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Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale Electoral district
MP	David Sweet (2006-)
Party	Conservative (2006-)
Province	Ontario
Census division(s)	Hamilton
Census subdivision(s)	Hamilton
Federal district created	2003

'Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale' is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004.
The district includes the western half of the newly amalgamated city of Hamilton but does not include any of the city centre. It does, however, include McMaster University and many of the neighborhoods surrounding it. The area is 744 sq. km. Its population in 2001 was 106,245.
The electoral district was created in 2003: 82.9% of the population of the riding came from Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Aldershot, and 17.1% from Hamilton West.

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Demographics

Member of Parliament

Current Member of Parliament

Federal election results

See also

External link

Demographics

'Ethnic groups:' 92.7% White, 2.1% Chinese, 1.6% South Asian

'Languages:' 83.4% English, 1.1% French, 14.7% Other

'Religions:' 45.0% Protestant, 27.7% Catholic, 1.6% Christian Orthodox, 2.7% Other Christian, 1.8% Jewish, 1.2% Muslim, 18.6% No affiliation

'Average income:' $37,986

Member of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:
#Russ Powers, Liberal (2004-2006)
#David Sweet, Conservative (2006-present)

Current Member of Parliament

The incumbent from the majority of the riding, at the time the riding was created, was John Bryden, a Conservative member elected in 2000 as a Liberal. In the 2004 election, Russ Powers of the Liberal Party was elected MP. David Sweet was elected as MP in the 2006 federal election

Federal election results

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|David Sweet
|align=right|24,530
|align=right|39.1
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|Russ Powers
|align=right|21,656
|align=right|34.5
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|Gordon Guyatt
|align=right|13,376
|align=right|21.3
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|David Januczkowski
|align=right|2,767
|align=right|4.4
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|Ben Cowie
|align=right|303
|align=right|0.5
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|Jamilé Ghaddar
|align=right|112
|align=right|0.2
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|colspan=3|Total number of valid votes
|align=right|62,744
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|colspan=3|Rejected ballots
|align=right|175
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|colspan=3|Total number of votes
|align=right|62,919
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|Russ Powers
|align=right|21,935
|align=right|39.69
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|David Sweet
|align=right|19,135
|align=right|34.62
|align=right|
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|Gordon Guyatt
|align=right|11,557
|align=right|20.91
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|David Januczkowski
|align=right|2,636
|align=right|4.76
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|colspan=3|Total number of valid votes
|align=right|55,263
|align=right|
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|colspan=3|Rejected ballots
|align=right|252
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|colspan=3|Total number of votes
|align=right|55,515
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See also

★ List of Canadian federal electoral districts

★ Past Canadian electoral districts

External link

★ Riding history from the Library of Parliament