Whitby is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was previously represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as Whitby-Oshawa. The new riding was created through the 2015 Representation Act for the 2018 provincial election,[1] with the district losing some territory to the district of Oshawa to more closely align to the actual town's borders.[2]
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Provincial electoral district | |||
Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Ontario | ||
MPP |
Progressive Conservative | ||
District created | 2015 | ||
First contested | 2018 | ||
Last contested | 2022 | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2016) | 128,380 | ||
Electors (2018) | 96,879 | ||
Area (km²) | 149 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 861.6 | ||
Census division(s) | Durham | ||
Census subdivision(s) | Whitby |
The riding was created for the 2018 general provincial election and consists of the Town of Whitby. The previous district included sections of Oshawa and Ajax.
2017 estimates; figures derived from Canada 2016 Census
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Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
Riding created from Whitby—Oshawa | ||||
42nd | 2018–2022 | Lorne Coe | Progressive Conservative | |
43rd | 2022–present |
2022 Ontario general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Lorne Coe | |||||||
Ontario Party | Emil Labaj | |||||||
New Democratic | Sara Labelle | |||||||
New Blue | Trystan Lackner | |||||||
Green | Stephanie Leblanc | |||||||
Liberal | Aadil Mohammed | |||||||
Independent | Christopher Rinella | |||||||
Freedom | Douglas Thom | |||||||
Total valid votes | ||||||||
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | ||||||||
Turnout | ||||||||
Eligible voters | ||||||||
Source:Elections Ontario[4] |
2018 Ontario general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
Progressive Conservative | Lorne Coe | 26,471 | 45.80 | |||||
New Democratic | Niki Lundquist | 21,158 | 36.61 | |||||
Liberal | Leisa Washington | 7,441 | 12.87 | |||||
Green | Stacey Leadbetter | 1,958 | 3.39 | |||||
Libertarian | Ronald Halabi | 522 | 0.90 | |||||
Freedom | Doug Thom | 246 | 0.43 | |||||
Total valid votes | 57,796 | 100.0 | ||||||
Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | ||||||||
Source: Elections Ontario[5] |
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