Brampton Centre (provincial electoral district)
Brampton Centre is a provincial electoral district in central Ontario, Canada that elects one Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. It was originally created in 1999 from Brampton North and Brampton South. It was abolished in 2007 into Brampton West and Brampton—Springdale. For the 2018 election, it was re-created from Bramalea—Gore—Malton, Brampton—Springdale, and Mississauga—Brampton South.[1]
Brampton Centre in relation to other Greater Toronto Area districts | |||
Provincial electoral district | |||
Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Ontario | ||
MPP |
New Democratic | ||
District created | 2015 | ||
First contested | 2018 | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2016) | 102,270 | ||
Area (km²) | 43.70 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 2,340.3 | ||
Census divisions | Peel | ||
Census subdivisions | Brampton |
The former riding included Brampton west of Dixie Road and east of a line following McLaughlin Road to Bovaird Drive to Main Street to Steeles Avenue to Kennedy Road.
Members of Provincial Parliament
Brampton Centre | ||||
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Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
37th | 1999–2003 | Joe Spina | Progressive Conservative | |
38th | 2003–2007 | Linda Jeffrey | Liberal | |
Riding dissolved into Brampton West and Brampton—Springdale | ||||
Riding re-created from Bramalea—Gore—Malton, Brampton—Springdale and Mississauga—Brampton South |
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42nd | 2018–Present | Sara Singh | New Democratic |
Election results
2018–present
2018 Ontario general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
New Democratic | Sara Singh | 12,892 | 38.37% | |||||
Progressive Conservative | Harjit Jaswal | 12,803 | 38.11% | |||||
Liberal | Safdar Hussain | 5,825 | 17.34% | |||||
Green | Laila Zarrabi Yan | 1,053 | 3.13% | |||||
Libertarian | Andrew Hosie | 644 | 1.92% | |||||
Trillium | William Oprel | 216 | 0.64% | |||||
None of the Above | Mehdi Pakzad | 166 | 0.49% | |||||
Total valid votes | 33,598 | 100.0 | ||||||
Source: Elections Ontario[2] |
1999–2007
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal | Linda Jeffrey | 16,661 | 43.48 | +15.48 | |
Progressive Conservative | Joe Spina | 15,656 | 40.86 | -16.91 | |
New Democratic | Kathy Pounder | 4,827 | 12.60 | -1.63 | |
Green | Sanjeev Goel | 820 | 2.14 | ||
Freedom | Wally Dove | 356 | 0.93 |
1999 Ontario general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
Progressive Conservative | Joe Spina | 20,623 | 57.77 | |||||
Liberal | Gurjit S. Grewal | 9,994 | 28.00 | |||||
New Democratic | Paul Schmidt | 5,080 | 14.23 |
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References
- "Ontario provincial elections to move to spring as Liberals promise to tackle largely unregulated third-party ads". National Post. June 4, 2015. Retrieved 2015-06-16.
- "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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