Pickering—Uxbridge

Pickering—Uxbridge
Ontario electoral district
Pickering-Uxbridge in relation to other Greater Toronto Area districts
Coordinates: 44.042°N 79.181°W / 44.042; -79.181
Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP
 
 
 
Jennifer O'Connell
Liberal
District created 2013
First contested 2015
Last contested 2021
District webpage profile, map
Demographics
Population (2021) 120,742
Electors (2015) 84,997
Area (km²) 687
Pop. density (per km²) 175.8
Census division(s) Durham
Census subdivision(s) Pickering, Uxbridge

Pickering—Uxbridge is a federal electoral district in Ontario. It consists of the City of Pickering and the Township of Uxbridge.

Pickering—Uxbridge was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for 19 October 2015. It was created out of parts of Pickering—Scarborough East, Ajax—Pickering and Durham.

Demographics

According to the Canada 2021 Census

Ethnic groups: 54.4% White, 9.6% Black, 17.7% South Asian, 3.6% Filipino, 2.8% Chinese, 1.8% West Asian, 1.6% Indigenous, 1.4% Arab, 1.3% Latin American
Languages: 72.7% English, 2.5% Tamil, 2.5% Urdu, 1.5% Tagalog, 1.1% French, 1.0% Italian, 1.0% Arabic
Religions: 54.0% Christian (24.6% Catholic, 4.2% Anglican, 4.0% United Church, 3.5% Christian Orthodox, 1.8% Pentecostal, 1.7% Presbyterian, 1.4% Baptist, 12.8% Other), 10.5% Muslim, 6.9% Hindu, 26.5% None
Median income: $45,600 (2020)
Average income: $61,350 (2020)

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Pickering—Uxbridge
Riding created from Ajax—Pickering, Durham
and Pickering—Scarborough East
42nd  2015–2019     Jennifer O'Connell Liberal
43rd  2019–2021
44th  2021–present

Election results

Graph of general election results in Pickering—Uxbridge (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
2021 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Jennifer O'Connell 27,271 46.9 -4.1 $63,374.89
Conservative Jacob Mantle 20,976 36.1 +7.0 $113,717.90
New Democratic Eileen Higdon 7,396 13.1 +1.2 $3,884.61
People's Corneliu Chisu 2,328 4.0 +2.0 $2,394.19
Total valid votes/Expense limit 58,167 $121,844.79
Total rejected ballots 302
Turnout 58,469 62.16
Eligible voters 94,059
Source: Elections Canada


2019 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Jennifer O'Connell 32,387 51.0 +0.7 $79,048.14
Conservative Cyma Musarat 18,462 29.1 -9.1 $56,879.42
New Democratic Eileen Higdon 7,582 11.9 +2.7 $9,433.88
Green Peter Forint 3,799 6.0 +3.7 $7,976.00
People's Corneliu Chisu 1,265 2.0 $7,989.04
Total valid votes/expense limit 63,495 100.0
Total rejected ballots 407
Turnout 63,902 68.9
Eligible voters 92,699
Liberal hold Swing +4.90
Source: Elections Canada
2015 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Jennifer O'Connell 29,757 50.30 +16.73 $92,326.80
Conservative Corneliu Chisu 22,591 38.19 -7.79 $119,840.70
New Democratic Pamela Downward 5,446 9.21 -6.54 $12,890.87
Green Anthony Jordan Navarro 1,365 2.31 -2.21 $4,275.04
Total valid votes/Expense limit 59,159 100.0     $224,063.76
Total rejected ballots 222 0.3%
Turnout 59,381
Eligible voters 85,794
Source: Elections Canada
2011 federal election redistributed results
Party Vote %
  Conservative 22,574 45.98
  Liberal 16,480 33.57
  New Democratic 7,731 15.75
  Green 2,217 4.52
  Others 95 0.19