Oakville (federal electoral district)

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LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1996
First contested1997
Last contested2021
Oakville
Ontario electoral district
Oakville in relation to the surrounding area ridings
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1996
First contested1997
Last contested2021
District webpageprofile, map
Demographics
Population (2016)[1]120,923
Electors (2015)87,670
Area (km²)[2]83
Census divisionHalton
Census subdivisionOakville

Oakville was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2025.

After the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, the riding was abolished and divided into Oakville East and Oakville West for the 2025 Canadian federal election.

It was created in 1996 from parts of Halton and Oakville—Milton ridings.

It consisted initially of the part of the Town of Oakville lying southeast of the Queen Elizabeth Way and Upper Middle Road.

In 2003, it was redefined to consist of the part of the Town of Oakville lying southeast of a line drawn from the northeastern town limit southwest along Dundas Street East, southeast along Eighth Line and southwest along Upper Middle Road to the southwestern town limit. This riding was unchanged after the 2012 electoral redistribution.

The current boundaries include the neighbourhoods of Lakeshore Woods, Bronte, Hopedale, Coronation Park, Kerr Village, Old Oakville, Eastlake, Glen Abbey, College Park, Iroquois Ridge, Clearview, and Joshua Creek.

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census[3]

Ethnic groups: 63.7% White, 10.4% Chinese, 9.8% South Asian, 3.1% Arab, 2.9% Black, 2.1% Filipino, 1.5% Latin American, 1.2% Korean, 1.2% Indigenous, 1.1% West Asian

Languages: 62.6% English, 6.7% Mandarin, 2.2% Arabic, 1.8% Spanish, 1.6% Portuguese, 1.5% Italian, 1.5% French, 1.4% Urdu, 1.3% Polish, 1.0% Tagalog, 1.0% Punjabi

Religions: 55.2% Christian (29.4% Catholic, 4.8% Anglican, 4.2% United Church, 3.5% Christian Orthodox, 1.5% Presbyterian, 11.8% other), 7.3% Muslim, 3.0% Hindu, 1.5% Sikh, 1.1% Buddhist, 30.6% none

Median income: $46,000 (2020)

Average income: $86,600 (2020)

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Oakville
Riding created from Halton and Oakville—Milton
36th  1997–2000     Bonnie Brown Liberal
37th  2000–2004
38th  2004–2006
39th  2006–2008
40th  2008–2011     Terence Young Conservative
41st  2011–2015
42nd  2015–2019     John Oliver Liberal
43rd  2019–2021 Anita Anand
44th  2021–2025
Riding dissolved into Oakville West and Oakville East

Election results

See also

References

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