Brampton West (federal electoral district)
Federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada
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Brampton West (French: Brampton-Ouest) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004. Its population was 170,422 in 2006, making it the most populous riding in Canada.[2]
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 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 |
Conservative | ||
| District created | 2003 | ||
| First contested | 2004 | ||
| Last contested | 2025 | ||
| District webpage | profile, map | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2016)[1] | 130,000 | ||
| Electors (2015) | 68,796 | ||
| Area (km²)[1] | 57.92 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 2,244.5 | ||
| Census division | Peel | ||
| Census subdivision | Brampton (part) | ||
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The district includes the western part of the city of Brampton excluding the neighbourhood of Madoc.
The electoral district was created in 2003: 72.8% of the population of the riding came from Brampton West—Mississauga, and 27.2% from Brampton Centre. As a result of the 2012 electoral redistribution, this riding lost just over half of its territory, mostly to Brampton South, with portions going to Brampton North.
People of Jamaican ethnic origin make up 13.0% of the riding's population, the highest such percentage in Canada.[3]
Demographics
According to the 2021 Canadian census[4]
Languages: 41.8% English, 20.3% Punjabi, 4.4% Urdu, 3.8% Hindi, 3.4% Gujarati, 2.4% Tamil, 1.6% Tagalog, 1.5% Portuguese, 1.1% Spanish
Religions: 34.2% Christian (16.3% Catholic, 3.2% Pentecostal, 14.7% Other), 24.4% Sikh, 20.4% Hindu, 10.6% Muslim, 1.1% Buddhist, 8.8% None
Median income: $37,600 (2020)
Average income: $46,640 (2020)
| Panethnic group | 2021[5] | 2016[6] | 2011[7] | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |||||||||
| South Asian | 90,595 | 55.97% | 56,145 | 43.38% | 34,085 | 33.46% | ||||||||
| African | 26,035 | 16.08% | 24,405 | 18.86% | 21,165 | 20.77% | ||||||||
| European[a] | 21,110 | 13.04% | 26,770 | 20.68% | 28,905 | 28.37% | ||||||||
| Southeast Asian[b] | 7,670 | 4.74% | 7,690 | 5.94% | 7,055 | 6.92% | ||||||||
| Middle Eastern[c] | 3,025 | 1.87% | 2,145 | 1.66% | 1,255 | 1.23% | ||||||||
| Latin American | 2,615 | 1.62% | 2,715 | 2.1% | 2,205 | 2.16% | ||||||||
| East Asian[d] | 1,925 | 1.19% | 2,365 | 1.83% | 1,580 | 1.55% | ||||||||
| Indigenous | 605 | 0.37% | 740 | 0.57% | 415 | 0.41% | ||||||||
| Other/multiracial[e] | 8,280 | 5.12% | 6,460 | 4.99% | 5,230 | 5.13% | ||||||||
| Total responses | 161,860 | 99.7% | 129,420 | 99.55% | 101,880[f] | 100.12% | ||||||||
| Total population | 162,353 | 100% | 130,000 | 100% | 101,757 | 100% | ||||||||
| Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries. | ||||||||||||||
Member of Parliament
The riding has elected the following members of Parliament:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brampton West Riding created from Brampton West—Mississauga and Brampton Centre |
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| 38th | 2004–2006 | Colleen Beaumier | Liberal | |
| 39th | 2006–2008 | |||
| 40th | 2008–2011 | Andrew Kania | ||
| 41st | 2011–2015 | Kyle Seeback | Conservative | |
| 42nd | 2015–2019 | Kamal Khera | Liberal | |
| 43rd | 2019–2021 | |||
| 44th | 2021–2025 | |||
| 45th | 2025–present | Amarjeet Gill | Conservative | |
Election results
2025
| 2025 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Amarjeet Gill | 21,112 | 49.8 | +22.06 | ||||
| Liberal | Kamal Khera | 20,194 | 47.6 | –8.62 | ||||
| New Democratic | Zaigham Javed | 708 | 1.7 | –11.09 | ||||
| Green | Sameera Khan | 278 | 0.7 | N/A | ||||
| Centrist | Khawaja Amir Hassan | 95 | 0.2 | N/A | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 42,387 | 98.95 | -0.25 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 448 | 1.05 | +0.25 | |||||
| Turnout | 42,835 | 65.41 | +11.11 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 65,486 | |||||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +15.34 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[8][9] | ||||||||
2021
| 2021 federal election redistributed results[10] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Liberal | 17,524 | 56.29 | |
| Conservative | 8,632 | 27.73 | |
| New Democratic | 3,973 | 12.76 | |
| People's | 770 | 2.47 | |
| Others | 230 | 0.74 | |
| 2021 Canadian federal election: Brampton West | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Kamal Khera | 25,780 | 55.3 | +1.8 | $107,717.96 | |||
| Conservative | Jermaine Chambers | 13,186 | 28.3 | +4.4 | $33,421.74 | |||
| New Democratic | Gurprit Gill | 6,097 | 13.1 | -5.3 | $0.00 | |||
| People's | Rahul Samuel Zia | 1,218 | 2.6 | +1.7 | $0.00 | |||
| Independent | Sivakumar Ramasamy | 328 | 0.7 | N/A | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 46,609 | 99.2 | – | $115,623.57 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 390 | 0.8 | ||||||
| Turnout | 46,999 | 54.3 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 86,557 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -1.3 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[11] | ||||||||
2019
| 2019 Canadian federal election: Brampton West | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Kamal Khera | 28,743 | 53.5 | -2.39 | $109,585.64 | |||
| Conservative | Murarilal Thapliyal | 12,824 | 23.9 | -6.21 | $110,270.48 | |||
| New Democratic | Navjit Kaur | 9,855 | 18.4 | +5.96 | $74,444.87 | |||
| Green | Jane Davidson | 1,271 | 2.4 | +0.85 | $683.08 | |||
| People's | Roger Sampson | 505 | 0.9 | $3,955.00 | ||||
| Christian Heritage | Paul Tannahill | 319 | 0.6 | none listed | ||||
| Communist | Harinderpal Hundal | 97 | 0.2 | $476.56 | ||||
| Canada's Fourth Front | Anjum Malik | 69 | 0.1 | $0.00 | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 53,683 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 735 | |||||||
| Turnout | 54,418 | 62.6 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 86,912 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +1.91 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[12][13] | ||||||||
2015
| 2015 Canadian federal election: Brampton West | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Kamal Khera | 24,256 | 55.89 | +19.81 | $186,667.41 | |||
| Conservative | Ninder Thind | 13,068 | 30.11 | -11.90 | $179,464.92 | |||
| New Democratic | Adaoma Patterson | 5,400 | 12.44 | -7.18 | $29,137.39 | |||
| Green | Karthika Gobinath | 674 | 1.55 | -0.02 | $702.19 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 43,398 | 100.00 | $203,918.62 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 245 | 0.56 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 43,643 | 61.70 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 70,734 | |||||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +15.86 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[14][15] | ||||||||
| 2011 federal election redistributed results[16] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Conservative | 11,977 | 42.02 | |
| Liberal | 10,285 | 36.08 | |
| New Democratic | 5,594 | 19.62 | |
| Green | 449 | 1.58 | |
| Others | 201 | 0.71 | |
2011
| 2011 Canadian federal election: Brampton West | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Kyle Seeback | 28,320 | 44.75 | +4.9 | ||||
| Liberal | Andrew Kania | 22,128 | 34.97 | -5.3 | ||||
| New Democratic | Jagtar Shergill | 11,225 | 17.74 | +4.1 | ||||
| Green | Avtaar Soor | 1,224 | 1.93 | -4.3 | ||||
| Independent | Theodore Koum Njoh | 387 | 0.61 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 63,284 | 100% | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 400 | 0.63 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 63,684 | 55.12 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 115,545 | – | ||||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +5.1 | ||||||
2008
| 2008 Canadian federal election: Brampton West | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Andrew Kania | 21,746 | 40.3 | -8.8 | $101,467 | |||
| Conservative | Kyle Seeback | 21,515 | 39.9 | +4.2 | $103,283 | |||
| New Democratic | Jagtar Shergill | 7,334 | 13.6 | +2.5 | $21,521 | |||
| Green | Patti Chemelyk | 3,329 | 6.2 | +2.1 | $92 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 53,924 | 100.0 | $103,318 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 347 | 0.6 | ||||||
| Turnout | 54,271 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -6.5 | ||||||
Note: As certified on 5 November 2008 after a recount.
The 2008 federal election in this riding featured candidates from the four main national parties. The Greens' Patti Chemelyk is an administrator in the health care industry; Jagtar Shergill of the NDP was a registered insurance broker who had run for the party in 2006 and for Brampton City Council the same year;[17] Conservative Kyle Seeback is a commercial litigation lawyer and former national-level swimmer;[18] and winner Andrew Kania, a Liberal, practiced family law.
Seeback was nominated by the Conservatives in April 2008.[19]
Liberal incumbent Colleen Beaumier announced her retirement from the politics. This left the riding without an incumbent, and the Brampton West Federal Liberal Riding Association without a candidate to run. The hopefuls for the Liberal nomination were Dipika Damerla, Raj Jhajj, and Andrew Kania.[20] Jhajj was the riding president, but stepped down from the position, to be considered.[21] Kania had previously sought the party's nomination in Brampton—Springdale, but then-Prime Minister Paul Martin placed Dr. Ruby Dhalla as the candidate.[21] On September 12, the riding association gathered at the Marriott Courtyard Convention Centre, where Kania's selection was announced.[20][21]
Kania won by a small margin, with the election being one of the last to be called, with Kania not taking the lead until midnight;[19] the election was so tight, The Toronto Star declared Seeback the winner in a published article, latter retracted. The Conservatives won nationally, with the Liberals losing around 20 seats. Kania commented, "I am very thankful to the people of Brampton West for trusting me to represent them in circumstances where the Liberal Party lost about 20 seats. Nobody will work harder, or care more. They will not be disappointed and much good will come from this win."[19] Seeback commented that, "I said it was going to be under a thousand votes; I didn't expect it to be this close, though."[19]
On October 23, 2008, Elections Canada announced that a judicial recount had been granted in Brampton West, under an Ontario Superior Court judge. It is the fifth recount ordered, post-election.[22][23][24]
2006
| 2006 Canadian federal election: Brampton West | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Colleen Beaumier | 27,988 | 49.1 | +4.7 | ||||
| Conservative | Bal Gosal | 20,345 | 35.7 | -4.3 | ||||
| New Democratic | Jagtar Singh Shergill | 6,310 | 11.1 | +0.6 | ||||
| Green | Jaipaul Massey-Singh | 2,340 | 4.1 | +0.7 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 56,983 | 100.0 | ||||||
2004
| 2004 Canadian federal election: Brampton West | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Colleen Beaumier | 21,254 | 45.4 | |||||
| Conservative | Tony Clement | 18,768 | 40.0 | |||||
| New Democratic | Chris Moise | 4,920 | 10.5 | |||||
| Green | Sanjeev Goel | 1,603 | 3.4 | |||||
| Independent | Tom Bose | 371 | 0.8 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 46,916 | 100.0 | ||||||