Peel—Dufferin—Simcoe

Peel—Dufferin—Simcoe
Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1966
District abolished1976
First contested1968
Last contested1974

Peel—Dufferin—Simcoe 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 Peel—Dufferin riding.

It consisted of the Townships of Mono and Mulmur in the County of Dufferin, the Townships of Albion, Caledon, Chinguacousy and Toronto Gore in the County of Peel, and, in the county of Simcoe, the Town of Alliston and the Townships of Adjala, Tosorontio and Essa (excluding the Village of Cookstown), and the Town of Orangeville.

The electoral district was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed between Brampton—Halton Hills, Dufferin—Wellington, Simcoe South and York—Peel ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Riding created from Peel and Dufferin—Simcoe
28th  1968–1972     Bruce Beer Liberal
29th  1972–1974     Ellwood Madill Progressive Conservative
30th  1974–1979     Ross Milne Liberal
Riding dissolved into Dufferin—Wellington, Simcoe South, York—Peel
and Brampton—Georgetown

Election results

1968 Canadian federal election: Peel—Dufferin—Simcoe
Party Candidate Votes
  Liberal Bruce Beer 18,950
  Progressive Conservative Ellwood Madill 14,138
  New Democratic George Hill 6,972
1972 Canadian federal election: Peel—Dufferin—Simcoe
Party Candidate Votes
  Progressive Conservative Ellwood Madill 25,663
  Liberal Ross Milne 20,759
  New Democratic Stewart Smith 9,061
  Independent Douglas Ross Swackhammer 482
Social Credit Peter Clappison 205
1974 Canadian federal election: Peel—Dufferin—Simcoe
Party Candidate Votes
  Liberal Ross Milne 27,299
  Progressive Conservative Ellwood Madill 22,754
  New Democratic Don Fraser 8,264
Social Credit Peter Clappison 271
Communist Gord Massie 81
Marxist–Leninist Paul Mackey 72

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