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]
Whitby in relation to other Greater Toronto Area districts | |||
| 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
| Whitby | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| Riding created from Whitby—Oshawa | ||||
| 42nd | 2018–2022 | Lorne Coe | Progressive Conservative | |
| 43rd | 2022–present | |||
| 2022 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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