Oshawa (provincial electoral district)

Oshawa
Ontario electoral district
	Oshawa in relation to other Greater Toronto Area districts
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP	Jennifer French ; New Democratic
;
First contested	1955
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2016)	126,765
Electors (2018)	100,254
Area (km²)	64
Pop. density (per km²)	1,980.7
Census division(s)	Durham
Census subdivision(s)	Oshawa

Last updated February 08, 2025

Oshawa is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1955.

History

In 2015 the provincial districts were updated, and Oshawa gained parts of the city which were previously part of the electoral district of Whitby-Oshawa. The 2018 provincial election was the first in which the new borders were used. The new borders include most of the actual city of Oshawa, although it excludes the mostly rural areas from Wards 4, 6, and 7 north of Taunton Road.^[1] These northern parts are part of the Durham electoral district.

Previously the district of Oshawa consisted of the southern and eastern parts of the City of Oshawa south and east of a line drawn from west to east along King Street West, north along Oshawa Creek, east along Rossland Road West, north along Simcoe Street North and east along Winchester Road East. The riding includes the communities of Kedron and Taunton and the eastern part of North Oshawa. In 1999, provincial ridings were defined to have the same borders as federal ridings. The federal district was also re-mapped to include the north-western sections.

Demographics

2017 estimates; figures derived from Canada 2016 Census:^[2]

Population: 167,965 (159,458 in 2016 census)
Average individual income: $46,627
Median individual income: $36,268
Average household income: $89,788
Median household income: $71,225
With Canadian citizenship: 163,768 (97.6%)
With citizenship other than Canadian: 4,196 (2.4%)
Immigrated between 2000-2005: 2,297
Immigrated between 2006-2011: 1,671
Immigrated after 2012: 1,765
Born in province of residence: 125,439
Born outside province of residence: 16,417
English only: 156,167 (92.9%)
English and French: 10,775 (6.4%)
French only: 188
Neither English nor French: 834

Members of Provincial Parliament

Oshawa
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Ontario
25th	1955–1963		T. D. Thomas	Co-operative Commonwealth
26th	1959–1963		T. D. Thomas	Co-operative Commonwealth
27th	1963–1967		Albert Walker	Progressive Conservative
28th	1967–1971		Cliff Pilkey	New Democratic
29th	1971–1975		Charles McIlveen	Progressive Conservative
30th	1975–1977		Michael Breaugh	New Democratic
31st	1977–1981
32nd	1981–1985
33rd	1985–1987
34th	1987–1990
35th	1990–1995		Allan Pilkey
36th	1995–1999		Jerry Ouellette	Progressive Conservative
37th	1999–2003
38th	2003–2007
39th	2007–2011
40th	2011–2014
41st	2014–2018		Jennifer French	New Democratic
42nd	2018–2022
43rd	2022–present

Election results

v t e 2025 Ontario general election
The 2025 general election will be held on February 27.
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Jennifer French
	Progressive Conservative	Jerry Ouellette
	Green	Nicholas Sirgool
	Indepedent	Rahul Padmini Soumian
Total valid votes/expense limit
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters

v t e 2022 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Jennifer French	17,170	42.07	−2.81
	Progressive Conservative	Alex Down	16,423	40.24	−1.49
	Liberal	Catherine Mosca	3,726	9.13	+1.23
	Green	Katarina Dunham	1,641	4.02	+0.41
	New Blue	Daryl Janssen	1,006	2.47
	Ontario Party	Dave Forsythe	843	2.07
Total valid votes			40,809	100.0
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			195
Turnout			41,004	39.48
Eligible voters			103,705
	New Democratic hold		Swing		−0.66
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 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Jennifer French	24,301	44.88	-0.08
	Progressive Conservative	Bob Chapman	22,594	41.73	+10.20
	Liberal	Makini Smith	4,278	7.90	-11.55
	Green	Deborah Ellis	1,957	3.61	-0.32
	Libertarian	Jeannette Gory	523	0.97
	None of the Above	Cheryl Kelly	490	0.91
Total valid votes			54,143	98.95
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			576	1.05
Turnout			54,719	54.58
Eligible voters			100,254
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-5.14
Source: Elections Ontario ^[3]

2014 general election redistributed results^[4]
Party		Vote	%
	New Democratic	21,850	44.96
	Progressive Conservative	15,323	31.53
	Liberal	9,454	19.45
	Green	1,910	3.93
	Freedom	58	0.12

2014 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Jennifer French	22,227	46.70	+10.52
	Progressive Conservative	Jerry Ouellette	14,532	30.53	-11.72
	Liberal	Esrick Quintyn	9,052	19.02	+1.53
	Green	Becky Smit	1,785	3.75	+1.13
Total valid votes			47,608	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			650	1.37
Turnout			48,258	50.19
Eligible voters			96,154
	New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+11.12
Source: Elections Ontario ^[5]

2011 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Jerry Ouellette	16,719	42.25	+3.23
	New Democratic	Mike Shields	14,316	36.18	+3.26
	Liberal	Jacquie Menezes	6,921	17.49	-3.91
	Green	Stacey Leadbetter	1,035	2.62	-3.42
	Libertarian	Matthew Belanger	435	1.10
	Freedom	Ben Fudge	147	0.37
Total valid votes			39,573	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			162	0.41
Turnout			39,735	44.26
Eligible voters			93,679
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-0.02
Source: Elections Ontario^[6]

2007 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Jerry Ouellette	15,977	39.02	+1.7
	New Democratic	Sid Ryan	13,482	32.92	-1.79
	Liberal	Faelyne Templer	8,762	21.40	-2.64
	Green	Alexander Kemp	2,474	6.04	+4.41
	Family Coalition	Jeffrey Streutker	253	0.62	-0.36
Total valid votes			40,948	100.0

2003 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Jerry Ouellette	14,566	37.32	-9.43
	New Democratic	Sid Ryan	13,547	34.71	+12.09
	Liberal	Chris Topple	9,383	24.04	-4.98
	Green	Karen Tweedle	636	1.63
	Freedom	Paul McKeever	518	1.33
	Family Coalition	Dale Chilvers	383	0.98
Total valid votes			39,033	100.0

1999 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Jerry Ouellette	18,915	46.75
	Liberal	Chris Topple	11,740	29.02
	New Democratic	Colleen Twomey	9,154	22.62
	Natural Law	Garry Kotack	651	1.61
Total valid votes			40,460	100.0

2007 electoral reform referendum

2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	25,559	64.1
	Mixed member proportional	14,305	35.9
	Total valid votes	39,864	100.0

References

↑ https://www.oshawa.ca/city-hall/resources/OWBR---2006-Ward-Boundary-Map.pdf ^{[ bare URL PDF ]}
↑ "Demographics". December 2021. Archived from the original on 2019-08-03. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
↑ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
↑ "77 - Oshawa".
↑ "General Election Results by District, 061 Oshawa". Elections Ontario. 2014. Archived from the original on 17 June 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
↑ "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Oshawa" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2011. Retrieved 5 June 2014.

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[1] ttps://www.oshawa.ca/city-hall/resources/OWBR---2006-Ward-Boundary-Map.pdf ^{[ bare URL PDF ]}

[2] "Demographics". December 2021. Archived from the original on 2019-08-03. Retrieved 2018-04-01.

[3] "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2019.

[4] "77 - Oshawa".

[5] "General Election Results by District, 061 Oshawa". Elections Ontario. 2014. Archived from the original on 17 June 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.

[6] "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Oshawa" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2011. Retrieved 5 June 2014.

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