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Mississauga—Erindale
Flag of Ontario.svg Ontario electoral district
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Mississauga—Erindale in relation to other Greater Toronto ridings

Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP       Bob Dechert
Conservative
District created 2003
First contested 2004
Last contested 2008
District webpage profile, map
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP       Harinder Takhar
Liberal
District created 2003
First contested 2007
Demographics
Population (2006) 143,361
Electors (2007) 95,402
Area (km²) 49
Pop. density (per km²) 2,925.7
Census divisions Peel
Census subdivisions Mississauga
Map of Mississauga-Erindale

Mississauga—Erindale is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004, and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 2007.

It was created in 2003 from parts of Mississauga Centre and Mississauga West ridings.

It consists of the part of the City of Mississauga bounded by a line drawn from the southwestern city limit northeast along Britannia Road West, southeast along Erin Mills Parkway, northeast along Eglinton Avenue West, southeast along Mavis Road, southwest along the Queensway West, west along the Credit River and southwest along Dundas Street West to the city limit.

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Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Member of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Mississauga Centre and Mississauga West prior to 2003
38th 2004-2006     Carolyn Parrish Liberal
39th 2006-2008     Omar Alghabra Liberal
40th 2008-present     Bob Dechert Conservative

Federal election results

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Conservative Bob Dechert 23,863 42.7% +3.3% $96,559
     Liberal Omar Alghabra 23,466 42.0% -2.8% $74,412
     New Democrat Mustafa Rizvi 4,774 8.5% -2.6% $1,330
     Green Richard Pietro 3,636 6.5% +2.1%
     Marxist-Leninist Dagmar Sullivan 129 0.2% -0.3%
Total valid votes/Expense limit 55,868 100.00% $98,112
Total rejected ballots 203
Turnout 56,071 56.6%
Canadian federal election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal Omar Alghabra 26,852 44.8% -9.6% $75,892
     Conservative Bob Dechert 23,524 39.3% +7.4% $81,890
     New Democrat Rupinder Brar 6,644 11.1% +1.3% $3,459
     Green Adam Hunter 2,613 4.4% +0.8% $1,484
     Independent Ronnie Amyotte 289 0.5% - $1249
Total valid votes 59,922 100.0% $162,852
Total rejected ballots 251 0.4% -0.1%
Turnout 60,173 66.5% +6.2%
Canadian federal election, 2004
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal Carolyn Parrish 28,246 54.4% NA $77,822
     Conservative Bob Dechert 16,600 32.0% NA $77,446
     New Democrat Simon Black 5,104 9.8% NA $2,602
     Green Jeff Brownridge 1,855 3.6% NA $2,212
     Marxist-Leninist David Greig 145 0.3% - $37.6
Total valid votes 51,950 100.0% $160,120
Total rejected ballots 269 0.5%
Turnout 52,219 60.3%

Provincial election results

Ontario general election, 2007
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal Harinder Takhar 21,294 47.6% N/A
     Progressive Conservative David Brown 14,838 33.2% N/A
     New Democrat Shaila Kibria 5,117 11.4% N/A
     Green Richard Pietro 3,495 7.8% N/A
Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side Votes %
First Past the Post 27,113 62.2%
Mixed member proportional 16,447 37.8%

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