Whitby is a federal electoral district (riding) in Ontario consisting of the entire town of Whitby, Ontario. The boundaries for Whitby were created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and were legally defined in the 2013 representation order. The riding came into existence upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election in October 2015.[2] It was created out of the district of Whitby—Oshawa.[3] It is a key Liberal-Conservative marginal seat.
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Coordinates: | 43.93°N 78.96°W / 43.93; -78.96 | ||
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] | 138,501 | ||
Electors (2015) | 90,964 | ||
Area (km²)[1] | 155 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 893.6 | ||
Census division(s) | Durham | ||
Census subdivision(s) | Whitby |
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:
Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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Whitby Riding created from Whitby—Oshawa |
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42nd | 2015–2019 | Celina Caesar-Chavannes | Liberal | |
2019–2019 | Independent | |||
43rd | 2019–2021 | Ryan Turnbull | Liberal | |
44th | 2021–present |
2021 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Ryan Turnbull | 27,375 | 44.1 | +0.4 | ||||
Conservative | Maleeha Shahid | 22,271 | 35.9 | +0.4 | ||||
New Democratic | Brian Dias | 8,766 | 14.1 | ±0.0 | ||||
People's | Thomas Androvic | 2,682 | 4.3 | +3.1 | ||||
Green | Johannes Kotilainen | 972 | 1.6 | -3.8 | ||||
Total valid votes | 62,066 | |||||||
Total rejected ballots | 332 | |||||||
Turnout | 62,398 | 61.50 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 101,465 | |||||||
Source: Elections Canada[4] |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Ryan Turnbull | 30,182 | 43.7 | -1.25 | $90,618.58 | |||
Conservative | Todd McCarthy | 24,564 | 35.5 | -6.59 | $114,623.57 | |||
New Democratic | Brian Dias | 9,760 | 14.1 | +3.75 | $6,319.41 | |||
Green | Paul Slavchenko | 3,735 | 5.4 | +3.23 | $28,189.54 | |||
People's | Mirko Pejic | 860 | 1.2 | $3,185.65 | ||||
Total valid votes/expense limit | 69,101 | 100.0 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 415 | |||||||
Turnout | 69,516 | 70.8 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 98,190 | |||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.67 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[5][6] |
2015 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Celina Caesar-Chavannes | 29,003 | 44.95 | +30.46 | $53,971.84 | |||
Conservative | Pat Perkins | 27,154 | 42.09 | −16.72 | $62,752.73 | |||
New Democratic | Ryan Kelly | 6,677 | 10.35 | −11.06 | $11,930.35 | |||
Green | Craig Cameron | 1,403 | 2.17 | −2.81 | $1,685.15 | |||
Independent | Jon O'Connor | 279 | 0.43 | – | $1,811.93 | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 64,516 | 100.0 | $233,804.45 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 235 | – | – | |||||
Turnout | 64,751 | – | – | |||||
Eligible voters | 90,964 | |||||||
Source: Elections Canada[7][8] |
2011 federal election redistributed results[9] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Conservative | 31,034 | 58.81 | |
New Democratic | 11,297 | 21.41 | |
Liberal | 7,644 | 14.49 | |
Green | 2,628 | 4.98 | |
Libertarian | 168 | 0.32 |
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