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Mississauga—Brampton South

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Legislature
  
House of Commons

First contested
  
2004

Population (2011)
  
147,096

Province
  
Ontario

Elector
  
90,777

District created
  
2003

Last contested
  
2011

Electors (2011)
  
90,777

District abolished
  
2013

Mississauga—Brampton South

Census divisions
  
Regional Municipality of Peel, Mississauga, Brampton

Mississauga—Brampton South was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that had been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004.

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It consists of the parts of the cities of Mississauga and Brampton bounded by a line drawn from the intersection of Highway 401 with the northeastern limit of the City of Mississauga, south along the city limit, southwest along Burnhamthorpe Road East, northwest along Central Parkway East, southwest along Highway 403, northwest along Mavis Road; thence northwesterly along said road to Eglinton Avenue West; thence southwesterly along said avenue to Terry Fox Way; thence northwesterly along said way to Britannia Road West; thence northeasterly along said road to Mavis Road, southwest along Highway 401, northwest along Mississauga Road, northeast along the northwestern limit of the City of Mississauga, northwest along McLaughlin Road, northeast along Steeles Avenue East, southeast along Kennedy Road South, northeast along the northwestern limit of the City of Mississauga, southeast along Dixie Road, and northeast along Highway 401 to the point of commencement.

Following the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution, the bulk of the district will be part of the new Mississauga—Malton district, with other parts transferred to Mississauga East—Cooksville, Mississauga Centre, Mississauga—Streetsville, Brampton South, and Brampton Centre.

History

It was created in 2003 from Bramalea—Gore—Malton—Springdale, Brampton West—Mississauga, Mississauga Centre and Mississauga East ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following member of the Canadian House of Commons:

Proposed Redistribution of Electoral Districts

There is a proposal to change the electoral districts. If the proposal is adopted, the southern Burnhamthorpe boundary would change to Eglinton. This would mean that Rockwood Village would move from Mississauga—Brampton South to the Mississauga East—Cooksville Riding.

References

Mississauga—Brampton South Wikipedia