Mississauga—Brampton South (provincial electoral district)

Mississauga—Brampton South
Ontario electoral district
	Mississauga—Brampton South in relation to other Greater Toronto ridings
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	2003
District abolished	2015
First contested	2007
Last contested	2014
Demographics
Population (2006)	147,096
Electors (2011)	90,777
Area (km²)	82
Census division(s)	Peel
Census subdivision(s)	Mississauga, Brampton

Mississauga—Brampton South was a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from the 2007 provincial election until 2018. It was dissolved into Mississauga—Malton, Mississauga—Streetsville, Mississauga East—Cooksville, Mississauga Centre, Brampton South and Brampton Centre.

Map of Mississauga-Brampton South

Geography

It consisted of the parts of the cities of Mississauga and Brampton bounded by a line drawn from the intersection of Highway 401 with the northeastern limit of the City of Mississauga, south along the city limit, southwest along Burnhamthorpe Road East, northwest along Central Parkway East, southwest along Highway 403, northwest along Mavis Road; thence northwesterly along said road to Eglinton Avenue West; thence southwesterly along said avenue to Terry Fox Way; thence northwesterly along said way to Britannia Road West; thence northeasterly along said road to Mavis Road, southwest along Highway 401, northwest along Mississauga Road, northeast along the northwestern limit of the City of Mississauga, northwest along McLaughlin Road, northeast along Steeles Avenue East, southeast along Kennedy Road South, northeast along the northwestern limit of the City of Mississauga, southeast along Dixie Road, and northeast along Highway 401 to the point of commencement.

History

It was created in 2003 from Bramalea—Gore—Malton—Springdale, Brampton West—Mississauga, Mississauga Centre and Mississauga East ridings. In the 2011 provincial election, it had the lowest turnout of any riding in the province.[1]

Members of Provincial Parliament

Mississauga—Brampton South
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Bramalea—Gore—Malton—Springdale, Brampton West—Mississauga, Mississauga Centre and Mississauga East
39th	2007–2011		Amrit Mangat	Liberal
40th	2011–2014
41st	2014–2018
Riding dissolved into Mississauga—Malton, Mississauga—Streetsville, Mississauga East—Cooksville, Mississauga Centre, Brampton South and Brampton Centre

Election results

2014 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Amrit Mangat	19,923	48.21	+2.17
	Progressive Conservative	Amarjeet Gill	11,251	27.23	-3.17
	New Democratic	Kevin Troake	6,906	16.71	+0.69
	Green	Kathy Acheson	1,302	3.15	-0.53
	Libertarian	Richard Levesque	993	2.40	+0.36
	None of the Above	Kathleen Vezina	597	1.44	–
	Independent	Robert Alilovic	351	0.85	–
Total valid votes			41,323	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		+2.67
Source: Elections Ontario[2]

2011 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Amrit Mangat	15,579	46.04	−7.74
	Progressive Conservative	Amarjeet Gill	10,287	30.40	+4.97
	New Democratic	Karanjit Pandher	5,420	16.02	+5.71
	Green	Keith Foster	1,247	3.68	−6.80
	Libertarian	Christin Milloy	691	2.04
	Independent	Masood Khan	400	1.18
	Independent	Walter Widla	216	0.64
Total valid votes			33,840	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			242	0.71
Turnout			34,082	36.43
Eligible voters			93,563
	Liberal hold		Swing		−6.36
Source(s) Elections Ontario (2011). "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Mississauga—Brampton South" (PDF). Retrieved 3 June 2014.

2007 Ontario general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Amrit Mangat	19,738	53.78
	Progressive Conservative	Ravi Singh	9,333	25.43
	Green	Paul Simas	3,846	10.48
	New Democratic	Karan Pandher	3,785	10.31
Total valid votes			36,702	100.0

2007 electoral reform referendum

2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	21,500	60.2
	Mixed member proportional	14,201	39.8
	Total	35,701	100.0

Sources

Vella, Erica. "Ontario electoral dysfunction: Award for most apathetic riding goes to…" globalnews.ca May 22, 2014
Elections Ontario (2014). "Official result from the records, 047 Mississauga-Brampton South" (PDF). Retrieved 27 June 2015.

Elections Ontario Past Election Results

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[1] Vella, Erica. "Ontario electoral dysfunction: Award for most apathetic riding goes to…" globalnews.ca May 22, 2014

[2] Elections Ontario (2014). "Official result from the records, 047 Mississauga-Brampton South" (PDF). Retrieved 27 June 2015.

Provincial ridings in Ontario
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Central	Barrie—Innisfil Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound Dufferin—Caledon Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock Northumberland—Peterborough South Peterborough—Kawartha Simcoe—Grey Simcoe North York—Simcoe
Midwestern	Brantford—Brant Cambridge Guelph Haldimand—Norfolk Huron—Bruce Kitchener Centre Kitchener—Conestoga Kitchener South—Hespeler Oxford Perth—Wellington Waterloo Wellington—Halton Hills
Southwestern	Chatham-Kent—Leamington Elgin—Middlesex—London Essex Lambton—Kent—Middlesex London—Fanshawe London North Centre London West Sarnia—Lambton Windsor—Tecumseh Windsor West
Peel	Brampton Centre Brampton East Brampton North Brampton South Brampton West Mississauga Centre Mississauga East—Cooksville Mississauga—Erin Mills Mississauga—Lakeshore Mississauga—Malton Mississauga—Streetsville
Hamilton, Halton, and Niagara	Burlington Flamborough—Glanbrook Hamilton Centre Hamilton East—Stoney Creek Hamilton Mountain Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas Milton Niagara Centre Niagara Falls Niagara West Oakville North—Burlington Oakville St. Catharines
Ottawa	Carleton Kanata—Carleton Nepean Orléans Ottawa Centre Ottawa South Ottawa—Vanier Ottawa West—Nepean
Durham and York	Ajax Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill Durham King—Vaughan Markham—Stouffville Markham—Thornhill Markham—Unionville Newmarket—Aurora Oshawa Pickering—Uxbridge Richmond Hill Thornhill Vaughan—Woodbridge Whitby
Toronto	Beaches—East York Davenport Don Valley East Don Valley North Don Valley West Eglinton—Lawrence Etobicoke Centre Etobicoke—Lakeshore Etobicoke North Humber River—Black Creek Parkdale—High Park Scarborough—Agincourt Scarborough Centre Scarborough—Guildwood Scarborough North Scarborough—Rouge Park Scarborough Southwest Spadina—Fort York Toronto Centre Toronto—Danforth Toronto—St. Paul's University—Rosedale Willowdale York Centre York South—Weston
See also: Federal ridings in Ontario List of elections Politics of Ontario