Brampton South
Ontario electoral district
Brampton South in relation to other Greater Toronto Area districts
Federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
MP
 
 		 
Sonia Sidhu
Liberal
District created2013
First contested2015
Last contested2021
District webpageprofile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)[1]121,188
Electors (2021)76,003
Area (km²)[2]46.73
Pop. density (per km²)2,593.4
Census division(s)Peel
Census subdivision(s)Brampton

Brampton South (French: Brampton-Sud) is a federal electoral district in the Peel Region of Ontario.

Brampton South was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for October 2015.[3] It was created out of the electoral district of Brampton West.[4]

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canada Census[5]

Ethnic groups: 49.2% South Asian, 24.4% White, 11.2% Black, 3.5% Filipino, 1.6% Latin American, 1.6% Southeast Asian, 1.5% Chinese, 1.2% Arab

Languages: 44.4% English, 18.8% Punjabi, 3.7% Urdu, 3.2% Gujarati, 3.0% Hindi, 2.1% Portuguese, 1.6% Tagalog, 1.6% Tamil, 1.4% Spanish

Religions: 37.4% Christian (18.5% Catholic, 2.4% Pentecostal, 1.9% Anglican, 1.4% United Church, 13.2% Other), 21.9% Sikh, 17.1% Hindu, 9.1% Muslim, 1.3% Buddhist, 12.6% None

Median income: $35,600 (2020)

Average income: $45,920 (2020)

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Brampton South
Riding created from Brampton West
42nd  2015–2019     Sonia Sidhu Liberal
43rd  2019–2021
44th  2021–present

Election results

Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki wiki.
Graph of election results in Brampton South (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
2021 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Sonia Sidhu 21,120 50.98 +1.51 $97,785.16
Conservative Ramandeep Brar 12,596 30.40 +2.00 $75,417.63
New Democratic Tejinder Singh 5,894 14.23 -2.17 $13,391.87
People's Nicholas Craniotis 1,820 4.39 3.67 $2,380.47
Total valid votes/Expense limit 41,439 – – $109,088.26
Total rejected ballots 503 1.20
Turnout 41,933 55.17 -7.59
Eligible voters 76,003
Source: Elections Canada[6]


2019 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Sonia Sidhu 24,085 49.47 -2.62 $92,936.55
Conservative Ramandeep Brar 13,828 28.40 -6.64 $98,182.77
New Democratic Mandeep Kaur 7,985 16.40 +5.75 $53,224.68
Green Karen Fraser 1,926 3.95 +1.73 none listed
People's Rajwinder Ghuman 354 0.72 none listed
Christian Heritage Wavey Mercer 285 0.58 none listed
Canada's Fourth Front Mitesh Joshi 152 0.31 $8,217.30
Marxist–Leninist Dagmar Sullivan 68 0.13 $20.00
Total valid votes/expense limit 48,863 100.0
Total rejected ballots 583
Turnout 49,266 62.76
Eligible voters 78,487
Liberal hold Swing +2.01
Source: Elections Canada[7][8]
2015 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Sonia Sidhu 23,681 52.09 +16.70 $101,341.55
Conservative Kyle Seeback 15,929 35.04 -10.37 $105,913.36
New Democratic Amarjit Sangha 4,843 10.65 -5.77 $37,089.45
Green Shaun Hatton 1,011 2.22 -0.04 $144.64
Total valid votes/expense limit 45,464 100.00   $205,155.00
Total rejected ballots 270 0.59 –
Turnout 45,734 63.42 –
Eligible voters 72,111
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +13.53
Source: Elections Canada[9][10]
2011 federal election redistributed results[11]
Party Vote %
  Conservative 16,145 45.40
  Liberal 12,584 35.39
  New Democratic 5,838 16.42
  Green 805 2.26
  Others 186 0.52

References

  1. ^ Statistics Canada: 2017
  2. ^ Statistics Canada: 2017
  3. ^ Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts
  4. ^ Final Report – Ontario
  5. ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (February 9, 2022). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Brampton South [Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)], Ontario". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved March 7, 2023.
  6. ^ "September 20, 2021 General Election - Election Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  7. ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  8. ^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 3, 2019.
  9. ^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Brampton South, 30 September 2015
  10. ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

43°39′22″N 79°45′25″W / 43.656°N 79.757°W / 43.656; -79.757

Categories