Whitby—Oshawa

Infobox Canada electoral district
province = Ontario

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caption = Whitby—Oshawa in relation to other Greater Toronto ridings
fed-status = active
fed-district-number = 35099
fed-created = 2003
fed-election-first = 2004
fed-election-last = 2006
fed-rep = Jim Flaherty
fed-rep-party = Conservative
fed-rep-party-link = Conservative Party of Canada
prov-status = active
prov-created = 2006
prov-election-first = 2007
prov-election-last =
prov-rep = Christine Elliott
prov-rep-party = Progressive Conservative
prov-rep-party-link = Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
demo-census-date = 2006
demo-pop = 135893
demo-electors = 94908
demo-electors-date = 2007
demo-area = 234
demo-cd = Durham
demo-csd = Whitby, Oshawa

Whitby—Oshawa is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004 and the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since the 2007 provincial election.

Riding history

The federal riding was created in 2003 from 68 per cent Whitby—Ajax, 20 per cent of Oshawa and three per cent of Durham. [cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/canadavotes/riding/206/|title=Canada Votes 2006: Whitby-Oshawa|accessdate =2007-08-01|publisher=CBC|date=2006] The provincial electoral district was created from the same ridings in 2007.

It consists of the Town of Whitby and northwestern section of the City of Oshawa (specifically, the portion of the city lying north and west of a line drawn from the western city limit east along King Street West, north along the Oshawa Creek, east along Rossland Road West, north along Simcoe Street North, and east along Winchester Road East to the eastern city limit).

Demographics

* Population: 135,893
* Number of electors on list: 94,938
* Ethnic Groups: 90.4% White, 3.0% Black, 2.4% South Asian, 1.3% Chinese, 2.9% Other
* Languages: 84.0% English, 11.3% Non-official, 2.0% French
* Religion: 41.5% Protestant, 33.3% Catholic, 17.2% No affiliation, 8.0% Other denominations
* Average household income: $80 161

Federal electoral district

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Federal election results

Provincial electoral district

Members of Provincial Parliament

The riding has elected the following Members of Provincial Parliament:
# Christine Elliott, Progressive Conservative (2007-present, elected to Whitby—Ajax in 2006)

Provincial election results

Election box begin | title=Ontario general election, 2007
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Christine Elliott
align="right"|22,687
align="right"|44.0
align="right"
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Laura Hammer
align="right"|18,560
align="right"|36.0
align="right"
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Nigel Moses
align="right"|5,733
align="right"|11.1
align="right"
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Doug Anderson
align="right"|3,745
align="right"|7.3
align="right"
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Marty Gobin
align="right"|411
align="right"|0.8
align="right"|
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Dale Chilvers
align="right"|277
align="right"|0.5
align="right"|
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Bill Frampton
align="right"|152
align="right"|0.3
align="right"|

See also

* List of Canadian federal electoral districts
* Past Canadian electoral districts

Notes

External links

* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=1350 Riding history from the] Library of Parliament
* [http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/products/standard/fedprofile/RetrieveTable.cfm?R=FED03&G=35099 Whitby—Oshawa 2001 Census Information]