Burlington (provincial electoral district)

For the federal electoral district, see Burlington (electoral district).

Burlington

Ontario electoral district
Burlington in relation to other Greater Toronto Area electoral districts
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP	Eleanor McMahon Liberal
District created	1999
First contested	1999
Last contested	2014
Demographics
Population (2006)	118,310
Electors (2007)	88,385
Area (km²)	79
Pop. density (per km²)	1,497.6
Census divisions	Halton
Census subdivisions	Burlington

Burlington is a provincial electoral district in southwestern Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

It was created in 1999 from parts of Burlington South, Halton Centre, and a small part of South Oakville.

When the riding was created, it included the city of Burlington east of a line following the Queen Elizabeth Way to Highway 403 to King Road and south of a line following Dundas Street to the 403 to Upper Middle Road to Walkers Line.

In 2007, the boundaries were altered so that the riding included all of Burlington south of a line following Dundas Street to Guelph Line to Upper Middle Road to Walker Line to the QEW.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Burlington
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Burlington South, Halton Centre and Oakville South
37th	1999–2003		Cam Jackson	Progressive Conservative
38th	2003–2007
	2007–2007		Joyce Savoline	Progressive Conservative
39th	2007–2011
40th	2011–2014		Jane McKenna	Progressive Conservative
41st	2014–Present		Eleanor McMahon	Liberal

Election results

2014

Ontario general election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Eleanor McMahon	23,573	43.41	+7.34
	Progressive Conservative	Jane McKenna	20,086	36.98	-3.43
	New Democratic	Jan Mowbray	7,792	14.35	-4.52
	Green	Meredith Cross	2,250	4.14	+1.87
	Libertarian	Charles Zach	363	0.67	-0.62
	Freedom	Andrew Brannan	245	0.45	+0.14
Total valid votes			54,309	100.0
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+5.38
Source: Elections Ontario

2011

Ontario general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Jane McKenna	20,061	40.41	-0.90
	Liberal	Karmel Sakran	17,909	36.07	-1.74
	New Democratic	Peggy Russell	9,370	18.87	+7.87
	Green	Alex Brown	1,129	2.27	-6.85
	Libertarian	Anthony Giles	639	1.29
	Family Coalition	Tim O'Brien	380	0.77	+0.01
	Freedom	Andrew Brannan	156	0.31
Total valid votes			49,644	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			231	0.46
Turnout			49,875	54.83
Eligible voters			90,964
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+0.42
Source: Elections Ontario

2007 general

Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Joyce Savoline	21,517	41.31	-7.67
	Liberal	Marianne Meed Ward	19,693	37.81	-3.36
	New Democratic	Cory Judson	5,731	11.00	+5.24
	Green	Tim Wilson	4,750	9.12	+5.89
	Family Coalition	Mark Gamez	395	0.76
Total valid votes			52,086	100.00

2007 by-election

Following Cam Jackson's resignation to run for mayor of Burlington, the riding was left with a vacant seat at Queen's Park. Consequently, a by-election was called by Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty on January 10, 2007, to be held on February 8, 2007. Joan Lougheed, who was defeated by Jackson for the mayor's post, was nominated as the Ontario Liberal Party candidate on January 4, 2007. Former Halton Regional Chair Joyce Savoline became the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario candidate, after narrowly defeating former Miss Canada Blair Lancaster at their nomination meeting. On January 12, 2007, Brantford school teacher and community activist Cory Judson defeated former Halton District School Board trustee David Abbott for the Ontario New Democratic Party candidacy. On January 25, 2007, Frank de Jong was named the Ontario Green Party candidate.

Ontario provincial by-election, January 12, 2007 by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Joyce Savoline	11,143	48.98	+2.83
	Liberal	Joan Lougheed	9,365	41.17	-1.01
	New Democratic	Cory Judson	1,310	5.76	-2.46
	Green	Frank de Jong	734	3.23	+0.90
	Freedom	Barry Spruce	106	0.47
	Independent	John Turmel	90	0.40
Total valid votes			22,748	100.00

2003

Ontario general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Cam Jackson	21,506	46.15	-16.59
	Liberal	Mark Fuller	19,654	42.18	+11.47
	New Democratic	David Carter Laird	3,832	8.22	+3.54
	Green	Julie Gordon	1,086	2.33	+1.40
	Family Coalition	Vic Corvaro	523	1.12
Total valid votes			46,601	100.00

1999

Ontario general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Cam Jackson	29,055	62.74
	Liberal	Linda Glover	14,220	30.71
	New Democratic	Danny Dunleavy	2,167	4.68
	Green	Bruce Smith	432	0.93
	Independent	Anne Marsden	289	0.62
	Natural Law	Regina Law	144	0.31
Total valid votes			46,307	100.00

2007 electoral reform referendum

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	33,067	65.7
	Mixed member proportional	17,267	34.7
	Total valid votes	50,334	100.0

Sources

• Elections Ontario Past Election Results