Mississauga Centre (French: Mississauga-Centre) is a federal electoral district in the Peel Region of Ontario, Canada, that has represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2004 and since 2015.
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Federal electoral district | |||
Legislature | House of Commons | ||
MP |
Liberal | ||
District created | 1996 | ||
First contested | 1997 | ||
Last contested | 2021 | ||
District webpage | profile, map | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2011)[1] | 118,756 | ||
Electors (2015) | 81,920 | ||
Area (km²)[2] | 24 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 4,948.2 | ||
Census division(s) | Peel | ||
Census subdivision(s) | Mississauga |
The riding contains the neighbourhoods of Creditview, Mavis-Erindale, Mississauga City Centre, and parts of Fairview, Mississauga Valleys, Rathwood, Erindale, East Credit and Hurontario.
This riding was first created in 1996 from parts of Mississauga South, Mississauga East and Mississauga West ridings. Throughout its initial existence, it was represented in the House of Commons by Carolyn Parrish. It consisted of the central part of the City of Mississauga.
The electoral district was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed between Mississauga East—Cooksville, Mississauga South, Mississauga—Brampton South and Mississauga—Erindale ridings.
The riding was reinstated with the 2012 redistribution from parts of Mississauga East—Cooksville, Mississauga—Erindale, Mississauga—Brampton South, and Mississauga—Streetsville.
Ethnic groups: 32.8% White, 26.4% South Asian, 11.6% Chinese, 6.6% Filipino, 6.4% Arab, 5.0% Black, 2.6% Southeast Asian, 2.4% Latin American, 1.3% Korean, 1.3% West Asian
Languages: 42.9% English, 9.8% Chinese, 6.0% Urdu, 5.7% Arabic, 3.4% Tagalog, 3.1% Polish, 2.9% Portuguese, 2.8% Punjabi, 2.6% Spanish, 1.8% Hindi, 1.7% Tamil, 1.7% Vietnamese, 1.5% Italian, 1.4% French, 1.2% Gujarati, 1.0% Farsi, 1.0% Korean
Religions: 52.9% Christian (33.8% Catholic, 4.0% Christian Orthodox, 2.2% Anglican, 1.5% United Church, 1.3% Pentecostal, 1.3% Baptist, 1.2% Presbyterian, 7.6% Other), 16.5% Muslim, 8.9% Hindu, 2.9% Buddhist, 2.8% Sikh, 15.2% No religion
Median income (2010): $27,738
Average income (2010): $36,502
The riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:
Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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Mississauga Centre Riding created from Mississauga East and Mississauga West |
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36th | 1997–2000 | Carolyn Parrish | Liberal | |
37th | 2000–2004 | |||
Riding dissolved into Mississauga East—Cooksville, Mississauga South, Mississauga—Brampton South and Mississauga—Erindale |
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Riding re-created from Mississauga East—Cooksville, Mississauga—Erindale, Mississauga—Brampton South and Mississauga—Streetsville |
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42nd | 2015–2019 | Omar Alghabra | Liberal | |
43rd | 2019–2021 | |||
44th | 2021–present |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Omar Alghabra | 25,714 | 54.22 | –1.54 | ||||
Conservative | Kathy-Ying Zhao | 13,390 | 28.23 | –1.30 | ||||
New Democratic | Teneshia Samuel | 5,330 | 11.24 | +1.62 | ||||
People's | Elie Diab | 2,148 | 4.53 | +2.97 | ||||
Green | Craig Laferriere | 864 | 1.82 | –1.24 | ||||
Total valid votes | 47,431 | |||||||
Total rejected ballots | 462 | 0.96 | ||||||
Turnout | 47,893 | 56.32 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 85,044 | |||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | –1.54 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[5] |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Omar Alghabra | 29,974 | 55.76 | +1.04 | $93,154.83 | |||
Conservative | Milad Mikael | 15,874 | 29.53 | -4.09 | none listed | |||
New Democratic | Sarah Walji | 5,173 | 9.62 | +0.13 | none listed | |||
Green | Hugo Reinoso | 1,646 | 3.06 | +0.88 | $0.00 | |||
People's | David Micalef | 837 | 1.56 | – | $1,997.84 | |||
Independent | Greg Vezina | 252 | 0.47 | – | $1,248.05 | |||
Total valid votes/expense limit | 53,756 | 100.0 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 475 | |||||||
Turnout | 54,231 | 62.3 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 87,047 | |||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.57 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[6][7] |
2015 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Omar Alghabra | 28,372 | 54.72 | +18.00 | $91,229.39 | |||
Conservative | Julius Tiangson | 17,431 | 33.62 | -8.07 | $124,639.40 | |||
New Democratic | Farheen Khan | 4,920 | 9.49 | -9.51 | $37,910.15 | |||
Green | Linh Nguyen | 1,129 | 2.18 | -0.14 | – | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 51,852 | 100.0 | $218,817.55 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 342 | 0.66 | – | |||||
Turnout | 52,194 | 63.31 | – | |||||
Eligible voters | 82,443 | |||||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +13.03 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[8][9][10] |
2011 federal election redistributed results[11] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Conservative | 17,790 | 41.68 | |
Liberal | 15,671 | 36.72 | |
New Democratic | 8,107 | 19.00 | |
Green | 988 | 2.32 | |
Others | 122 | 0.29 |
2000 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Carolyn Parrish | 24,381 | 64.13 | -0.91 | ||||
Alliance | Harry Dhaliwal | 6,643 | 17.47 | +2.97 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Nina Tangri | 5,077 | 13.35 | -1.85 | ||||
New Democratic | Gail McCabe | 1,404 | 3.69 | -1.08 | ||||
Marijuana | Alan Ward | 389 | 1.02 | |||||
Marxist–Leninist | Bob McCabe | 125 | 0.33 | -0.15 | ||||
Total valid votes | 38,019 | 100.0 | ||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | –1.94 |
1997 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Carolyn Parrish | 25,881 | 65.04 | +6.22 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Ahmad Solomah | 6,049 | 15.20 | -3.33 | ||||
Reform | Janice Lim | 5,770 | 14.50 | -4.46 | ||||
New Democratic | Vishnu Roche | 1,900 | 4.77 | +2.51 | ||||
Marxist–Leninist | Amarjit Dhillon | 192 | 0.48 | |||||
Total valid votes | 39,792 | 100.0 |
1993 federal election redistributed results | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Liberal | 24,001 | 58.82 | |
Reform | 7,736 | 18.96 | |
Progressive Conservative | 7,561 | 18.53 | |
New Democratic | 923 | 2.26 | |
Others | 583 | 1.43 |
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