Whitby—Oshawa

For the provincial electoral district, see Whitby—Oshawa (provincial electoral district).

Whitby—Oshawa

Ontario electoral district
File:Whitby Oshawa.png
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	2003
District abolished	2015
First contested	2004
Last contested	2011
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	146,307
Electors (2011)	99,155
Area (km²)	222.30
Census divisions	Durham
Census subdivisions	Whitby, Oshawa

Whitby—Oshawa was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004. Following the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution, the bulk of the district will become part of the new Whitby district, while parts of it will be transferred to Oshawa and Durham.

History

The riding was created in 2003 and consists of 68 percent of the Whitby—Ajax district, 20 percent of the Oshawa district and three percent of the Durham district. The provincial electoral district was created from the same ridings in 2007.

It consists of the Town of Whitby and northwestern section of the City of Oshawa (specifically, the portion of the city lying north and west of a line drawn from the western city limit east along King Street West, north along the Oshawa Creek, east along Rossland Road West, north along Simcoe Street North, and east along Winchester Road East to the eastern city limit).

Demographics

According to the Canada 2011 Census

• Population: 146,307
• Ethnic Groups: 81.4% White, 5.5% Black, 4.3% South Asian, 1.7% Chinese, 1.7% Filipino, 1.4% Aboriginal
• Languages: 85.3% English, 2.1% French, 1.5% Italian, 1.1% Chinese
• Religion: 71.2% Christian (32.6% Catholic, 10.3% United Church, 8.3% Anglican, 2.6% Presbyterian, 2.4% Christian Orthodox, 2.1% Baptist, 10.4% Other Christian), 2.6% Muslim, 1.4% Hindu, 23.6% No religion.
• Average household income: $104,969
• Median household income: $89,608
• Average individual income: $48,444
• Median individual income: $37,099

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Whitby—Oshawa Riding created from Durham, Oshawa and Whitby—Ajax
38th	2004–2006		Judi Longfield	Liberal
39th	2006–2008		Jim Flaherty	Conservative
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2014
	2014–2015		Pat Perkins	Conservative
Riding dissolved into Whitby, Durham and Oshawa

Pat Perkins was elected in a November 17, 2014 by-election following the death of Jim Flaherty who died in office on April 10, 2014.

Election results

Canadian federal by-election, November 17, 2014 Death of Jim Flaherty
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Pat Perkins	17,082	49.31	−9.11	–
	Liberal	Celina Caesar-Chavannes	14,083	40.65	+26.54	–
	New Democratic	Trish McAuliffe	2,801	8.08	−14.19	–
	Green	Craig Cameron	500	1.44	−3.45	–
	Independent	John "The Engineer" Turmel	101	0.29		–
	Independent	Josh Borenstein	77	0.22		–
Total valid votes/Expense limit				100.0
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			34,644	31.79	−31.45
Eligible voters			108,969		+6.87
	Conservative hold		Swing		−17.89
Source:

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Jim Flaherty	37,525	58.42	+7.43	$ 89,309.88
	New Democratic	Trish McAuliffe	14,305	22.27	+8.01	22,721.23
	Liberal	Trevor Bardens	9,066	14.11	-11.57	45,888.64
	Green	Rebecca Harrison	3,143	4.89	-3.53	13,040.87
	Libertarian	Josh Insang	198	0.31	+0.31	0.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit			64,237	100.00	+6.69	$102,342.39
Total rejected ballots			244	0.38	+0.07
Turnout			64,481	63.24	+1.78
Eligible voters			101,961		+3.76
Source(s)

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Jim Flaherty	30,704	50.99	+7.13	$ 91,047.86
	Liberal	Brent Fullard	15,460	25.68	-13.07	77,624.55
	New Democratic	David Purdy	8,584	14.26	+1.21	4,335.08
	Green	Doug Anderson	5,067	8.42	+4.82	8,056.85
	Christian Heritage	Yvonne Forbes	395	0.66		1,744.08
Total valid votes/Expense limit			60,210	100.0	-9.85	$ 97,412.66
Total rejected ballots			190	0.31	-0.04
Turnout			60,400	61.46	-9.14
Electors on the lists			98,270		+3.51
Source(s)

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Jim Flaherty	29,294	43.86	+7.80	$ 88,591.06
	Liberal	Judi Longfield	25,882	38.75	−6.29	78,783.33
	New Democratic	Maret Sadem-Thompson	8,716	13.05	−1.00	9,898.30
	Green	Ajay Krishnan	2,407	3.60	−1.25	238.56
	Libertarian	Marty Gobin	274	0.41		258.75
	Canadian Action	Tom Cochrane	217	0.32		120.18
Total valid votes/Expense limit			66,790	100.0	+17.30	$ 88,730.91
Total rejected ballots			237	0.35	−0.14
Turnout			67,027	70.60	+6.52
Electors on the lists			94,938		+6.32
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Judi Longfield	25,649	45.04	$80,842
	Conservative	Ian MacNeil	20,531	36.06	$30,004
	New Democratic	Maret Sadem-Thompson	8,002	14.05	$13,477
	Green	Michael MacDonald	2,759	4.85	$0
Total valid votes			56,941	100.00
Total rejected ballots			283	0.49
Turnout			57,224	64.08
Electors on the lists			89,296
Percentage change figures are factored for redistribution. Conservative Party percentages are contrasted with the combined Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative percentages from 2000.
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

Sources

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament
• Whitby—Oshawa 2001 Census Information
• Campaign expense data from Elections Canada