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Norfolk—Haldimand was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1979. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1966 from parts of Brant—Haldimand and Norfolk ridings.

Norfolk—Haldimand

Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1966
District abolished	1976
First contested	1968
Last contested	1974

It consisted of the County of Norfolk (excluding the Town of Tillsonburg), and, in the County of Haldimand, the Village of Hagersville and the Townships of North Cayuga, South Cayuga, Oneida, Rainham, Seneca and Walpole (excluding parts lying within the Six Nations Indian Reserve No. 40 and New Credit Indian Reserve No. 40A).

The electoral district was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed between Haldimand—Norfolk and Oxford ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Norfolk and Brant—Haldimand
28th	1968–1972		William David Knowles	Progressive Conservative
29th	1972–1974
30th	1974–1979
Riding dissolved into Haldimand—Norfolk and Oxford

Election results

1968 Canadian federal election: Norfolk—Haldimand
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	William David Knowles	14,908
	Liberal	Jack Roxburgh	13,132
	New Democratic	Lois M. Stuart	3,441

1972 Canadian federal election: Norfolk—Haldimand
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	William David Knowles	21,214
	Liberal	David Marshall	14,106
	New Democratic	Ede Pos	3,116
	Social Credit	Dave Mallory	339

1974 Canadian federal election: Norfolk—Haldimand
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	William David Knowles	17,867
	Liberal	David Marshall	15,604
	New Democratic	Norm Walpole	3,426

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

External links

• Website of the Parliament of Canada

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