Oakville (electoral district)

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Oakville
Ontario electoral district


Oakville in relation to the surrounding area ridings

Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP       Bonnie Brown
Liberal
District created 1996
First contested 1997
Last contested 2006
District webpage profile, map
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP       Kevin Flynn
Liberal
District created 1999
First contested 1999
Last contested 2007
Demographics
Population (2006) 113,714
Electors (2007) 81,551
Area (km²) 83
Pop. density (per km²) 1,370
Census divisions Halton
Census subdivisions Oakville

Oakville is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997, and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999.

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[edit] Riding history

It was created in 1996 from parts of Halton and Oakville—Milton ridings.

It consisted initially of the part of the Town of Oakville lying southeast of the Queen Elizabeth Way and Upper Middle Road.

In 2003, it was redefined to consist of the part of the Town of Oakville lying southeast of a line drawn from the northeastern town limit southwest along Dundas Street East, southeast along Eight Line and southwest along Upper Middle Road to the southwestern town limit.

The current boundaries include the neighbourhoods of Lakeshore Woods, Bronte, Hopedale, Coronation Park, Kerr Village, Old Oakville, Eastlake, Glen Abbey, College Park, Iroquois Ridge, Clearview, and Joshua Creek.

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Member of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Halton and Oakville—Milton prior to 1996
36th 1997-2000     Bonnie Brown Liberal
37th 2000-2004
38th 2004-2006
39th 2006-

[edit] Federal election results

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal Bonnie Brown 25,892 43.81% -8.20%
     Conservative Terence Young 25,148 42.55% 7.21%
     New Democrat Tina Agrell 5,815 8.77% 1.48%
     Green Laura Domsy 2,872 4.86% -0.32%
Total 59,097 100.00%


Canadian federal election, 2004
Party Candidate Votes %
     Liberal Bonnie Brown 28,729 52.01%
     Conservative Rick Byers 19,524 35.35%
     New Democrat Alison Myrden 4,027 7.29%
     Green Tania Orton 2,861 5.18%
     Canadian Action Zeshan Shahbaz 95 0.17%
Total 55,236 100.00%


Canadian federal election, 2000
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal Bonnie Brown 23,073
     Canadian Alliance Dan Ferrone 13,524
     Progressive Conservative Rick Byers 9,594
     New Democrat Willie Lambert 1,336
     Green David Debelle 795


Canadian federal election, 1997
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal Bonnie Brown 24,487
     Progressive Conservative Stephen Sparling 15,473
     Reform Wayne Gray 9,050
     New Democrat Willie Lambert 2,343

[edit] Provincial election results

Ontario general election, 2007
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal Kevin Flynn 23,757 49.7
     Progressive Conservative Rick Byers 16,666 34.9
     Green Marion Schaffer 3,912 8.2
     New Democrat Tony Crawford 3,178 6.7
     Family Coalition Michael James Toteda 281 0.6
Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side Votes %
First Past the Post 30388 67.2%
Mixed member proportional 14855 32.8%
Ontario general election, 2003
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal Kevin Flynn 22,428 49.81 +17.06
     Progressive Conservative Kurt Franklin 18,991 42.18 -19.72
     New Democrat Anwar Abbas Naqvi 2,858 6.35 +2.63
     Family Coalition Theresa Tritt 751 1.67 +0.49
Ontario general election, 1999
Party Candidate Votes %
     Progressive Conservative Gary Carr 27,767 61.9
     Liberal Kevin Flynn 14,689 32.75
     New Democrat Sean Cain 1,667 3.72
     Family Coalition Adrian Ratelle 530 1.18
     Natural Law Linda Antonichuk 202 0.45

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