History
For most of its existence, this riding has alternated between voting Liberal and Conservative. During the Brian Mulroney years, it elected Progressive Conservatives but it switched to Liberal when Jean Chrétien came to power. In 2011, when the Stephen Harper's Conservative won a majority government, the riding switched back to Conservative.
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