Mississauga—Erindale

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Mississauga—Erindale in relation to the other Toronto area ridings
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Mississauga—Erindale in relation to the other Toronto area ridings

Mississauga—Erindale is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004. It will elect a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the next provincial election.

It was created in 2003 from parts of Mississauga Centre and Mississauga West ridings.

It consists of the part of the City of Mississauga bounded by a line drawn from the southwestern city limit northeast along Britannia Road West, southeast along Erin Mills Parkway, northeast along Eglinton Avenue West, southeast along Mavis Road, southwest along the Queensway West, west along the Credit River and southwest along Dundas Street West to the city limit.

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[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Member of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Mississauga Centre and Mississauga West prior to 2003
38th 2004-2006     Carolyn Parrish Liberal
39th 2006-     Omar Alghabra Liberal

[edit] Federal election results

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal Omar Alghabra 26,852 44.8% -9.6%
     Conservative Bob Dechert 23,524 39.3% +7.4%
     New Democrat Rupinder Brar 6,644 11.1% +1.3%
     Green Adam Hunter 2,613 4.4% +0.8%
     Independent Ronnie Amyotte 289 0.5% -
Total valid votes 59,922 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 251 0.4% -0.1%
Turnout 60,173 66.5% +6.2%
Canadian federal election, 2004
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal Carolyn Parrish 28,246 54.37% NA $77,821.73
     Conservative Bob Dechert 16,600 31.95% NA $77,446.42
     New Democrat Simon Black 5,104 9.82% NA $2,602.20
     Green Jeff Brownridge 1,855 3.57% NA $2,212.23
     Marxist-Leninist David Greig 145 0.27% - $37.60
Total valid votes 51,950 100.00% $160,120.18
Total rejected ballots 269 0.5%
Turnout 52,219 60.3%

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