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]
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Provincial electoral district | |||
Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Ontario | ||
MPP |
Progressive Conservative | ||
District created | 2015 | ||
First contested | 2018 | ||
Last contested | 2022 | ||
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.
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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 |
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42nd | 2018–2022 | Sara Singh | New Democratic | |
43rd | 2022–present | Charmaine Williams | Progressive Conservative |
2022 Ontario general election | ||||||||
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** Preliminary results — Not yet official ** | ||||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Charmaine Williams | 10,120 | 41.36 | +3.26 | ||||
New Democratic | Sara Singh | 6,524 | 26.67 | -11.71 | ||||
Liberal | Safdar Hussain | 6,119 | 25.01 | +7.67 | ||||
Green | Karitsa Tye | 882 | 3.61 | +0.47 | ||||
New Blue | Kathrin Matusiak | 821 | 3.36 | |||||
Total valid votes | 24,466 | |||||||
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | ||||||||
Turnout | 36.35 | -14.00 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 67,312 | |||||||
Progressive Conservative gain from New Democratic | Swing | +7.48 | ||||||
Source: Elections Ontario[2] |
2018 Ontario general election | ||||||||
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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 | 216 | 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[3] |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||||||
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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 |
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