Pickering—Uxbridge

Pickering—Uxbridge 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 19 October 2015.^[2] It was created out of parts of Pickering—Scarborough East, Ajax—Pickering and Durham.^[3]

Demographics

According to the Canada 2011 Census; 2013 representation^[4]^[5]

Ethnic groups: 70.5% White, 9.5% Black, 9.1% South Asian, 2.8% Filipino, 2.0% Chinese
Languages: 82.9% English, 1.5% French, 1.3% Italian, 1.3% Tagalog, 1.3% Urdu, 1.0% German
Religions: 66.4% Christian (28.3% Catholic, 8.2% United Church, 7.9% Anglican, 3.1% Presbyterian, 3.1% Christian Orthodox, 2.4% Baptist, 2.4% Pentecostal, 11.0% Other), 4.9% Muslim, 3.1% Hindu, 24.0% No religion
Median income (2010): $35,306
Average income (2010): $48,210

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Pickering—Uxbridge Riding created from Ajax—Pickering, Durham and Pickering—Scarborough East
42nd	2015–Present		Jennifer O'Connell	Liberal

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Jennifer O'Connell	29,757	50.30	+16.73	–
	Conservative	Corneliu Chisu	22,591	38.19	-7.79	–
	New Democratic	Pamela Downward	5,446	9.21	-6.54	–
	Green	Anthony Jordan Navarro	1,365	2.31	-2.21	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			59,159	100.0		$223,459.17
Total rejected ballots			222	0.3%	–
Turnout			59,381	–	–
Eligible voters			85,794
Source: Elections Canada^[6]^[7]^[8]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[9]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	22,574	45.98
	Liberal	16,480	33.57
	New Democratic	7,731	15.75
	Green	2,217	4.52
	Others	95	0.19

References

Federal ridings in Southern Durham and York

Liberal	Ajax Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill King—Vaughan Markham—Stouffville Markham—Thornhill Pickering—Uxbridge Richmond Hill Vaughan—Woodbridge Whitby

Conservative	Markham—Unionville Oshawa Thornhill

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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