Brampton East (federal electoral district)
Federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada
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Brampton East (French: Brampton-Est) is a federal electoral district in Ontario. It encompasses a portion of Ontario previously included in the electoral districts of Bramalea—Gore—Malton and Brampton—Springdale.[3]
 Ontario electoral district | |||
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Interactive map of riding boundaries from the 2025 federal election | |||
| Federal electoral district | |||
| Legislature | House of Commons | ||
| MP |
Liberal | ||
| District created | 2013 | ||
| First contested | 2015 | ||
| Last contested | 2021 | ||
| District webpage | profile, map | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2021)[1] | 131,677 | ||
| Electors (2015) | 65,818 | ||
| Area (km²)[2] | 84.90 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 1,551 | ||
| Census division | Peel | ||
| Census subdivision | Brampton (part) | ||
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Brampton East 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.
Brampton East has the highest proportion of South Asians in Canada (70.1% of the population identified as South Asian in 2021).[4] Brampton East also has the second-highest percentage of Sikhs (40.4%, behind only Surrey-Newton) and the highest percentage of Hindus (23.8%) of any riding in Canada. Brampton East has the lowest median age in Ontario at 32.6.[5]
Demographics
- According to the 2021 Canadian census[7]
Languages: 35.0% Punjabi, 31.4% English, 5.4% Gujarati, 3.6% Tamil, 3.0% Hindi, 2.1% Urdu, 1.0% Assyrian, 1.0% Italian
Religions: 40.4% Sikh, 23.8% Hindu, 22.3% Christian (10.4% Catholic, 1.9% Pentecostal, 10.0% Other), 7.4% Muslim, 4.9% None
Median income: $33,600 (2020)
Average income: $44,160 (2020)
| Panethnic group | 2021[8] | 2016[9] | 2011[10] | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |||||||||
| South Asian | 91,975 | 70.13% | 80,035 | 65.88% | 59,885 | 60.29% | ||||||||
| African | 13,345 | 10.18% | 13,775 | 11.34% | 12,415 | 12.5% | ||||||||
| European[a] | 8,620 | 6.57% | 11,210 | 9.23% | 12,140 | 12.22% | ||||||||
| Middle Eastern[b] | 3,900 | 2.97% | 3,625 | 2.98% | 2,835 | 2.85% | ||||||||
| Southeast Asian[c] | 3,635 | 2.77% | 3,620 | 2.98% | 4,165 | 4.19% | ||||||||
| Latin American | 1,610 | 1.23% | 2,220 | 1.83% | 1,545 | 1.56% | ||||||||
| East Asian[d] | 1,010 | 0.77% | 1,290 | 1.06% | 1,630 | 1.64% | ||||||||
| Indigenous | 45 | 0.03% | 225 | 0.19% | 160 | 0.16% | ||||||||
| Other/multiracial[e] | 6,990 | 5.33% | 5,495 | 4.52% | 4,560 | 4.59% | ||||||||
| Total responses | 131,140 | 99.59% | 121,485 | 99.58% | 99,335 | 99.62% | ||||||||
| Total population | 131,677 | 100% | 122,000 | 100% | 99,712 | 100% | ||||||||
| Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries. | ||||||||||||||
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brampton East Riding created from Bramalea—Gore—Malton and Brampton—Springdale |
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| 42nd | 2015–2018 | Raj Grewal | Liberal | |
| 2018–2019 | Independent | |||
| 43rd | 2019–2021 | Maninder Sidhu | Liberal | |
| 44th | 2021–2025 | |||
| 45th | 2025–present | |||
Election results
| 2025 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Maninder Sidhu | 23,616 | 48.59 | –4.60 | ||||
| Conservative | Bob Dosanjh Singh | 21,731 | 44.71 | +16.15 | ||||
| People's | Jeff Lal | 2,305 | 4.74 | +2.11 | ||||
| New Democratic | Haramrit Singh | 821 | 1.69 | –13.93 | ||||
| Centrist | Abdus S Kissana | 132 | 0.27 | N/A | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 48,605 | 98.78 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 598 | 1.22 | ||||||
| Turnout | 49,203 | 66.74 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 73,721 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | –10.38 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[11][12] | ||||||||
| 2021 Canadian federal election: Brampton East | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Maninder Sidhu | 22,120 | 53.5 | +6.1 | $97,152.25 | |||
| Conservative | Naval Bajaj | 11,647 | 28.2 | +4.3 | $107,663.35 | |||
| New Democratic | Gail Bannister-Clarke | 6,511 | 15.7 | -10.6 | $55,251.17 | |||
| People's | Manjeet Singh | 1,073 | 2.6 | +2.1 | $4,670.78 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 41,351 | – | – | $109,233.57 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 436 | |||||||
| Turnout | 40,787 | 54.6 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 76,588 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | |||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[13] | ||||||||
| 2021 federal election redistributed results[14] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Liberal | 20,193 | 53.19 | |
| Conservative | 10,841 | 28.56 | |
| New Democratic | 5,928 | 15.62 | |
| People's | 1,000 | 2.63 | |
| 2019 Canadian federal election: Brampton East | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Maninder Sidhu | 24,050 | 47.4 | -4.92 | $92,279.91 | |||
| New Democratic | Saranjit Singh | 13,368 | 26.3 | +3.29 | $94,035.50 | |||
| Conservative | Ramona Singh | 12,125 | 23.9 | +0.36 | none listed | |||
| Green | Teresa Burgess-Ogilvie | 666 | 1.3 | +0.17 | $885.60 | |||
| People's | Gaurav Walia | 244 | 0.5 | $42.92 | ||||
| Independent | Manpreet Othi | 211 | 0.4 | $9,387.07 | ||||
| Canada's Fourth Front | Partap Dua | 89 | 0.2 | none listed | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 50,753 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 510 | |||||||
| Turnout | 51,263 | 66.4 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 77,195 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -4.11 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[15][16] | ||||||||
| 2015 Canadian federal election: Brampton East | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Raj Grewal | 23,652 | 52.32 | +21.67 | $149,172.33 | |||
| Conservative | Naval Bajaj | 10,642 | 23.54 | -5.94 | $189,039.82 | |||
| New Democratic | Harbaljit Singh Kahlon | 10,400 | 23.01 | -14.64 | – | |||
| Green | Kyle Lacroix | 512 | 1.13 | -0.57 | $144.64 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 45,206 | 100.00 | $201,381.89 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 304 | 0.67 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 45,510 | 67.20 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 67,721 | |||||||
| Liberal notional gain from New Democratic | Swing | +18.15 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[17][18] | ||||||||
| 2011 federal election redistributed results[19] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| New Democratic | 10,775 | 37.7 | |
| Liberal | 8,774 | 30.7 | |
| Conservative | 8,439 | 29.5 | |
| Green | 487 | 1.2 | |
| Others | 147 | 0.5 | |
See also
Notes
- Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
- Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
- Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
- Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
- Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.