Whitby—Oshawa

For the provincial electoral district, see Whitby—Oshawa (provincial electoral district).

Whitby—Oshawa
Ontario electoral district

Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	2003
District abolished	2015
First contested	2004
Last contested	2011
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	146,307
Electors (2011)	99,155
Area (km²)	222.30
Census divisions	Durham
Census subdivisions	Whitby, Oshawa

Whitby—Oshawa was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004. Following the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution, the bulk of the district will become part of the new Whitby district, while parts of it will be transferred to Oshawa and Durham.

History

The riding was created in 2003 and consists of 68 percent of the Whitby—Ajax district, 20 percent of the Oshawa district and three percent of the Durham district.^[1] The provincial electoral district was created from the same ridings in 2007.

It consists of the Town of Whitby and northwestern section of the City of Oshawa (specifically, the portion of the city lying north and west of a line drawn from the western city limit east along King Street West, north along the Oshawa Creek, east along Rossland Road West, north along Simcoe Street North, and east along Winchester Road East to the eastern city limit).

Demographics

According to the Canada 2011 Census

Population: 146,307
Ethnic Groups: 81.4% White, 5.5% Black, 4.3% South Asian, 1.7% Chinese, 1.7% Filipino, 1.4% Aboriginal
Languages: 85.3% English, 2.1% French, 1.5% Italian, 1.1% Chinese
Religion: 71.2% Christian (32.6% Catholic, 10.3% United Church, 8.3% Anglican, 2.6% Presbyterian, 2.4% Christian Orthodox, 2.1% Baptist, 10.4% Other Christian), 2.6% Muslim, 1.4% Hindu, 23.6% No religion.
Average household income: $104,969
Median household income: $89,608
Average individual income: $48,444
Median individual income: $37,099

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Whitby—Oshawa Riding created from Durham, Oshawa and Whitby—Ajax
38th	2004–2006	Judi Longfield	Liberal
39th	2006–2008	Jim Flaherty	Conservative
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2014
41st	2014–2015	Pat Perkins
Riding dissolved into Whitby, Durham and Oshawa

Pat Perkins was elected in a November 17, 2014 by-election following the death of Jim Flaherty who died in office on April 10, 2014.^[2]

Election results

Canadian federal by-election, November 17, 2014 Death of Jim Flaherty
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Pat Perkins	17,082	49.31	−9.11	–
	Liberal	Celina Caesar-Chavannes	14,083	40.65	+26.54	–
	New Democratic	Trish McAuliffe	2,801	8.08	−14.19	–
	Green	Craig Cameron	500	1.44	−3.45	–
	Independent	John "The Engineer" Turmel	101	0.29		–
	Independent	Josh Borenstein	77	0.22		–
Total valid votes/Expense limit				100.0
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			34,644	31.79	−31.45
Eligible voters			108,969		+6.87
	Conservative hold		Swing		−17.89
Source: "By-election Results". Elections Canada. November 20, 2014.

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Jim Flaherty	37,525	58.42	+7.43	$ 89,309.88
	New Democratic	Trish McAuliffe	14,305	22.27	+8.01	22,721.23
	Liberal	Trevor Bardens	9,066	14.11	-11.57	45,888.64
	Green	Rebecca Harrison	3,143	4.89	-3.53	13,040.87
	Libertarian	Josh Insang	198	0.31	+0.31	0.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit			64,237	100.00	+6.69	$102,342.39
Total rejected ballots			244	0.38	+0.07
Turnout			64,481	63.24	+1.78
Eligible voters			101,961		+3.76
Source(s) "Official Voting Results — Forty-first General Election 2011". Retrieved November 18, 2014. "Candidates' Details - Campaign Financial Summary (Part 4)". Elections Canada. May 2, 2011.

