Oshawa (electoral district)
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Oshawa (formerly known as Oshawa—Whitby) is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968, and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1955.
It consists of the southern and eastern parts of the City of Oshawa, Ontario south and east of a line drawn from west to east along King Street West, north along Oshawa Creek, east along Rossland Road West, north along Simcoe Street North and east along Winchester Road East. The riding included the communities of Kedron and Taunton and the eastern part of North Oshawa. It has a population of 113,662 and an area of 74 sq. km.
Federal electoral district
It was created in 1966 parts of from Ontario riding.
It consisted initially of the City of Oshawa, the Town of Whitby and the part of the Township of Whitby between the west limit of the City of Oshawa and the east limit of the Town of Whitby and lying south of the road allowance between Concessions 2 and 3. The name of the electoral district was changed in 1967 to "Oshawa—Whitby".
In 1976, a new "Oshawa" riding was created from parts of Durham, Ontario and Oshawa—Whitby ridings. It consisted of the City of Oshawa. In 1987, it was redefined to exclude the part of the city north of Rossland Road and the allowance for road in front of lots 1, 2, 3 and 4, Concession 3.
In 1996, it was defined as consisting of the part of the city to the south of a line drawn from west to east along Taunton Road, south along Ritson Road North, east along Rossland Road East, south along Harmony Road North and east along King Street East.
In 2003, it was given its current boundaries as described above, and Whitby-Oshawa was drawn out of Durham and Whitby—Ajax.
Politically, it is a 3-way split between the New Democratic Party, the Liberal Party of Canada and the Conservative Party of Canada.
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:
- Ed Broadbent, New Democratic Party (1968-1990)
- Mike Breaugh, New Democratic Party (1990-1993)
- Ivan Grose, Liberal (1993-2003)
- Colin Carrie, Conservative (2003-present)
Provincial electoral district
Since 1999, provincial ridings were defined to have the same borders as federal ridings.
Members of Provincial Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:
- Thomas Thomas, Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (1955-1963)
- Albert V. Walker, Progressive Conservative (1963-1967)
- Clifford Pilkey, New Democratic Party (1967-1971)
- Charles McIlveen, Progressive Conservative (1971-1975)
- Mike Breaugh, New Democratic Party (1975-1990)
- Allan Pilkey, New Democratic Party (1990-1995)
- Jerry Ouellette, Progressive Conservative (1995-present)
Federal election results
On Ed Broadbent's resignation, 2 January 1990:
See also
External links
- [1966-67 Riding history from the] Library of Parliament
- [1976-present Riding history from the] Library of Parliament
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