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Whitby—Oshawa (provincial electoral district)

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District created
  
2006

Last contested
  
2016-by

Elector
  
110,398

First contested
  
2011

Population (2011)
  
146,307

Whitby—Oshawa (provincial electoral district)

Legislature
  
Legislative Assembly of Ontario

MPP
  
Lorne Coe Progressive Conservative

Census divisions
  
Regional Municipality of Durham, Whitby, Oshawa

Whitby—Oshawa is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since the 2007 provincial election.

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History

The riding was created in 2003 and consists of 68 percent of the Whitby—Ajax district, 20 percent of the Oshawa district and three percent of the Durham. The provincial electoral district was created from the same ridings in 2007.

It consists of the Town of Whitby and northwestern section of the City of Oshawa (specifically, the portion of the city lying north and west of a line drawn from the western city limit east along King Street West, north along the Oshawa Creek, east along Rossland Road West, north along Simcoe Street North, and east along Winchester Road East to the eastern city limit).

Demographics

According to the Canada 2011 Census

  • Population: 146,307
  • Ethnic Groups: 81.4% White, 5.5% Black, 4.3% South Asian, 1.7% Chinese, 1.7% Filipino, 1.4% Aboriginal
  • Languages: 85.3% English, 2.1% French, 1.5% Italian, 1.1% Chinese
  • Religion: 71.2% Christian (32.6% Catholic, 10.3% United Church, 8.3% Anglican, 2.6% Presbyterian, 2.4% Christian Orthodox, 2.1% Baptist, 10.4% Other Christian), 2.6% Muslim, 1.4% Hindu, 23.6% No religion.
  • Average household income: $104,969
  • Median household income: $89,608
  • Average individual income: $48,444
  • Median individual income: $37,099

    • Election results

    ^ Change is from redistributed results.

    References

    Whitby—Oshawa (provincial electoral district) Wikipedia
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