HALTON — Canadian Federal Election Results

HALTON was won by Conservative at the 2011 general election, with a margin of 23,311 votes over Liberal. This page covers every general election in HALTON from 1867 to 2011.

Full Election History, 1867–2011

Election Winner Party Votes Vote Share Runner-up Margin
1867 Liberal Liberal 1,422 52.5% Unknown (1,289) 133 (4.9 pts)
1872 Liberal Liberal 1,414 52.5% Unknown (1,278) 136 (5.1 pts)
1874 Liberal-Conservative Liberal-Conservative 1,464 50.4% Liberal (1,441) 23 (0.8 pts)
1878 Liberal-Conservative Liberal-Conservative 1,708 50.3% Unknown (1,690) 18 (0.5 pts)
1882 Liberal Liberal 1,822 51.2% Unknown (1,739) 83 (2.3 pts)
1887 Liberal Liberal 2,222 50.1% Conservative (2,213) 9 (0.2 pts)
1891 Conservative Conservative 2,441 51.1% Liberal (2,337) 104 (2.2 pts)
1896 Conservative Conservative 2,460 50.9% Liberal (2,376) 84 (1.7 pts)
1900 Conservative Conservative 2,379 51.6% Liberal (2,233) 146 (3.2 pts)
1904 Conservative Conservative 2,288 51.6% Unknown (2,148) 140 (3.2 pts)
1908 Conservative Conservative 2,417 52.3% Liberal (2,205) 212 (4.6 pts)
1911 Conservative Conservative 2,618 54.3% Liberal (2,199) 419 (8.7 pts)
1917 Unionist Unionist 4,802 70.3% Opposition (2,032) 2,770 (40.5 pts)
1921 Conservative Conservative 5,264 43.3% Liberal (3,649) 1,615 (13.3 pts)
1925 Conservative Conservative 6,775 55.5% Liberal (5,424) 1,351 (11.1 pts)
1926 Conservative Conservative 6,222 59.1% Liberal (4,308) 1,914 (18.2 pts)
1930 Conservative Conservative 6,976 54.6% Progressive (5,806) 1,170 (9.2 pts)
1935 Liberal Liberal 6,177 46.8% Conservative (5,146) 1,031 (7.8 pts)
1940 Liberal Liberal 7,788 55.7% National Government (6,184) 1,604 (11.5 pts)
1945 Liberal Liberal 7,344 46.3% Progressive Conservative (6,763) 581 (3.7 pts)
1949 Liberal Liberal 9,546 49.0% Progressive Conservative (8,099) 1,447 (7.4 pts)
1953 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 9,914 48.4% Liberal (8,732) 1,182 (5.8 pts)
1957 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 17,795 58.8% Liberal (9,145) 8,650 (28.6 pts)
1958 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 21,056 61.0% Liberal (9,978) 11,078 (32.1 pts)
1962 Liberal Liberal 18,556 40.7% Progressive Conservative (18,458) 98 (0.2 pts)
1963 Liberal Liberal 25,482 52.0% Progressive Conservative (15,949) 9,533 (19.4 pts)
1965 Liberal Liberal 25,213 47.8% Progressive Conservative (16,412) 8,801 (16.7 pts)
1968 Liberal Liberal 17,837 48.1% Progressive Conservative (12,614) 5,223 (14.1 pts)
1972 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 22,640 43.7% Liberal (20,419) 2,221 (4.3 pts)
1974 Liberal Liberal 23,520 45.2% Progressive Conservative (21,609) 1,911 (3.7 pts)
1979 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 28,850 53.3% Liberal (17,169) 11,681 (21.6 pts)
1980 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 24,752 46.8% Liberal (19,380) 5,372 (10.2 pts)
1984 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 38,076 60.6% Liberal (14,125) 23,951 (38.1 pts)
1997 Liberal Liberal 26,017 47.2% Progressive Conservative (13,778) 12,239 (22.2 pts)
2000 Liberal Liberal 28,168 47.3% Canadian Alliance (15,656) 12,512 (21.0 pts)
2004 Liberal Liberal 27,362 48.3% Conservative (21,704) 5,658 (10.0 pts)
2006 Conservative Conservative 30,577 44.2% Liberal (28,680) 1,897 (2.7 pts)
2008 Conservative Conservative 32,986 47.5% Liberal (25,136) 7,850 (11.3 pts)
2011 Conservative Conservative 44,214 54.5% Liberal (20,903) 23,311 (28.7 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1867

