District created 2003 Last contested 2011 Population (2011) 196,068 Province Ontario Elector 123,096 | First contested 2004 District webpage profile, map Electors (2011) 123,096 District abolished 2013 | |
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Census divisions Regional Municipality of York, Vaughan | ||
Vaughan was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 until 2015.
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The riding covered the fast-growing region of Vaughan north of Toronto.
The riding was created in 2003 from parts of Vaughan—King—Aurora riding. It consisted of the part of the City of Vaughan that lies west of Highway 400 or north of Rutherford Road.
Political geography
The riding was divided between the rural and urban parts. The Conservative concentrations in the riding can be found in the more rural parts, in the north and east parts of the riding, like the community of Kleinburg. The rest of the riding, the more suburban southern part is strongly Liberal. [1]
Demographics
According to the Canada 2006 CensusRacial groups: 74.3% White, 9.3% South Asian, 2.7% Latin American, 2.5% Black, 2.4% Southeast Asian, 2.4% Chinese, 1.7% West Asian, 1.7% Filipino, 1.0% Arab
Languages: 44.8% English, 0.5% French, 54.6% Other
Religions (2001): 77.0% Catholic, 7.3% Protestant, 2.7% Muslim, 2.6% Christian Orthodox, 2.1% Sikh, 1.6% Hindu, 1.3% Buddhist, 3.9% No religion
Average income: $34,485
The Vaughan riding has the highest percentage of people of Italian ethnic origin in all of Canada (an astounding 54.4% - multiple responses). 17.1% of its residents are Italian immigrants, the highest such percentage for a Canadian federal riding, apparently accounting for another record figure, i.e. 19.2% of its residents having Italian as their mother tongue.
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:
Election results
^ % Change is based on redistributed results. Conservative change is from a combination of Progressive Conservative and Canadian Alliance parties.