Milton (electoral district)

Milton is a federal electoral district in Ontario. It encompasses a portion of Ontario previously included in the electoral district of Halton.^[3]

It consists of the Town of Milton and the northwestern portion of the City of Burlington.

Milton was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for October 2015.^[4]

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Milton Riding created from Halton
42nd	2015–Present		Lisa Raitt	Conservative

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Lisa Raitt	22,378	45.38	-9.67	–
	Liberal	Azim Rizvee	19,940	40.44	+16.26	–
	New Democratic	Alex Anabusi	5,366	10.88	-5.65	–
	Green	Mini Batra	1,131	2.29	-1.58	–
	Libertarian	Chris Jewell	493	1.0	+0.63	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			49,308	100.0		$203,697.90
Total rejected ballots			210	0.42	–
Turnout			49,518	69.01	–
Eligible voters			71,754
	Conservative hold		Swing		-12.94
Source: Elections Canada^[5]^[6]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[7]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	18,631	55.05
	Liberal	8,183	24.18
	New Democratic	5,593	16.53
	Green	1,311	3.87
	Others	126	0.37

References

Federal ridings in Hamilton, Halton and Niagara

Liberal	Burlington Hamilton East—Stoney Creek Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas Niagara Centre Oakville Oakville North—Burlington St. Catharines

Conservative	Flamborough—Glanbrook Milton Niagara Falls Niagara West

New Democratic	Hamilton Centre Hamilton Mountain

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

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