Brampton—Springdale (federal electoral district)

For the former provincial electoral district, see Brampton—Springdale (provincial electoral district).

Brampton—Springdale was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 until 2015, when it was abolished after the 2012 federal electoral redistribution.

Brampton—Springdale

Ontario electoral district
Brampton—Springdale in relation to other Ontario electoral districts
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)	149,130
Electors (2011)	84,239
Area (km²)	55.35
Census division(s)	Peel
Census subdivision(s)	Brampton

History

It was created in 2003 from Bramalea—Gore—Malton—Springdale and from Brampton Centre. It had a population of 116,775 in 2001 and an area of 59 km². It consisted of the neighbourhoods of Snelgrove, the Villages of Heart Lake, Springdale (Brampton), Sandringham (Brampton), Madoc (Brampton)] and Bramalea Woods. Its last member of Parliament was Parm Gill of the Conservative Party of Canada.

Member of Parliament

The riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Bramalea—Gore—Malton—Springdale and Brampton Centre
38th	2004–2006		Ruby Dhalla	Liberal
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015		Parm Gill	Conservative
Riding dissolved into Brampton Centre, Brampton North and Brampton East

Election results

Map of Brampton-Springdale

2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Parm Gill	24,618	48.26	+8.94
	Liberal	Ruby Dhalla	14,221	27.88	-13.15
	New Democratic	Manjit Grewal	10,022	19.65	+8.08
	Green	Mark Hoffberg	1,926	3.78	-3.98
	Communist	Liz Rowley	219	0.43	+0.14
Total valid votes			51,006	100.00
Total rejected ballots			364	0.71	-0.21
Turnout			51,370	58.94	+4.70
Eligible voters			87,158	–	–

2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Ruby Dhalla	18,577	41.03	−6.3	$80,011
	Conservative	Parm Gill	17,804	39.32	+5.5	$86,444
	New Democratic	Mani Singh	5,238	11.57	−6.1	$21,152
	Green	Dave Finlay	3,516	7.76	+3.9	$746
	Communist	Dimitrios Kabitsis	135	0.29	+0.1	$407
Total valid votes/expense limit			45,270	100.0	–	$87,594
Total rejected ballots			419	0.92
Turnout			45,689	54.24	−7.0
Electors on the lists			84,239

2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Ruby Dhalla	22,294	47.3	−0.4	$74,424
	Conservative	Sam Hundal	14,492	30.8	+3.3	$67,020
	New Democratic	Anna Mather	8,345	17.7	−2.2	$13,867
	Green	Ian Raymond Chiocchio	1,853	3.9	−0.8	$1,280
	Communist	U.J.W. Rallage	110	0.2	–	$1,108
Total valid votes			47,094	100.0
Total rejected ballots			220	0.5
Turnout			47,314	61.2	+6.3
Electors on the lists			77,368
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Ruby Dhalla	19,385	47.7	$61,377
	Conservative	Sam Hundal	11,182	27.5	$72,905
	New Democratic	Kathy Pounder	8,038	19.8	$12,009
	Green	Nick Hudson	1,927	4.7	$944
	Communist	Gurdev Singh Mattu	86	0.2	$599
Total valid votes			40,618	100.0
Total rejected ballots			294	0.7
Turnout			40,912	54.9
Electors on the lists			74,591
Percentage change figures are factored for redistribution. Conservative Party percentages are contrasted with the combined Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative percentages from 2000.
Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

See also

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

References

• "Brampton—Springdale (federal electoral district) (Code 35007) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2012-03-01.
• 2004-2008 Election results from the Library of Parliament website
• 2011 Results from Elections Canada
• Campaign expenses from Elections Canada website