Whitby—Oshawa (provincial electoral district)

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

Whitby—Oshawa was a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from the 2007 provincial election until 2018. The riding was adjusted by the 2015 Representation Act for the 2018 provincial election,^[2] losing some territory to the district of Oshawa,^[3] and replaced as the district of Whitby.

Whitby—Oshawa

Ontario electoral district
Whitby—Oshawa in relation to other Greater Toronto ridings
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	2006
District abolished	2018
First contested	2011
Last contested	2016-by
Demographics
Population (2011)	146,307
Electors (2014)	110,398[1]
Area (km²)	234
Census division(s)	Durham
Census subdivision(s)	Whitby, Oshawa

Map of Whitby-Oshawa

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.^[4] 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).

For the 2018 election, Whitby-Oshawa was re-districted as Whitby to more closely correspond to the actual town's borders.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Canadian 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 Provincial Parliament

Whitby—Oshawa
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Whitby—Ajax, Oshawa and Durham
39th	2007–2011		Christine Elliott	Progressive Conservative
40th	2011–2014
41st	2014–2015
	2016–2018		Lorne Coe
Riding dissolved into Whitby, Durham and Oshawa

Election results

v t e Ontario provincial by-election, February 11, 2016 Resignation of Christine Elliott
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Lorne Coe	17,053	52.92	+12.27
	Liberal	Elizabeth Roy	8,865	27.51	−3.99
	New Democratic	Niki Lundquist	5,172	16.05	−6.99
	Green	Stacey Leadbetter	529	1.64	−2.63
	None of the Above	Greg Vezina	261	0.81	–
	Independent	Above Znoneofthe	140	0.43	–
	Libertarian	Adam McEwan	109	0.34	–
	People's Political Party	Garry Cuthbert	52	0.16	–
	Freedom	Douglas Thom	34	0.11	−0.44
	Pauper	John Turmel	11	0.03	–
Total valid votes			32,226	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			61	0.19
Turnout			32,287	28.94
Eligible voters			111,566
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+8.13
Source(s) Elections Ontario (February 12, 2016). "Return from the Records, 2016 By-election Whitby—Oshawa (100)" (PDF). Retrieved February 18, 2016.

2014 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Christine Elliott	24,027	40.65	-7.52
	Liberal	Ajay Krishnan	18,617	31.50	-1.90
	New Democratic	Ryan Kelly	13,621	23.04	+7.58
	Green	Stacey Leadbetter	2,523	4.27	+2.03
	Freedom	Douglas Thom	322	0.54	+0.23
Total valid votes			59,110	100.00
Total rejected ballots			892	1.49	+1.18
Turnout			60,002	54.35	+4.66
Eligible voters			110,398
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-2.81
Source: Elections Ontario[5]

v t e 2011 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Christine Elliott	24,499	48.17	+4.16
	Liberal	Elizabeth Roy	16,988	33.40	−2.59
	New Democratic	Maret Sadem-Thompson	7,865	15.46	+4.34
	Green	Bradley Gibson	1,139	2.24	−5.02
	Special Needs	Dan King	211	0.41
	Freedom	Douglas Thom	160	0.31	+0.02
Total valid votes			50,862	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			154	0.30	-0.22
Turnout			51,016	49.69	-3.84
Eligible voters			102,672
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+3.38
Source(s) "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Whitby—Oshawa" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2011. Retrieved 5 June 2014.

v t e 2007 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Christine Elliott	22,694	44.00	−3.12
	Liberal	Laura Hammer	18,560	35.99	−1.00
	New Democratic	Nigel Moses	5,734	11.12	−1.57
	Green	Doug Anderson	3,745	7.26
	Libertarian	Marty Gobin	414	0.80
	Family Coalition	Dale Chilvers	275	0.53
	Freedom	Bill Frampton	152	0.29
Total valid votes			51,572	100.00
Total rejected ballots			270	0.52
Turnout			51,842	53.53
Eligible voters			96,842
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		−1.06

^ Change is from redistributed results.

2003 general election redistributed results[6]
Party		Vote	%
	Progressive Conservative	22,278	47.13
	Liberal	17,485	36.99
	New Democratic	5,999	12.69
	Others	1,511	3.20

2007 electoral reform referendum

2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	33,509	66.18
	Mixed member proportional	17,121	33.82
Total		50,630	100.00
Rejected		1,212	2.34