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Dufferin—Caledon is a federal
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in
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, Canada, that has been represented in the
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since 2004. It was created in 2003 from parts of
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riding. This riding gained a fraction of territory from
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during the 2012 electoral redistribution. After
David Tilson David Allan Tilson (born March 19, 1941) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1990 to 2002, and served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the riding of Duff ...
's resignation, in March 2019 the Dufferin—Caledon
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for the Conservative Party in the 2019 election was won by Harzadan Singh Khattra, amid accusations within the party of vote tampering, membership reimbursement, and payments to foreign students to attend, despite their ineligibility within party rules. Following the
2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution A redistribution of federal electoral districts ("ridings") began in Canada following the results of the 2021 Canadian census. The Constitution of Canada requires that federal electoral districts that compose the House of Commons undergo a re ...
, the riding will lose all of Caledon south of King Street and west of The Gore Road to Brampton North—Caledon. These changes will come into effect following the call of the
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.


Demographics

''According to the
2021 Canadian census The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canada, Canadian population with a reference date of May 11, 2021. It follows the 2016 Canadian census, which recorded a population of 35,151,728. The overall response rate was 98%, whic ...
'' Languages: 74.7% English, 6.7% Punjabi, 3.3% Italian, 1.3% Portuguese, 1.1% Spanish Religions: 56.5% Christian (30.5% Catholic, 5.1% United Church, 4.3% Anglican, 1.7% Presbyterian, 1.4% Christian Orthodox, 1.4% Pentecostal, 1.0% Baptist, 11.1% Other), 8.6% Sikh, 3.2% Hindu, 1.8% Muslim, 28.9% None Median income: $44,800 (2020) Average income: $59,650 (2020)


Member of Parliament


Election results


See also

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List of Canadian electoral districts This is a list of Canada's 343 federal electoral districts (commonly referred to as '' ridings'' in Canadian English) as defined by the ''2023 Representation Order''. Canadian federal electoral districts are constituencies that elect membe ...
*
Historical federal electoral districts of Canada This is a list of past arrangements of Electoral district (Canada), Canada's electoral districts. Each district sends one member to the House of Commons of Canada. Federal electoral districts in Canada are re-adjusted every ten years based on the ...


References

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Electoral results from Parliament of Canada website2011 Results from Elections Canada

Campaign expense data from Elections Canada


Notes


External links

* Website of th
Parliament of Canada
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dufferin-Caledon Ontario federal electoral districts Caledon, Ontario Orangeville, Ontario