Brampton East
 Ontario electoral district |
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| Federal electoral district | |||
| Legislature | House of Commons | ||
| MP |
Liberal |
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| District created | 2013 | ||
| First contested | 2015 | ||
| District webpage | profile, map | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2011)[1] | 99,712 | ||
| Electors (2015) | 65,818 | ||
| Area (km²)[2] | 89 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 1,120.4 | ||
| Census divisions | Peel | ||
| Census subdivisions | Brampton | ||
Brampton East (French: Brampton-Est) is a federal electoral district in Ontario. It encompasses a portion of Ontario previously included in the electoral districts of Bramalea—Gore—Malton and Brampton—Springdale.[3]
Brampton East was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for October 2015.
Brampton East is the only federal electoral district with a South Asian plurality (60% of the population identifies as South Asian).[4] Brampton East also has the highest percentages of Sikhs (33.7%) and Hindus (19.4%) of any riding in Canada, along with having the lowest median age in Ontario at 32.6.[5]
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brampton East Riding created from Bramalea—Gore—Malton and Brampton—Springdale |
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| 42nd | 2015–Present | Raj Grewal | Liberal | |
Election results
| Canadian federal election, 2015 | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Raj Grewal | 23,652 | 52.32 | +21.67 | – | |||
| Conservative | Naval Bajaj | 10,642 | 23.54 | -5.94 | – | |||
| New Democratic | Harbaljit Singh Kahlon | 10,400 | 23.01 | -14.64 | – | |||
| Green | Kyle Lacroix | 512 | 1.13 | -0.57 | – | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 45,206 | 100.00 | $200,009.55 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 304 | 0.67 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 45,510 | 67.20 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 67,721 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[6][7] | ||||||||
| 2011 federal election redistributed results[8] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| New Democratic | 10,775 | 37.7 | |
| Liberal | 8,774 | 30.7 | |
| Conservative | 8,439 | 29.5 | |
| Green | 487 | 1.2 | |
| Others | 147 | 0.5 | |
References
- ↑ Statistics Canada: 2011
- ↑ Statistics Canada: 2011
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- ↑ http://globalnews.ca/news/2159632/federal-election-2015-brampton-east-riding/
- ↑ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Brampton East, 30 September 2015
- ↑ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
- ↑ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections
