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
Ontario electoral district
Location in Brampton
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP
 
 
 
Charmaine Williams
Progressive Conservative
District created2015
First contested2018
Last contested2022
Demographics
Population (2016)102,275
Electors (2018)67,432
Area (km²)44
Pop. density (per km²)2,324.4
Census division(s)Peel
Census subdivision(s)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

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Brampton Centre
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
42nd  2018–2022     Sara Singh New Democratic
43rd  2022–present     Charmaine Williams Progressive Conservative

Election results

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2018–present

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2022 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Charmaine Williams 10,119 41.36 +3.26
New Democratic Sara Singh 6,522 26.66 −11.71
Liberal Safdar Hussain 6,119 25.01 +7.68
Green Karitsa Tye 882 3.61 +0.47
New Blue Kathrin Matusiak 821 3.36  
Total valid votes 24,463 100.0  
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots 139
Turnout 24,602 36.67
Eligible voters 66,997
Progressive Conservative gain from New Democratic Swing +7.48
Source(s)
  • "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-18.
  • "Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-21.
2018 Ontario general election
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 215 0.64
None of the Above Mehdi Pakzad 166 0.49
Total valid votes 33,598 98.97
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 351 1.03
Turnout 33,949 50.35
Eligible voters 67,432
Source: Elections Ontario[2]

1999–2007

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2003 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
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

References

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  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "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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