Oakville_(federal_electoral_district)

Oakville (federal electoral district)

Oakville (federal electoral district)

Federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada


Oakville is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1997.

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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 Eighth Line and southwest along Upper Middle Road to the southwestern town limit. This riding was unchanged after the 2012 electoral redistribution.

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.

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census[3]

Ethnic groups: 63.7% White, 10.4% Chinese, 9.8% South Asian, 3.1% Arab, 2.9% Black, 2.1% Filipino, 1.5% Latin American, 1.2% Korean, 1.2% Indigenous, 1.1% West Asian

Languages: 62.6% English, 6.7% Mandarin, 2.2% Arabic, 1.8% Spanish, 1.6% Portuguese, 1.5% Italian, 1.5% French, 1.4% Urdu, 1.3% Polish, 1.0% Tagalog, 1.0% Punjabi

Religions: 55.2% Christian (29.4% Catholic, 4.8% Anglican, 4.2% United Church, 3.5% Christian Orthodox, 1.5% Presbyterian, 11.8% other), 7.3% Muslim, 3.0% Hindu, 1.5% Sikh, 1.1% Buddhist, 30.6% none

Median income: $46,000 (2020)

Average income: $86,600 (2020)

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

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Election results

Graph of election results in Oakville (parties that never received 2% of the vote are omitted)
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Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

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Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.

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See also


References

  • "Oakville (federal electoral district) (Code 35060) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved March 3, 2011.
  • Riding history from the Library of Parliament
  • 2011 results from Elections Canada
  • Campaign expense data from Elections Canada

Notes

43.459°N 79.678°W / 43.459; -79.678


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