Milton (provincial electoral district)
| Ontario electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Milton in relation to nearby electoral districts | |
| Provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Ontario |
| MPP | Progressive Conservative |
| District created | 2015 |
| First contested | 2018 |
| Last contested | 2025 |
| Demographics | |
| Population (2021) | 136,993 |
| Electors (2018) | 78,764 |
| Area (km2) | 450 |
| Pop. density (per km2) | 304.4 |
| Census division(s) | Halton |
| Census subdivision(s) | Burlington, Milton |
Milton is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. The riding was created in 2015.[1]
The riding is coterminous with the federal electoral district of the same name. It consists of all of Milton plus the city of Burlington north of Dundas Street and Highway 407.
Profile
[edit ]The riding (electoral district) in its current form consists of the part of Burlington north of Dundas Street and Highway 407 and the town of Milton.[2] The eponymous town, which makes up much of the riding's area, is a quickly growing settlement which dates back to the 1820s.[2] [3] [4] According to the 2016 census, the riding population grew over six times as much as the Ontario average between 2011 and 2016, from 88,065 to 114,093 (a 29.6% increase compared to the provincial average of 4.6%).[5] Over a third of the riding's population are immigrants. In 2015, the median income in the riding was 42,779,ドル up from 41,801ドル in 2010.[5] [6] The median age in the district is 36, below the Ontario average of 41.[5]
Demographics
[edit ]- According to the 2021 Canadian census, 2013 representation[7]
Languages: 56.3% English, 9.4% Urdu, 4% Arabic, 2.3% Spanish, 1.8% Punjabi, 1.5% Tagalog, 1.3% Polish, 1.2% Portuguese, 1.1% French, 1.1% Hindi, 1.1% Mandarin
Religions: 48.4% Christian (27.9% Catholic, 3.1% Christian Orthodox, 2.6% Anglican, 2% United Church, 1.4% Pentecostal, 1.1% Presbyterian), 22.6% Muslim, 19.4% No religion, 5.9% Hindu, 2.4% Sikh
Median income (2020): 46,000ドル
Average income (2020): 60,000ドル
Ethnicity groups: White: 45.3%, South Asian: 27.6%, Black: 5.7%, Arab: 5.6%, Filipino: 3.9%, Chinese: 2.8%, Latin American: 2.5%, West Asian: 1.3%, Southeast Asian: 1%
Ethnic origins: Pakistani 11.9%, English 11.5%, Indian 10.6%, Scottish 9.6%, Irish 9.2%, Canadian 8.9%, Italian 5.8%, German 4.7%, Filipino 4%, Portuguese 3.9%
Members of Provincial Parliament
[edit ]| Milton | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| Riding created from Halton | ||||
| 42nd | 2018–2022 | Parm Gill | Progressive Conservative | |
| 43rd | 2022–2024 | |||
| 2024–2025 | Zee Hamid | |||
| 44th | 2025–present | |||
Election results
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| 2025 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Zee Hamid | 20,091 | 47.43 | +0.39 | ||||
| Liberal | Kristina Tesser Derksen | 17,551 | 41.44 | +3.19 | ||||
| New Democratic | Katherine Cirlincione | 2,403 | 5.67 | –1.09 | ||||
| Green | Susan Doyle | 1,130 | 2.67 | –0.09 | ||||
| New Blue | John Spina | 866 | 2.04 | –1.98 | ||||
| Centrist | Mohsin Rizvi | 316 | 0.75 | N/A | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 42,357 | 99.45 | –0.29 | |||||
| Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | 235 | 0.55 | +0.29 | |||||
| Turnout | 42,592 | 42.45 | +14.73 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 100,342 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | –1.40 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario [8] [9] | ||||||||
| Ontario provincial by-election, May 2, 2024 Resignation of Parm Gill | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ** Preliminary results — Not yet official ** | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Zee Hamid | 12,880 | 47.04 | +3.97 | ||||
| Liberal | Galen Naidoo Harris | 10,473 | 38.25 | -0.50 | ||||
| New Democratic | Edie Strachan | 1,851 | 6.76 | -2.94 | ||||
| New Blue | John Spina | 1,102 | 4.02 | -0.03 | ||||
| Green | Kyle Hutton | 755 | 2.76 | -1.38 | ||||
| Ontario Party | Frederick Weening | 111 | 0.41 | |||||
