Vaughan—Woodbridge

Vaughan—Woodbridge
Ontario electoral district
	Vaughan—Woodbridge in relation to other Greater Toronto Area districts
Coordinates:	43°47′N 79°35′W / 43.79°N 79.59°WCoordinates: 43°47′N 79°35′W / 43.79°N 79.59°W
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Francesco Sorbara; Liberal
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District created	2013
First contested	2015
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)	105,228
Electors (2015)	73,190
Area (km²)	79.84
Pop. density (per km²)	1,318
Census division(s)	York
Census subdivision(s)	Vaughan

Vaughan—Woodbridge is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It covers the Woodbridge neighbourhood, previously included in the electoral district of Vaughan.^[2]

The riding has the highest percentage of Italian Canadians in all of Canada (53.5%).^[1]

History[]

Vaughan—Woodbridge was first proposed as part of the 2012 electoral district redistribution. It would contain the City of Vaughan west of Highway 400 and south of the concession line which Major Mackenzie Drive follows.^[3] It was legally defined in the 2013 representation order with no changes and 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		Party
Vaughan—Woodbridge Riding created from Vaughan
42nd	2015–2019	Francesco Sorbara	Liberal
43rd	2019–2021
44th	2021–present

Election results[]

Graph of general election results in Vaughan—Woodbridge (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

2021 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Francesco Sorbara	21,699	45.98	-5.30
	Conservative	Angela Panacci	19,019	40.35	+4.01
	New Democratic	Peter Michael DeVita	3,265	6.93	-0.84
	People's	Mario Greco	2,567	5.45	+3.76
	Green	Muhammad Hassan Khan	453	0.96	-1.63
	Independent	Luca Mele	159	0.34
Total valid votes			47,162
Total rejected ballots			460
Turnout			47,622	58.31%
Eligible voters			80,832
	Liberal hold		Swing		-4.66
Source: Elections Canada^[5]

v 2019 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Francesco Sorbara	25,810	51.28	+2.38	$99,407.18
	Conservative	Teresa Kruze	18,289	36.34	-7.30	none listed
	New Democratic	Peter DeVita	3,910	7.77	+3.12	none listed
	Green	Raquel Fronte	1,302	2.59	+1.32	none listed
	People's	Domenic Montesano	852	1.69		none listed
	Independent	Muhammad Hassan Khan	165	0.33		$1,220.37
Total valid votes/expense limit			50,328	100.0
Total rejected ballots			480
Turnout			50,808	63.7
Eligible voters			79,749
	Liberal hold		Swing		+9.87
Source: Elections Canada^[6]^[7]

2015 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Francesco Sorbara	23,131	48.90	+18.19	$79,166.04
	Conservative	Julian Fantino	20,647	43.64	-12.93	$157,901
	New Democratic	Adriana Marie Zichy	2,198	4.65	-6.05	–
	Libertarian	Anthony Gualtieri	731	1.55	–	–
	Green	Elise Boulanger	600	1.27	-0.76	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			–	100.0		$206,812.04
Total rejected ballots			–	–	–
Turnout			–	–	–
Eligible voters			73,190
	Liberal notional gain from Conservative		Swing		+15.56
Source: Elections Canada^[8]^[9]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[10]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	21,750	56.57
	Liberal	11,806	30.71
	New Democratic	4,113	10.70
	Green	779	2.03

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Census Profile, 2016 Census Woodbridge-Vaughan". Statistics Canada. 2016. Retrieved December 4, 2018.
^ Final Report – Ontario
^ Ontario Electoral Redistribution Commission (2012). "Proposed Electoral District Boundaries: York" (PDF). elections.ca. Elections Canada. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 11, 2017. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
^ Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Vaughan—Woodbridge, 30 September 2015
^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
^ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

[pop-1] "Census Profile, 2016 Census Woodbridge-Vaughan". Statistics Canada. 2016. Retrieved December 4, 2018.

[report-2] Final Report – Ontario

[2012prop-3] Ontario Electoral Redistribution Commission (2012). "Proposed Electoral District Boundaries: York" (PDF). elections.ca. Elections Canada. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 11, 2017. Retrieved May 11, 2020.

[timeline-4] Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts

[5] "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved December 9, 2021.

[6] "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.

[7] "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 4, 2019.

[8] Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Vaughan—Woodbridge, 30 September 2015

[9] Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates

[10] Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

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v t Federal ridings in Southern Durham and York
Liberal	Ajax Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill Markham—Stouffville Markham—Thornhill Markham—Unionville Pickering—Uxbridge Richmond Hill Vaughan—Woodbridge Whitby
Conservative	King—Vaughan Oshawa Thornhill

