Oakville North—Burlington

Oakville North—Burlington
Ontario electoral district
Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP
 
 
 

Pam Damoff
Liberal

District created 2013
First contested 2015
District webpage profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1] 114,378
Electors (2015) 84,100
Area (km²)[2] 92
Pop. density (per km²) 1,243.2
Census divisions Halton
Census subdivisions Burlington, Oakville

Oakville North—Burlington (French: Oakville-Nord—Burlington) is a federal electoral district in Halton Region, Ontario.

History

Oakville North—Burlington was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for October 2015.[3] The riding was created out of part of the electoral district of Halton.[4]

2015 federal election

Conservative

On June 7, 2015, at the Burlington Convention Centre, Conservative members of the Oakville North-Burlington Electoral District Association nominated Effie Triantafilopoulos as their official candidate for the October 19, 2015 federal election.[5]

Green Party

Adnan Shahbaz [6] is an educator working in the Curriculum Support Services division of a local school board as an Instructional Coach. He has worked as a classroom teacher, a behavioral support and special education teacher for nearly a decade. [7] Adnan was born and raised in Toronto and has called Oakville and Burlington home since 2001. He is the only candidate who actually lives in the riding.

Liberal

Ward 6 Councillor for Oakville, Max Khan bested aviation-pilot Rohit Dhamjia by an unknown number of votes in the party's nomination vote on September 25, 2014, in Oakville. Khan died at Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital on March 29, 2015, vacating his role as the Liberals candidate. Oakville Town Councillor and longtime community volunteer Pam Damoff was acclaimed as the Liberal candidate on May 26, 2015. [8]

Libertarian

On January 6, 2015, the Libertarian Party of Canada nominated David Clement. David is a local entrepreneur in the consulting field.[9]

NDP

On March 22, 2015 members from the ONB NDP nominated Rebecca Rajcak,[10] an OSSTF member and high school teacher in Oakville. She later resigned the candidacy and Janice Best, a local union official, replaced her as the NDP candidate.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Oakville North—Burlington
Riding created from Halton
42nd  2015–Present     Pam Damoff Liberal

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
LiberalPam Damoff 28,415 46.74 +19.77
ConservativeEffie Triantafilopoulos 26,342 43.33 -10.83
New DemocraticJanice Best 4,405 7.25 -8.26
GreenAdnan Shahbaz 968 1.6 -1.5
LibertarianDavid Clement 666 1.1
Total valid votes/Expense limit 60,796100.0   $222,022.86
Total rejected ballots 272
Turnout 61,068
Eligible voters 85,462
Source: Elections Canada[11][12]
2011 federal election redistributed results[13]
Party Vote %
  Conservative 25,368 54.16
  Liberal 12,633 26.97
  New Democratic 7,263 15.51
  Green 1,452 3.10
  Others 123 0.26

References

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