Whitby (federal electoral district)

For the current provincial electoral district, see Whitby (provincial electoral district). For the dissolved provincial electoral district, see Whitby—Oshawa (provincial electoral district). For the British parliamentary constituency, see Whitby (UK Parliament constituency).

Whitby

Ontario electoral district
Whitby in relation to other Greater Toronto Area districts
Coordinates:	43°56′N78°58′W / 43.93°N 78.96°W / 43.93; -78.96
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Ryan Turnbull Liberal
District created	2013
First contested	2015
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2021) [1]	138,501
Electors (2015)	90,964
Area (km²) [1]	155
Pop. density (per km²)	893.6
Census division(s)	Durham
Census subdivision(s)	Whitby

Whitby is a federal electoral district (riding) in Ontario consisting of the entire town of Whitby, Ontario. The boundaries for Whitby were created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and were legally defined in the 2013 representation order. The riding came into existence upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election in October 2015. ^[2] It was created out of the district of Whitby—Oshawa. ^[3] It is a key Liberal-Conservative marginal seat.

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census ^[4]

Ethnic groups: 62.2% White, 12.0% South Asian, 9.1% Black, 3.6% Chinese, 2.6% Filipino, 2.4% Indigenous, 1.6% West Asian, 1.2% Latin American, 1.0% Arab

Languages: 75.5% English, 1.7% Urdu, 1.6% Tamil, 1.5% Mandarin, 1.3% French, 1.1% Spanish, 1.0% Italian

Religions: 54.3% Christian (25.7% Catholic, 4.9% Anglican, 4.2% United Church, 2.7% Christian Orthodox, 1.9% Pentecostal, 1.4% Presbyterian, 1.1% Baptist, 12.4% Other), 6.7% Muslim, 5.4% Hindu, 31.6% None

Median income: $48,000 (2020)

Average income: $63,000 (2020)

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Whitby Riding created from Whitby—Oshawa
42nd	2015–2019		Celina Caesar-Chavannes	Liberal
	2019–2019			Independent
43rd	2019–2021		Ryan Turnbull	Liberal
44th	2021–present

Election results

Graph of general election results in Whitby (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Ryan Turnbull	27,375	44.1	+0.4	$89,015.09
	Conservative	Maleeha Shahid	22,271	35.9	+0.4	$105,175.68
	New Democratic	Brian Dias	8,766	14.1	±0.0	$13,630.16
	People's	Thomas Androvic	2,682	4.3	+3.1	$5,881.18
	Green	Johannes Kotilainen	972	1.6	-3.8	$3,254.22
Total valid votes/Expense limit			62,066	–	–	$127,815.88
Total rejected ballots			332
Turnout			62,398	61.50
Eligible voters			101,465
Source: Elections Canada [5]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Ryan Turnbull	30,182	43.7	-1.25	$90,618.58
	Conservative	Todd McCarthy	24,564	35.5	-6.59	$114,623.57
	New Democratic	Brian Dias	9,760	14.1	+3.75	$6,319.41
	Green	Paul Slavchenko	3,735	5.4	+3.23	$28,189.54
	People's	Mirko Pejic	860	1.2		$3,185.65
Total valid votes/expense limit			69,101	100.0
Total rejected ballots			415
Turnout			69,516	70.8
Eligible voters			98,190
	Liberal hold		Swing		+2.67
Source: Elections Canada [6] [7]

2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Celina Caesar-Chavannes	29,003	44.95	+30.46	$53,971.84
	Conservative	Pat Perkins	27,154	42.09	−16.72	$62,752.73
	New Democratic	Ryan Kelly	6,677	10.35	−11.06	$11,930.35
	Green	Craig Cameron	1,403	2.17	−2.81	$1,685.15
	Independent	Jon O'Connor	279	0.43	–	$1,811.93
Total valid votes/Expense limit			64,516	100.0		$233,804.45
Total rejected ballots			235	–	–
Turnout			64,751	–	–
Eligible voters			90,964
Source: Elections Canada [8] [9]

2011 federal election redistributed results [10]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	31,034	58.81
	New Democratic	11,297	21.41
	Liberal	7,644	14.49
	Green	2,628	4.98
	Libertarian	168	0.32

References

1. "Census Profile, 2021 Census". Ottawa: Statistics Canada. 2022. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
2. Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
3. Final Report – Ontario
4. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (February 9, 2022). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Whitby [Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)], Ontario". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
5. "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada . Retrieved October 3, 2021.
6. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
7. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
8. Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Whitby, 30 September 2015
9. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
10. Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections