Burlington (provincial electoral district)

Burlington
Ontario electoral district
	Burlington in relation to other Greater Toronto Area electoral districts
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP	Jane McKenna; Progressive Conservative
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District created	1999
First contested	1999
Last contested	2018
Demographics
Population (2006)	118,310
Electors (2007)	88,385
Area (km²)	79
Pop. density (per km²)	1,497.6
Census division(s)	Halton
Census subdivision(s)	Burlington

Burlington is a provincial electoral district in southwestern Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

It was created in 1999 from parts of Burlington South, Halton Centre, and a small part of South Oakville.

When the riding was created, it included the city of Burlington east of a line following the Queen Elizabeth Way to Highway 403 to and south of a line following Dundas Street to the 403 to to .

In 2007, the boundaries were altered so that the riding included all of Burlington south of a line following Dundas Street to Guelph Line to Upper Middle Road to Walker Line to the QEW.

Members of Provincial Parliament[]

Burlington
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
**Riding created from Burlington South, and**
37th	1999–2003		Cam Jackson	Progressive Conservative
38th	2003–2007		Cam Jackson
38th	2007–2007		Joyce Savoline
39th	2007–2011		Joyce Savoline
40th	2011–2014		Jane McKenna
41st	2014–2018		Eleanor McMahon	Liberal
42nd	2018–Present		Jane McKenna	Progressive Conservative

Election results[]

2018 general election[]

hide2018 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Jane McKenna	25,504	40.45	+3.47
	New Democratic	Andrew Drummond	18,053	28.63	+14.28
	Liberal	Eleanor McMahon	15,515	24.61	−18.80
	Green	Vince Fiorito	2,828	4.48	+0.34
	Libertarian	Jim Gilchrist	530	0.84	+0.17
	None of the Above	Nadine Bentham	471	0.75
	Consensus Ontario	Peter Rusin	154	0.24
Total valid votes			63,055	100.0
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		-
Source: Elections Ontario^[1]

2014[]

hide2014 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Eleanor McMahon	23,573	43.41	+7.34
	Progressive Conservative	Jane McKenna	20,086	36.98	-3.43
	New Democratic	Jan Mowbray	7,792	14.35	-4.52
	Green	Meredith Cross	2,250	4.14	+1.87
	Libertarian	Charles Zach	363	0.67	-0.62
	Freedom	Andrew Brannan	245	0.45	+0.14
Total valid votes			54,309	100.0
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+5.38
Source: Elections Ontario^[2]

2011[]

hide2011 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Jane McKenna	20,061	40.41	-0.90
	Liberal	Karmel Sakran	17,909	36.07	-1.74
	New Democratic	Peggy Russell	9,370	18.87	+7.87
	Green	Alex Brown	1,129	2.27	-6.85
	Libertarian	Anthony Giles	639	1.29
	Family Coalition	Tim O'Brien	380	0.77	+0.01
	Freedom	Andrew Brannan	156	0.31
Total valid votes			49,644	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			231	0.46
Turnout			49,875	54.83
Eligible voters			90,964
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+0.42
Source: Elections Ontario^[3]

2007 general[]

hide2007 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Joyce Savoline	21,578	41.31	-7.67
	Liberal	Marianne Meed Ward	19,724	37.81	-3.36
	New Democratic	Cory Judson	5,728	11.00	+5.24
	Green	Tim Wilson	4,779	9.12	+5.89
	Family Coalition	Mark Gamez	391	0.76
Total valid votes			52,200	100.00

2007 by-election[]

Following Cam Jackson's resignation to run for mayor of Burlington, the riding was left with a vacant seat at Queen's Park. Consequently, a was called by Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty on January 10, 2007, to be held on .^[4] Joan Lougheed, who was defeated by Jackson for the mayor's post, was nominated as the Ontario Liberal Party candidate on January 4, 2007.^[5] Former Halton Regional Chair Joyce Savoline became the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario candidate, after narrowly defeating former Miss Canada Blair Lancaster at their nomination meeting.^[6] On January 12, 2007, Brantford school teacher and community activist Cory Judson defeated former Halton District School Board trustee David Abbott for the Ontario New Democratic Party candidacy.^[7] On January 25, 2007, Frank de Jong was named the Ontario Green Party candidate.

hideOntario provincial by-election, January 12, 2007 by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Joyce Savoline	11,143	48.98	+2.83
	Liberal	Joan Lougheed	9,365	41.17	-1.01
	New Democratic	Cory Judson	1,310	5.76	-2.46
	Green	Frank de Jong	734	3.23	+0.90
	Freedom	Barry Spruce	106	0.47
	Independent	John Turmel	90	0.40
Total valid votes			22,748	100.00

2003[]

hide2003 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Cam Jackson	21,506	46.15	-16.59
	Liberal	Mark Fuller	19,654	42.18	+11.47
	New Democratic	David Carter Laird	3,832	8.22	+3.54
	Green	Julie Gordon	1,086	2.33	+1.40
	Family Coalition	Vic Corvaro	523	1.12
Total valid votes			46,601	100.00

1999[]

hide1999 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Cam Jackson	29,055	62.74
	Liberal	Linda Glover	14,220	30.71
	New Democratic	Danny Dunleavy	2,167	4.68
	Green	Bruce Smith	432	0.93
	Independent	Anne Marsden	289	0.62
	Natural Law	Regina Law	144	0.31
Total valid votes			46,307	100.00

2007 electoral reform referendum[]

2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	33,067	65.7
	Mixed member proportional	17,267	34.7
	Total valid votes	50,334	100.0

References[]

^ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
^ "Official return from the records, 011 Burlington" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-06-02. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
^ Elections Ontario (2011). "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Burlington" (PDF). Retrieved 3 June 2014.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ YR News^{[permanent dead link]}
^ CHML.com Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
^ Halton Search^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Hamiton Spectator^{[permanent dead link]}

Sources[]

Coordinates: 43°20′55″N 79°47′25″W / 43.3487°N 79.7903°W / 43.3487; -79.7903

[1] "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

[2] "Official return from the records, 011 Burlington" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-06-02. Retrieved 27 June 2015.

[3] Elections Ontario (2011). "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Burlington" (PDF). Retrieved 3 June 2014.^{[permanent dead link]}

[4] YR News^{[permanent dead link]}

[5] CHML.com Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine

[6] Halton Search^{[permanent dead link]}

[7] Hamiton Spectator^{[permanent dead link]}

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