Pickering—Uxbridge

Pickering—Uxbridge
Ontario electoral district
Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP
 
 
 

Jennifer O'Connell
Liberal

District created 2013
First contested 2015
District webpage profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1] 109,344
Electors (2015) 84,997
Area (km²)[1] 687
Pop. density (per km²) 159.2
Census divisions Durham
Census subdivisions Pickering, Uxbridge

Pickering—Uxbridge is a federal electoral district in Ontario. It consists of the City of Pickering and the Township of Uxbridge.

Pickering—Uxbridge 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 19 October 2015.[2] It was created out of parts of Pickering—Scarborough East, Ajax—Pickering and Durham.[3]

Demographics

According to the Canada 2011 Census; 2013 representation[4][5]

Ethnic groups: 70.5% White, 9.5% Black, 9.1% South Asian, 2.8% Filipino, 2.0% Chinese
Languages: 82.9% English, 1.5% French, 1.3% Italian, 1.3% Tagalog, 1.3% Urdu, 1.0% German
Religions: 66.4% Christian (28.3% Catholic, 8.2% United Church, 7.9% Anglican, 3.1% Presbyterian, 3.1% Christian Orthodox, 2.4% Baptist, 2.4% Pentecostal, 11.0% Other), 4.9% Muslim, 3.1% Hindu, 24.0% No religion
Median income (2010): $35,306
Average income (2010): $48,210

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Pickering—Uxbridge
Riding created from Ajax—Pickering, Durham
and Pickering—Scarborough East
42nd  2015–Present     Jennifer O'Connell Liberal

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
LiberalJennifer O'Connell 29,757 50.30 +16.73 $90,112.46
ConservativeCorneliu Chisu 22,591 38.19 -7.79 $119,840.70
New DemocraticPamela Downward 5,446 9.21 -6.54
GreenAnthony Jordan Navarro 1,365 2.31 -2.21 $4,275.04
Total valid votes/Expense limit 59,159100.0   $223,459.17
Total rejected ballots 2220.3%
Turnout 59,381
Eligible voters 85,794
Source: Elections Canada[6][7][8]
2011 federal election redistributed results[9]
Party Vote %
  Conservative 22,574 45.98
  Liberal 16,480 33.57
  New Democratic 7,731 15.75
  Green 2,217 4.52
  Others 95 0.19

References

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