PartyVotesShare
Liberal1,42252.5%
Unknown1,28947.5%

1872

PartyVotesShare
Liberal1,41452.5%
Unknown1,27847.5%

1874

PartyVotesShare
Liberal-Conservative1,46450.4%
Liberal1,44149.6%

1878

PartyVotesShare
Liberal-Conservative1,70850.3%
Unknown1,69049.7%

1882

PartyVotesShare
Liberal1,82251.2%
Unknown1,73948.8%

1887

PartyVotesShare
Liberal2,22250.1%
Conservative2,21349.9%

1891

PartyVotesShare
Conservative2,44151.1%
Liberal2,33748.9%

1896

PartyVotesShare
Conservative2,46050.9%
Liberal2,37649.1%

1900

PartyVotesShare
Conservative2,37951.6%
Liberal2,23348.4%

1904

PartyVotesShare
Conservative2,28851.6%
Unknown2,14848.4%

1908

PartyVotesShare
Conservative2,41752.3%
Liberal2,20547.7%

1911

PartyVotesShare
Conservative2,61854.3%
Liberal2,19945.7%

1917

PartyVotesShare
Unionist4,80270.3%
Opposition2,03229.7%

1921

PartyVotesShare
Conservative5,26443.3%
Liberal3,64930.0%
Progressive3,23826.6%

1925

PartyVotesShare
Conservative6,77555.5%
Liberal5,42444.5%

1926

PartyVotesShare
Conservative6,22259.1%
Liberal4,30840.9%

1930

PartyVotesShare
Conservative6,97654.6%
Progressive5,80645.4%

1935

PartyVotesShare
Liberal6,17746.8%
Conservative5,14639.0%
Reconstruction1,87614.2%

1940

PartyVotesShare
Liberal7,78855.7%
National Government6,18444.3%

1945

PartyVotesShare
Liberal7,34446.3%
Progressive Conservative6,76342.6%
CCF1,77011.1%

1949

PartyVotesShare
Liberal9,54649.0%
Progressive Conservative8,09941.6%
CCF1,8299.4%

1953

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative9,91448.4%
Liberal8,73242.7%
CCF1,8198.9%

1957

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative17,79558.8%
Liberal9,14530.2%
CCF3,34411.0%

1958

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative21,05661.0%
Liberal9,97828.9%
CCF3,48110.1%

1962

PartyVotesShare
Liberal18,55640.7%
Progressive Conservative18,45840.5%
NDP8,00117.6%
Social Credit5471.2%

1963

PartyVotesShare
Liberal25,48252.0%
Progressive Conservative15,94932.5%
NDP6,79013.8%
Independent Conservative4811.0%
Social Credit3300.7%

1965

PartyVotesShare
Liberal25,21347.8%
Progressive Conservative16,41231.1%
NDP10,75120.4%
Independent Conservative3730.7%

1968

PartyVotesShare
Liberal17,83748.1%
Progressive Conservative12,61434.0%
NDP6,60617.8%

1972

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative22,64043.7%
Liberal20,41939.4%
NDP8,72516.8%

1974

PartyVotesShare
Liberal23,52045.2%
Progressive Conservative21,60941.5%
NDP6,88713.2%

1979

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative28,85053.3%
Liberal17,16931.7%
NDP7,83814.5%
Libertarian Party of Canada1440.3%
Independent1300.2%
Marxist-Leninist Party230.0%

1980

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative24,75246.8%
Liberal19,38036.6%
NDP8,45516.0%
Libertarian Party of Canada1700.3%
Independent1420.3%
Marxist-Leninist Party180.0%

