Brampton West—Mississauga

Brampton West—Mississauga was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2004. This riding was created in 1996, from parts of Brampton riding.

Brampton West—Mississauga
Ontario electoral district
Map of the riding
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1996
District abolished2003
First contested1997
Last contested2000
Demographics
Census division(s)Peel
Census subdivision(s)Brampton, Mississauga

It consisted of the parts of the cities of Brampton and Mississauga bounded by a line drawn from the northwest corner of the City of Brampton northeast along that limit, southeast along McLaughlin Road, northeast along Highway No. 7, southeast along Main Street, northeast along Steeles Avenue, southeast along Kennedy Road, southwest along the limit between the cities of Brampton and Mississauga, southeast along Hurontario Street, east along the Macdonald-Cartier Freeway, southeast along Highway No. 403, southwest along Eglinton Avenue, northwest along the Credit River, west along the Macdonald-Cartier Freeway to the eastern corner of the Town of Halton Hills on the limit of the City of Mississauga, northwest along the limits of the cities of Mississauga and Brampton to the point of commencement.

The electoral district was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed between Brampton West, Mississauga—Brampton South and Mississauga—Streetsville ridings.

Members of Parliament

The riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Brampton West—Mississauga
Riding created from Brampton
36th  1997–2000     Colleen Beaumier Liberal
37th  2000–2004
Riding dissolved into Brampton West,
Mississauga—Brampton South
and Mississauga—Streetsville

Election results

1997 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalColleen Beaumier27,297
Progressive ConservativeKirk Robertson8,447
ReformErnie McDonald7,569
New DemocraticNirmal Dhinsa2,192
2000 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalColleen Beaumier31,041
AllianceHardial Sangha7,666
Progressive ConservativeW. Glenn Harewood5,957
New DemocraticMatt Harsant1,567
GreenMike Hofer529

See also

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