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Legislature
  
House of Commons

District webpage
  
profile, map

Electors (2015)
  
65,818

Province
  
Ontario

First contested
  
2015

Population (2016)
  
122,000

Area (km²)
  
84.90

Elector
  
65,818

District created
  
Canadian federal electoral redistribution, 2012

Census divisions
  
Regional Municipality of Peel, Brampton

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Brampton East (French: Brampton-Est) is a federal electoral district in Ontario. It encompasses a portion of Ontario previously included in the electoral districts of Bramalea—Gore—Malton and Brampton—Springdale.

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Brampton East 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.

Brampton East is the only federal electoral district with a South Asian plurality (60% of the population identifies as South Asian). Brampton East also has the highest percentages of Sikhs (33.7%) and Hindus (19.4%) of any riding in Canada, along with having the lowest median age in Ontario at 32.6.

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Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

References

Brampton East Wikipedia