Vaughan—Woodbridge

Vaughan—Woodbridge
Ontario electoral district
Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP
 
 
 

Francesco Sorbara
Liberal

District created 2013
First contested 2015
District webpage profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1] 105,450
Electors (2015) 73,190
Area (km²)[2] 84
Pop. density (per km²) 1,255.4
Census divisions York
Census subdivisions Vaughan

Vaughan—Woodbridge is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It encompasses a portion of Ontario previously included in the electoral district of Vaughan.[3]

Vaughan—Woodbridge was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the dropping of the writs for the 2015 federal election.[4]

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Vaughan—Woodbridge
Riding created from Vaughan
42nd  2015–Present     Francesco Sorbara Liberal

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
LiberalFrancesco Sorbara 23,131 48.90 +18.19
ConservativeJulian Fantino 20,647 43.64 -12.93
New DemocraticAdriana Marie Zichy 2,198 4.65 -6.05
LibertarianAnthony Gualtieri 731 1.55
GreenElise Boulanger 600 1.27 -0.76
Total valid votes/Expense limit 100.0   $205,908.35
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters 73,190
Liberal notional gain from Conservative Swing +15.56
Source: Elections Canada[5][6]
2011 federal election redistributed results[7]
Party Vote %
  Conservative 21,750 56.57
  Liberal 11,806 30.71
  New Democratic 4,113 10.70
  Green 779 2.03

References

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