Brampton South (provincial electoral district)
Appearance
Ontario electoral district | |||
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Provincial electoral district | |||
Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Ontario | ||
MPP |
Progressive Conservative | ||
District created | 2015 | ||
First contested | 2018 | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2016) | 121,188 | ||
Area (km²) | 46.73 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 2,593.4 | ||
Census division(s) | Peel | ||
Census subdivision(s) | Brampton |
Brampton South is a provincial electoral district in Ontario. It was created prior to the 1987 election from part of Brampton. It was abolished in 1999 into Bramalea—Gore—Malton—Springdale, Brampton Centre, Brampton West—Mississauga. It existed for the 1987, 1990, and 1995 elections. For the 2018 election, it was re-created from Brampton West.[1]
Boundaries
In 1987, the boundaries consisted of the City of Brampton south of the following line (from east to west): from the city limits going east along Highway 7 to Queen Street East, then west to Kennedy Road, then north along Kennedy Road to Vodden Street, then west to Main Street, then north along Main Street and Highway 10 to Highway 7 and then west to the city limits.[2]
Members of Provincial Parliament
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Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
Riding created from Brampton | ||||
34th | 1987–1990 | Robert Callahan | Liberal | |
35th | 1990–1995 | |||
36th | 1995–1999 | Tony Clement | Progressive Conservative | |
Riding dissolved into Bramalea—Gore—Malton—Springdale, Brampton Centre, and Brampton West—Mississauga |
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Riding re-created from Brampton West | ||||
42nd | 2018–present | Prabmeet Sarkaria | Progressive Conservative |
Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |||
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Progressive Conservative | Prabmeet Sarkaria | 15,652 | 41.01% | ||||
New Democratic | Paramjit Gill | 12,919 | 33.85% | ||||
Liberal | Sukhwant Thethi | 7,212 | 18.89% | ||||
Green | Lindsay Falt | 1,472 | 3.86% | ||||
Libertarian | Brian Watson | 363 | 0.95% | ||||
Trillium | John Grant | 337 | 0.88% | ||||
Freedom | Ted Harlson | 214 | 0.56% | ||||
Total valid votes | 100.0 | ||||||
Source: Elections Ontario[3] | |||||||
Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
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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.
- ^ "Representation Act, 1986, SO 1986, c 30". Legislative Assembly of Ontario. January 6, 1986. p. 360.
- ^ "Candidate Search". Elections Ontario. Retrieved 18 May 2018.