Mississauga—Lakeshore

Mississauga—Lakeshore (formerly Mississauga South) is a federal electoral district in the Peel Region of Ontario, Canada. It has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1979.

Mississauga—Lakeshore
Ontario electoral district
Mississauga South in relation to the other Toronto area ridings (2003 boundaries)
Federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
MP
 
 
 
Sven Spengemann
Liberal
District created1976
First contested1979
Last contested2019
District webpageprofile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]118,893
Electors (2015)85,379
Area (km²)[2]92
Pop. density (per km²)1,292.3
Census divisionsPeel
Census subdivisionsMississauga
Map of Mississauga South

Geography

The riding includes the Mississauga neighbourhoods of Clarkson, Lakeview, Lorne Park, Mineola, Port Credit, Sheridan, Sheridan Park, Southdown and parts of Erindale and Cooksville.

Political geography

Conservative support is centred in the interior of the riding, particularly in the upscale Lorne Park area, while the Liberals and the NDP tend to do better along the waterfront of the riding, such as Port Credit and Lakeview, and the eastern and western edges of the riding.

History

The federal riding was created in 1976 from parts of Mississauga and Mississauga Centre ridings.

It consisted initially of the part of the City of Mississauga lying south of a line drawn from west to east along Highway 5, south along Cawthra Road, and east along the Queen Elizabeth Way.

In 1987, it was redefined to consist of the part of the City of Mississauga lying south of a line drawn from southwest to northeast along Dundas Street West, east along the Credit River, northeast along the Queen Elizabeth Way, northwest along Cawthra Road, and northeast along the Queensway East to the eastern city limit.

Map of the riding (1996 boundaries)

In 1996, it was redefined to consist of the part of the City of Mississauga lying south of a line drawn from southwest to northeast along Dundas Street West, southeast along Erin Mills Parkway, northeast along the Queen Elizabeth Way, northwest along Hurontario Street, northeast along the Queensway East to the northeastern city limit.

In 2003, it was given its current boundaries as described above.

In 2013, the riding gained the area around Huron Park, and was renamed Mississauga—Lakeshore. It was defined to consist of the part of the City of Mississauga lying southeast of a line drawn from northeast to southwest along the Queensway to Mavis Road, north along Mavis Road until Dundas Street and west along Dundas Street to the southwestern city limit.

Electoral history

Graph of election results in Mississauga—Lakeshore (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

The Mississauga South riding and its precursors, while being more competitive than in provincial elections, still has a generally conservative history, and despite voting Liberal since 1993, could be described as a small "c" conservative riding. The Progressive Conservatives held the riding from creation its first election in 1979 under Don Blenkarn, (who served as MP for Peel South, one of the precursor ridings between 1972–1974), until 1993, when he was defeated by Paul Szabo. With the exception of the 1988 election, Szabo has been the Liberal candidate in all election between 1980 (an election he almost won) and 2011.

The riding voting Liberal in 1993 can in part be blamed by vote splitting on the right, as Blenkarn was knocked into third place by the Reform Party candidate, although both were far behind Szabo, who only marginally improved on the Liberal performance from 1988, winning 37%, only 2% more than the 1988 Liberal result, and less than the combined vote total for the two right-wing parties. Szabo however greatly increased his percentage of the vote in the elections afterward, winning over 50% in every election from 1997–2004, despite facing a united right-wing vote in 2004.

In the 2006 election Szabo and the Liberals were re-elected again; however, the Liberal vote dropped sharply, with the Conservatives coming within 5% of winning the riding, getting 40% of the vote, one of the best performances for them in the Greater Toronto Area. The riding was generally assumed to be a top Tory target for the next election; however, the drawn out and somewhat acrimonious nature of the Conservative nomination process, and Szabo's increased profile as a result of his chairmanship of the House of Commons Ethics committee may have damaged Conservative attempts to capture the riding. Despite the Conservatives strengthening in the 2008 election overall, Arrison was unable to defeat Szabo, and Mississauga South was one of the few ridings outside Quebec where the Liberal Party increased the percentage of the vote received from 2006 (albeit very slightly).

Riding associations

Riding associations are the local branches of political parties:

Party Association Name CEO HQ Address
Conservative Mississauga—Lakeshore Conservative Association Brian J. Schmidt 1801 Lakeshore Road West
Liberal Mississauga—Lakeshore Federal Liberal Association
New Democratic Mississauga—Lakeshore Federal NDP Riding Association Eric S. Guerbilsky 44 Park Street East

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Parliament Years Member Party
Mississauga South
Riding created from Mississauga and Mississauga Centre
31st  1979–1980     Don Blenkarn Progressive Conservative
32nd  1980–1984
33rd  1984–1988
34th  1988–1993
35th  1993–1997     Paul Szabo Liberal
36th  1997–2000
37th  2000–2004
38th  2004–2006
39th  2006–2008
40th  2008–2011
41st  2011–2015     Stella Ambler Conservative
Mississauga—Lakeshore
42nd  2015–2019     Sven Spengemann Liberal
43rd  2019–present

