Province: | Ontario |
Fed-Status: | active |
Fed-District-Number: | 35073 |
Fed-Created: | 2013 |
Fed-Abolished: | 2024 |
Fed-Election-First: | 2015 |
Fed-Election-Last: | 2021 |
Fed-Rep: | Pam Damoff |
Fed-Rep-Party: | Liberal |
Demo-Pop-Ref: | [1] |
Demo-Area-Ref: | [2] |
Demo-Census-Date: | 2011 |
Demo-Pop: | 114378 |
Demo-Electors: | 84100 |
Demo-Electors-Date: | 2015 |
Demo-Area: | 92 |
Demo-Cd: | Halton |
Demo-Csd: | Burlington, Oakville |
Oakville North—Burlington (fr|'''Oakville-Nord—Burlington''') is a federal electoral district in Halton Region, Ontario.
Oakville North—Burlington 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. The riding was created out of part of the electoral district of Halton.
On June 7, 2015, at the Burlington Convention Centre, Conservative members of the Oakville North—Burlington Electoral District Association nominated Effie Triantafilopoulos as their official candidate for the October 19, 2015 federal election.[3]
Ward 6 Councillor for Oakville, Max Khan bested aviation-pilot Rohit Dhamjia by an unknown number of votes in the party's nomination vote on September 25, 2014, in Oakville.Khan died at Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital on March 29, 2015, vacating his role as the Liberals candidate.Oakville Town Councillor and longtime community volunteer Pam Damoff was acclaimed as the Liberal candidate on May 26, 2015.[4]
As a result of the 2022 electoral Redistribution this riding was abolished on April 22, 2024 and created out of its dissolution were three new riding's Burlington North-Milton West, Oakville West, and Oakville East. These new districts are set to benefit the Conservatives in the upcoming election and as a result many Conservatives are interested in becoming the Candidates for these ridings.
According to the 2021 Canadian census[5]
Ethnic groups: 54.9% White, 16.0% South Asian, 8.6% Chinese, 5.6% Arab, 3.4% Black, 2.5% Latin American, 1.8% Korean, 1.8% Filipino, 1.1% Indigenous, 1.1% West Asian
Languages: 57.5% English, 5.3% Mandarin, 4.1% Arabic, 2.6% Spanish, 2.5% Urdu, 1.7% Punjabi, 1.5% Portuguese, 1.4% Polish, 1.3% Korean, 1.3% Hindi, 1.3% French, 1.2% Cantonese, 1.1% Italian, 1.0% Russian
Religions: 52.4% Christian (29.6% Catholic, 4.1% Christian Orthodox, 3.2% Anglican, 2.8% United Church, 1.6% Presbyterian, 11.1% Other), 11.6% Muslim, 5.5% Hindu, 2.5% Sikh, 1.0% Buddhist, 26.2% None
Median income: $51,200 (2020)
Average income: $74,100 (2020)
This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:
2011 federal election redistributed results[6] | |||||
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Party | Vote | % | |||
25,368 | 54.16 | ||||
12,633 | 26.97 | ||||
7,263 | 15.51 | ||||
1,452 | 3.10 | ||||
Others | 123 | 0.26 |