Oakville North—Burlington (federal electoral district)

Oakville North—Burlington 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, scheduled for October 2015.^[3] The riding was created out of part of the electoral district of Halton.^[4]

2015 federal election

Conservative

On June 7, 2015, at the Burlington Convention Centre, Conservative members of the Oakville North—Burlington Electoral District Association nominated Effie Triantafilopoulos as their official candidate for the October 19, 2015 federal election.^[5]

Green Party

Adnan Shahbaz ^[6] is an educator working in the Curriculum Support Services division of a local school board as an Instructional Coach. He has worked as a classroom teacher, a behavioral support and special education teacher for nearly a decade.^[7] Adnan was born and raised in Toronto and has called Oakville and Burlington home since 2001. He is the only candidate who actually lives in the riding.

Liberal

Ward 6 Councillor for Oakville, Max Khan bested aviation-pilot Rohit Dhamjia by an unknown number of votes in the party's nomination vote on September 25, 2014, in Oakville. Khan died at Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital on March 29, 2015, vacating his role as the Liberals candidate. Oakville Town Councillor and longtime community volunteer Pam Damoff was acclaimed as the Liberal candidate on May 26, 2015.^[8]

Libertarian

On January 6, 2015, the Libertarian Party of Canada nominated David Clement. He is a local entrepreneur in the consulting field.^[9]

NDP

On March 22, 2015 members from the ONB NDP nominated Rebecca Rajcak,^[10] an OSSTF member and high school teacher in Oakville. She later resigned the candidacy and Janice Best, a local union official, replaced her as the NDP candidate.

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census^[11]

Ethnic groups: 54.9% White, 16.0% South Asian, 8.6% Chinese, 5.6% Arab, 3.4% Black, 2.5% Latin American, 1.8% Korean, 1.8% Filipino, 1.1% Indigenous, 1.1% West Asian

Languages: 57.5% English, 5.3% Mandarin, 4.1% Arabic, 2.6% Spanish, 2.5% Urdu, 1.7% Punjabi, 1.5% Portuguese, 1.4% Polish, 1.3% Korean, 1.3% Hindi, 1.3% French, 1.2% Cantonese, 1.1% Italian, 1.0% Russian

Religions: 52.4% Christian (29.6% Catholic, 4.1% Christian Orthodox, 3.2% Anglican, 2.8% United Church, 1.6% Presbyterian, 11.1% Other), 11.6% Muslim, 5.5% Hindu, 2.5% Sikh, 1.0% Buddhist, 26.2% None

Median income: $51,200 (2020)

Average income: $74,100 (2020)

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Oakville North—Burlington Riding created from Halton
42nd	2015–2019	Pam Damoff	Liberal
43rd	2019–2021
44th	2021–present

Election results

Graph of election results in Oakville North—Burlington (parties that never received at least 2% of the vote are omitted)

2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Pam Damoff	30,910	46.8	–1.5	$71,960.98
	Conservative	Hanan Rizkalla	25,091	38.0	±0.0	$81,816.65
	New Democratic	Lenaee Dupuis	6,574	10.0	+1.6	$9,944.56
	People's	Gilbert Jubinville	2,429	3.7	+2.6	$9,465.38
	Green	Bruno Sousa	1,019	1.5	–2.7	$2,312.56
Total valid votes/Expense limit			66,023	99.2	–	$126,208.50
Total rejected ballots			533	0.8
Turnout			66,556	66.9
Eligible voters			99,493
	Liberal hold		Swing		-0.8
Source: Elections Canada^[12]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Pam Damoff	33,597	48.26	+1.52	$113,366.12
	Conservative	Sean Weir	26,484	38.04	−5.29	$111,573.20
	New Democratic	Nicolas Dion	5,866	8.43	+1.18	none listed
	Green	Michael Houghton	2,925	4.20	+2.61	$332.94
	People's	Gilbert Joseph Jubinville	751	1.08		none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			69,623	99.41
Total rejected ballots			412	0.59	+0.14
Turnout			70,035	71.69	+0.45
Eligible voters			97,696
	Liberal hold		Swing		+3.40
Source: Elections Canada^[13]^[14]

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Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Pam Damoff	28,415	46.74	+19.77	$87,266.36
	Conservative	Effie Triantafilopoulos	26,342	43.33	–10.83	$133,882.22
	New Democratic	Janice Best	4,405	7.25	–8.26	$10,112.38
	Green	Adnan Shahbaz	968	1.59	–1.51	$2,273.28
	Libertarian	David Clement	666	1.10	–	$3,998.74
Total valid votes/Expense limit			60,796	99.55		$223,412.78
Total rejected ballots			272	0.45	–
Turnout			61,068	71.24	–
Eligible voters			85,727
	Liberal notional gain from Conservative		Swing		+15.30
Source: Elections Canada^[15]^[16]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[17]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	25,368	54.16
	Liberal	12,633	26.97
	New Democratic	7,263	15.51
	Green	1,452	3.10
	Others	123	0.26

References

^ Statistics Canada: 2011
^ Statistics Canada: 2011
^ Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts, archived from the original on April 18, 2017, retrieved November 26, 2013
^ Final Report – Ontario, archived from the original on November 27, 2020, retrieved November 26, 2013
^ http://www.onbconservative.ca/events/congratulations-effie-triantafilopoulos/^{[dead link]}
^ "Oakville North—Burlington". Archived from the original on September 19, 2017. Retrieved September 7, 2017.
^ "Adnan Shahbaz". www.adnanshahbaz.ca. Archived from the original on March 13, 2015.
^ "Pam Damoff secures Liberal nomination for Oakville North-Burlington riding". insidehalton.com. Archived from the original on May 29, 2015. Retrieved May 29, 2015.
^ "David Clement | Libertarian Party of Canada". www.libertarian.ca. Archived from the original on November 5, 2014.
^ http://www.onbndp.ca^{[dead link]}
^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (February 9, 2022). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Oakville North--Burlington [Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)], Ontario". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved March 9, 2023.
^ "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Archived from the original on February 15, 2020. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved August 15, 2021.
^ "Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Oakville North—Burlington, 30 September 2015". Archived from the original on October 4, 2015. Retrieved October 3, 2015.
^ "Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates". Archived from the original on August 15, 2015. Retrieved October 3, 2015.
^ "Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections". Archived from the original on August 25, 2015. Retrieved July 5, 2015.

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