Mississauga East—Cooksville

Mississauga East—Cooksville
Ontario electoral district
Mississauga East—Cooksville in relation to other Greater Toronto ridings
Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP
 
 
 
Wladyslaw Lizon
Conservative
District created 2003
First contested 2004
Last contested 2011
District webpage profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006) 126,642
Electors (2011) 83,582
Area (km²) 29
Pop. density (per km²) 4,367
Census divisions Peel
Census subdivisions Mississauga

Mississauga East—Cooksville is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004.

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History

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

It consists of the part of the City of Mississauga east of a line drawn from north to south along the Queensway, Mavis Road, Highway 403, Central Parkway East and Burnhamthorpe Road East.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Member of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Mississauga Centre and Mississauga East prior to 2003
38th 2004–2006     Albina Guarnieri Liberal
39th 2006–2008
40th 2008–2011
41st 2011–present     Wladyslaw Lizon Conservative

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Conservative Wladyslaw Lizon 18,796 40.0 +7.5 -
     Liberal Peter Fonseca 18,120 38.5 -11.9 -
     New Democrat Waseem Ahmed 8,836 18.8 +7.2 -
     Green Jaymini Bhikha 1,032 2.2 -3.0 -
     Marxist–Leninist Pierre Chénier 238 0.5 -0.2 -
Total valid votes 47,025 100.0
Total rejected ballots 289 0.6
Turnout 47,314 56.8
Eligible voters 83,358
Canadian federal election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal Albina Guarnieri 20,457 50.2 -1.5 $45,484
     Conservative Melissa Bhagat 13,277 32.5 +1.0 $33,438
     New Democrat Satish Balasunderam 4,632 11.4 0.0
     Green Jaymini Bhikha 2,138 5.2 +2.1 $463
     Marxist–Leninist Pierre Chénier 277 0.7 +0.3
Total valid votes/Expense limit 40,781 100.0 $87,933
Canadian federal election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal Albina Guarnieri 23,530 51.7 -5.0
     Conservative Carl DeFaria 14,326 31.5 +5.5
     New Democrat Jim Gill 5,180 11.4 -0.3
     Green Richard Pietro 1,393 3.1 +0.2
     Independent Mohamed Elrofaie 496 1.1
     Christian Heritage Sally Wong 467 1.0 -1.0
     Marxist–Leninist Pierre Chénier 164 0.4 0.0
Total valid votes 45,556 100.0
Canadian federal election, 2004
Party Candidate Votes %
     Liberal Albina Guarnieri 22,435 56.7
     Conservative Riina DeFaria 10,299 26.0
     New Democrat Jim Gill 4,619 11.7
     Green Jason Robert Hinchcliffe 1,167 2.9
     Christian Heritage Sally Wong 778 2.0
     Marxist–Leninist Pierre Chénier 154 0.4
     Independent Andrew Seitz 114 0.3
Total valid votes 39,566 100.0

See also

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