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Oshawa 
Ontario electoral district
Oshawa in relation to other greater Toronto ridings Federal electoral district Legislature House of Commons MP
Colin Carrie
ConservativeDistrict created 1966 First contested 1968 Last contested 2008 District webpage profile, map Demographics Population (2006) 116,881 Electors (2011) 87,638 Area (km²) 74 Pop. density (per km²) 1,579.5 Census divisions Durham Census subdivisions Oshawa 
Map of Oshawa riding
Oshawa (formerly known as Oshawa—Whitby) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968.
It consists 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. It has a population of 113,662 and an area of 74 km2.
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History
It was created as "Oshawa" riding in 1966 from parts of Ontario riding.
It consisted initially of the City of Oshawa, the Town of Whitby and the part of the Township of Whitby between the west limit of the City of Oshawa and the east limit of the Town of Whitby and lying south of the road allowance between Concessions 2 and 3. The name of the electoral district was changed in 1967 to "Oshawa—Whitby".
In 1976, Oshawa—Whitby riding was abolished, and a new "Oshawa" riding was created from parts of Durham, Ontario and Oshawa—Whitby ridings. It consisted of the City of Oshawa. In 1987, it was redefined to exclude the part of the city north of Rossland Road and the allowance for road in front of lots 1, 2, 3 and 4, Concession 3.
In 1996, it was defined as consisting of the part of the city to the south of a line drawn from west to east along Taunton Road, south along Ritson Road North, east along Rossland Road East, south along Harmony Road North and east along King Street East.
In 2003, it was given its current boundaries as described above, and Whitby-Oshawa was drawn out of Durham and Whitby—Ajax.
In recent years, the district has become a polarized two-way split between the Conservative Party of Canada and New Democratic Party. The Liberal Party of Canada has only managed distant third place finishes in the past two elections.
MP Colin Carrie was re-elected as the Conservative Party of Canada candidate in the 2011 federal election. Canadian Autoworkers Local 222 President Chris Buckley was the nominated New Democratic Party candidate and Gail Bates was the Green candidate. The Liberal Party candidate was James Morton.
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:
Parliament Years Member Party 28th 1968–1972 Ed Broadbent New Democratic 29th 1972–1974 30th 1974–1979 31st 1979–1980 32nd 1980–1984 33rd 1984–1988 34th 1988–1990 1990–1993 Michael Breaugh New Democratic 35th 1993–1997 Ivan Grose Liberal 36th 1997–2000 37th 2000–2004 38th 2004–2006 Colin Carrie Conservative 39th 2006–2008 40th 2008–2011 41st 2011–present Election results
Canadian federal election, 2011 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Conservative Colin Carrie 26,034 51.31 +9.95 New Democrat Chris Buckley 19,212 37.87 +3.15 Liberal James Morton 3,536 6.97 -9.07 Green Gail Bates 1,631 3.21 -3.78 Libertarian Matthew Belanger 260 0.51 - Marxist–Leninist David Gershuny 61 0.12 -0.12 Total valid votes/Expense limit 50,734 100.00 Total rejected ballots 200 0.39 0.00 Turnout 50,934 57.31 +2.06 Eligible voters 88,878 Canadian federal election, 2008 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Conservative Colin Carrie 19.951 41.36 +2.76 $83,665 New Democrat Mike Shields 16,750 34.72 +1.26 $66,814 Liberal Sean Godfrey 7,741 16.04 -7.94 $62,601 Green Pat Gostlin 3,374 6.99 +3.22 $9,606 Christian Heritage Peter Vogel 246 0.51 $2,149 Marxist–Leninist David Gershuny 117 0.24 -0.07 Canadian Action Alex Kreider 52 0.10 Total valid votes/Expense limit 48,231 100.00 $89,927 Total rejected ballots 191 0.39 +0.04 Turnout 48,422 55.25 -8.62 Conservative hold Swing +0.75 Canadian federal election, 2006 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Colin Carrie 20,657 38.60 +5.39 New Democrat Sid Ryan 17,905 33.46 +1.23 Liberal Louise V. Parkes 12,831 23.98 -6.49 Green Adam Jobse 2,019 3.77 -0.11 Marxist–Leninist David Gershuny 91 0.17 -0.02 Total valid votes 53,503 100.00 Total rejected ballots 186 0.35 Turnout 53,689 63.87 Canadian federal election, 2004 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Colin Carrie 15,815 33.21 -10.7 New Democrat Sid Ryan 15,352 32.23 +21.1 Liberal Louise V. Parkes 14,510 30.47 -12.4 Green Liisa Walley 1,850 3.88 Marxist–Leninist Tim Sullivan 91 0.19 -0.1 Total valid votes 47,618 100.0 Total rejected ballots 287 0.60 Turnout 47,905 57.20 Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.
Canadian federal election, 2000 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Ivan Grose 16,179 42.9 +5.2 Canadian Alliance Barry Bussey 10,863 28.8 +0.5 Progressive Conservative Bruce L. Wright 5,675 15.1 -1.5 New Democrat Bruce Rogers 4,203 11.1 -6.3 Marijuana Craig James Michael McMillan 679 1.8 Marxist–Leninist David Gershuny 97 0.3 Total valid votes 37,696 100.0 Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.
