Peel—Dufferin—Simcoe

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

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		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

References

Library of Parliament

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