Brampton South (provincial electoral district)

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Brampton South
Ontario electoral district
Ontario 2018 Brampton South.svg
Location in Brampton
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP
 
 
 
Prabmeet Sarkaria
Progressive Conservative
District created2015
First contested2018
Last contested2018
Demographics
Population (2016)121,188
Area (km²)46.73
Pop. density (per km²)2,593.4
Census division(s)Peel
Census subdivision(s)Brampton

Brampton South is a provincial electoral district in Ontario. It was created prior to the 1987 election from part of Brampton. It was abolished in 1999 into Bramalea—Gore—Malton—Springdale, Brampton Centre, Brampton West—Mississauga. It existed for the 1987, 1990, and 1995 elections. For the 2018 election, it was re-created from Brampton West.[1]

Boundaries[]

In 1987, the boundaries consisted of the City of Brampton south of the following line (from east to west): from the city limits going east along Highway 7 to Queen Street East, then west to Kennedy Road, then north along Kennedy Road to Vodden Street, then west to Main Street, then north along Main Street and Highway 10 to Highway 7 and then west to the city limits.[2]

Members of Provincial Parliament[]

Brampton South
Assembly Years Member Party
Riding created from Brampton
34th  1987–1990     Robert Callahan Liberal
35th  1990–1995
36th  1995–1999     Tony Clement Progressive Conservative
Riding dissolved into Bramalea—Gore—Malton—Springdale,
Brampton Centre, and Brampton West—Mississauga
Riding re-created from Brampton West
42nd  2018–Present     Prabmeet Sarkaria Progressive Conservative

Election results[]

2018 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Prabmeet Sarkaria 15,652 41.01%
New Democratic Paramjit Gill 12,919 33.85%
Liberal Sukhwant Thethi 7,212 18.89%
Green Lindsay Falt 1,472 3.86%
Libertarian Brian Watson 363 0.95%
Trillium John Grant 337 0.88%
Freedom Ted Harlson 214 0.56%
Total valid votes 100.0  
Source: Elections Ontario[3]
Progressive Conservative pickup new district.


1995 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Tony Clement 21,793 49.56%
Liberal Bob Callahan 15,264 34.71%
New Democratic Paul Ledgister 5,669 12.89%
Family Coalition Berhard Cissek 1,020 2.32%
Natural Law Maxim Newby 229 0.52%
Total valid votes 43,975
Source: Globe and Mail (1995) "ONTARIO ELECTION 1995 Riding-by-riding tally in 1995 Ontario election", June 9, 1995

References[]

  1. ^ "Ontario provincial elections to move to spring as Liberals promise to tackle largely unregulated third-party ads". National Post. June 4, 2015. Retrieved 2015-06-16.
  2. ^ "Representation Act, 1986, SO 1986, c 30". Legislative Assembly of Ontario. January 6, 1986. p. 360.
  3. ^ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

External links[]

Coordinates: 43°39′22″N 79°45′25″W / 43.656°N 79.757°W / 43.656; -79.757

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