Oakville East is a future federal electoral district in the Greater Toronto Area in Ontario, Canada. Its Oakville counterpart is the newly created Oakville West.
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Federal electoral district | |
Legislature | House of Commons |
District created | 2023 |
First contested | Next |
Demographics | |
Population (2021)[1] | 108,735 |
Census division(s) | Halton |
Census subdivision(s) | Oakville |
Following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, it will first be contested at the first election held after April 22, 2024.[2]
Geography
editConsists of that part of the Town of Oakville lying northerly of a line described as follows: commencing at the intersection of the northwesterly limit of said town and Sixteen Mile Creek; thence generally easterly along said creek to Lake Ontario; thence southeasterly in a straight line to the southeasterly limit of said town.The riding will include that part of the Town of Oakville that lies east of Sixteen Mile Creek.[3]
Demographics
editAccording to the 2021 Canadian census[4]
Languages: 61.1% English, 9.0% Mandarin, 3.7% Arabic, 2.7% Urdu, 2.0% French, 1.9% Spanish, 1.6% Cantonese, 1.4% Polish, 1.4% Portuguese, 1.4% Serbo-Croatian, 1.3% Punjabi, 1.2% Korean, 1.1% Italian, 1.1% Hindi
Religions: 49.0% Christian (26.6% Catholic, 3.8% Christian Orthodox, 3.4% Anglican, 3.0% United Church, 1.4% Presbyterian, 10.8% Other), 29.2% No religion, 12.3% Muslim, 4.9% Hindu, 2.2% Sikh, 1.3% Buddhist
Median income: $46,800 (2020)
Average income: $86,100 (2020)
Panethnic group | 2021 | |||||||||||||
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Pop. | % | |||||||||||||
European[a] | 56,080 | 52.11% | ||||||||||||
East Asian[b] | 17,210 | 15.99% | ||||||||||||
South Asian | 16,765 | 15.58% | ||||||||||||
Middle Eastern[c] | 6,820 | 6.34% | ||||||||||||
African | 3,120 | 2.9% | ||||||||||||
Southeast Asian[d] | 2,720 | 2.53% | ||||||||||||
Latin American | 1,805 | 1.68% | ||||||||||||
Indigenous | 520 | 0.48% | ||||||||||||
Other/multiracial[e] | 2,585 | 2.4% | ||||||||||||
Total responses | 107,625 | 98.97% | ||||||||||||
Total population | 108,745 | 100% | ||||||||||||
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries. |
History
editIt was created in 2023 as "Oakville East" from parts of Oakville and Oakville North—Burlington.
Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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Oakville East Riding created from Oakville and Oakville North—Burlington |
Upcoming federal election
editThe next federal election must be called on October 2, 2025, however the Prime Minister Justin Trudeau does have the authority to call the election whenever he wishes. Although recent polls indicate a massive majority win for the Conservatives if an election was called in the near future and a win in Oakville and other Halton ridings. Based on this data many Conservatives are interested in becoming the next elections conservative candidate for this newly created riding.
Conservative candidate
edit- Ron Chhinzer Conservative Candidate for the Mississauga Lakeshore By-Election.
Liberal candidate
edit- Anita Anand, President of the Treasury Board, MP for Oakville.
NDP candidate
edit- Hailey Ford
Electoral results
edit2021 federal election redistributed results[5] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Liberal | 22,709 | 46.22 | |
Conservative | 19,376 | 39.43 | |
New Democratic | 4,619 | 9.40 | |
People's | 1,627 | 3.31 | |
Green | 806 | 1.64 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Statistics Canada: 2021
- ^ "New Federal Electoral Map for Ontario".
- ^ "Oakville East". redecoupage-redistribution-2022.ca. Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for Ontario. Retrieved February 20, 2024.
- ^ "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Oakville East [Federal electoral district (2023 Representation Order)], Ontario". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
- ^ "Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders". Elections Canada. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
Notes
edit- ^ Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
- ^ Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
- ^ Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
- ^ Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
- ^ Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.