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Jim Flaherty	30,704	50.99	+7.13	$ 91,047.86
	Liberal	Brent Fullard	15,460	25.68	-13.07	77,624.55
	New Democratic	David Purdy	8,584	14.26	+1.21	4,335.08
	Green	Doug Anderson	5,067	8.42	+4.82	8,056.85
	Christian Heritage	Yvonne Forbes	395	0.66		1,744.08
Total valid votes/Expense limit			60,210	100.0	-9.85	$ 97,412.66
Total rejected ballots			190	0.31	-0.04
Turnout			60,400	61.46	-9.14
Electors on the lists			98,270		+3.51
Source(s) "Official Voting Results — Fortieth General Election 2008". Retrieved November 18, 2014. "Candidates' Details - Campaign Financial Summary (Part 4)". Elections Canada. October 14, 2008.

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Jim Flaherty	29,294	43.86	+7.80	$ 88,591.06
	Liberal	Judi Longfield	25,882	38.75	−6.29	78,783.33
	New Democratic	Maret Sadem-Thompson	8,716	13.05	−1.00	9,898.30
	Green	Ajay Krishnan	2,407	3.60	−1.25	238.56
	Libertarian	Marty Gobin	274	0.41		258.75
	Canadian Action	Tom Cochrane	217	0.32		120.18
Total valid votes/Expense limit			66,790	100.0	+17.30	$ 88,730.91
Total rejected ballots			237	0.35	−0.14
Turnout			67,027	70.60	+6.52
Electors on the lists			94,938		+6.32
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Judi Longfield	25,649	45.04	$80,842
	Conservative	Ian MacNeil	20,531	36.06	$30,004
	New Democratic	Maret Sadem-Thompson	8,002	14.05	$13,477
	Green	Michael MacDonald	2,759	4.85	$0
Total valid votes			56,941	100.00
Total rejected ballots			283	0.49
Turnout			57,224	64.08
Electors on the lists			89,296
Percentage change figures are factored for redistribution. Conservative Party percentages are contrasted with the combined Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative percentages from 2000.
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

References

"(Code 35099) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-03.

Notes

↑ "Canada Votes 2006: Whitby-Oshawa". CBC. 2006. Archived from the original on 2007-06-13. Retrieved 2007-08-01.
↑ Erika Tucker (April 10, 2014). "Jim Flaherty passes away at 64". Global News. Retrieved April 10, 2014.

Sources

Federal ridings in Southern Durham and York

Liberal	Ajax Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill King—Vaughan Markham—Stouffville Markham—Thornhill Pickering—Uxbridge Richmond Hill Vaughan—Woodbridge Whitby

Conservative	Markham—Unionville Oshawa Thornhill

Federal ridings in Ontario

Central Ontario

Eastern Ontario

S Durham & York

Southwestern Durham	Ajax Oshawa Pickering—Uxbridge Whitby

Southern York	Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill King—Vaughan Markham—Stouffville Markham—Thornhill Markham—Unionville Richmond Hill Thornhill Vaughan—Woodbridge

City of Toronto
(Suburbs & Downtown)

Scarborough	Scarborough—Agincourt Scarborough Centre Scarborough—Guildwood Scarborough North Scarborough—Rouge Park Scarborough Southwest

Beaches—East York Davenport Don Valley East Don Valley North Don Valley West Eglinton—Lawrence Humber River—Black Creek Parkdale—High Park Spadina—Fort York Toronto Centre Toronto—Danforth Toronto—St. Paul's University—Rosedale Willowdale York Centre York South—Weston

Etobicoke	Etobicoke Centre Etobicoke—Lakeshore Etobicoke North

Cities of Brampton & Mississauga

Brampton	Brampton Centre Brampton East Brampton North Brampton South Brampton West

Mississauga	Mississauga Centre Mississauga East—Cooksville Mississauga—Erin Mills Mississauga—Lakeshore Mississauga—Malton Mississauga—Streetsville

Southern Halton,
Hamilton and Niagara

Southwestern Halton	Burlington Milton Oakville Oakville North—Burlington

City of Hamilton	Flamborough—Glanbrook Hamilton Centre Hamilton East—Stoney Creek Hamilton Mountain Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas

Niagara	Niagara Centre Niagara Falls Niagara West St. Catharines

See also: Provincial ridings in Ontario

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

Coordinates: 43°55′N 78°55′W / 43.92°N 78.92°W / 43.92; -78.92

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