography

This riding is located in rural Southern Ontario, and comprises Haldimand and Norfolk Counties, except for parts of the Six Nations and New Credit Indian reserves. The total area is 3,073 km². There are 205 polling divisions. Neighbouring districts include Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale, Brant, Elgin—Middlesex—London, Niagara West—Glanbrook, Oxford, and Welland.

Demographics

According to the Canada 2011 Census; 2013 representation[3]

Ethnic groups: 95.0% White, 3.2% Aboriginal
Languages: 89.5% English, 3.5% German, 1.4% Dutch, 1.2% French
Religions: 73.6% Christian (22.8% Catholic, 13.6% United Church, 8.6% Anglican, 6.1% Baptist, 3.6% Presbyterian, 1.9% Lutheran, 1.5% Pentecostal, 15.4% Other), 25.6% No religion
Median income (2010): $29,580
Average income (2010): $36,839

History

Haldimand—Norfolk has existed as a federal electoral district twice. It was first created in 1976 from the riding of Norfolk—Haldimand. Haldimand—Norfolk was later abolished in 1996, and was mostly replaced by Haldimand—Norfolk—Brant. It was recreated in 2003 from 12.0% of Erie—Lincoln and 88.0% of Haldimand—Norfolk—Brant.

From its first election in 1979 to 1988, Haldimand—Norfolk was represented by the Progressive Conservative Bud Bradley. In 1988, Liberal Bob Speller defeated Bradley. Speller went on to serve as Minister of Agriculture. In 2004, Haldimand—Norfolk elected Conservative candidate Diane Finley, who was re-elected in 2008 and 2011. After being re-elected in the 2006 election, Finley was appointed to the cabinet as Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development. She was shuffled from the Human Resources and Skills Development Canada to the Citizenship and Immigration Canada portfolio on January 4, 2007. After her 2008 election victory she resumed her former post as Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development in the Conservative minority government, a post she continued to hold until 2013.

This riding was left unchanged after the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Election results

2003–present

Source:

Poll-by-poll results

Change from 2000 is based on redistributed results. Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals.

From 1996 until 2003, Haldimand—Norfolk did not exist as a federal riding, and was mostly represented by Haldimand—Norfolk—Brant. Results for 1997 and 2000 can be found on that page.

1976–1996

See also

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

References

• "(Code 35028) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved March 3, 2011.

Notes

External links

Federal riding history from the Library of Parliament:

• (1976 - 1996)
• (2003 - 2008)
• 2011 Results from Elections Canada
• Website of the Parliament of Canada
• Campaign expense data from Elections Canada