v t Historical federal ridings in Ontario
Until 2015	Ajax—Pickering Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale Barrie Bramalea—Gore—Malton Brampton—Springdale Brant Carleton—Mississippi Mills Chatham-Kent—Essex Halton Kitchener—Waterloo Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington Leeds—Grenville Mississauga—Brampton South Mississauga—Erindale Mississauga South Nepean—Carleton Niagara West—Glanbrook Northumberland—Quinte West Oak Ridges—Markham Ottawa—Orléans Peterborough Pickering—Scarborough East Prince Edward—Hastings St. Paul's Scarborough—Rouge River Trinity—Spadina Vaughan Welland Whitby—Oshawa York West
Until 2006	Clarington—Scugog—Uxbridge Grey—Bruce—Owen Sound Middlesex—Kent—Lambton
Until 2004	Algoma—Manitoulin Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Aldershot Barrie—Simcoe—Bradford Bramalea—Gore—Malton—Springdale Brampton Centre Brampton West—Mississauga Bruce—Grey Carleton—Lanark Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey Durham Erie—Lincoln Guelph—Wellington Haldimand—Norfolk—Brant Haliburton—Victoria—Brock Hamilton East Hamilton West Hastings—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington Kenora—Rainy River Lambton—Kent—Middlesex Markham Mississauga Centre Mississauga East Mississauga West Niagara Centre Nipissing Northumberland Oak Ridges Perth—Middlesex Pickering—Ajax—Uxbridge Scarborough East Stoney Creek Stormont—Dundas—Charlotenburgh Thunder Bay—Atikokan Timiskaming—Cochrane Toronto Centre—Rosedale Vaughan—King—Aurora Waterloo—Wellington Whitby—Ajax Windsor—St. Clair York North
Until 2000	Bramalea—Gore—Malton Broadview—Greenwood Carleton—Gloucester Kent—Essex London—Adelaide Stormont—Dundas Victoria—Haliburton Wentworth—Burlington
Until 1997	Algoma Beaches—Woodbine Brampton Cochrane—Superior Don Valley North Elgin—Norfolk Erie Essex—Kent Essex—Windsor Haldimand—Norfolk Halton—Peel Hamilton—Wentworth Kent Kitchener Lambton—Middlesex Lincoln London East London—Middlesex Markham—Whitchurch-Stouffville Nepean Oakville—Milton Ontario Ottawa West Perth—Wellington—Waterloo Rosedale Scarborough West Simcoe Centre Thunder Bay—Nipigon Timiskaming—French River Timmins—Chapleau Waterloo Welland—St. Catharines—Thorold Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Simcoe York—Simcoe
Until 1993	Brampton—Malton Elgin Markham Renfrew Timiskaming Windsor—Lake St. Clair
Until 1988	Beaches Brampton—Georgetown Durham—Northumberland Grey—Simcoe Guelph Halton Lanark—Renfrew—Carleton Mississauga North Nepean—Carleton Ottawa—Carleton Perth Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke Simcoe South Spadina Trinity Welland Wellington—Dufferin—Simcoe Windsor—Walkerville York East York—Peel York—Scarborough
Until 1984	Cochrane Hastings—Frontenac Sarnia
Until 1979	Broadview Bruce Don Valley Eglinton Etobicoke Fort William Frontenac—Lennox and Addington Greenwood Grenville—Carleton Halton—Wentworth Hastings High Park—Humber Valley Huron—Middlesex Kent—Essex Lambton—Kent Leeds Middlesex—London—Lambton Mississauga Norfolk—Haldimand Northumberland—Durham Oshawa—Whitby Parkdale Peel—Dufferin—Simcoe Perth—Wilmot Port Arthur Renfrew North—Nipissing East Sarnia—Lambton Thunder Bay Timmins Toronto—Lakeshore Waterloo—Cambridge Wellington Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Waterloo York—Simcoe York South
Until 1974	Huron Middlesex Ottawa East Peel South Waterloo
Until 1972	Essex Glengarry—Prescott High Park Lakeshore Lanark and Renfrew Perth Renfrew North Sarnia Wellington—Grey
Until 1968	Algoma East Algoma West Brant—Haldimand Brantford Carleton Danforth Dufferin—Simcoe Durham Essex East Essex South Essex West Grenville—Dundas Grey—Bruce Grey North Hamilton South Hastings—Frontenac Hastings South Kent Kingston Lambton West Lanark London Middlesex East Middlesex West Norfolk Northumberland Peel Prince Edward—Lennox Renfrew South Russell Simcoe East Stormont Victoria Waterloo North Waterloo South Wellington—Huron Wellington South Wentworth York—Humber
Until 1953	Brant—Wentworth Frontenac—Addington Glengarry Haldimand Hastings—Peterborough Huron North Huron—Perth Kingston City Peterborough West Prescott Wellington North
Until 1949	Brant Brantford City Muskoka—Ontario Parry Sound
Until 1935	Bruce North Bruce South Elgin West Grey Southeast Huron South Lambton East Norfolk—Elgin City of Ottawa Oxford North Oxford South Perth North Perth South Port Arthur—Thunder Bay Timiskaming North Timiskaming South Toronto East Toronto East Centre Toronto—High Park Toronto Northeast Toronto Northwest Toronto—Scarborough Toronto South Toronto West Centre
Until 1925	Brantford Dufferin Dundas Elgin East Essex North Fort William and Rainy River Frontenac Glengarry and Stormont Grenville Hastings East Hastings West Kingston Lennox and Addington Muskoka Norfolk North Oxford Ontario North Ontario South Peterborough East Port Arthur and Kenora Prince Edward Simcoe South South Oxford Timiskaming Toronto Centre Toronto North Toronto West York East
Until 1917	Brockville Glengarry Grey East Grey South Huron East Huron West Kent East Kent West Lanark North Lanark South Middlesex North Northumberland East Northumberland West Stormont Thunder Bay and Rainy River York Centre
Until 1904	Addington Algoma Bothwell Brant South Bruce East Bruce West Cardwell Centre Toronto Cornwall and Stormont Durham East Durham West East York Grenville South Haldimand and Monck Hamilton Hastings North Kent Leeds North and Grenville North Leeds South Lennox Lincoln and Niagara Middlesex South Muskoka and Parry Sound Norfolk North Norfolk South Ontario West Victoria North Victoria South Wellington Centre Wentworth North and Brant Wentworth South West Toronto York West
Until 1896	Brant North Haldimand Monck Wentworth North
Until 1882	Bruce South Cornwall Essex Huron Centre Huron North Lambton Lincoln Muskoka Niagara Stormont