Burlington is a federal electoral district in Halton Region, Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1979.
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Federal electoral district | |||
Legislature | House of Commons | ||
MP |
Liberal | ||
District created | 1976 | ||
First contested | 1979 | ||
Last contested | 2021 | ||
District webpage | profile, map | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2011)[1] | 120,569 | ||
Electors (2015) | 94,679 | ||
Area (km²)[2] | 84 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 1,435.3 | ||
Census division(s) | Halton | ||
Census subdivision(s) | Burlington |
It consists of the southern part of the city of Burlington.
The riding serves downtown Burlington and the neighbourhoods of Aldershot, Maple, Freeman, Wellington Square, Dynes, Roseland, Longmoor, Shoreacres, Pinedale, Elizabeth Gardens, Palmer, Mountainside, Brant Hills, and Tyandaga in Burlington.
Ethnic groups: 86.5% White, 2.8% South Asian, 2.0% Black, 1.6% Filipino, 1.3% Chinese, 1.3% Indigenous, 1.2% Latin American
Languages: 83.1% English, 2.0% French, 1.4% Spanish, 1.2% Polish, 1.0% German
Religions (2011): 70.2% Christian (29.2% Catholic, 11.0% Anglican, 9.8% United Church, 3.9% Presbyterian, 2.1% Christian Orthodox, 1.9% Baptist, 1.3% Lutheran, 1.0% Pentecostal, 9.9% Other), 1.4% Muslim, 26.2% None.[4]
Median income: $40,528 (2015)
Average income: $58,418 (2015)
Burlington was created in 1976 from Halton—Wentworth.
This riding gained small territories from Halton and Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale during the 2012 electoral redistribution.
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:
Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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Burlington Riding created from Halton—Wentworth |
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31st | 1979–1980 | Bill Kempling | Progressive Conservative | |
32nd | 1980–1984 | |||
33rd | 1984–1988 | |||
34th | 1988–1993 | |||
35th | 1993–1997 | Paddy Torsney | Liberal | |
36th | 1997–2000 | |||
37th | 2000–2004 | |||
38th | 2004–2006 | |||
39th | 2006–2008 | Mike Wallace | Conservative | |
40th | 2008–2011 | |||
41st | 2011–2015 | |||
42nd | 2015–2019 | Karina Gould | Liberal | |
43rd | 2019–2021 | |||
44th | 2021–present |
2021 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Karina Gould | 31,602 | 45.7 | -2.9 | ||||
Conservative | Emily Brown | 25,742 | 37.3 | +4.1 | ||||
New Democratic | Nick Page | 7,507 | 10.9 | +0.7 | ||||
People's | Michael Bator | 2,764 | 4.0 | +2.7 | ||||
Green | Christian Cullis | 1,368 | 2.0 | -4.6 | ||||
Rhinoceros | Jevin David Carroll | 122 | 0.2 | N/A | ||||
Total valid votes | 69,105 | 99.4 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 424 | 0.6 | ||||||
Turnout | 69,529 | 69.7 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 99,734 | |||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -3.5 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[5] |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Karina Gould | 34,989 | 48.61 | +2.63 | $106,261.57 | |||
Conservative | Jane Michael | 23,930 | 33.24 | -9.24 | $86,302.63 | |||
New Democratic | Lenaee Dupuis | 7,372 | 10.24 | +1.14 | $31,070.76 | |||
Green | Gareth Williams | 4,750 | 6.60 | +4.16 | $6,940.18 | |||
People's | Peter Smetana | 944 | 1.31 | $5,500.00 | ||||
Total valid votes/expense limit | 71,985 | 99.17 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 600 | 0.83 | +0.45 | |||||
Turnout | 72,585 | 72.44 | -0.76 | |||||
Eligible voters | 100,201 | |||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +5.93 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[6][7] |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Karina Gould | 32,229 | 45.98 | +22.74 | $104,313.08 | |||
Conservative | Mike Wallace | 29,780 | 42.48 | -11.66 | $105,053.18 | |||
New Democratic | David Laird | 6,381 | 9.10 | -9.75 | $28,503.64 | |||
Green | Vince Fiorito | 1,710 | 2.44 | -1.10 | $1,631.97 | |||
Total valid votes/expense limit | 70,100 | 99.63 | $239,840.79 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 263 | 0.37 | ||||||
Turnout | 70,363 | 73.20 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 96,126 | |||||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +17.20 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[8][9] |
2011 federal election redistributed results[10] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Conservative | 33,162 | 54.14 | |
Liberal | 14,235 | 23.24 | |
