Milton (provincial electoral district)

Milton
Ontario electoral district
	Milton in relation to nearby electoral districts
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP	Zee Hamid ; Progressive Conservative
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District created	2015
First contested	2018
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2021)	136,993
Electors (2018)	78,764
Area (km²)	450
Pop. density (per km²)	304.4
Census division(s)	Halton
Census subdivision(s)	Burlington, Milton

Last updated February 20, 2025

Milton is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. The riding was created in 2015.^[1]

Profile

The riding (electoral district) in its current form consists of the part of Burlington north of Dundas Street and Highway 407 and the town of Milton.^[2] The eponymous town, which makes up much of the riding's area, is a quickly-growing settlement which dates back to the 1820s.^[2]^[3]^[4] According to the 2016 census, the population of the riding grew over six times as much as the Ontario average between 2011 and 2016, from 88,065 to 114,093 (a 29.6% increase compared to the provincial average of 4.6%).^[5] Over a third of the riding's population are immigrants. In 2015, the median income in the riding was $42,779, up from $41,801 in 2010.^[5]^[6] The median age in the district is 36, below the Ontario average of 41.^[5]

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census; 2013 representation^[7]

Languages: 56.3% English, 9.4% Urdu, 4% Arabic, 2.3% Spanish, 1.8% Punjabi, 1.5% Tagalog, 1.3% Polish, 1.2% Portuguese, 1.1% French, 1.1% Hindi, 1.1% Mandarin
Religions: 48.4% Christian (27.9% Catholic, 3.1% Christian Orthodox, 2.6% Anglican, 2% United Church, 1.4% Pentecostal, 1.1% Presbyterian), 22.6% Muslim, 19.4% No religion, 5.9% Hindu, 2.4% Sikh
Median income (2020): $46,000
Average income (2020): $60,000

Ethnicity groups: White: 45.3%, South Asian: 27.6%, Black: 5.7%, Arab: 5.6%, Filipino: 3.9%, Chinese: 2.8%, Latin American: 2.5%, West Asian: 1.3%, Southeast Asian: 1%

Ethnic origins: Pakistani 11.9%, English 11.5%, Indian 10.6%, Scottish 9.6%, Irish 9.2%, Canadian 8.9%, Italian 5.8%, German 4.7%, Filipino 4%, Portuguese 3.9%

Members of Provincial Parliament

Milton
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Halton
42nd	2018–2022		Parm Gill	Progressive Conservative
43rd	2022–2024		Parm Gill
43rd	2024–present		Zee Hamid

Election results

2025 Ontario general election
The 2025 general election will be held on February 27.
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Katherine Cirlincione
	Green	Susan Doyle
	Progressive Conservative	Zee Hamid
	Centrist	Mohsin Rizvi
	New Blue	John Spina
	Liberal	Kristina Tesser Derksen
Total valid votes/expense limit
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters

Ontario provincial by-election, May 2, 2024 Resignation of Parm Gill
Preliminary results — Not yet official
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Zee Hamid	12,880	47.04	+3.97
	Liberal	Galen Naidoo Harris	10,473	38.25	-0.50
	New Democratic	Edie Strachan	1,851	6.76	-2.94
	New Blue	John Spina	1,102	4.02	-0.03
	Green	Kyle Hutton	755	2.76	-1.38
	Ontario Party	Frederick Weening	111	0.41
	Family Rights	Tony Walton	101	0.37
	Independent	John Turmel	64	0.23
	Independent	Arabella Vida	42	0.15
Total valid votes			27,379	99.74
Total rejected ballots			72	0.26	-0.33
Turnout			27,451	27.72	-14.99
Eligible voters			98,785^{[ citation needed ]}
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+2.24

v t e 2022 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Parm Gill	16,766	43.07	+1.40
	Liberal	Sameera Ali	15,086	38.75	+8.92
	New Democratic	Katherine Cirlincione	3,777	9.70	−12.54
	Green	Oriana Knox	1,612	4.14	−0.88
	New Blue	John Spina	1,579	4.06
	Consensus Ontario	Masood Khan	107	0.27
Total valid votes			38,927	99.41
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			231	0.59	-0.32
Turnout			39,158	42.70	-13.40
Eligible voters			91,696
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		−3.76
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.

v t e 2018 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Parm Gill	18,249	41.67	+4.12
	Liberal	Indira Naidoo-Harris	13,064	29.83	-13.26
	New Democratic	Brendan Smyth	9,740	22.24	+7.83
	Green	Eleanor Hayward	2,200	5.02	+1.44
	Libertarian	Benjamin Cunningham	366	0.84
	Social Reform	Enam Ahmed	170	0.39
Total valid votes			43,789	99.09
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			403	0.91
Turnout			44,192	56.11
Eligible voters			78,764
	Progressive Conservative notional gain from Liberal		Swing		+8.69
Source: Elections Ontario ^[8]

^ Results are compared to redistributed results

2014 general election redistributed results^[9]
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	13,964	43.09
	Progressive Conservative	12,171	37.56
	New Democratic	4,672	14.42
	Green	1,161	3.58
	Others	437	1.35

References

↑ "Ontario's Liberal government adds 15 new ridings, bringing total to 122". CBC. Canadian Press. December 2, 2015. Retrieved August 5, 2017.
1 2 "Voter Information Service - Map (Milton)". elections.ca. Elections Canada. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
↑ "Census Profile, 2016 Census". statcan.gc.ca. Statistics Canada. 2016. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
↑ "A Brief History of Milton". Milton Historical Society. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
1 2 3 "Census Profile, 2016 Census". statcan.gc.ca. Statistics Canada. February 8, 2017. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
↑ "NHS Profile, Milton, Ontario, 2011". statcan.gc.ca. Statistics Canada. May 8, 2013. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
↑ "2021 National Household Survey Profile - Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)". 15 December 2021.
↑ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 6. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
↑ "Milton".

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[1] "Ontario's Liberal government adds 15 new ridings, bringing total to 122". CBC. Canadian Press. December 2, 2015. Retrieved August 5, 2017.

[ec-2] 1 2 "Voter Information Service - Map (Milton)". elections.ca. Elections Canada. Retrieved June 22, 2020.

[miltoncensus-3] "Census Profile, 2016 Census". statcan.gc.ca. Statistics Canada. 2016. Retrieved June 22, 2020.

[historicalsociety-4] "A Brief History of Milton". Milton Historical Society. Retrieved June 22, 2020.

[2016census-5] 1 2 3 "Census Profile, 2016 Census". statcan.gc.ca. Statistics Canada. February 8, 2017. Retrieved June 14, 2020.

[2011nhs-6] "NHS Profile, Milton, Ontario, 2011". statcan.gc.ca. Statistics Canada. May 8, 2013. Retrieved June 14, 2020.

[7] "2021 National Household Survey Profile - Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)". 15 December 2021.

[8] "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 6. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

[9] "Milton".

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v t e Provincial ridings in Hamilton, Halton and Niagara
Progressive Conservative	Burlington Flamborough—Glanbrook Hamilton East—Stoney Creek Milton Niagara West Oakville Oakville North—Burlington
New Democratic	Hamilton Mountain Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas Niagara Centre Niagara Falls St. Catharines
Independent	Hamilton Centre

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Central	Barrie—Innisfil Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound Dufferin—Caledon Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock Northumberland—Peterborough South Peterborough—Kawartha Simcoe—Grey Simcoe North York—Simcoe
Midwestern	Brantford—Brant Cambridge Guelph Haldimand—Norfolk Huron—Bruce Kitchener Centre Kitchener—Conestoga Kitchener South—Hespeler Oxford Perth—Wellington Waterloo Wellington—Halton Hills
Southwestern	Chatham-Kent—Leamington Elgin—Middlesex—London Essex Lambton—Kent—Middlesex London—Fanshawe London North Centre London West Sarnia—Lambton Windsor—Tecumseh Windsor West
Peel	Brampton Centre Brampton East Brampton North Brampton South Brampton West Mississauga Centre Mississauga East—Cooksville Mississauga—Erin Mills Mississauga—Lakeshore Mississauga—Malton Mississauga—Streetsville
Hamilton, Halton, and Niagara	Burlington Flamborough—Glanbrook Hamilton Centre Hamilton East—Stoney Creek Hamilton Mountain Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas Milton Niagara Centre Niagara Falls Niagara West Oakville North—Burlington Oakville St. Catharines
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Durham and York	Ajax Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill Durham King—Vaughan Markham—Stouffville Markham—Thornhill Markham—Unionville Newmarket—Aurora Oshawa Pickering—Uxbridge Richmond Hill Thornhill Vaughan—Woodbridge Whitby
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See also: Federal ridings in Ontario List of elections Politics of Ontario