Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock


Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock is a federal electoral district in central Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1968.

Geography

The district includes the City of Kawartha Lakes, Haliburton County, the Township of Brock, and also the Township of Cavan-Monaghan.

Demographics

Ethnic groups: 96.1% White, 2.0% Aboriginal

Languages: 94.5% English, 1.3% German, 1.2% French

Religions: 68.1% Christian, 30.8% No religion

Median income : $28,098

Average income : $37,231

Riding associations

s are the local branches of the national political parties:

History

It was created in 1966 as "Victoria—Haliburton" from parts of Victoria, Peterborough and Hastings—Frontenac and ridings.
It consisted initially of
In 1976, the Township of Manvers in the county of Victoria, all parts of the county of Hastings, all townships other than the Township of Brock) in the Regional Municipality of Durham were excluded from the riding, and the Township of Georgina in the Regional Municipality of York was added.
In 1987, the riding was redefined to consist of the counties of Haliburton and Victoria, the Township of Brock in the Regional Municipality of Durham,
and, in the County of Peterborough, the Village of Millbrook and the townships of Burleigh and Anstruther, Cavan, Chandos, Galway and Cavendish, and Harvey.
In 1996, it was redefined to consist of the County of Victoria, the Township of Brock in the Regional Municipality of Durham, the County of Haliburton, and the part of the County of Peterborough lying north of and including the townships of Burleigh and Anstruther, Chandos and Harvey, including the Village of Millbrook and the Township of Cavan.
The name of the electoral district was changed in 1998 to "Haliburton—Victoria—Brock".
The name of the electoral district was changed in 2003 when Victoria County became the city of Kawartha Lakes. The boundaries were slightly altered to what they are today.
In 2013, the federal redistribution saw slight changes to the riding which removed the County of Peterborough Townships of Trent Lakes and North Kawartha. Both of these townships were placed in the new riding of Peterborough-Kawartha. These changes will first be used for the 2015 Federal Election.

Member of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Election results

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.
Note: the popular vote for Canadian Action Party candidate Charles Olito is compared to his vote as a Canada Party candidate in the 1993 election.