New Democratic | 11,549 | 18.85 | |
Green | 2,166 | 3.54 | |
Others | 140 | 0.23 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Conservative | Mike Wallace | 32,958 | 54.16 | +5.56 | $87,782.46 | |||
Liberal | Alyssa Brierley | 14,154 | 23.26 | -9.99 | $83,688.54 | |||
New Democratic | David Carter Laird | 11,449 | 18.81 | +7.61 | $17,387.19 | |||
Green | Graham Mayberry | 2,151 | 3.53 | -3.40 | $4,138.76 | |||
Marxist–Leninist | Elaine Baetz | 140 | 0.23 | – | ||||
Total valid votes/expense limit | 60,852 | 100.00 | – | $94,992.81 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 175 | 0.29 | -0.12 | |||||
Turnout | 61,027 | 67.02 | +2.03 | |||||
Eligible voters | 91,058 | – | – |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Conservative | Mike Wallace | 28,614 | 48.60 | +5.50 | $82,440 | |||
Liberal | Paddy Torsney | 19,577 | 33.25 | -5.86 | $86,026 | |||
New Democratic | David Carter Laird | 6,597 | 11.20 | -1.24 | $21,862 | |||
Green | Marnie Mellish | 4,083 | 6.93 | +1.60 | $2,280 | |||
Total valid votes/expense limit | 58,871 | 100.00 | – | $92,099 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 239 | 0.40 | +0.05 | |||||
Turnout | 59,110 | 64.99 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Conservative | Mike Wallace | 28,030 | 43.10 | +4.8 | ||||
Liberal | Paddy Torsney | 25,431 | 39.11 | -5.9 | ||||
New Democratic | David Carter Laird | 8,090 | 12.44 | +1.6 | ||||
Green | Rick Goldring | 3,471 | 5.33 | +0.1 | ||||
Total valid votes | 65,022 | 100.0 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 227 | 0.35 | ||||||
Turnout | 65,249 | 72.96 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Paddy Torsney | 27,423 | 45.0 | -1.8 | ||||
Conservative | Mike Wallace | 23,389 | 38.4 | -9.6 | ||||
New Democratic | David Carter Laird | 6,581 | 10.8 | +7.2 | ||||
Green | Angela Reid | 3,169 | 5.2 | |||||
Christian Heritage | John Herman Wubs | 429 | 0.7 | |||||
Total valid votes | 60,991 | 100.0 |
Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Paddy Torsney | 22,175 | 46.8 | +2.7 | ||||
Alliance | Don Pennell | 11,500 | 24.3 | +6.9 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Stephen Collinson | 11,240 | 23.7 | -9.0 | ||||
New Democratic | Larry McMahon | 1,722 | 3.6 | -1.5 | ||||
Green | Tom Snyder | 771 | 1.6 | |||||
Total valid votes | 47,408 | 100.0 |
Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Paddy Torsney | 22,042 | 44.1 | 0.0 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Mike Kuegle | 16,344 | 32.7 | +6.5 | ||||
Reform | Terry Lamping | 8,662 | 17.3 | -5.9 | ||||
New Democratic | Jim Hough | 2,561 | 5.1 | +2.1 | ||||
Canadian Action | Ann Marsden | 352 | 0.7 | |||||
Total valid votes | 49,961 | 100.0 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Paddy Torsney | 22,785 | 44.1 | +17.5 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Mike Kuegle | 13,540 | 26.2 | -25.9 | ||||
Reform | Hugh Ramolla | 11,984 | 23.2 | |||||
New Democratic | Jim Hough | 1,554 | 3.0 | -13.1 | ||||
Independent | Bill Barlett | 929 | 1.8 | |||||
National | Bill Watson | 535 | 1.0 | |||||
Natural Law | Ursula Kropfel | 336 | 0.7 | |||||
Total valid votes | 51,663 | 100.0 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Bill Kempling | 26,293 | 52.1 | -9.9 | ||||
Liberal | James Smith | 13,448 | 26.6 | +7.8 | ||||
New Democratic | Jane Mulkewich | 8,149 | 16.1 | -3.1 | ||||
Christian Heritage | Ron Bremer | 2,285 | 4.5 | |||||
Libertarian | Dan Riga | 321 | 0.6 | |||||
Total valid votes | 50,496 | 100.0 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Bill Kempling | 37,577 | 61.9 | +11.2 | ||||
New Democratic | Walter Mulkewich | 11,687 | 19.3 | +3.6 | ||||
Liberal | Fred Schwenger | 11,406 | 18.8 | -14.0 | ||||
Total valid votes | 60,670 | 100.0 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Bill Kempling | 27,212 | 50.8 | -5.6 | ||||
Liberal | Tom Sutherland | 17,574 | 32.8 | +4.6 | ||||
New Democratic | Danny Dunleavy | 8,421 | 15.7 | +1.0 | ||||
Libertarian | Bruno S. Oberski | 341 | 0.6 | 0.0 | ||||
Marxist–Leninist | Charles Boylan | 63 | 0.1 | 0.0 | ||||
Total valid votes | 53,611 | 100.0 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
Progressive Conservative | Bill Kempling | 32,225 | 56.4 | |||||
Liberal | Tom Sutherland | 16,100 | 28.2 | |||||
New Democratic | Danny Dunleavy | 8,421 | 14.7 | |||||
Libertarian | John Lawson | 365 | 0.6 | |||||
Marxist–Leninist | Charles Boylan | 62 | 0.1 | |||||
Total valid votes | 57,173 | 100.0 |
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