Oakville North—Burlington

Oakville North—Burlington 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 October 2015.^[3] The riding was created out of part of the electoral district of Halton.^[4]

2015 federal election

Conservative

On June 7, 2015, at the Burlington Convention Centre, Conservative members of the Oakville North-Burlington Electoral District Association nominated Effie Triantafilopoulos as their official candidate for the October 19, 2015 federal election.^[5]

Green Party

Adnan Shahbaz ^[6] is an educator working in the Curriculum Support Services division of a local school board as an Instructional Coach. He has worked as a classroom teacher, a behavioral support and special education teacher for nearly a decade. ^[7] Adnan was born and raised in Toronto and has called Oakville and Burlington home since 2001. He is the only candidate who actually lives in the riding.

Liberal

Ward 6 Councillor for Oakville, Max Khan bested aviation-pilot Rohit Dhamjia by an unknown number of votes in the party's nomination vote on September 25, 2014, in Oakville. Khan died at Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital on March 29, 2015, vacating his role as the Liberals candidate. Oakville Town Councillor and longtime community volunteer Pam Damoff was acclaimed as the Liberal candidate on May 26, 2015. ^[8]

Libertarian

On January 6, 2015, the Libertarian Party of Canada nominated David Clement. David is a local entrepreneur in the consulting field.^[9]

NDP

On March 22, 2015 members from the ONB NDP nominated Rebecca Rajcak,^[10] an OSSTF member and high school teacher in Oakville. She later resigned the candidacy and Janice Best, a local union official, replaced her as the NDP candidate.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Oakville North—Burlington Riding created from Halton
42nd	2015–Present		Pam Damoff	Liberal

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Pam Damoff	28,415	46.74	+19.77	–
	Conservative	Effie Triantafilopoulos	26,342	43.33	-10.83	–
	New Democratic	Janice Best	4,405	7.25	-8.26	–
	Green	Adnan Shahbaz	968	1.6	-1.5	–
	Libertarian	David Clement	666	1.1	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			60,796	100.0		$222,022.86
Total rejected ballots			272	–	–
Turnout			61,068	–	–
Eligible voters			85,462
Source: Elections Canada^[11]^[12]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[13]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	25,368	54.16
	Liberal	12,633	26.97
	New Democratic	7,263	15.51
	Green	1,452	3.10
	Others	123	0.26

References

Federal ridings in Hamilton, Halton and Niagara

Liberal	Burlington Hamilton East—Stoney Creek Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas Niagara Centre Oakville Oakville North—Burlington St. Catharines

Conservative	Flamborough—Glanbrook Milton Niagara Falls Niagara West

New Democratic	Hamilton Centre Hamilton Mountain

Federal ridings in Ontario

Central Ontario

Eastern Ontario

S Durham & York

Southwestern Durham	Ajax Oshawa Pickering—Uxbridge Whitby

Southern York	Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill King—Vaughan Markham—Stouffville Markham—Thornhill Markham—Unionville Richmond Hill Thornhill Vaughan—Woodbridge

City of Toronto
(Suburbs & Downtown)

Scarborough	Scarborough—Agincourt Scarborough Centre Scarborough—Guildwood Scarborough North Scarborough—Rouge Park Scarborough Southwest

Beaches—East York Davenport Don Valley East Don Valley North Don Valley West Eglinton—Lawrence Humber River—Black Creek Parkdale—High Park Spadina—Fort York Toronto Centre Toronto—Danforth Toronto—St. Paul's University—Rosedale Willowdale York Centre York South—Weston

Etobicoke	Etobicoke Centre Etobicoke—Lakeshore Etobicoke North

Cities of Brampton & Mississauga

Brampton	Brampton Centre Brampton East Brampton North Brampton South Brampton West

Mississauga	Mississauga Centre Mississauga East—Cooksville Mississauga—Erin Mills Mississauga—Lakeshore Mississauga—Malton Mississauga—Streetsville

Southern Halton,
Hamilton and Niagara

Southwestern Halton	Burlington Milton Oakville Oakville North—Burlington

City of Hamilton	Flamborough—Glanbrook Hamilton Centre Hamilton East—Stoney Creek Hamilton Mountain Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas

Niagara	Niagara Centre Niagara Falls Niagara West St. Catharines

See also: Provincial ridings in Ontario

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