Canadian federal election, 1997 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Ivan Grose 15,925 37.7 -0.5 Reform Andrew Davies 11,974 28.4 -0.5 New Democrat Brian Nicholson 7,350 17.4 +2.5 Progressive Conservative Alan Hayes 6,972 16.5 +1.4 Total valid votes 42,221 100.0 Canadian federal election, 1993 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Ivan Grose 15,574 38.3 +3.9 Reform Andrew Davies 11,760 28.9 Progressive Conservative Linda Dionne 6,137 15.1 +6.4 New Democrat Michael Breaugh 6,066 14.9 -32.7 National John Arkelian 387 1.0 Christian Heritage Brian Chiasson 383 0.9 -4.2 Natural Law Helene Ann Darisse 260 0.6 Commonwealth Ann-Marie Methot 73 0.2 Abolitionist Christopher Boddy 60 0.1 Total valid votes 40,700 100.0 By-election on 13 August 1990 On Ed Broadbent's resignation, 2 January 1990
Party Candidate Votes % ±% New Democrat Michael Breaugh 12,046 47.6 +3.3 Liberal Cathy O'Flynn 8,709 34.4 +13.9 Progressive Conservative Bill Longworth 1,627 6.4 -27.4 Christian Heritage Gerry Van Schepen 1,308 5.2 Confederation of Regions Garnet Chesebrough 1,024 4.0 Green David A.J. Hubbell 243 1.0 Libertarian George Dance 117 0.5 -0.6 Social Credit Ken Campbell 96 0.4 Independent Robert Bob Kirk 94 0.4 Independent John Turmel 50 0.2 Total valid votes 25,314 100.0 Canadian federal election, 1988 Party Candidate Votes % ±% New Democrat Ed Broadbent 18,410 44.3 +2.0 Progressive Conservative Nancy McLean 14,040 33.8 -5.0 Liberal Ed White 8,496 20.5 +2.4 Libertarian George S. Kozaroff 449 1.1 +0.5 Commonwealth Lucylle Boikoff 139 0.3 +0.2 Total valid votes 41,534 100.0 Canadian federal election, 1984 Party Candidate Votes % ±% New Democrat Ed Broadbent 25,092 42.3 -9.3 Progressive Conservative Alex Sosna 23,028 38.8 +10.6 Liberal Terry Kelly 10,719 18.1 -1.5 Libertarian Rolf Posma 335 0.6 +0.2 Commonwealth Lucille Boikoff 74 0.1 Communist Russell Z. Rak 72 0.1 0.0 Total valid votes 59,320 100.0 Canadian federal election, 1980 Party Candidate Votes % ±% New Democrat Ed Broadbent 26,761 51.6 +0.4 Progressive Conservative Jim Souch 14,645 28.3 -4.1 Liberal Elizabeth Gomes 10,129 19.5 +3.5 Libertarian Dolores Keys 178 0.3 Communist Russell Rak 81 0.2 0.0 Marxist–Leninist Steve Rutchinski 29 0.1 0.0 Total valid votes 51,823 100.0 Canadian federal election, 1979 Party Candidate Votes % ±% New Democrat Ed Broadbent 29,090 51.3 +2.6 Progressive Conservative Jim Souch 18,369 32.4 +10.2 Liberal Elizabeth Gomes 9,099 16.0 -12.7 Communist Russ Rak 80 0.1 -0.1 Marxist–Leninist Bill Aird 62 0.1 0.0 Not affiliated Richard Sanders 47 0.1 Total valid votes 56,747 100.0 Oshawa—Whitby, 1967-1976
Canadian federal election, 1974 Party Candidate Votes % ±% New Democrat Ed Broadbent 25,013 48.7 +6.8 Liberal Margaret Shaw 14,783 28.8 +11.1 Progressive Conservative Martin Weatherall 11,412 22.2 -18.2 Communist Russell Rak 125 0.2 0.0 Marxist–Leninist Dennis Deveau 66 0.1 Total valid votes 51,399 100.0 Canadian federal election, 1972 Party Candidate Votes % ±% New Democrat Ed Broadbent 23,757 41.8 +8.2 Progressive Conservative Michael Starr 22,933 40.4 +6.8 Liberal Peter Connolly 10,027 17.6 -15.2 Not affiliated Russell Rak 98 0.2 Total valid votes 56,815 100.0 Canadian federal election, 1968 Party Candidate Votes % New Democrat Ed Broadbent 15,224 33.6 Progressive Conservative Michael Starr 15,209 33.6 Liberal Desmond G. Newman 14,899 32.9 Total valid votes 45,332 100.0 See also
- List of Canadian federal electoral districts
- Past Canadian electoral districts
Sources
- 1966-67 Riding history from the Library of Parliament
- 1976-2008 Riding history from the Library of Parliament
- 2011 results from Elections Canada
- Campaign expense data from Elections Canada
Conservative Ajax—Pickering • Oak Ridges—Markham • Oshawa • Pickering—Scarborough East • Richmond Hill • Thornhill • Vaughan • Whitby—Oshawa
Liberal Coordinates: 43°54′03″N 78°50′43″W / 43.9009°N 78.8454°W
References
Categories:- Ontario federal electoral districts
- Oshawa
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