- Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale
Infobox Canada electoral district
province = Ontario
caption =
fed-status = active
fed-district-number = 35003
fed-created = 2003
fed-abolished =
fed-election-first = 2004
fed-election-last = 2006
fed-rep = David Sweet
fed-rep-link =
fed-rep-party = Conservative
fed-rep-party-link = Conservative Party of Canada
demo-census-date = 2001
demo-pop = 111844
demo-electors = 8121
demo-electors-date = 2001
demo-area = 744
demo-cd = Hamilton
demo-csd = Hamilton:"For the provincial electoral district see
Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale (provincial electoral district) "Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale is a federal and provincial electoral district in
Ontario ,Canada , that has been represented in theCanadian House of Commons since 2004.The district includes the western half of the newly amalgamated city of Hamilton but does not include any of the city centre. It does, however, include
McMaster University and many of the neighborhoods surrounding it. The area is 744 sq. km. Its population in 2001 was 106,245.The electoral district was created in 2003: 82.9% of the population of the riding came from
Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Aldershot , and 17.1% fromHamilton West .Demographics
Ethnic groups: 92.7% White, 2.1% Chinese, 1.6% South Asian
Languages: 83.4% English, 1.1% French, 14.7% Other
Religions: 45.0% Protestant, 27.7% Catholic, 1.6% Christian Orthodox, 2.7% Other Christian, 1.8% Jewish, 1.2% Muslim, 18.6% No affiliation
Average income: $37,986Member of Parliament
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:
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Russ Powers , Liberal (2004-2006)
#David Sweet , Conservative (2006-present)Current Member of Parliament
The incumbent from the majority of the riding, at the time the riding was created, was
John Bryden , a Conservative member elected in 2000 as a Liberal. In the 2004 election,Russ Powers of the Liberal Party was elected MP.David Sweet was elected as MP in the 2006 federal electionFederal election results
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David Sweet
align=right|24,530
align=right|39.1%
align=right|+4.5%
-Russ Powers
align=right|21,656
align=right|34.5%
align=right|-5.2%
-Gordon Guyatt
align=right|13,376
align=right|21.3%
align=right|+0.4%
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David Januczkowski
align=right|2,767
align=right|4.4%
align=right|-0.4%
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Ben Cowie
align=right|303
align=right|0.5%
align=right|-
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Jamilé Ghaddar
align=right|112
align=right|0.2%
align=right|-
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colspan=3|Total number of valid votes
align=right|62,744
align=right
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colspan=3|Rejected ballots
align=right|175
align=right
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colspan=3|Total number of votes
align=right|62,919
align=right-
Russ Powers
align=right|21,935
align=right|39.7%
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-David Sweet
align=right|19,135
align=right|34.6%
align=right
-Gordon Guyatt
align=right|11,557
align=right|20.9%
align=right
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David Januczkowski
align=right|2,636
align=right|4.8%
align=right
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colspan=3|Total number of valid votes
align=right|55,263
align=right|
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colspan=3|Rejected ballots
align=right|252
align=right|
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colspan=3|Total number of votes
align=right|55,515
align=rightSee also
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List of Canadian federal electoral districts
*Past Canadian electoral districts External links
* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&rid=1338&Include= Riding history from the]
Library of Parliament
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