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]
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![]() Location in Brampton | |||
Provincial electoral district | |||
Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Ontario | ||
MPP |
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 |
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]
Brampton South | ||||
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Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
Riding created from Brampton | ||||
34th | 1987–1990 | Robert Callahan | Liberal | |
35th | 1990–1995 | |||
36th | 1995–1999 | Tony Clement | Progressive Conservative | |
Riding dissolved into Bramalea—Gore—Malton—Springdale, Brampton Centre, and Brampton West—Mississauga |
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Riding re-created from Brampton West | ||||
42nd | 2018–2022 | Prabmeet Sarkaria | Progressive Conservative | |
43rd | 2022–present |
2022 Ontario general election | ||||||||
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** Preliminary results — Not yet official ** | ||||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Prabmeet Sarkaria | 12,980 | 45.38 | +4.37 | ||||
Liberal | Marilyn Raphael | 7,957 | 27.82 | +8.93 | ||||
New Democratic | Andria Barrett | 5,475 | 19.14 | -14.71 | ||||
Green | Ines Espinoza | 1,028 | 3.59 | -0.27 | ||||
New Blue | Mike Mol | 974 | 3.41 | |||||
None of the Above | Mehdi Pakzad | 188 | 0.66 | |||||
Total valid votes | 28,602 | |||||||
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | ||||||||
Turnout | 35.60 | |||||||
Eligible voters | 80,348 | |||||||
Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -2.28 | ||||||
Source: Elections Ontario[3] |
2018 Ontario general election | ||||||||
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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[4] | ||||||||
Progressive Conservative pickup new district. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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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 |