Whitby—Oshawa

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Whitby—Oshawa in relation to the other Toronto area ridings
Whitby—Oshawa in relation to the other Toronto area ridings

Whitby—Oshawa 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 Durham, Oshawa and Whitby—Ajax ridings.

It consists of the Town of Whitby, and the part of the City of Oshawa 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.

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[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

  1. Judi Longfield, Liberal (2004-2006)
  2. Jim Flaherty, Conservative (2006-present)

[edit] Federal election results

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes
     Conservative Jim Flaherty 29,293
     Liberal Judi Longfield 25,882
     New Democrat Maret Sadem-Thompson 8,720
     Green Ajay Krishnan 2,407
     Libertarian Marty Gobin 274


Canadian federal election, 2004
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal Judi Longfield 25,649
     Conservative Ian MacNeil 20,531
     New Democrat Maret Sadem-Thompson 8,002
     Green Michael MacDonald 2,759

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Federal Ridings in Greater Toronto
Liberal

Ajax—Pickering | Beaches—East York | Bramalea—Gore—Malton | Brampton—Springdale | Brampton West | Davenport | Don Valley East | Don Valley West | Eglinton—Lawrence | Etobicoke Centre | Etobicoke—Lakeshore | Etobicoke North | Markham—Unionville | Mississauga—Brampton South | Mississauga East—Cooksville | Mississauga—Erindale | Mississauga South | Mississauga—Streetsville* | Oak Ridges—Markham | Pickering—Scarborough East | Richmond Hill | St. Paul's | Scarborough—Agincourt | Scarborough Centre | Scarborough—Guildwood | Scarborough—Rouge River | Scarborough Southwest | Thornhill | Toronto Centre | Vaughan | Willowdale | York Centre | York South—Weston | York West

New Democratic

Parkdale—High Park | Toronto—Danforth | Trinity—Spadina

Conservative

Mississauga—Streetsville* | Oshawa | Whitby—Oshawa

* Mississauga—Streetsville MP Wajid Khan was elected as a Liberal, but has crossed the floor to the Conservatives.
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