Brampton South (provincial electoral district)

Brampton South
Ontario electoral district
	Location in Brampton
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP	Prabmeet Sarkaria; Progressive Conservative
;
District created	2015
First contested	2018
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2016)	121,185
Electors (2018)	77,279
Area (km²)	48
Pop. density (per km²)	2,524.7
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

Brampton South
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
*Riding created from Brampton*
34th	1987–1990		Robert Callahan	Liberal
35th	1990–1995		Robert Callahan	Liberal
36th	1995–1999		Tony Clement	Progressive Conservative
Riding dissolved into Bramalea—Gore—Malton—Springdale, Brampton Centre, and Brampton West—Mississauga
Riding re-created from Brampton West
42nd	2018–2022		Prabmeet Sarkaria	Progressive Conservative
43rd	2022–present		Prabmeet Sarkaria	Progressive Conservative

Election results

v t e 2022 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Prabmeet Sarkaria	12,980	45.38	+4.37
	Liberal	Marilyn Raphael	7,957	27.82	+8.92
	New Democratic	Andria Barrett	5,475	19.14	−14.70
	Green	Ines Espinoza	1,028	3.59	−0.26
	New Blue	Mike Mol	974	3.41
	None of the Above	Mehdi Pakzad	188	0.66
Total valid votes			28,602	100.0
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			112
Turnout			28,714	35.81
Eligible voters			79,835
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		−2.28
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	%	±%
	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.

1995 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Tony Clement	21,793	49.56%
	Liberal	Bob Callahan	15,264	34.71%
	New Democratic	Paul Ledgister	5,669	12.89%
	Family Coalition	Berhard Cissek	1,020	2.32%
	Natural Law	Maxim Newby	229	0.52%
Total valid votes			43,975
Source: Globe and Mail (1995) "ONTARIO ELECTION 1995 Riding-by-riding tally in 1995 Ontario election", June 9, 1995

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.
^ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

External links

Map of riding for 2018 election

43°39′22″N 79°45′25″W / 43.656°N 79.757°W / 43.656; -79.757

[2018_election-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.

[RepAct1986-2] "Representation Act, 1986, SO 1986, c 30". Legislative Assembly of Ontario. January 6, 1986. p. 360.

[3] "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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