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Halton was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1988 before being abolished in an electoral district redistribution, and again from 1997 to 2015, when it was again abolished in another electoral district redistribution. When it was last contested in 2011, its population was 203,437, of whom 115,255 were eligible electors.
Halton is a constituency in Cheshire, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by Derek Twigg of the Labour Party.
The Barony of Halton, in Cheshire, England, comprised a succession of 15 barons who held under the overlordship of the County Palatine of Chester ruled by the Earl of Chester. It was not therefore an English feudal barony which was under full royal jurisdiction, which is the usual sense of the term, but a separate class of barony within a palatinate. After the Norman conquest, William the Conqueror created three earldoms to protect his border with Wales, namely Shrewsbury, Hereford and Chester. Hugh Lupus was appointed Earl of Chester and he appointed his cousin, Nigel of Cotentin, as the first Baron of Halton. Halton was a village in Cheshire which is now part of the town of Runcorn. At its centre is a rocky prominence on which was built Halton Castle, the seat of the Barons of Halton; the castle is now a ruin.
Halton is a provincial electoral district in Central Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. It was created in 1999 from all of Halton North and part of Halton Centre. The riding also existed from 1867 to 1902. and from 1905 to 1967.
When the riding was created, it included all of the Regional Municipality of Halton north of a line following Dundas Street to Highway 407 to Upper Middle Road to Walkers Line to the QEW to Burlington City limits to Upper Middle Road.
In 2007, the riding lost all of the Town of Halton Hills. Also, the border following the 407 is altered so that it follows Guelph Line instead. Also, the territory east of Eighth Line and south of Dundas Street is also lost.
Halton is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Albert Halton (1893-1971), English recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Anthony Halton, fictional character of the film Angel played by Melvyn Douglas
- Charles Halton (1876-1959), American film actor
- Charles Halton (public servant) (1932–2013), Australian public servant
- David Halton (born 1940), Canadian reporter of CBC News
- Immanuel Halton (1628-1699), English astronomer and mathematician
- Jane Halton (1960–), Australian public servant
- John Halton (1491-1527/1530), English politician, Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Lincoln in 1523
- John Halton (anaesthetist), see Ye Cracke
- John de Halton also called John de Halghton (died 1324), English priest, Bishop of Carlisle from 1292 to 1324
- Kathleen Halton (1937-1995), Canadian-British journalist, author and screenwriter, daughter of Matthew Halton and the sister of David Halton
- Matthew Halton (1904-1956), Canadian television journalist
- P. W. Halton (1841-1909), Irish-born conductor and music director of D'Oyly Carte Opera Company
- Reg Halton (1916-1988), English footballer
- Sean Halton (born 1987), American professional baseball player for Milwaukee Brewers
- Timothy Halton (1632?-1704), English churchman