| Burlington | |
| Province: | Ontario |
| Prov-Status: | active |
| Prov-Created: | 1999 |
| Prov-Election-First: | 1999 |
| Prov-Election-Last: | 2022 |
| Prov-Rep: | Natalie Pierre |
| Prov-Rep-Party: | PC |
| Demo-Census-Date: | 2016 |
| Demo-Pop: | 123185 |
| Demo-Electors: | 100455 |
| Demo-Electors-Date: | 2018 |
| Demo-Area: | 81 |
| Demo-Cd: | Halton |
| Demo-Csd: | Burlington |
Burlington is a provincial electoral district in southwestern Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.
It was created in 1999 from parts of Burlington South, Halton Centre, and a small part of South Oakville.
When the riding was created, it included the city of Burlington east of a line following the Queen Elizabeth Way to Highway 403 to King Road and south of a line following Dundas Street to the 403 to Upper Middle Road to Walkers Line.
In 2007, the boundaries were altered so that the riding included all of Burlington south of a line following Dundas Street to Guelph Line to Upper Middle Road to Walker Line to the QEW.
| 2014 general election redistributed results[1] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |||
| 23,690 | 43.37 | ||||
| 20,181 | 36.94 | ||||
| 7,880 | 14.43 | ||||
| 2,265 | 4.15 | ||||
| Others | 611 | 1.12 | |||
Following Cam Jackson's resignation to run for mayor of Burlington, the riding was left with a vacant seat at Queen's Park. Consequently, a by-election was called by Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty on January 10, 2007, to be held on February 8, 2007.[2] Joan Lougheed, who was defeated by Jackson for the mayor's post, was nominated as the Ontario Liberal Party candidate on January 4, 2007.[3] Former Halton Regional Chair Joyce Savoline became the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario candidate, after narrowly defeating former Miss Canada Blair Lancaster at their nomination meeting.[4] On January 12, 2007, Brantford school teacher and community activist Cory Judson defeated former Halton District School Board trustee David Abbott for the Ontario New Democratic Party candidacy.[5] On January 25, 2007, Frank de Jong was named the Ontario Green Party candidate.
| 2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Side | Votes | % | ||
| First Past the Post | 33,067 | 65.7 | ||
| Mixed member proportional | 17,267 | 34.7 | ||
| Total valid votes | 50,334 | 100.0 | ||