Brampton East (French: Brampton-Est) is a federal electoral district in Ontario. It encompasses a portion of Ontario previously included in the electoral districts of Bramalea—Gore—Malton and Brampton—Springdale.[3]
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Federal electoral district | |||
Legislature | House of Commons | ||
MP |
Liberal | ||
District created | 2013 | ||
First contested | 2015 | ||
Last contested | 2021 | ||
District webpage | profile, map | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2016)[1] | 122,000 | ||
Electors (2015) | 65,818 | ||
Area (km²)[2] | 84.90 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 1,437 | ||
Census division(s) | Peel | ||
Census subdivision(s) | Brampton |
Brampton East was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election.
Brampton East is the only federal electoral district with a South Asian majority (60% of the population identified as South Asian in 2011, rising to 65.8% South Asian in the 2016 census).[4][5] Brampton East also has the highest percentages of Sikhs (33.7%) and the highest percentages of Hindus (19.5%) of any riding in Canada. Brampton East also has the lowest median age in Ontario at 32.6.[6]
Ethnic groups: 74.9% Asian, 10.6% White/European, 5.3% Black/African, 3.7% Latin American, 0.2% Aboriginal
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:
Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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Brampton East Riding created from Bramalea—Gore—Malton and Brampton—Springdale |
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42nd | 2015–2018 | Raj Grewal | Liberal | |
2018–2019 | Independent | |||
43rd | 2019–2021 | Maninder Sidhu | Liberal | |
44th | 2021–present |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Maninder Sidhu | 22,120 | 53.5 | +6.1 | ||||
Conservative | Naval Bajaj | 11,647 | 28.2 | +4.3 | ||||
New Democratic | Gail Bannister-Clarke | 6,511 | 15.7 | -10.6 | ||||
People's | Manjeet Singh | 1,073 | 2.6 | +2.1 | ||||
Total valid votes | 41,351 | |||||||
Total rejected ballots | 436 | |||||||
Turnout | 40,787 | 54.6 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 76,588 | |||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | |||||||
Source: Elections Canada[8] |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Maninder Sidhu | 24,050 | 47.4 | -4.92 | $92,279.91 | |||
New Democratic | Saranjit Singh | 13,368 | 26.3 | +3.29 | $94,035.50 | |||
Conservative | Ramona Singh | 12,125 | 23.9 | +0.36 | none listed | |||
Green | Teresa Burgess-Ogilvie | 666 | 1.3 | +0.17 | $885.60 | |||
People's | Gaurav Walia | 244 | 0.5 | $42.92 | ||||
Independent | Manpreet Othi | 211 | 0.4 | $9,387.07 | ||||
Canada's Fourth Front | Partap Dua | 89 | 0.2 | none listed | ||||
Total valid votes/expense limit | 50,753 | 100.0 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 510 | |||||||
Turnout | 51,263 | 66.4 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 77,195 | |||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -4.11 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[9][10] |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Raj Grewal | 23,652 | 52.32 | +21.67 | $149,172.33 | |||
Conservative | Naval Bajaj | 10,642 | 23.54 | -5.94 | $189,039.82 | |||
New Democratic | Harbaljit Singh Kahlon | 10,400 | 23.01 | -14.64 | – | |||
Green | Kyle Lacroix | 512 | 1.13 | -0.57 | $144.64 | |||
Total valid votes/expense limit | 45,206 | 100.00 | $201,381.89 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 304 | 0.67 | – | |||||
Turnout | 45,510 | 67.20 | – | |||||
Eligible voters | 67,721 | |||||||
Liberal notional gain from New Democratic | Swing | +18.15 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[11][12] |
2011 federal election redistributed results[13] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
New Democratic | 10,775 | 37.7 | |
Liberal | 8,774 | 30.7 | |
Conservative | 8,439 | 29.5 | |
Green | 487 | 1.2 | |
Others | 147 | 0.5 |
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