| Family Rights | Tony Walton | 101 | 0.37 | |||||
| Independent | John Turmel | 64 | 0.23 | |||||
| Independent | Arabella Vida | 42 | 0.15 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 27,379 | 99.74 | +0.33 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 72 | 0.26 | -0.33 | |||||
| Turnout | 27,451 | 27.72 | -14.99 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 98,785 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +2.24 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario
| ||||||||
| 2022 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Parm Gill | 16,766 | 43.07 | +1.40 | 47,201ドル | |||
| Liberal | Sameera Ali | 15,086 | 38.75 | +8.92 | 55,857ドル | |||
| New Democratic | Katherine Cirlincione | 3,777 | 9.70 | −12.54 | 21,161ドル | |||
| Green | Oriana Knox | 1,612 | 4.14 | −0.88 | 1,700ドル | |||
| New Blue | John Spina | 1,579 | 4.06 | N/A | 9,745ドル | |||
| Consensus Ontario | Masood Khan | 107 | 0.27 | N/A | none listed | |||
| Total valid votes | 38,927 | 99.41 | +0.32 | |||||
| Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | 231 | 0.59 | -0.32 | |||||
| Turnout | 39,158 | 42.70 | -13.40 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 91,696 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | −3.76 | ||||||
Source(s)
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| 2018 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Parm Gill | 18,249 | 41.67 | +4.12 | 58,739ドル | |||
| Liberal | Indira Naidoo-Harris | 13,064 | 29.83 | -13.26 | 49,410ドル | |||
| New Democratic | Brendan Smyth | 9,740 | 22.24 | +7.83 | 370ドル | |||
| Green | Eleanor Hayward | 2,200 | 5.02 | +1.44 | 81ドル | |||
| Libertarian | Benjamin Cunningham | 366 | 0.84 | N/A | none listed | |||
| Social Reform | Enam Ahmed | 170 | 0.39 | N/A | none listed | |||
| Total valid votes | 43,789 | 99.09 | ||||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 403 | 0.91 | ||||||
| Turnout | 44,192 | 56.11 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 78,764 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative notional gain from Liberal | Swing | +8.69 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario [10] [11] [12] | ||||||||
^ Results are compared to redistributed results
| 2014 general election redistributed results[13] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Liberal | 13,964 | 43.09 | |
| Progressive Conservative | 12,171 | 37.56 | |
| New Democratic | 4,672 | 14.42 | |
| Green | 1,161 | 3.58 | |
| Others | 437 | 1.35 | |
References
[edit ]- ^ "Ontario's Liberal government adds 15 new ridings, bringing total to 122". CBC. Canadian Press. December 2, 2015. Retrieved August 5, 2017.
- ^ a b "Voter Information Service - Map (Milton)". elections.ca. Elections Canada. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
- ^ "Census Profile, 2016 Census". statcan.gc.ca. Statistics Canada. 2016. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
- ^ "A Brief History of Milton". Milton Historical Society. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
- ^ a b c "Census Profile, 2016 Census". statcan.gc.ca. Statistics Canada. February 8, 2017. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
- ^ "NHS Profile, Milton, Ontario, 2011". statcan.gc.ca. Statistics Canada. May 8, 2013. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
- ^ "2021 National Household Survey Profile - Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)". 15 December 2021.
- ^ "Milton Unofficial Election Results". Elections Ontario. 28 February 2025. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
- ^ "Vote Totals From Official Tabulation" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 3 March 2025. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
- ^ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 6. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- ^ "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario . Retrieved 4 March 2025.
- ^ "Political Financing and Party Information". Elections Ontario . Retrieved 4 March 2025.
- ^ "Milton".
External links
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