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Oshawa (provincial electoral district)

Coordinates: 43°54′03″N 78°50′43″W / 43.9009°N 78.8454°W / 43.9009; -78.8454
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Oshawa
Ontario electoral district
Oshawa in relation to other Greater Toronto Area districts
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP
 
 
 
Jennifer French
New Democratic
First contested1955
Last contested2022
Demographics
Population (2016)126,765
Electors (2018)100,254
Area (km²)64
Pop. density (per km²)1,980.7
Census division(s)Durham
Census subdivision(s)Oshawa

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

History

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In 2015 the provincial districts were updated, and Oshawa gained parts of the city which were previously part of the electoral district of Whitby-Oshawa. The 2018 provincial election was the first in which the new borders were used. The new borders include most of the actual city of Oshawa, although it excludes the mostly rural areas from Wards 4, 6, and 7 north of Taunton Road.[1] These northern parts are part of the Durham electoral district.

Previous electoral district of Oshawa, which excluded the north-western parts of the city.

Previously the district of Oshawa consisted 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. In 1999, provincial ridings were defined to have the same borders as federal ridings. The federal district was also re-mapped to include the north-western sections.

Demographics

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2017 estimates; figures derived from Canada 2016 Census:[2]
  • Population: 167,965 (159,458 in 2016 census)
  • Average individual income: $46,627
  • Median individual income: $36,268
  • Average household income: $89,788
  • Median household income: $71,225
  • With Canadian citizenship: 163,768 (97.6%)
  • With citizenship other than Canadian: 4,196 (2.4%)
  • Immigrated between 2000-2005: 2,297
  • Immigrated between 2006-2011: 1,671
  • Immigrated after 2012: 1,765
  • Born in province of residence: 125,439
  • Born outside province of residence: 16,417
  • English only: 156,167 (92.9%)
  • English and French: 10,775 (6.4%)
  • French only: 188
  • Neither English nor French: 834

Members of Provincial Parliament

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Oshawa
Assembly Years Member Party
Riding created from Ontario
25th  1955–1963     T. D. Thomas Co-operative Commonwealth
26th  1959–1963
27th  1963–1967     Albert Walker Progressive Conservative
28th  1967–1971     Cliff Pilkey New Democratic
29th  1971–1975     Charles McIlveen Progressive Conservative
30th  1975–1977     Michael 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  2014–2018     Jennifer French New Democratic
42nd  2018–2022
43rd  2022–present

Election results

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2022 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Jennifer French 17,170 42.07 −2.81
Progressive Conservative Alex Down 16,423 40.24 −1.49
Liberal Catherine Mosca 3,726 9.13 +1.23
Green Katarina Dunham 1,641 4.02 +0.41
New Blue Daryl Janssen 1,006 2.47  
Ontario Party Dave Forsythe 843 2.07  
Total valid votes 40,809 100.0  
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots 195
Turnout 41,004 39.48
Eligible voters 103,705
New Democratic hold Swing −0.66
Source(s)
  • "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-18.
  • "Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-21.
2018 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Jennifer French 24,301 44.88 -0.08
Progressive Conservative Bob Chapman 22,594 41.73 +10.20
Liberal Makini Smith 4,278 7.90 -11.55
Green Deborah Ellis 1,957 3.61 -0.32
Libertarian Jeannette Gory 523 0.97
None of the Above Cheryl Kelly 490 0.91
Total valid votes 54,143 98.95
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 576 1.05
Turnout 54,719 54.58
Eligible voters 100,254
New Democratic hold Swing -5.14
Source: Elections Ontario[3]
2014 general election redistributed results[4]
Party Vote %
  New Democratic 21,850 44.96
  Progressive Conservative 15,323 31.53
  Liberal 9,454 19.45
  Green 1,910 3.93
  Freedom 58 0.12
2014 Ontario general election
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 47,608 100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 650 1.37
Turnout 48,258 50.19
Eligible voters 96,154
New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +11.12
Source: Elections Ontario[5]
2011 Ontario general election
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 93,679
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -0.02
Source: Elections Ontario[6]
2007 Ontario general election
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
2003 Ontario general election
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
1999 Ontario general election
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

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2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum
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

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  1. ^ https://www.oshawa.ca/city-hall/resources/OWBR---2006-Ward-Boundary-Map.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  2. ^ "Demographics". December 2021.
  3. ^ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  4. ^ "77 - Oshawa".
  5. ^ "General Election Results by District, 061 Oshawa". Elections Ontario. 2014. Archived from the original on 17 June 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
  6. ^ "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Oshawa" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2011. Retrieved 5 June 2014.

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