Wellington—Dufferin—Simcoe

Wellington—Dufferin—Simcoe was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 to 1988. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1976 as Dufferin—Wellington and renamed in 1977. It was created from parts of Halton, Peel—Dufferin—Simcoe and Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Waterloo ridings.

Wellington—Dufferin—Simcoe

Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1976
District abolished	1987
First contested	1979
Last contested	1984

It consisted of the County of Dufferin, the Townships of Adjala and Tosorontio and the Town of Alliston in the County of Simcoe, and Townships of Arthur, Erin, Maryborough, Minto, Nichol, Peel, West Garafraxa and West Luther, including the Towns of Mount Forest and Palmerston in the County of Wellington.

The electoral district was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed between Guelph—Wellington, Perth—Wellington—Waterloo, Simcoe Centre, Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Simcoe and York—Simcoe ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Halton, Peel—Dufferin—Simcoe, and Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Waterloo
31st	1979–1980		Perrin Beatty	Progressive Conservative
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988
Riding dissolved into Guelph—Wellington, Perth—Wellington—Waterloo, Simcoe Centre, Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Simcoe and York—Simcoe

Election results

1979 Canadian federal election: Wellington—Dufferin—Simcoe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Perrin Beatty	25,807
	Liberal	Harry A. Greene	11,202
	New Democratic	Jeff Koechlin	4,744

1980 Canadian federal election: Wellington—Dufferin—Simcoe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Perrin Beatty	21,205
	Liberal	Larry Davies	12,104
	New Democratic	Cecil Chambers	5,966
	Libertarian	Norma Watson	162

1984 Canadian federal election: Wellington—Dufferin—Simcoe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Perrin Beatty	29,983
	Liberal	John Green	7,303
	New Democratic	Sandy W. A. Young	6,468

See also

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada