Milton (provincial electoral district)

For the federal district, see Milton (federal 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
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

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]

The riding is coterminous with the federal electoral district of the same name. It consists of all of Milton plus the city of Burlington north of Dundas Street and Highway 407.

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
	2024–present		Zee Hamid

Election results

Main article: 2024 Milton provincial by-election

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
Total rejected ballots
Turnout				27.72	-14.99
Eligible voters			98,785
	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

1. "Ontario's Liberal government adds 15 new ridings, bringing total to 122". CBC. Canadian Press. December 2, 2015. Retrieved August 5, 2017.
2. "Voter Information Service - Map (Milton)". elections.ca. Elections Canada. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
3. "Census Profile, 2016 Census". statcan.gc.ca. Statistics Canada. 2016. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
4. "A Brief History of Milton". Milton Historical Society. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
5. "Census Profile, 2016 Census". statcan.gc.ca. Statistics Canada. February 8, 2017. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
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".

External links

• Map of riding for 2018 election

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