Charmaine Williams

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2022 Ontario general election: Brampton Centre
Charmaine Williams
MPP
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament
for Brampton Centre
Assumed office
June 2, 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Charmaine Williams 10,11941.36+3.26
New Democratic Sara Singh 6,52226.6611.71
Liberal Safdar Hussain6,11925.01+7.68
Green Karitsa Tye8823.61+0.47
New Blue Kathrin Matusiak8213.36 
Total valid votes24,463100.0  
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots139
Turnout24,60236.67
Eligible voters66,997
Progressive Conservative gain from New Democratic Swing +7.48
Source(s)
  • "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-18.
  • "Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-21.
2018 Brampton Municipal Election: Ward 7 & 8
CandidateVote %
Charmaine Williams5,08625.76
Martin Singh 4,40322.30
Karla Bailey3,48917.67
Harveen Dhaliwal3,36417.04
Cheryl Rodricks1,0035.08
Drew Riedstra8244.17
Gurvinder Singh7123.61
Sam Kunjicka5122.59
Mokshi Virk3481.76

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