Bramalea—Gore—Malton (federal electoral district)

For the provincial electoral district, see Bramalea—Gore—Malton (provincial electoral district). For the defunct provincial electoral district, see Bramalea—Gore—Malton—Springdale (provincial electoral district).

Bramalea—Gore—Malton (formerly known as Brampton—Malton and Bramalea—Gore—Malton—Springdale) was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada. In 2015, it was dissolved into the ridings of Brampton East, Mississauga—Malton, Brampton Centre and Brampton North.

Bramalea—Gore—Malton

Ontario electoral district
Bramalea—Gore—Malton in relation to neighbouring electoral districts
Coordinates:	43°43′24″N 79°41′34″W Location of the constituency office in Brampton (as of 3 September 2010[update])
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1987
District abolished	2013
First contested	1988
Last contested	2011
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]	192,020
Electors (2011)	100,002
Area (km²)[2]	143.04
Census division(s)	Peel
Census subdivision(s)	Mississauga, Brampton

Map of Bramalea-Gore-Malton

The district was created as "Brampton—Malton" in 1987 from Brampton—Georgetown and Mississauga North. The name was changed to "Bramalea—Gore—Malton" in 1990, and to "Bramalea—Gore—Malton—Springdale" in 1998

In 2003, Bramalea—Gore—Malton—Springdale was abolished when it was redistributed between a new "Bramalea—Gore—Malton", Brampton—Springdale and Mississauga—Brampton South ridings.

In 2001, it had a population of 119,886 and an area of 151 km².

It includes the neighbourhoods of Colerane, Ebenezer, Woodhill, Bramalea and Gorewood Acres in the City of Brampton and the neighbourhoods of Malton, Marvin Heights and Ridgewood in the City of Mississauga.

41.9% of people in Bramalea—Gore—Malton are of East Indian ethnic origin, the highest such percentage in Canada.^[3] Slightly more than a quarter of the population (25.1%) are immigrants from Southern Asia, which is also the highest such figure for any riding.^[4][5]

Member of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Brampton—Malton Riding created from Brampton—Georgetown and Mississauga North
34th	1988–1993		Harry Chadwick	Progressive Conservative
Bramalea—Gore—Malton
35th	1993–1997		Gurbax Singh Malhi	Liberal
36th	1997–2000
Bramalea—Gore—Malton—Springdale
37th	2000–2004		Gurbax Singh Malhi	Liberal
Bramalea—Gore—Malton
38th	2004–2006		Gurbax Singh Malhi	Liberal
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015		Bal Gosal	Conservative
Riding dissolved into Brampton East, Mississauga—Malton, Brampton Centre and Brampton North

Federal election results

2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Bal Gosal	19,907	34.44	-2.68	–
	New Democratic	Jagmeet Singh Dhaliwal	19,368	33.51	+24.49	–
	Liberal	Gurbax Singh Malhi	16,402	29.40	-15.65	–
	Green	John Moulton	1,748	3.02	-2.14	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Frank Chilelli	371	0.64	+0.02
Total valid votes			57,796	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			454	0.80	+0.18
Turnout			58,250	54.75	+5.01	–
Eligible voters			106,395	–	–

2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Gurbax Singh Malhi	22,272	45.05	-5.7	$85,496
	Conservative	Stella Ambler	18,353	37.12	+4.6	$91,704
	New Democratic	Jash Puniya	5,945	12.02	-0.8	$21,613
	Green	Mark Pajot	2,551	5.16	+1.8	$869
	Marxist–Leninist	Frank Chilelli	309	0.62	+0.1
Total valid votes/Expense limit			49,430	100.00	$97,671
Total rejected ballots			307	0.62	–
Turnout			49,737	49.74	–	–

2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gurbax Singh Malhi	25,349	50.7	+1.2
	Conservative	John Sprovieri	16,310	32.6	+2.0
	New Democratic	Cesar Martello	6,400	12.8	-2.1
	Green	Ernst Braendli	1,721	3.4	-1.1
	Marxist–Leninist	Frank Chilelli	233	0.5	-0.1
Total valid votes			50,013	100.0

2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gurbax Singh Malhi	20,394	49.5	-7.5
	Conservative	Raminder Gill	12,594	30.6	-3.9
	New Democratic	Fernando Miranda	6,113	15.0	10.0
	Green	Sharleen McDowall	1,832	4.5
	Marxist–Leninist	Frank Chilelli	237	0.6	-0.1
Total valid votes			41,170	100.0

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

Bramalea—Gore—Malton—Springdale

2000 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gurbax Malhi	21,917	57.1	+10.7
	Alliance	Gurdish Mangat	7,214	18.8	-2.5
	Progressive Conservative	Danny Varaich	6,019	15.7	-10.4
	New Democratic	Vishnu Roche	1,864	4.9	-0.7
	Independent	Gurinder Malhi	783	2.0
	Communist	Jim R. Bridgewood	350	0.9
	Marxist–Leninist	David Greig	269	0.7	0.0
Total valid votes			38,416	100.0

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.

1997 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gurbax Malhi	18,933	46.4	+3.5
	Progressive Conservative	Beryl Ford	10,655	26.1	+7.1
	Reform	Darlene Florence	8,685	21.3	-8.2
	New Democratic	Abdul Majeed	2,281	5.6	+0.5
	Marxist–Leninist	Philip Fernandez	279	0.7	+0.5
Total valid votes			40,833	100.0

1993 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gurbax Malhi	16,530	42.9	+8.5
	Reform	Darlene Florence	11,376	29.5
	Progressive Conservative	Harry Chadwick	7,338	19.0	-22.5
	New Democratic	Paul Ledgister	1,977	5.1	-17.3
	National	Jack Ardis	480	1.2
	Natural Law	Bill Davies	279	0.7
	Independent	John E. Maxwell	261	0.7
	Green	Bill Emms	215	0.6
	Marxist–Leninist	Iqbai Sumbal	89	0.2	-0.1
Total valid votes			38,545	100.0

Brampton—Malton

1988 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Harry Chadwick	16,427	41.5
	Liberal	Gurjit Grewal	13,612	34.4
	New Democratic	Paul Ledgister	8,887	22.5
	Libertarian	Karl von Harten	350	0.9
	Communist	Jim R. Bridgewood	158	0.4
	Independent	Iqbai Sumbal	112	0.3
Total valid votes			39,546	100.0

See also

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada