Legislature House of Commons First contested 1968 District webpage profile, map Elector 94,928 | District created 1966 Last contested 2015 Province Ontario | |
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MP Colin Carrie
Conservative Census divisions Regional Municipality of Durham, Oshawa | ||
Oshawa (formerly known as Oshawa—Whitby) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1968.
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It consists of the southern part of the City of Oshawa south of Taunton Road.
Demographics
According to the Canada 2011 Census; 2013 representationEthnic groups: 89.8% White, 2.9% Black, 2.1% Aboriginal, 1.5% South Asian
Languages: 88.5% English, 2.5% French, 1.3% Polish
Religions: 67.9% Christian (28.8% Catholic, 11.3% United Church, 7.7% Anglican, 2.8% Pentecostal, 2.7% Baptist, 2.5% Presbyterian, 1.2% Christian Orthodox, 11.1% Other), 1.0% Muslim, 29.4% No religion
Median income (2010): $30,773
Average income (2010): $37,231
Geography
It was created as "Oshawa" riding in 1966 from parts of Ontario riding.
It consisted initially of the City of Oshawa, the Town of Whitby and the part of the Township of Whitby between the west limit of the City of Oshawa and the east limit of the Town of Whitby and lying south of the road allowance between Concessions 2 and 3. The name of the electoral district was changed in 1967 to "Oshawa—Whitby".
In 1976, Oshawa—Whitby riding was abolished, and a new "Oshawa" riding was created from parts of Durham, Ontario and Oshawa—Whitby ridings. It consisted of the City of Oshawa. In 1987, it was redefined to exclude the part of the city north of Rossland Road and the allowance for road in front of lots 1, 2, 3 and 4, Concession 3.
In 1996, it was defined as consisting of the part of the city to the south of a line drawn from west to east along Taunton Road, south along Ritson Road North, east along Rossland Road East, south along Harmony Road North and east along King Street East.
In 2003, it was given its current boundaries as described above, and Whitby-Oshawa was drawn out of Durham and Whitby—Ajax.
Oshawa lost territory to Durham, and gained territory from Whitby—Oshawa during the 2012 electoral redistribution.
Politics
In recent years, the district has become a polarized two-way split between the Conservative Party of Canada and New Democratic Party. The Liberal Party of Canada has only managed distant third-place finishes in the past two elections.
MP Colin Carrie was re-elected as the Conservative Party of Canada candidate in the 2011 federal election. Canadian Autoworkers Local 222 President Chris Buckley was the nominated New Democratic Party candidate and Gail Bates was the Green candidate. The Liberal Party candidate was James Morton.
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:
Election results
Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.
Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.