Brampton West

Brampton West

Ontario electoral district
Brampton West in relation to other Greater Toronto Area electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Kyle Seeback Conservative
District created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2011
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	170,422
Electors (2011)	109,151
Area (km²)	109
Pop. density (per km²)	1,563.5
Census divisions	Peel
Census subdivisions	Brampton

Map of Brampton West

For the provincial electoral district, see Brampton West (provincial electoral district).

Brampton West is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004. Its population was 170,422 in 2006- making it the most populous riding in Canada.

The district includes the western part of the city of Brampton excluding the neighbourhood of Madoc.

The electoral district was created in 2003: 72.8% of the population of the riding came from Brampton West—Mississauga, and 27.2% from Brampton Centre.

The Toronto Real Estate Board labels this section as "W24" in their studies.

Member of Parliament

The riding has elected the following Member of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Brampton West—Mississauga and Brampton Centre prior to 2003
38th	2004–2006		Colleen Beaumier	Liberal
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011		Andrew Kania	Liberal
41st	2011–present		Kyle Seeback	Conservative

Election results

2011 election

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Kyle Seeback	28,320	44.75	+4.9
	Liberal	Andrew Kania	22,128	34.97	-5.3
	New Democrat	Jagtar Shergill	11,225	17.74	+4.1
	Green	Avtaar Soor	1,224	1.93	-4.3
	Independent	Theodore Koum Njoh	387	0.61%	-
Total valid votes			63,284	100%
Total rejected ballots			400	0.63
Turnout			63,684	55.12
Eligible voters			115,545

2008 election

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Andrew Kania	21,746	40.3	-8.8	$101,467
	Conservative	Kyle Seeback	21,515	39.9	+4.2	$103,283
	New Democrat	Jagtar Shergill	7,334	13.6	+2.5	$21,521
	Green	Patti Chemelyk	3,329	6.2	+2.1	$92
Total valid votes/Expense limit			53,924	100.0		$103,318
Total rejected ballots			347	0.6
Turnout			54,271

Note: As certified on 5 November 2008 after a recount.

Stéphane Dion makes a speech on October 10, 2008 in Brampton West. Former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien was among notable Liberals at this rally; this was his first time campaigning for anyone, since retirement.

The 2008 federal election in this riding featured candidates from the four main national parties. The Greens' Patti Chemelyk is an administrator in the health care industry; Jagtar Shergill of the NDP was a registered insurance broker who had run for the party in 2006 and for Brampton City Council the same year; Conservative Kyle Seeback is a commercial litigation lawyer and former national-level swimmer; and winner Andrew Kania, a Liberal, practiced family law.

Seeback was nominated by the Conservatives in April 2008.

Liberal incumbent Colleen Beaumier announced her retirement from the politics. This left the riding without an incumbent, and the Brampton West Federal Liberal Riding Association without a candidate to run. The hopefuls for the Liberal nomination were Deepika Darmela, Raj Jhajj, and Andrew Kania. Jhajj was the riding president, but stepped down from the position, to be considered. Kania had previously sought the party's nomination in Brampton—Springdale, but then-Prime Minister Paul Martin placed Dr. Ruby Dhalla as the candidate. On September 12, the riding association gathered at the Marriott Courtyard Convention Centre, where Kania's selection was announced.

Kania won by a small margin, with the election being one of the last to be called, with Kania not taking the lead until midnight; the election was so tight, The Toronto Star declared Seeback the winner in a published article, latter retracted. The Conservatives won nationally, with the Liberals losing around 20 seats. Kania commented, "I am very thankful to the people of Brampton West for trusting me to represent them in circumstances where the Liberal Party lost about 20 seats. Nobody will work harder, or care more. They will not be disappointed and much good will come from this win." Seeback commented that, "I said it was going to be under a thousand votes; I didn't expect it to be this close, though."

On October 23, 2008, Elections Canada announced that a judicial recount had been granted in Brampton West, under an Ontario Superior Court judge. It is the fifth recount ordered, post-election.

2006 election

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Colleen Beaumier	27,988	49.1	+4.7
	Conservative	Bal Gosal	20,345	35.7	-4.3
	New Democrat	Jagtar Singh Shergill	6,310	11.1	+0.6
	Green	Jaipaul Massey-Singh	2,340	4.1	+0.7
Total valid votes			56,983	100.0

2004 election

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Colleen Beaumier	21,254	45.4
	Conservative	Tony Clement	18,768	40.0
	New Democrat	Chris Moise	4,920	10.5
	Green	Sanjeev Goel	1,603	3.4
	Independent	Tom Bose	371	0.8
Total valid votes			46,916	100.0

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

Sources

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament
• 2011 Results from Elections Canada
• Campaign expense data from Elections Canada