 Ontario electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Brampton East in relation to other Greater Toronto Area districts | |||
| Federal electoral district | |||
| Legislature | House of Commons | ||
| MP |
Liberal | ||
| District created | 2013 | ||
| First contested | 2015 | ||
| Last contested | 2021 | ||
| District webpage | profile, map | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2021)[1] | 131,677 | ||
| Electors (2015) | 65,818 | ||
| Area (km²)[2] | 84.90 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 1,551 | ||
| Census division(s) | Peel | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Brampton | ||
Brampton East (French: Brampton-Est) is a federal electoral district in Ontario. It encompasses a portion of Ontario previously included in the electoral districts of Bramalea—Gore—Malton and Brampton—Springdale.[3]
Brampton East 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.
Brampton East has the highest proportion of South Asians in Canada (70.1% of the population identified as South Asian in 2021).[4] Brampton East also has the second-highest percentage of Sikhs (40.4%, behind only Surrey-Newton) and the highest percentage of Hindus (23.8%) of any riding in Canada. Brampton East has the lowest median age in Ontario at 32.6.[5]
Demographics
- According to the Canada 2021 Census[7]
Languages: 35.0% Punjabi, 31.4% English, 5.4% Gujarati, 3.6% Tamil, 3.0% Hindi, 2.1% Urdu, 1.0% Assyrian, 1.0% Italian
Religions: 40.4% Sikh, 23.8% Hindu, 22.3% Christian (10.4% Catholic, 1.9% Pentecostal, 10.0% Other), 7.4% Muslim, 4.9% None
Median income: $33,600 (2020)
Average income: $44,160 (2020)
| Panethnic group | 2021[8] | 2016[9] | 2011[10] | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |||||||||
| South Asian | 91,975 | 70.13% | 80,035 | 65.88% | 59,885 | 60.29% | ||||||||
| African | 13,345 | 10.18% | 13,775 | 11.34% | 12,415 | 12.5% | ||||||||
| European[lower-alpha 1] | 8,620 | 6.57% | 11,210 | 9.23% | 12,140 | 12.22% | ||||||||
| Middle Eastern[lower-alpha 2] | 3,900 | 2.97% | 3,625 | 2.98% | 2,835 | 2.85% | ||||||||
| Southeast Asian[lower-alpha 3] | 3,635 | 2.77% | 3,620 | 2.98% | 4,165 | 4.19% | ||||||||
| Latin American | 1,610 | 1.23% | 2,220 | 1.83% | 1,545 | 1.56% | ||||||||
| East Asian[lower-alpha 4] | 1,010 | 0.77% | 1,290 | 1.06% | 1,630 | 1.64% | ||||||||
| Indigenous | 45 | 0.03% | 225 | 0.19% | 160 | 0.16% | ||||||||
| Other/multiracial[lower-alpha 5] | 6,990 | 5.33% | 5,495 | 4.52% | 4,560 | 4.59% | ||||||||
| Total responses | 131,140 | 99.59% | 121,485 | 99.58% | 99,335 | 99.62% | ||||||||
| Total population | 131,677 | 100% | 122,000 | 100% | 99,712 | 100% | ||||||||
| Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries. | ||||||||||||||
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brampton East Riding created from Bramalea—Gore—Malton and Brampton—Springdale |
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| 42nd | 2015–2018 | Raj Grewal | Liberal | |
| 2018–2019 | Independent | |||
| 43rd | 2019–2021 | Maninder Sidhu | Liberal | |
| 44th | 2021–present | |||
Election results
Graph of election results in Brampton East (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
| 2021 Canadian federal election: Brampton East | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Maninder Sidhu | 22,120 | 53.5 | +6.1 | $97,152.25 | |||
| Conservative | Naval Bajaj | 11,647 | 28.2 | +4.3 | $107,663.35 | |||
| New Democratic | Gail Bannister-Clarke | 6,511 | 15.7 | -10.6 | $55,251.17 | |||
| People's | Manjeet Singh | 1,073 | 2.6 | +2.1 | $4,670.78 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 41,351 | – | – | $109,233.57 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 436 | |||||||
| Turnout | 40,787 | 54.6 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 76,588 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | |||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[11] | ||||||||
| 2019 Canadian federal election: Brampton East | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Maninder Sidhu | 24,050 | 47.4 | -4.92 | $92,279.91 | |||
| New Democratic | Saranjit Singh | 13,368 | 26.3 | +3.29 | $94,035.50 | |||
| Conservative | Ramona Singh | 12,125 | 23.9 | +0.36 | none listed | |||
| Green | Teresa Burgess-Ogilvie | 666 | 1.3 | +0.17 | $885.60 | |||
| People's | Gaurav Walia | 244 | 0.5 | $42.92 | ||||
| Independent | Manpreet Othi | 211 | 0.4 | $9,387.07 | ||||
| Canada's Fourth Front | Partap Dua | 89 | 0.2 | none listed | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 50,753 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 510 | |||||||
| Turnout | 51,263 | 66.4 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 77,195 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -4.11 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[12][13] | ||||||||
| 2015 Canadian federal election: Brampton East | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Raj Grewal | 23,652 | 52.32 | +21.67 | $149,172.33 | |||
| Conservative | Naval Bajaj | 10,642 | 23.54 | -5.94 | $189,039.82 | |||
| New Democratic | Harbaljit Singh Kahlon | 10,400 | 23.01 | -14.64 | – | |||
| Green | Kyle Lacroix | 512 | 1.13 | -0.57 | $144.64 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 45,206 | 100.00 | $201,381.89 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 304 | 0.67 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 45,510 | 67.20 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 67,721 | |||||||
| Liberal notional gain from New Democratic | Swing | +18.15 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[14][15] | ||||||||
| 2011 federal election redistributed results[16] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| New Democratic | 10,775 | 37.7 | |
| Liberal | 8,774 | 30.7 | |
| Conservative | 8,439 | 29.5 | |
| Green | 487 | 1.2 | |
| Others | 147 | 0.5 | |
Notes
- ↑ Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
- ↑ Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
- ↑ Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
- ↑ Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
- ↑ Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.
References
- ↑ Statistics Canada: 2017
- ↑ Statistics Canada: 2017
- ↑ Final Report – Ontario
- ↑ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (December 15, 2022). "2021 National Household Survey Profile - Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
- ↑ "Federal Election 2015: Brampton East riding results". Global News. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
- ↑ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 26, 2022). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population Brampton East, Ontario Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved January 7, 2023.
- ↑ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (December 15, 2022). "2021 National Household Survey Profile - Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
- ↑ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 26, 2022). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
- ↑ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 27, 2021). "Census Profile, 2016 Census". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
- ↑ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (November 27, 2015). "NHS Profile". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
- ↑ "September 20, 2021 General Election: Election Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved December 29, 2021.
- ↑ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
- ↑ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 3, 2019.
- ↑ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Brampton East, 30 September 2015
- ↑ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections
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