Whitby—Oshawa (provincial electoral district)

For the dissolved federal electoral district, see Whitby—Oshawa.

Whitby—Oshawa

Ontario electoral district

Whitby—Oshawa in relation to other Greater Toronto ridings

Provincial electoral district

Legislature

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

MPP

Lorne Coe
Progressive Conservative

District created

2006

First contested

2011

Last contested

2016-by

Demographics

Population (2011)

146,307

Electors (2014)

110,398^[1]

Area (km²)

234

Pop. density (per km²)

625.2

Census divisions

Durham

Census subdivisions

Whitby, Oshawa

Map of Whitby-Oshawa

Whitby—Oshawa is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since the 2007 provincial election.

History

The riding was created in 2003 and consists of 68 percent of the Whitby—Ajax district, 20 percent of the Oshawa district and three percent of the Durham.^[2] The provincial electoral district was created from the same ridings in 2007.

It consists of the Town of Whitby and northwestern section of the City of Oshawa (specifically, the portion of the city lying north and west of a line drawn from the western city limit east along King Street West, north along the Oshawa Creek, east along Rossland Road West, north along Simcoe Street North, and east along Winchester Road East to the eastern city limit).

Demographics

According to the Canada 2011 Census

Population: 146,307
Ethnic Groups: 81.4% White, 5.5% Black, 4.3% South Asian, 1.7% Chinese, 1.7% Filipino, 1.4% Aboriginal
Languages: 85.3% English, 2.1% French, 1.5% Italian, 1.1% Chinese
Religion: 71.2% Christian (32.6% Catholic, 10.3% United Church, 8.3% Anglican, 2.6% Presbyterian, 2.4% Christian Orthodox, 2.1% Baptist, 10.4% Other Christian), 2.6% Muslim, 1.4% Hindu, 23.6% No religion.
Average household income: $104,969
Median household income: $89,608
Average individual income: $48,444
Median individual income: $37,099

Members of Provincial Parliament

Whitby—Oshawa
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Whitby—Ajax, Oshawa and Durham
39th	2007–2011		Christine Elliott	Progressive Conservative
40th	2011–2014
41st	2014–2015
41st	2016–present		Lorne Coe

Election results

Ontario provincial by-election, February 11, 2016 Resignation of Christine Elliott
Preliminary results — Not yet official
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Lorne Coe	17,053	52.92	+12.27
	Liberal	Elizabeth Roy	8,865	27.51	-3.99
	New Democratic	Niki Lundquist	5,172	16.05	-6.99
	Green	Stacey Leadbetter	529	1.64	-2.63
	None of the Above	Greg Vezina	261	0.81	–
	Independent	Above Znoneofthe	140	0.43	–
	Libertarian	Adam McEwan	109	0.34	–
	People's Political Party	Garry Cuthbert	52	0.16	–
	Freedom	Douglas Thom	34	0.11	-0.44
	Pauper	John Turmel	11	0.03	–
Total valid votes			32,226	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			61	0.19
Turnout			32,287	28.94
Eligible voters			111,566
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+8.13
Source(s) Elections Ontario (February 12, 2016). "Return from the Records, 2016 By-election Whitby—Oshawa (100)" (PDF). Retrieved February 18, 2016.

Ontario general election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Christine Elliott	24,027	40.65	-7.52
	Liberal	Ajay Krishnan	18,617	31.50	-1.90
	New Democratic	Ryan Kelly	13,621	23.04	+7.58
	Green	Stacey Leadbetter	2,523	4.27	+2.03
	Freedom	Douglas Thom	322	0.54	+0.23
Total valid votes			59,110	100.00
Total rejected ballots			892	1.49	+1.18
Turnout			60,002	54.35	+4.66
Eligible voters			110,398
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-2.81
Source: Elections Ontario^[3]

Ontario general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Christine Elliott	24,499	48.17	+4.16
	Liberal	Elizabeth Roy	16,988	33.40	−2.59
	New Democratic	Maret Sadem-Thompson	7,865	15.46	+4.34
	Green	Bradley Gibson	1,139	2.24	−5.02
	Special Needs	Dan King	211	0.41
	Freedom	Douglas Thom	160	0.31	+0.02
Total valid votes			50,862	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			154	0.30	-0.22
Turnout			51,016	49.69	-3.84
Eligible voters			102,672
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+3.38
Source(s) "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Whitby—Oshawa" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2011. Retrieved 5 June 2014.

Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Christine Elliott	22,694	44.00	-3.12
	Liberal	Laura Hammer	18,560	35.99	-1.00
	New Democratic	Nigel Moses	5,734	11.12	-1.57
	Green	Doug Anderson	3,745	7.26
	Libertarian	Marty Gobin	414	0.80
	Family Coalition	Dale Chilvers	275	0.53
	Freedom	Bill Frampton	152	0.29
Total valid votes			51,572	100.00
Total rejected ballots			270	0.52
Turnout			51,842	53.53
Eligible voters			96,842
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-1.06

^ Change is from redistributed results.

2003 general election redistributed results^[4]
Party		Vote	%
	Progressive Conservative	22,278	47.13
	Liberal	17,485	36.99
	New Democratic	5,999	12.69
	Others	1,511	3.20

2007 electoral reform referendum

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	33,509	66.18
	Mixed member proportional	17,121	33.82
Total		50,630	100.00
Rejected		1,212	2.34

References

↑ http://www.elections.on.ca/content/dam/NGW/sitecontent/2014/historical-results/2014/Statistical%20Summary%20-%202014%20General%20Election%20and%202012-2014%20By-elections.pdf
↑ "Canada Votes 2006: Whitby-Oshawa". CBC. 2006. Archived from the original on 2007-06-13. Retrieved 2007-08-01.
↑ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast For Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20071012015305/http://www.elections.on.ca/NR/rdonlyres/58B42005-4D29-433A-B555-39A7DC0660D5/0/Transposition_of_votes.xls

External links

Elections Ontario Past Election Results

Provincial ridings in Ontario

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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

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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°55′N 78°55′W / 43.91°N 78.91°W / 43.91; -78.91

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