Ontario electoral district | |||
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Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock in relation to other Ontario electoral districts (2003 boundaries)
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Federal electoral district | |||
Legislature | House of Commons | ||
MP |
Conservative |
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District created | 1966 | ||
First contested | 1968 | ||
Last contested | 2015 | ||
District webpage | profile, map | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2011) | 110,182 | ||
Electors (2015) | 90,594 | ||
Area (km²) | 8,941 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 12.3 | ||
Census divisions | Durham, Haliburton, Kawartha Lakes, Peterborough | ||
Census subdivisions | Algonquin Highlands, Brock, Cavan-Monaghan, Dysart and Others, Highlands East, Kawartha Lakes, Minden Hills |
Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock (formerly Haliburton—Victoria—Brock and Victoria—Haliburton) is a federal electoral district in central Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968.
The district includes the City of Kawartha Lakes, Haliburton County, the Township of Brock, and also the Township of Cavan-Monaghan.
Ethnic groups: 96.1% White, 2.0% Aboriginal
Languages: 94.5% English, 1.3% German, 1.2% French
Religions: 68.1% Christian (21.3% United Church, 15.5% Catholic, 11.1% Anglican, 4.4% Presbyterian, 3.8% Baptist, 2.0% Pentecostal, 1.0% Lutheran, 9.0% Other), 30.8% No religion
Median income (2010): $28,098
Average income (2010): $37,231
Riding associations are the local branches of the national political parties:
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 (formerly the County of Ontario) 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.