Welland Riding
Welland is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1988, and since 2004. Its population in 2006 was 112,875.
The current electoral district was created in 2003: 74.9% of the riding came from Niagara Centre riding, 22.5% from Erie—Lincoln and 2.7% from Niagara Falls riding.
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