Election results

2019 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalSven Spengemann29,52648.3+0.59
ConservativeStella Ambler22,74037.3-3.92
New DemocraticAdam Laughton5,1038.4+0.41
GreenCynthia Trentelman2,8144.6+2.24
People'sEugen Vizitiu7171.2-
United Carlton Darby990.2-
Total valid votes/expense limit 60,999100.0
Total rejected ballots 407
Turnout 61,40668.2
Eligible voters 89,976
Liberal hold Swing +0.59
Source: Elections Canada[3][4]
2015 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalSven Spengemann28,27947.71+10.86$74,169.40
ConservativeStella Ambler24,43541.22-5.68$221,638.11
New DemocraticEric Guerbilsky4,7357.99-4.80$6,908.86
GreenAriana Burgener1,3972.36-0.72$1,924.23
LibertarianPaul Wodworth3160.53-$1,166.63
Marxist–LeninistDagmar Sullivan1110.19-
Total valid votes/expense limit 59,273 100.00 - $224,818.71
Total rejected ballots 271 0.46
Turnout 59,544 68.99
Eligible voters 86,308
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +8.27
2011 federal election redistributed results[5]
Party Vote %
  Conservative24,26946.91
  Liberal19,06836.85
  New Democratic6,61612.79
  Green1,5923.08
  Others1950.38
2011 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
ConservativeStella Ambler22,99146.48+6.90
LiberalPaul Szabo18,39337.18-7.04
New DemocraticFarah Kalbouneh6,35412.85+4.01
GreenPaul Simas1,5323.10-4.24
IndependentRichard Barrett1940.39
Total valid votes 49,464100.00
Total rejected ballots 188 0.38+0.05
Turnout 49,652 63.89+3.81
Eligible voters 77,716
2008 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalPaul Szabo20,51844.22+0.3$70,011
ConservativeHugh Arrison18,36639.58-0.2$81,878
New DemocraticMatt Turner4,1048.84-2.5$1,722
GreenRichard Laushway3,4077.34+1.8$9,008
Total valid votes/Expense limit 46,395 100.00$84,179
Total rejected ballots 155 0.33
Turnout 46,550 60.08
2006 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalPaul Szabo22,97543.9-7.8
ConservativePhil Green20,82739.8+6.2
New DemocraticMark De Pelham5,89811.3+0.8
GreenBrendan Tarry2,3774.5+0.5
Canadian ActionPaul McMurray1290.2
Marxist–LeninistDagmar Sullivan740.1
Total valid votes 52,280 100.0
2004 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalPaul Szabo24,62851.7-0.1
ConservativePhil Green16,02733.6-9.0
New DemocraticMichael James Culkin5,00410.5+6.4
GreenNeeraj Jain1,8994.0+2.7
Marxist–LeninistDagmar Sullivan1070.2+0.1
Total valid votes 47,665100.0

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

2000 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalPaul Szabo20,67651.8+1.8
AllianceBrad Butt10,13925.4+5.8
Progressive ConservativeDavid Brown6,90317.3-6.4
New DemocraticKen Cole1,6364.1-1.3
GreenPamela Murray5161.3
Marxist–LeninistTim Sullivan670.20.0
Total valid votes 39,937 100.0

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.

1997 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalPaul Szabo21,20749.9+3.4
Progressive ConservativeDick Barr10,07723.7+0.4
ReformJoe Peschisolido8,30719.6-5.6
New DemocraticJessica Lott2,3025.4+3.3
Natural LawScott Kay1990.50.0
Canadian ActionAaron Gervais1500.4
IndependentAdrian Earl Crewson1410.3
Marxist–LeninistDagmar Sullivan790.2+0.1
Total valid votes 42,462 100.0
1993 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalPaul Szabo21,48046.6+11.9
ReformJohn Veenstra11,59125.1
Progressive ConservativeDon Blenkarn10,76323.3-28.6
New DemocraticLili V. Weemen9882.1-9.8
NationalAlbina Burello4521.0
LibertarianRichard Barrett4290.9+0.3
Natural LawJeffrey graduate Dods2340.5
IndependentMichael John Charette1240.3
Marxist–LeninistDagmar Sullivan490.1
Total valid votes 46,110100.0
1988 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeDon Blenkarn24,48251.9-4.5
LiberalGil Gillespie16,36234.7+5.8
New DemocraticSue Craig5,64312.0-2.7
RhinocerosMarc Currie3320.7
LibertarianVay Jonynas2970.6
Commonwealth of CanadaPatrick Descoteaux590.1
Total valid votes 47,175100.0
1984 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeDon Blenkarn32,94656.4+15.0
LiberalPaul Szabo16,87428.9-11.6
New DemocraticNorm Jones8,58414.7-2.1
Total valid votes 58,404100.0
1980 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeDon Blenkarn21,48041.4-7.5
LiberalPaul Szabo21,00740.5+6.4
New DemocraticNeil Davis8,71116.8+0.6
LibertarianIan F. Darwin4050.8+0.4
IndependentTom Smith1100.20.0
IndependentMichael John Charette780.2
Marxist–LeninistTim Sullivan310.1-0.1
Total valid votes 51,822 100.0
1979 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%
Progressive ConservativeDon Blenkarn26,80248.9
LiberalPeg Holloway18,71034.1
New DemocraticColin Baynes8,86916.2
LibertarianRobert Sproule2360.4
IndependentTom Smith1040.2
Marxist–LeninistBarbara Nunn740.1
Total valid votes 54,795 100.0
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See also

References

  • "(Code 35050) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-03.
  • federal riding history from the Library of Parliament
  • 2011 Results from Elections Canada
  • Campaign expense data from Elections Canada

Notes

  1. Statistics Canada: 2011
  2. Statistics Canada: 2011
  3. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  4. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
  5. Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

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