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Geography

It consists of the southern part of the city of Burlington, Ontario. Burlington (2001 population 150,836)[1] is located in the Golden Horseshoe, across Lake Ontario and Burlington Bay harbour from Hamilton, in Halton Region, Ontario, Canada. ...

The riding consists of the neighbourhoods of Aldershot, Maple, Freeman, Wellington Square, Dynes, Roseland, Longmoor, Shoreacres, Pinedale, Elizabeth Gardens, Palmer, Mountainside, Brant Hills, Headon Forest, Millcroft, The Orchard and Tyandaga in Burlington. Aldershot is a community in south-central Ontario on the Hamilton Harbour, Lake Ontario. ... Wellington Square may be: A neighbourhood in the Burlington electoral district, Ontario, Canada. ... Shoreacres is a city in Texas, partly in Chambers County and partly in Harris County. ...

Federal riding

Burlington was created in 1976 from Halton—Wentworth. Halton—Wentworth was a former federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons, and located in the province of Ontario. ...

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament: A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ...

1. Bill Kempling, Progressive Conservative (1979-1993)
2. Paddy Torsney, Liberal (1993-2006)
3. Mike Wallace, Conservative (2006-present)

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Provincial riding

Members of Provincial Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario: The Ontario Legislature Building at Queens Park The Legislative Assembly of Ontario, is the legislature of the Canadian province of Ontario. ...

1. Cam Jackson, Progressive Conservative (1999-present)

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Federal election results

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See also

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

This is a list of Canadas 308 electoral districts (also known as ridings in Canadian English) as defined by the 2003 Representation Order, which came into effect on May 23, 2004. ... This is a list of past arrangements of Canadas electoral districts. ...

External link

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament