Canadian Citizenship Test - Questions & Answers Local Information
Canadian Citizenship Test - Questions & Answers Local Information
The Canadian citizenship test includes a section about your local municipal, provincial and federal electoral districts and representatives. A citizenship judge may ask you about this information at a citizenship interview. Halton Region is made up of 4 municipalities: Burlington, Halton Hills, Milton, and Oakville. To find a map of your electoral district, look at Federal Electoral District Maps for Ontario. You will find Burlington, Milton, Oakville and Halton Hills (look under Halton and WellingtonHalton Hills).
Federal Government
Q: What is Canada's form of government? A: Canada is governed by the Federal Government Q: Who is Canada's Head of State? A: The representative of the Queen for all Canada is the Governor General, David Johnston Q: Who is Canada's Head of Government? A: Prime Minister Stephen Harper Q: Which party is currently in power? A: Conservative Party of Canada Q: Who is the Leader of the Opposition? A: Nycole Turmel (Interim Leader) Q: Which party is the Official Opposition? A: New Democratic Party (NDP) of Canada Q: What are the other opposition parties and their leaders? A: Liberal Party of Canada - Bob Rae (Interim Leader) Bloc Qubcois Vivian Barbot (Interim Leader) Green Party of Canada Elizabeth May
Provincial Government
Q: Who is Head of State of the Province of Ontario? A: The representative of the Queen for the province of Ontario is the Lieutenant-Governor, David C. Onley Q: Who is Ontario's Head of Government? A: Premier Dalton McGuinty Q: Which provincial party is in power? A: Ontario Liberal Party Q: What are the provincial opposition parties and who are their leaders? A: Ontario Progressive Conservative Party (PC) Tim Hudak Ontario New Democratic Party (NDP) Andrea Horwath The PC Party is Ontarios Official Opposition party. Q: Who is my Provincial Member of Parliament (MPP)? Oakville Kevin Flynn - South of Upper Middle Rd., east to Winston Churchill, west to Burloak. Ted Chudleigh Halton riding, north of Upper Middle to the 407, east to Ninth Line. Burlington Jane McKenna (Burlington) Ted McMeekin (Ancaster - Dundas - Flamborough - Aldershot) Ted Chudleigh (Halton)
Municipal Government
Q: Who are the Mayors and Councillors in each of the Municipalities within Halton? Oakville - Town of Oakville See link for maps of ward boundaries and Members of Council. Town office 905-845-6601 ext 3000 Mayor - Rob Burton Ward 1 - Ralph Robinson; Alan Johnston Ward 2 - Cathy Duddeck; Pam Damoff Ward 3 - Dave Gittings; Keith Bird Ward 4 - Roger Lapworth; Allan Elgar Ward 5 - Marc Grant; Jeff Knoll Ward 6 - Max Khan; Tom Adams Burlington City of Burlington See link for maps of ward boundaries and Members of Council. Mayor - Rick Goldring Ward 1 - Rick Craven Ward 2 - Marianne Meed Ward Ward 3 - John Taylor Ward 4 - Jack Dennison Ward 5 - Paul Sharmon Ward 6 - Blair Lancaster Halton Hills Town of Halton Hills Mayor - Rick Bonnette Ward 1 - Jon Hurst, Mike OLeary Ward 2 - Joan Robson, Bryan Lewis Ward 3 - Moya Johnston, David Kentner Ward 4 - Bob Inglis, Ann Lawlor Milton Town of Milton Mayor - Gordon Krantz Ward 1 - Sharon Barkley Ward 2 - Greg Nelson Ward 3 - Cindy Lunau Ward 4 - Rick Malboeuf Ward 5 - Arnold Huffman Ward 6 - Mike Cluett Ward 7 - Rick Di Lorenzo Ward 8- Zeeshan Hamid