Pickering—Uxbridge is a federal electoral district in Ontario. It consists of the City of Pickering and the Township of Uxbridge.
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Coordinates: | 44.042°N 79.181°W / 44.042; -79.181 | ||
Federal electoral district | |||
Legislature | House of Commons | ||
MP |
Liberal | ||
District created | 2013 | ||
First contested | 2015 | ||
Last contested | 2021 | ||
District webpage | profile, map | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2021)[1] | 120,742 | ||
Electors (2015) | 84,997 | ||
Area (km²)[citation needed] | 687 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 175.8 | ||
Census division(s) | Durham | ||
Census subdivision(s) | Pickering, Uxbridge |
Pickering—Uxbridge 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, scheduled for 19 October 2015.[2] It was created out of parts of Pickering—Scarborough East, Ajax—Pickering and Durham.[3]
Ethnic groups: 70.5% White, 9.5% Black, 9.1% South Asian, 2.8% Filipino, 2.0% Chinese
Languages: 82.9% English, 1.5% French, 1.3% Italian, 1.3% Tagalog, 1.3% Urdu, 1.0% German
Religions: 66.4% Christian (28.3% Catholic, 8.2% United Church, 7.9% Anglican, 3.1% Presbyterian, 3.1% Christian Orthodox, 2.4% Baptist, 2.4% Pentecostal, 11.0% Other), 4.9% Muslim, 3.1% Hindu, 24.0% No religion
Median income (2010): $35,306
Average income (2010): $48,210
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:
Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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Pickering—Uxbridge Riding created from Ajax—Pickering, Durham and Pickering—Scarborough East |
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42nd | 2015–2019 | Jennifer O'Connell | Liberal | |
43rd | 2019–2021 | |||
44th | 2021–present |
2021 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Jennifer O'Connell | 27,271 | 46.9 | -4.1 | ||||
Conservative | Jacob Mantle | 20,976 | 36.1 | +7.0 | ||||
New Democratic | Eileen Higdon | 7,396 | 13.1 | +1.2 | ||||
People's | Corneliu Chisu | 2,328 | 4.0 | +2.0 | ||||
Total valid votes | 58,167 | |||||||
Total rejected ballots | 302 | |||||||
Turnout | 58,469 | 62.16 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 94,059 | |||||||
Source: Elections Canada[6] |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Jennifer O'Connell | 32,387 | 51.0 | +0.7 | $79,048.14 | |||
Conservative | Cyma Musarat | 18,462 | 29.1 | -9.1 | $56,879.42 | |||
New Democratic | Eileen Higdon | 7,582 | 11.9 | +2.7 | $9,433.88 | |||
Green | Peter Forint | 3,799 | 6.0 | +3.7 | $7,976.00 | |||
People's | Corneliu Chisu | 1,265 | 2.0 | $7,989.04 | ||||
Total valid votes/expense limit | 63,495 | 100.0 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 407 | |||||||
Turnout | 63,902 | 68.9 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 92,699 | |||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +4.90 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[7] |
2015 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Jennifer O'Connell | 29,757 | 50.30 | +16.73 | $92,326.80 | |||
Conservative | Corneliu Chisu | 22,591 | 38.19 | -7.79 | $119,840.70 | |||
New Democratic | Pamela Downward | 5,446 | 9.21 | -6.54 | $12,890.87 | |||
Green | Anthony Jordan Navarro | 1,365 | 2.31 | -2.21 | $4,275.04 | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 59,159 | 100.0 | $224,063.76 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 222 | 0.3% | – | |||||
Turnout | 59,381 | – | – | |||||
Eligible voters | 85,794 | |||||||
Source: Elections Canada[8][9][10] |
2011 federal election redistributed results[11] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Conservative | 22,574 | 45.98 | |
Liberal | 16,480 | 33.57 | |
New Democratic | 7,731 | 15.75 | |
Green | 2,217 | 4.52 | |
Others | 95 | 0.19 |
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