Whitby (provincial electoral district)
Provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada
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Whitby is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was previously represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as Whitby-Oshawa. The new riding was created through the 2015 Representation Act for the 2018 provincial election,[1] with the district losing some territory to the district of Oshawa to more closely align to the actual town's borders.[2]
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Whitby in relation to other Greater Toronto Area districts | |||
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Ontario | ||
| MPP |
Progressive Conservative | ||
| District created | 2015 | ||
| First contested | 2018 | ||
| Last contested | 2025 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2016) | 128,380 | ||
| Electors (2018) | 96,879 | ||
| Area (km²) | 149 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 861.6 | ||
| Census division | Durham | ||
| Census subdivision | Whitby | ||
History
The riding was created for the 2018 general provincial election and consists of the town of Whitby. The previous district included sections of Oshawa and Ajax.
Demographics
2017 estimates; figures derived from Canada 2016 Census
- Population: 134,875 (estimate; actual census population from 2016 was 128,377)[3]
- Languages: 91.7% English only, 7.6% bilingual French–English, 0.5% neither English nor French
- Average individual income: $58,383
- Median individual income: $41,419
- Average household income: $126,596
- Median household income: $101,373
- Denizens with Canadian citizenship: 130,327 (96.6%)
- Denizens with citizenship other than Canadian: 4,547 (3.3%)
- Immigrated between 2000 and 2005: 2,817
- Immigrated between 2006 and 2011: 2,338
- Immigrated after 2012: 2,386
- Born in province of residence: 95,247
- Born outside province of residence: 10,829
Members of Provincial Parliament
| Whitby | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| Riding created from Whitby—Oshawa | ||||
| 42nd | 2018–2022 | Lorne Coe | Progressive Conservative | |
| 43rd | 2022–present | |||
Election results
| 2025 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Lorne Coe | 24,803 | 48.11 | +0.74 | $99,363 | |||
| Liberal | Roger Gordon | 20,440 | 39.64 | +18.91 | $15,662 | |||
| New Democratic | Jamie Nye | 4,097 | 7.95 | –14.88 | $3,869 | |||
| Green | Steven Toman | 1,376 | 2.67 | –2.53 | $1,786 | |||
| New Blue | Ralph Blank | 844 | 1.64 | –0.32 | $1,469 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 51,560 | 99.46 | +0.03 | $180,967 | ||||
| Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | 280 | 0.54 | -0.03 | |||||
| Turnout | 51,840 | 46.49 | +1.61 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 111,517 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | –9.2 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[4] | ||||||||
| 2022 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Lorne Coe | 21,840 | 47.37 | +1.57 | $61,926 | |||
| New Democratic | Sara Labelle | 10,524 | 22.83 | -13.78 | $60,914 | |||
| Liberal | Aadil Mohammed | 9,556 | 20.73 | +7.85 | $2,562 | |||
| Green | Stephanie Leblanc | 2,397 | 5.20 | +1.81 | $62 | |||
| New Blue | Trystan Lackner | 903 | 1.96 | N/A | $3,470 | |||
| Ontario Party | Emil Labaj | 519 | 1.13 | N/A | $0 | |||
| Freedom | Douglas Thom | 197 | 0.43 | N/A | $0 | |||
| Independent | Christopher Rinella | 168 | 0.36 | N/A | $0 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 46,104 | 99.43 | N/A | $144,633 | ||||
| Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | 262 | 0.56 | N/A | |||||
| Turnout | 46,366 | 44.88 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 101,835 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +7.68 | ||||||
Source(s)
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| 2018 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Lorne Coe | 26,471 | 45.80 | |||||
| New Democratic | Niki Lundquist | 21,158 | 36.61 | |||||
| Liberal | Leisa Washington | 7,441 | 12.87 | |||||
| Green | Stacey Leadbetter | 1,958 | 3.39 | |||||
| Libertarian | Ronald Halabi | 522 | 0.90 | |||||
| Freedom | Doug Thom | 246 | 0.43 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 57,796 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | ||||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[5] | ||||||||