Bramalea—Gore—Malton (federal electoral district) explained

Province:Ontario
Coordinates:43.7233°N -79.6928°W
Coordinates Caption:Location of the constituency office in Brampton
Coordinates Date:2010-09-03
Fed-Status:defunct
Fed-District-Number:35006
Fed-Created:1987
Fed-Abolished:2013
Fed-Election-First:1988
Fed-Election-Last:2011
Demo-Pop-Ref:[1]
Demo-Area-Ref:[2]
Demo-Census-Date:2011
Demo-Pop:192020
Demo-Electors:100002
Demo-Electors-Date:2011
Demo-Area:143.04
Demo-Cd:Peel
Demo-Csd:Mississauga, Brampton

Bramalea—Gore—Malton (formerly known as Brampton—Malton and Bramalea—Gore—Malton—Springdale) was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada. In 2015, it was dissolved into the ridings of Brampton East, Mississauga—Malton, Brampton Centre and Brampton North.

The district was created as "Brampton—Malton" in 1987 from Brampton—Georgetown and Mississauga North. The name was changed to "Bramalea—Gore—Malton" in 1990, and to "Bramalea—Gore—Malton—Springdale" in 1998

In 2003, Bramalea—Gore—Malton—Springdale was abolished when it was redistributed between a new "Bramalea—Gore—Malton", Brampton—Springdale and Mississauga—Brampton South ridings.

In 2001, it had a population of 119,886 and an area of 151 km2.

It includes the neighbourhoods of Colerane, Ebenezer, Woodhill, Bramalea and Gorewood Acres in the City of Brampton and the neighbourhoods of Malton, Marvin Heights and Ridgewood in the City of Mississauga.

41.9% of people in Bramalea—Gore—Malton are of East Indian ethnic origin, the highest such percentage in Canada.[3] Slightly more than a quarter of the population (25.1%) are immigrants from Southern Asia, which is also the highest such figure for any riding.[4] [5]

Member of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Federal election results

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

Bramalea—Gore—Malton—Springdale

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.

Brampton—Malton

See also

References

Notes and References

  1. [#2011fed|Statistics Canada]
  2. [#2011fed|Statistics Canada]
  3. Web site: 2Profile of Ethnic Origin and Visible Minorities for Canada, Provinces, Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2003 Representation Order), 2006 Census . 2.statcan.gc.ca . 2012-12-02 . 2013-10-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131005000434/http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/rel/Rp-eng.cfm?TABID=1&LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=0&GID=653421&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=92634&PRID=0&PTYPE=89103&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=0&Temporal=2006&THEME=80&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=&D1=0&D2=0&D3=0&D4=0&D5=0&D6=0 . dead .
  4. Web site: Immigrant Status and Place of Birth (38), Sex (3) and Age Groups (10) for the Population of Canada, Provinces, Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2003 Representation Order), 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data . 2.statcan.gc.ca . 2012-11-23.
  5. Web site: Appendix J Comparison of places of birth disseminated in 2006, 2001 and 1996 . 2.statcan.ca . 2009-11-20 . 2012-11-30 . 2020-09-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200906135353/http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2006/ref/dict/app-ann010-eng.cfm#appj9 . dead .