 Ontario electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Brampton South 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 (2016)[1] | 121,188 | ||
| Electors (2021) | 76,003 | ||
| Area (km²)[2] | 46.73 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 2,593.4 | ||
| Census division(s) | Peel | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Brampton | ||
Brampton South (French: Brampton-Sud) is a federal electoral district in the Peel Region of Ontario.
Brampton South 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, scheduled for October 2015.[3] It was created out of the electoral district of Brampton West.[4]
Demographics
According to the 2021 Canada Census[5]
Languages: 44.4% English, 18.8% Punjabi, 3.7% Urdu, 3.2% Gujarati, 3.0% Hindi, 2.1% Portuguese, 1.6% Tagalog, 1.6% Tamil, 1.4% Spanish
Religions: 37.4% Christian (18.5% Catholic, 2.4% Pentecostal, 1.9% Anglican, 1.4% United Church, 13.2% Other), 21.9% Sikh, 17.1% Hindu, 9.1% Muslim, 1.3% Buddhist, 12.6% None
Median income: $35,600 (2020)
Average income: $45,920 (2020)
| Panethnic group | 2021[6] | 2016[7] | 2011[8] | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |||||||||
| South Asian | 63,475 | 49.16% | 49,950 | 41.51% | 38,125 | 35.95% | ||||||||
| European[lower-alpha 1] | 31,825 | 24.65% | 39,030 | 32.44% | 41,965 | 39.57% | ||||||||
| African | 14,500 | 11.23% | 13,775 | 11.45% | 12,440 | 11.73% | ||||||||
| Southeast Asian[lower-alpha 2] | 6,620 | 5.13% | 6,040 | 5.02% | 5,590 | 5.27% | ||||||||
| Middle Eastern[lower-alpha 3] | 2,485 | 1.92% | 1,985 | 1.65% | 785 | 0.74% | ||||||||
| East Asian[lower-alpha 4] | 2,105 | 1.63% | 2,135 | 1.77% | 1,565 | 1.48% | ||||||||
| Latin American | 2,100 | 1.63% | 2,110 | 1.75% | 1,835 | 1.73% | ||||||||
| Indigenous | 720 | 0.56% | 1,185 | 0.98% | 985 | 0.93% | ||||||||
| Other/multiracial[lower-alpha 5] | 5,295 | 4.1% | 4,110 | 3.42% | 2,760 | 2.6% | ||||||||
| Total responses | 129,130 | 97.27% | 120,320 | 99.28% | 106,050 | 98.78% | ||||||||
| Total population | 132,752 | 100% | 121,188 | 100% | 107,364 | 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 South Riding created from Brampton West |
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| 42nd | 2015–2019 | Sonia Sidhu | Liberal | |
| 43rd | 2019–2021 | |||
| 44th | 2021–present | |||
Election results
Graph of election results in Brampton South (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
| 2021 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Sonia Sidhu | 21,120 | 50.98 | +1.51 | $97,785.16 | |||
| Conservative | Ramandeep Brar | 12,596 | 30.40 | +2.00 | $75,417.63 | |||
| New Democratic | Tejinder Singh | 5,894 | 14.23 | -2.17 | $13,391.87 | |||
| People's | Nicholas Craniotis | 1,820 | 4.39 | 3.67 | $2,380.47 | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 41,439 | – | – | $109,088.26 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 503 | 1.20 | ||||||
| Turnout | 41,933 | 55.17 | -7.59 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 76,003 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[9] | ||||||||
| 2019 Canadian federal election: Brampton South | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Sonia Sidhu | 24,085 | 49.47 | -2.62 | $92,936.55 | |||
| Conservative | Ramandeep Brar | 13,828 | 28.40 | -6.64 | $98,182.77 | |||
| New Democratic | Mandeep Kaur | 7,985 | 16.40 | +5.75 | $53,224.68 | |||
| Green | Karen Fraser | 1,926 | 3.95 | +1.73 | none listed | |||
| People's | Rajwinder Ghuman | 354 | 0.72 | none listed | ||||
| Christian Heritage | Wavey Mercer | 285 | 0.58 | none listed | ||||
| Canada's Fourth Front | Mitesh Joshi | 152 | 0.31 | $8,217.30 | ||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Dagmar Sullivan | 68 | 0.13 | $20.00 | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 48,863 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 583 | |||||||
| Turnout | 49,266 | 62.76 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 78,487 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +2.01 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[10][11] | ||||||||
| 2015 Canadian federal election: Brampton South | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Sonia Sidhu | 23,681 | 52.09 | +16.70 | $101,341.55 | |||
| Conservative | Kyle Seeback | 15,929 | 35.04 | -10.37 | $105,913.36 | |||
| New Democratic | Amarjit Sangha | 4,843 | 10.65 | -5.77 | $37,089.45 | |||
| Green | Shaun Hatton | 1,011 | 2.22 | -0.04 | $144.64 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 45,464 | 100.00 | $205,155.00 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 270 | 0.59 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 45,734 | 63.42 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 72,111 | |||||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +13.53 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[12][13] | ||||||||
| 2011 federal election redistributed results[14] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Conservative | 16,145 | 45.40 | |
| Liberal | 12,584 | 35.39 | |
| New Democratic | 5,838 | 16.42 | |
| Green | 805 | 2.26 | |
| Others | 186 | 0.52 | |
Notes
- ↑ Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
- ↑ Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
- ↑ Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" 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
- ↑ Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
- ↑ Final Report – Ontario
- ↑ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (February 9, 2022). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Brampton South [Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)], Ontario". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved March 7, 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 September 2, 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 South, 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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