Whitby (provincial electoral district)
 Ontario electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Whitby in relation to other Greater Toronto Area districts | |||
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Ontario | ||
| MPP |
Progressive Conservative | ||
| District created | 2015 | ||
| First contested | 2018 | ||
| Last contested | 2022 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2016) | 128,380 | ||
| Electors (2018) | 96,879 | ||
| Area (km²) | 149 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 861.6 | ||
| Census division(s) | Durham | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Whitby | ||
Whitby is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was previously represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as Whitby-Oshawa. The new riding was created through the 2015 Representation Act for the 2018 provincial election,[1] with the district losing some territory to the district of Oshawa to more closely align to the actual town's borders.[2]
History[edit]
The riding was created for the 2018 general provincial election and consists of the Town of Whitby. The previous district included sections of Oshawa and Ajax.
Demographics[edit]
2017 estimates; figures derived from Canada 2016 Census
- Population: 134,875 (estimate; actual census population from 2016 was 128,377)[3]
- Languages: 91.7% English only, 7.6% Bilingual French-English, 0.5% neither English nor French
- Average individual income: $58,383
- Median individual income: $41,419
- Average household income: $126,596
- Median household income: $101,373
- Denizens with Canadian citizenship: 130,327 (96.6%)
- Denizens with citizenship other than Canadian: 4,547 (3.3%)
- Immigrated between 2000-2005: 2,817
- Immigrated between 2006-2011: 2,338
- Immigrated after 2012: 2,386
- Born in province of residence: 95,247
- Born outside province of residence: 10,829
Members of Provincial Parliament[edit]
| Whitby | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| Riding created from Whitby—Oshawa | ||||
| 42nd | 2018–2022 | Lorne Coe | Progressive Conservative | |
| 43rd | 2022–present | |||
Election results[edit]
| 2022 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Lorne Coe | 21,840 | 47.37 | +1.57 | ||||
| New Democratic | Sara Labelle | 10,524 | 22.83 | −13.78 | ||||
| Liberal | Aadil Mohammed | 9,556 | 20.73 | +7.85 | ||||
| Green | Stephanie Leblanc | 2,397 | 5.20 | +1.81 | ||||
| New Blue | Trystan Lackner | 903 | 1.96 | |||||
| Ontario Party | Emil Labaj | 519 | 1.13 | |||||
| Freedom | Douglas Thom | 197 | 0.43 | – | ||||
| Independent | Christopher Rinella | 168 | 0.36 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 46,104 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | 262 | |||||||
| Turnout | 46,366 | 44.88 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 101,835 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +7.68 | ||||||
Source(s)
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| 2018 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Lorne Coe | 26,471 | 45.80 | |||||
| New Democratic | Niki Lundquist | 21,158 | 36.61 | |||||
| Liberal | Leisa Washington | 7,441 | 12.87 | |||||
| Green | Stacey Leadbetter | 1,958 | 3.39 | |||||
| Libertarian | Ronald Halabi | 522 | 0.90 | |||||
| Freedom | Doug Thom | 246 | 0.43 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 57,796 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | ||||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[4] | ||||||||
References[edit]
- ^ Ontario, Elections. "2018 General Election Maps". www.elections.on.ca.
- ^ "Law Document English View". 24 July 2014.
- ^ "Demographics & Statistics - Whitby Ec Dev". choosewhitby.edtools.ca.
- ^ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 12. Retrieved 20 January 2019.