Mississauga—Erindale

For the provincial electoral district, see Mississauga—Erindale (provincial electoral district).

Mississauga—Erindale

Ontario electoral district
Mississauga—Erindale in relation to other Greater Toronto ridings
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	2003
District abolished	2013
First contested	2004
Last contested	2011
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	160,663
Electors (2011)	99,774
Area (km²)	46.63
Census divisions	Peel
Census subdivisions	Mississauga

Map of Mississauga-Erindale

Mississauga—Erindale was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 to 2015.

It was created in 2003 from parts of Mississauga Centre and Mississauga West ridings. In 2013, it was abolished into Mississauga—Erin Mills, Mississauga Centre and Mississauga—Lakeshore.

It consisted of the part of the City of Mississauga bounded by a line drawn from the southwestern city limit northeast along Britannia Road West, southeast along Erin Mills Parkway, northeast along Eglinton Avenue West, southeast along Mavis Road, southwest along the Queensway West, west along the Credit River and southwest along Dundas Street West to the city limit.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Member of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Mississauga—Erindale Riding created from Mississauga Centre and Mississauga West
38th	2004–2004		Carolyn Parrish	Liberal
	2004–2006			Independent
39th	2006–2008		Omar Alghabra	Liberal
40th	2008–2011		Bob Dechert	Conservative
41st	2011–2015
Riding dissolved into Mississauga—Erin Mills, Mississauga Centre and Mississauga—Lakeshore

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Bob Dechert	29,793	46.95	+4.24	–
	Liberal	Omar Alghabra	21,541	33.95	-8.05	–
	New Democratic	Michelle Bilek	10,327	16.27	+7.73	–
	Green	John Fraser	1,694	2.67	-3.83	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Dagmar Sullivan	99	0.16	-0.07	–
Total valid votes			63,454	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			217	0.34	-0.02
Turnout			63,671	61.61	+5.4
Eligible voters			103,337	–	–

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Bob Dechert	23,863	42.71	+3.3	$96,559
	Liberal	Omar Alghabra	23,466	42.00	-2.8	$74,412
	New Democratic	Mustafa Rizvi	4,774	8.54	-2.6	$1,330
	Green	Richard Pietro	3,636	6.50	+2.1
	Marxist–Leninist	Dagmar Sullivan	129	0.23	-0.3
Total valid votes/Expense limit			55,868	100.00	$98,112
Total rejected ballots			203	0.36	-0.06
Turnout			56,071	56.2	-9.9

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Omar Alghabra	26,852	44.81	-9.56	$75,892
	Conservative	Bob Dechert	23,524	39.25	+7.30	$81,890
	New Democratic	Rupinder Brar	6,644	11.08	+1.26	$3,459
	Green	Adam Hunter	2,613	4.36	+0.79	$1,484
	Independent	Ronnie Amyotte	289	0.48	–	$1,249
Total valid votes/Expense limit			59,922	100.00	$162,852
Total rejected ballots			251	0.42	-0.10
Turnout			60,173	65.5	+6.2

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Carolyn Parrish	28,246	54.37		$77,822
	Conservative	Bob Dechert	16,600	31.95	–	$77,446
	New Democratic	Simon Black	5,104	9.82	–	$2,602
	Green	Jeff Brownridge	1,855	3.57	–	$2,212
	Marxist–Leninist	David Greig	145	0.28		$37.60
Total valid votes/Expense limit			51,950	100.00	$160,120
Total rejected ballots			269	0.52
Turnout			52,219	60.3

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

References

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