1984

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative38,07660.6%
Liberal14,12522.5%
NDP9,16414.6%
Green1,4942.4%

1997

PartyVotesShare
Liberal26,01747.2%
Progressive Conservative13,77825.0%
Reform12,22122.2%
NDP2,4524.5%
Green6001.1%

2000

PartyVotesShare
Liberal28,16847.3%
Canadian Alliance15,65626.3%
Progressive Conservative12,11420.3%
NDP2,6334.4%
Green1,0181.7%

2004

PartyVotesShare
Liberal27,36248.3%
Conservative21,70438.3%
NDP4,6428.2%
Green2,8895.1%

2006

PartyVotesShare
Conservative30,57744.2%
Liberal28,68041.4%
NDP6,1148.8%
Green3,8435.6%

2008

PartyVotesShare
Conservative32,98647.5%
Liberal25,13636.2%
NDP6,1188.8%
Green4,8727.0%
Christian Heritage Party of Canada3370.5%

2011

PartyVotesShare
Conservative44,21454.5%
Liberal20,90325.8%
NDP12,96016.0%
Green2,7783.4%
Christian Heritage Party of Canada2490.3%

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each contested election, coloured by the winning party. Acclaimed elections (no opposing candidate) aren't plotted since there's no margin to measure.

1867: Liberal margin 4.9 pts 1872: Liberal margin 5.1 pts 1874: Liberal-Conservative margin 0.8 pts 1878: Liberal-Conservative margin 0.5 pts 1882: Liberal margin 2.3 pts 1887: Liberal margin 0.2 pts 1891: Conservative margin 2.2 pts 1896: Conservative margin 1.7 pts 1900: Conservative margin 3.2 pts 1904: Conservative margin 3.2 pts 1908: Conservative margin 4.6 pts 1911: Conservative margin 8.7 pts 1917: Unionist margin 40.5 pts 1921: Conservative margin 13.3 pts 1925: Conservative margin 11.1 pts 1926: Conservative margin 18.2 pts 1930: Conservative margin 9.2 pts 1935: Liberal margin 7.8 pts 1940: Liberal margin 11.5 pts 1945: Liberal margin 3.7 pts 1949: Liberal margin 7.4 pts 1953: Progressive Conservative margin 5.8 pts 1957: Progressive Conservative margin 28.6 pts 1958: Progressive Conservative margin 32.1 pts 1962: Liberal margin 0.2 pts 1963: Liberal margin 19.4 pts 1965: Liberal margin 16.7 pts 1968: Liberal margin 14.1 pts 1972: Progressive Conservative margin 4.3 pts 1974: Liberal margin 3.7 pts 1979: Progressive Conservative margin 21.6 pts 1980: Progressive Conservative margin 10.2 pts 1984: Progressive Conservative margin 38.1 pts 1997: Liberal margin 22.2 pts 2000: Liberal margin 21.0 pts 2004: Liberal margin 10.0 pts 2006: Conservative margin 2.7 pts 2008: Conservative margin 11.3 pts 2011: Conservative margin 28.7 pts 1867 1872 1874 1878 1882 1887 1891 1896 1900 1904 1908 1911 1917 1921 1925 1926 1930 1935 1940 1945 1949 1953 1957 1958 1962 1963 1965 1968 1972 1974 1979 1980 1984 1997 2000 2004 2006 2008 2011

Trend

HALTON has been contested at 39 general elections on record since 1867. Winning parties over that span: Liberal, Liberal-Conservative, Conservative, Unionist, Progressive Conservative.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won HALTON in the 2011 general election?

Conservative won HALTON in 2011 with 44,214 votes (54.5%), a margin of 23,311 votes over Liberal in second place.

Which parties have won HALTON since 1867?

Since 1867, HALTON has been won by: Conservative, Liberal, Liberal-Conservative, Progressive Conservative, Unionist.

What was the closest result in HALTON?

The closest contested result on record for HALTON was 1887, when Liberal beat Conservative by 9 votes (0.2 percentage points).

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