Whitby (electoral district)

Whitby is a federal electoral district (riding) in Ontario consisting of the entire town of Whitby, Ontario. The boundaries for Whitby were created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and were legally defined in the 2013 representation order. The riding came into existence upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election in October 2015.[2] It was created out of the district of Whitby—Oshawa.[3] It is a key Liberal-Conservative marginal seat.

Whitby
Ontario electoral district
Whitby in relation to other Greater Toronto Area districts
Coordinates:43.93°N 78.96°W / 43.93; -78.96
Federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
MP
 
 
 
Ryan Turnbull
Liberal
District created2013
First contested2015
Last contested2019
District webpageprofile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)[1]128,377
Electors (2015)90,964
Area (km²)[1]155
Pop. density (per km²)828.2
Census division(s)Durham
Census subdivision(s)Whitby

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Whitby
Riding created from Whitby—Oshawa
42nd  2015–2019     Celina Caesar-Chavannes Liberal
 2019–2019     Independent
43rd  2019–present     Ryan Turnbull Liberal

Election results

Graph of general election results in Whitby (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
2019 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalRyan Turnbull30,18243.7$90,618.58
ConservativeTodd McCarthy24,56435.5$114,623.57
New DemocraticBrian Dias9,76014.1$6,319.41
GreenPaul Slavchenko3,7355.4$28,189.54
People'sMirko Pejic8601.2$3,185.65
Total valid votes/Expense limit 69,101100.0
Total rejected ballots 415
Turnout 69,51670.8
Eligible voters 98,190
Source: Elections Canada[4][5]
2015 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalCelina Caesar-Chavannes29,00344.95+30.46$53,971.84
ConservativePat Perkins27,15442.0916.72$62,752.73
New DemocraticRyan Kelly6,67710.3511.06$11,930.35
GreenCraig Cameron1,4032.172.81$1,685.15
IndependentJon O'Connor2790.43$1,811.93
Total valid votes/Expense limit 64,516100.0   $233,804.45
Total rejected ballots 235
Turnout 64,751
Eligible voters 90,964
Source: Elections Canada[6][7]
2011 federal election redistributed results[8]
Party Vote %
  Conservative31,03458.81
  New Democratic11,29721.41
  Liberal7,64414.49
  Green2,6284.98
  Libertarian1680.32

References

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