Mississauga Centre (provincial electoral district)

Mississauga Centre is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1999 to 2007, and again from 2018 to present.

Mississauga Centre

Ontario electoral district
Location in Mississauga
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP	Natalia Kusendova Progressive Conservative
District created	1996
First contested	1999
Last contested	2025
Demographics
Population (2016)	124,845
Electors (2018)	88,762
Area (km²)	23
Pop. density (per km²)	5,428
Census division(s)	Peel
Census subdivision(s)	Mississauga

This riding was originally created in 1996 from parts of Mississauga East and Mississauga West ridings. Throughout its brief existence, it was represented by Rob Sampson and Harinder Takhar. It consisted of the central part of the City of Mississauga, Ontario. The electoral district was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed between Mississauga East—Cooksville, Mississauga South, Mississauga—Brampton South and Mississauga—Erindale ridings.

For the 2018 election, it was re-created from Mississauga East—Cooksville, Mississauga—Erindale, Mississauga—Brampton South, and Mississauga—Streetsville.^[1]

Members of Provincial Parliament

Mississauga Centre
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
37th	1999–2003		Rob Sampson	Progressive Conservative
38th	2003–2007		Harinder Takhar	Liberal
Riding dissolved into Mississauga East—Cooksville, Mississauga South, Mississauga—Brampton South, and Mississauga—Erindale
Riding re-created from Mississauga East—Cooksville, Mississauga—Erindale, Mississauga—Brampton South, and Mississauga—Streetsville
42nd	2018–2022		Natalia Kusendova	Progressive Conservative
43rd	2022–present

Demographics

According to the 2011 Canadian census; 2013 representation^[2][3]

Ethnic groups: 32.8% White, 26.4% South Asian, 11.6 Chinese, 6.6% Filipino, 6.4% Arab, 5.0% Black, 2.6% Southeast Asian, 2.4% Latin American, 1.3% Korean, 1.3% West Asian
Languages: 42.9% English, 9.8% Chinese, 6.0% Urdu, 5.7% Arabic, 3.4% Tagalog, 3.1% Polish, 2.9% Portuguese, 2.8% Punjabi, 2.6% Spanish, 1.8% Hindi, 1.7% Tamil, 1.7% Vietnamese, 1.5% Italian, 1.4% French, 1.2% Gujarati, 1.0% Persian, 1.0% Korean
Religions: 52.9% Christian (33.8% Catholic, 4.0% Christian Orthodox, 2.2% Anglican, 1.5% United Church, 1.3% Pentecostal, 1.3% Baptist, 1.2% Presbyterian, 7.6% Other), 16.5% Muslim, 8.9% Hindu, 2.9% Buddhist, 2.8% Sikh, 15.2% No religion
Median income (2010): $27,738
Average income (2010): $36,502

Election results

2018 - present

Winning party in each polling division of Mississauga Centre at the 2025 Ontario general election

2025 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Natalia Kusendova	16,592	46.79	+3.19
	Liberal	Sumira Malik	14,561	41.06	+4.74
	New Democratic	Waseem Ahmed	2,310	6.51	–5.78
	Green	Robert Chan	1,028	2.90	–0.62
	New Blue	Audrey Simpson	443	1.25	–0.30
	None of the Above	Greg Vezina	334	0.94	+0.09
	Independent	Zulfiqar Ali	195	0.6	N/A
Total valid votes/expense limit			35,463	98.79	–0.41
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			435	1.21	+0.41
Turnout			35,898	38.28	+0.14
Eligible voters			93,779
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		–0.78
Source: Elections Ontario[4]

Winning party in each polling division of Mississauga Centre at the 2022 Ontario general election

v t e 2022 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Natalia Kusendova	14,719	43.60	+2.74
	Liberal	Sumira Malik	12,260	36.32	+10.92
	New Democratic	Sarah Walji	4,148	12.29	−15.27
	Green	Adriane Franklin	1,188	3.52	+0.89
	New Blue	Audrey Simpson	523	1.55
	Ontario Party	Stephanie Wright	332	0.98
	None of the Above	Greg Vezina	288	0.85
	Populist	Elie Diab	163	0.48
	Moderate	Viktor Chornopyskyy	137	0.41	−0.03
Total valid votes			33,758	100.0
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			271
Turnout			34,029	38.14
Eligible voters			89,129
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		−4.09
Source(s) "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-18. "Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-21.

2018 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Natalia Kusendova	17,860	40.86	+14.81
	New Democratic	Laura Kaminker	12,046	27.56	+11.62
	Liberal	Bobbie Daid	11,102	25.40	–26.09
	Green	Noah Gould	1,149	2.63	–0.32
	Stop the New Sex-Ed Agenda	Alex Pacis	890	2.04	N/A
	Libertarian	Farouk Giga	471	1.08	N/A
	Moderate	Viktor Chornopyskyy	192	0.44	N/A
Total valid votes			43,710	100.0
	Progressive Conservative notional gain from Liberal		Swing		+1.60
Source: Elections Ontario[5]

2014 general election redistributed results[6]
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	17,903	51.49
	Progressive Conservative	9,059	26.05
	New Democratic	5,543	15.94
	Others	1,238	3.56
	Green	1,027	2.95

1999 - 2007

2003 Ontario general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Harinder Takhar	18,466	47.45	+7.19
	Progressive Conservative	Rob Sampson	15,846	40.72	-10.91
	New Democratic	Michael Miller	3,237	8.32	+3.29
	Green	Jeffrey Scott Smith	776	1.99
	Family Coalition	John R. Lyall	588	1.51

1999 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Rob Sampson	18,688	51.63
	Liberal	George Winter	14,572	40.26
	New Democratic	Gail McCabe	1,820	5.03
	Natural Law	Bob Harrington	1,117	3.09

See also

• Mississauga Centre (federal electoral district)
• List of Ontario provincial electoral districts