Oshawa is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1955.
History In 2015 the provincial districts were updated, and Oshawa gained parts of the city which were previously part of the electoral district of Whitby-Oshawa. The 2018 provincial election was the first in which the new borders were used. The new borders include most of the actual city of Oshawa, although it excludes the mostly rural areas from Wards 4, 6, and 7 north of Taunton Road. These northern parts are part of the Durham electoral district.
Previously the district of Oshawa consisted of the southern and eastern parts of the city of Oshawa 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 includes the communities of Kedron and Taunton and the eastern part of North Oshawa. In 1999, provincial ridings were defined to have the same borders as federal ridings. The federal district was also re-mapped to include the north-western sections.
Demographics 2017 estimates; figures derived from Canada 2016 Census: Population: 167,965 (159,458 in 2016 census) Average individual income: $46,627 Median individual income: $36,268 Average household income: $89,788 Median household income: $71,225 With Canadian citizenship: 163,768 (97.6%) With citizenship other than Canadian: 4,196 (2.4%) Immigrated between 2000 and 2005: 2,297 Immigrated between 2006 and 2011: 1,671 Immigrated after 2012: 1,765 Born in province of residence: 125,439 Born outside province of residence: 16,417 English only: 156,167 (92.9%) English and French: 10,775 (6.4%) French only: 188 Neither English nor French: 834
Members of Provincial Parliament
Election results
2014 general election redistributed results Party Vote % New Democratic 21,850 44.96 Progressive Conservative 15,323 31.53 Liberal 9,454 19.45 Green 1,910 3.93 Freedom 58 0.12
2007 electoral reform referendum
2007 Ontario electoral reform referendumSideVotes%First Past the Post25,55964.1Mixed member proportional14,30535.9Total valid votes 39,864100.0
See also List of Ontario provincial electoral districts Canadian provincial electoral districts
References
Elections Ontario Past Election Results Map of riding for 2018 election