Peterborough (electoral district)

Infobox Canada electoral district
name = Peterborough
province = Ontario


caption = Peterborough in relation to southern Ontario ridings
fed-status = active
fed-district-number = 35071
fed-created = 1953
fed-abolished =
fed-election-first = 1953
fed-election-last = 2006
fed-rep = Dean Del Mastro
fed-rep-link =
fed-rep-party = Conservative
fed-rep-party-link = Conservative Party of Canada
prov-status = active
prov-created =
prov-abolished =
prov-election-first = 1999
prov-election-last = 2007
prov-rep = Jeff Leal
prov-rep-link =
prov-rep-party = Liberal
prov-rep-party-link = Ontario Liberal Party
demo-census-date = 2006
demo-pop = 116626
demo-electors = 86404
demo-electors-date = 2007
demo-area = 2175
demo-cd = Peterborough County
demo-csd = Peterborough, Smith-Ennismore-Lakefield, Douro-Dummer, Otonabee-South Monaghan, Havelock-Belmont-Methuen, Asphodel-Norwood

Peterborough is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1953, and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999.

The riding's borders have differed slightly since its creation in 1953, but has always included most or all of Peterborough County and its county seat of Peterborough, Ontario. Prior to 1952, the riding was split in two, sometimes partly joined to neighbouring Hastings County. Since the late 1990s, the riding boundaries and names of the provincial and federal electoral districts have been identical.

It now consists of the County of Peterborough, excluding the townships of North Kawartha, Galway-Cavendish and Harvey and Cavan-Millbrook-North Monaghan.

Federal electoral district

It was created in 1953 from Peterborough West riding. It consisted initially of the city of Peterborough and the townships of Galway, Cavendish, Harvey, Ennismore, Smith, Douro, Otonabee, and North Monaghan. In 1966, the townships of Galway, Cavendish and Harvey were removed from the riding, and the townships of Belmont and Methuen, Dummer, Smith and Asphodel (excluding the Village of Hastings) were added.

In 1976, it was redefined to consist of the part of the County of Peterborough lying south of the Townships of Burleigh and Anstruther, Chandos and Harvey, but excluding the Township of Cavan and the Village of Hastings. In 1987, the Village of Millbrook was excluded, and the Village of Hastings was added to the riding.

In 2003, it was given its current boundaries as described above.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

#Gordon Fraser, Progressive Conservative (1953-1960)
#Walter Pitman, elected as New Party, sat as New Democratic Party from 1961 (1960-1962)
#Fred Stenson, Progressive Conservative (1962-1965)
#Hugh Faulkner, Liberal (1965-1979)
#Bill Domm, Progressive Conservative (1979-1993)
#Peter Adams, Liberal (1993-2006)
#Dean Del Mastro, Conservative (2006-present)

Federal election results

Provincial election results

Election box begin | title=Ontario general election, 2007
-
Jeff Leal
align="right"|24,425
align="right"|47.8
align="right"
-
Bruce Fitzpatrick
align="right"|13,093
align="right"|25.6
align="right"
-
Dave Nichol
align="right"|8,488
align="right"|16.6
align="right"
-
Miriam Stucky
align="right"|4,444
align="right"|8.7
align="right"|
-
Paul Morgan
align="right"|665
align="right"|1.3
align="right"

Election box begin | title=Ontario general election, 2003
-
Jeff Leal
align="right"|24,626
align="right"|44.74
align="right"|+4.54
-
Gary Stewart
align="right"|18,418
align="right"|33.46
align="right"|-11.53
-
Dave Nichol
align="right"|9,796
align="right"|17.8
align="right"|+4.80
-
Tim Holland
align="right"|1,605
align="right"|2.92
align="right"|+1.82
-
Max Murray
align="right"|414
align="right"|0.75
-
Bob Bowers
align="right"|178
align="right"|0.32
align="right"|+0.04

OntElec5|1999
-
Gary Stewart
align="right"|24,422
align="right"|44.99
-
Jeff Leal
align="right"|21,820
align="right"|40.2
-
Dave Nichol
align="right"|7,058
align="right"|13
-
Larry J. Tyldsley
align="right"|598
align="right"|1.1
-
Bob Bowers
align="right"|151
align="right"|0.28
-
Kenneth Thomas Burgess
align="right"|125
align="right"|0.23
-
Robert Mayer
align="right"|106
align="right"|0.2

See also

* 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&Include=Y&rid=547 House of Commons of Canada] historical ridings section
* Elections Ontario [http://www.electionsontario.on.ca/results/1999_results/stat_summary.jsp?e_code=37&rec=0&
] and [http://www.electionsontario.on.ca/results/2003_results/stat_summary.jsp?e_code=38&rec=0&
]