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Mississauga East—Cooksville (provincial electoral district)

Coordinates: 43°42′N 79°42′W / 43.7°N 79.7°W / 43.7; -79.7
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Mississauga East—Cooksville
Ontario electoral district
Location in Mississauga
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP
 
 
 
Kaleed Rasheed
Independent
District created2003
First contested2007
Last contested2022
Demographics
Population (2016)120,205
Electors (2018)85,190
Area (km²)32
Pop. density (per km²)3,756.4
Census division(s)Peel
Census subdivision(s)Mississauga
Map of Mississauga East-Cooksville

Mississauga East—Cooksville is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since the 2007 provincial election.

History

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The riding was created in 2003 from parts of Mississauga Centre and Mississauga East ridings. It consists of the part of the City of Mississauga east of a line drawn from north to south along the Queensway, Mavis Road, Highway 403, Central Parkway East and Burnhamthorpe Road East.

Members of Provincial Parliament

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This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:

Mississauga East—Cooksville
Assembly Years Member Party
Riding created from Mississauga Centre and Mississauga East
39th  2007–2011     Peter Fonseca Liberal
40th  2011–2014 Dipika Damerla
41st  2014–2018
42nd  2018–2022     Kaleed Rasheed Progressive Conservative
43rd  2022–2023
 2023–present     Independent

Election results

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2022 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Kaleed Rasheed 13,840 40.91 −0.24
Liberal Dipika Damerla 12,634 37.35 +7.11
New Democratic Khawar Hussain 3,664 10.83 −11.91
New Blue Mark Morrissey 1,599 4.73  
Green James Hea 1,345 3.98 +0.52
Ontario Party Gregory Tomchyshyn 625 1.85  
Moderate Wiktor Jachtholtz 121 0.36 −0.05
Total valid votes 33,828 100.0  
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots 222
Turnout 34,050 39.58
Eligible voters 85,958
Progressive Conservative hold Swing −3.68
Source(s)
  • "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-18.
  • "Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-21.
2018 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Kaleed Rasheed 17,862 41.15 +14.95
Liberal Dipika Damerla 13,123 30.23 −22.10
New Democratic Tom Takacs 9,871 22.74 +7.35
Green Basia Krzyzanowski 1,498 3.45 −0.07
Libertarian Mark Donaldson 463 1.07 −0.90
None of the Above Leonard Little 413 0.95
Moderate Mykola Ponomarenko 175 0.40
Total valid votes 43,405 100.0  
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 447 1.03
Turnout 43,852 52.2
Eligible voters 83,122
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +18.52
Source: Elections Ontario[1]
2014 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Dipika Damerla 20,934 52.33 +6.59
Progressive Conservative Zoran Churchin 10,479 26.20 −7.06
New Democratic Fayaz Karim 6,158 15.39 −1.40
Green Linh Nguyen 1,408 3.52 +0.97
Libertarian Levko Iwanusiw 788 1.97
Equal Parenting Dolly Catena 234 0.58
Total valid votes 40,001 100.0
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 557 1.37
Turnout 40,558 43.89
Eligible voters 92,402
Liberal hold Swing +6.83
Source(s)
Elections Ontario (2014). "Official Returns from the Records, 048 Mississauga East-Cooksville" (PDF). Retrieved 13 March 2015.
2011 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Dipika Damerla 15,535 45.74 −13.19
Progressive Conservative Zoran Churchin 11,297 33.26 +10.18
New Democratic Waseem Ahmed 5,704 16.79 +8.33
Green Lloyd Jones 934 2.75 −3.50
Independent Winston Harding 199 0.59
Freedom Jonathon Dury 177 0.52 −0.12
Paramount Canadians Shriya Shah-Klorfine 117 0.34
Total valid votes 33,963 100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 191 0.56
Turnout 34,154 40.50
Eligible voters 84,330
Liberal hold Swing −11.69
2007 Ontario general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Peter Fonseca 22,249 58.93
Progressive Conservative Zoran Churchin 8,715 23.08
New Democratic Satish Balasunderam 3,192 8.46
Green Carla Cassanova 2,361 6.25
Family Coalition Al Zawadzki 992 2.63
Freedom Ryan Jamieson 243 0.64
Total valid votes 37,752 100.0
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 349 0.92
Turnout 38,101 47.47
Eligible voters 80,247
Source(s)
Elections Ontario (2007). "General Election Poll by Poll Results, 048 Mississauga East—Cooksville" (PDF). Retrieved 24 August 2015.
Liberal pickup new district.


2007 electoral reform referendum

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2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum
Side Votes %
First Past the Post 21,898 61.6
Mixed member proportional 13,659 38.4
Total valid votes 35,557 100.0

See also

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Sources

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  1. ^ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 6. Retrieved 20 January 2019.

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