Oshawa (provincial electoral district)

For the federal electoral district, see Oshawa (electoral district).

Oshawa

Ontario electoral district

Oshawa in relation to other greater Toronto ridings

Provincial electoral district

Legislature

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

MPP

Jennifer French
New Democratic

First contested

1955

Demographics

Population (2006)

116,881

Electors (2011)

87,638

Area (km²)

Pop. density (per km²)

1,579.5

Census divisions

Durham

Census subdivisions

Oshawa

Map of Oshawa riding

Oshawa is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1955.

It consists of the southern and eastern parts of the City of Oshawa south and east of a line drawn from west to east along King Street West, north along Oshawa Creek, east along Rossland Road West, north along Simcoe Street North and east along Winchester Road East. The riding includes the communities of Kedron and Taunton and the eastern part of North Oshawa. It has a population of 113,662 and an area of 74 km².

In 1999, provincial ridings were defined to have the same borders as federal ridings.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Oshawa
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from part of Ontario riding in 1955
25th	1955–1963		T.D. Thomas	Co-operative Commonwealth
26th	1959–1963		T.D. Thomas	Co-operative Commonwealth
27th	1963–1967		Albert Walker	Progressive Conservative
28th	1967–1971		Cliff Pilkey	New Democratic
29th	1971–1975		Charles McIlveen	Progressive Conservative
30th	1975–1977		Mike Breaugh	New Democratic
31st	1977–1981
32nd	1981–1985
33rd	1985–1987
34th	1987–1990
35th	1990–1995		Allan Pilkey
36th	1995–1999		Jerry Ouellette	Progressive Conservative
37th	1999–2003
38th	2003–2007
39th	2007–2011
40th	2011–2014
41st	2014–Present		Jennifer French	New Democratic

Election results

Ontario general election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Jennifer French	22,227	46.70	+10.52
	Progressive Conservative	Jerry Ouellette	14,532	30.53	-11.72
	Liberal	Esrick Quintyn	9,052	19.02	+1.53
	Green	Becky Smit	1,785	3.75	+1.13
Total valid votes			47,596	100.0
	New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+11.12
Source: Elections Ontario^[1]

Ontario general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Jerry Ouellette	16,719	42.25	+3.23
	New Democratic	Mike Shields	14,316	36.18	+3.26
	Liberal	Jacquie Menezes	6,921	17.49	-3.91
	Green	Stacey Leadbetter	1,035	2.62	-3.42
	Libertarian	Matthew Belanger	435	1.10
	Freedom	Ben Fudge	147	0.37
Total valid votes			39,573	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			162	0.41
Turnout			39,735	44.26
Eligible voters			89,767
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-0.02
Source: Elections Ontario^[2]

Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Jerry Ouellette	15,977	39.02	+1.7
	New Democratic	Sid Ryan	13,482	32.92	-1.79
	Liberal	Faelyne Templer	8,762	21.40	-2.64
	Green	Alexander Kemp	2,474	6.04	+4.41
	Family Coalition	Jeffrey Streutker	253	0.62	-0.36
Total valid votes			40,948	100.0

Ontario general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Jerry Ouellette	14,566	37.32	-9.43
	New Democratic	Sid Ryan	13,547	34.71	+12.09
	Liberal	Chris Topple	9,383	24.04	-4.98
	Green	Karen Tweedle	636	1.63
	Freedom	Paul McKeever	518	1.33
	Family Coalition	Dale Chilvers	383	0.98
Total valid votes			39,033	100.0

Ontario general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Jerry Ouellette	18,915	46.75
	Liberal	Chris Topple	11,740	29.02
	New Democratic	Colleen Twomey	9,154	22.62
	Natural Law	Garry Kotack	651	1.61
Total valid votes			40,460	100.0

2007 electoral reform referendum

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	25,559	64.1
	Mixed member proportional	14,305	35.9
	Total valid votes	39,864	100.0

References

↑ "General Election Results by District, 061 Oshawa". Elections Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
↑ "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Oshawa" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2011. Retrieved 5 June 2014.

Elections Ontario Past Election Results

Provincial ridings in Ontario

Northern	Algoma—Manitoulin Kenora—Rainy River Nickel Belt Nipissing Parry Sound—Muskoka Sault Ste. Marie Sudbury Thunder Bay—Atikokan Thunder Bay—Superior North Timiskaming—Cochrane Timmins—James Bay

Eastern	Glengarry—Prescott—Russell Kingston and the Islands Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington Leeds—Grenville Prince Edward—Hastings Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry

Central	Barrie Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound Dufferin—Caledon Durham Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock Newmarket—Aurora Northumberland—Quinte West Peterborough Simcoe—Grey Simcoe North York—Simcoe

Midwestern	Brant Cambridge Guelph Haldimand—Norfolk Huron—Bruce Kitchener Centre Kitchener—Conestoga Kitchener—Waterloo Oxford Perth—Wellington Wellington—Halton Hills

Southwestern	Chatham-Kent—Essex Elgin—Middlesex—London Essex Lambton—Kent—Middlesex London—Fanshawe London North Centre London West Sarnia—Lambton Windsor—Tecumseh Windsor West

Brampton, Mississauga & Oakville	Bramalea—Gore—Malton Brampton—Springdale Brampton West Mississauga—Brampton South Mississauga East—Cooksville Mississauga—Erindale Mississauga South Mississauga—Streetsville Oakville

Hamilton, Burlington & Niagara	Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale Burlington Halton Hamilton Centre Hamilton East—Stoney Creek Hamilton Mountain Niagara Falls Niagara West—Glanbrook St. Catharines Welland

Ottawa	Carleton—Mississippi Mills Nepean—Carleton Ottawa Centre Ottawa—Orléans Ottawa South Ottawa—Vanier Ottawa West—Nepean

South Durham, York	Ajax—Pickering Markham—Unionville Oak Ridges—Markham Oshawa Pickering—Scarborough East Richmond Hill Thornhill Vaughan Whitby—Oshawa

Toronto	Beaches—East York Davenport Don Valley East Don Valley West Eglinton—Lawrence Etobicoke Centre Etobicoke—Lakeshore Etobicoke North Parkdale—High Park Scarborough—Agincourt Scarborough Centre Scarborough—Guildwood Scarborough—Rouge River Scarborough Southwest St. Paul's Toronto Centre Toronto—Danforth Trinity—Spadina Willowdale York Centre York South—Weston York West

See also: Federal ridings in Ontario List of elections Politics of Ontario

Coordinates: 43°54′03″N 78°50′43″W / 43.9009°N 78.8454°W / 43.9009; -78.8454

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