Burlington (provincial electoral district)

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Burlington
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Burlington in relation to other Greater Toronto Area electoral districts
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP
 
 
 
Natalie Pierre
Progressive Conservative
District created1999
First contested 1999
Last contested 2022
Demographics
Population (2016)123,185
Electors (2018)100,455
Area (km²)81
Pop. density (per km²)1,520.8
Census division(s) Halton
Census subdivision(s) Burlington

Burlington is a provincial electoral district in southwestern Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

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It was created in 1999 from parts of Burlington South, Halton Centre, and a small part of South Oakville.

When the riding was created, it included the city of Burlington east of a line following the Queen Elizabeth Way to Highway 403 to King Road and south of a line following Dundas Street to the 403 to Upper Middle Road to Walkers Line.

In 2007, the boundaries were altered so that the riding included all of Burlington south of a line following Dundas Street to Guelph Line to Upper Middle Road to Walker Line to the QEW.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Burlington
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Riding created from Burlington South, Halton Centre and Oakville South
37th  1999–2003   Cam Jackson Progressive Conservative
38th  2003–2007
 2007–2007 Joyce Savoline
39th  2007–2011
40th  2011–2014 Jane McKenna
41st  2014–2018   Eleanor McMahon Liberal
42nd  2018–2022   Jane McKenna Progressive Conservative
43rd  2022–present Natalie Pierre

Election results

2022

2022 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Natalie Pierre 22,34842.55+2.10
Liberal Mariam Manaa15,45229.42+4.81
New Democratic Andrew Drummond9,26217.64-10.99
Green Kyle Hutton3,5156.69+2.21
New Blue Allison McKenzie1,3102.49
Ontario Party Sebastian Aldea6331.21
Total valid votes52,52099.49
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots2690.51
Turnout52,78951.57-11.88
Eligible voters102,373
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +3.46
Source: Elections Ontario [1]

2018

2018 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Jane McKenna 25,50440.45+3.50
New Democratic Andrew Drummond18,05328.63+14.21
Liberal Eleanor McMahon 15,51524.61−18.76
Green Vince Fiorito2,8284.48+0.34
Libertarian Jim Gilchrist5300.84
None of the Above Nadine Bentham4710.75
Consensus Ontario Peter Rusin1540.24
Total valid votes63,05598.93
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots6821.07
Turnout63,73763.45
Eligible voters100,455
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +11.13
Source: Elections Ontario [2]

2014

2014 general election redistributed results [3]
PartyVote %
  Liberal 23,69043.37
  Progressive Conservative 20,18136.94
  New Democratic 7,88014.43
  Green 2,2654.15
 Others6111.12
2014 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Eleanor McMahon 23,57343.41+7.34
Progressive Conservative Jane McKenna 20,08636.98-3.43
New Democratic Jan Mowbray7,79214.35-4.52
Green Meredith Cross2,2504.14+1.87
Libertarian Charles Zach3630.67-0.62
Freedom Andrew Brannan2450.45+0.14
Total valid votes54,309100.0  
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +5.38
Source: Elections Ontario [4]

2011

2011 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Jane McKenna 20,06140.41-0.90
Liberal Karmel Sakran17,90936.07-1.74
New Democratic Peggy Russell9,37018.87+7.87
Green Alex Brown1,1292.27-6.85
Libertarian Anthony Giles6391.29
Family Coalition Tim O'Brien3800.77+0.01
Freedom Andrew Brannan1560.31
Total valid votes49,644100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots2310.46
Turnout49,87554.83
Eligible voters90,964
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +0.42
Source: Elections Ontario [5]

2007

2007 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Joyce Savoline 21,57841.31-7.67
Liberal Marianne Meed Ward 19,72437.81-3.36
New Democratic Cory Judson5,72811.00+5.24
Green Tim Wilson4,7799.12+5.89
Family Coalition Mark Gamez3910.76
Total valid votes 52,200 100.00

2007 by-election

Following Cam Jackson's resignation to run for mayor of Burlington, the riding was left with a vacant seat at Queen's Park. Consequently, a by-election was called by Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty on January 10, 2007, to be held on February 8, 2007. [6] Joan Lougheed, who was defeated by Jackson for the mayor's post, was nominated as the Ontario Liberal Party candidate on January 4, 2007. [7] Former Halton Regional Chair Joyce Savoline became the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario candidate, after narrowly defeating former Miss Canada Blair Lancaster at their nomination meeting. [8] On January 12, 2007, Brantford school teacher and community activist Cory Judson defeated former Halton District School Board trustee David Abbott for the Ontario New Democratic Party candidacy. [9] On January 25, 2007, Frank de Jong was named the Ontario Green Party candidate.

Ontario provincial by-election, January 12, 2007 by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Joyce Savoline 11,14348.98+2.83
Liberal Joan Lougheed9,36541.17-1.01
New Democratic Cory Judson1,3105.76-2.46
Green Frank de Jong 7343.23+0.90
Freedom Barry Spruce1060.47
Independent John Turmel 900.40
Total valid votes22,748 100.00

2003

2003 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Cam Jackson 21,50646.15-16.59
Liberal Mark Fuller19,65442.18+11.47
New Democratic David Carter Laird3,8328.22+3.54
Green Julie Gordon1,0862.33+1.40
Family Coalition Vic Corvaro5231.12
Total valid votes46,601 100.00

1999

1999 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Progressive Conservative Cam Jackson 29,05562.74
Liberal Linda Glover14,22030.71
New Democratic Danny Dunleavy2,1674.68
Green Bruce Smith4320.93
Independent Anne Marsden2890.62
Natural Law Regina Law1440.31
Total valid votes 46,307 100.00

2007 electoral reform referendum

2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum
SideVotes%
First Past the Post33,06765.7
Mixed member proportional17,26734.7
Total valid votes50,334100.0

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References

  1. "Candidates in: Burlington (015)" (PDF). Elections Ontario . Retrieved January 5, 2023.
  2. "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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  4. "Official return from the records, 011 Burlington" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-06-02. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
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