Mississauga East—Cooksville (provincial electoral district)

For the federal electoral district, see Mississauga East—Cooksville.

Mississauga East—Cooksville

Ontario electoral district
Mississauga East—Cooksville in relation to other Greater Toronto ridings
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP	Dipika Damerla Liberal
District created	2003
First contested	2007
Last contested	2014
Demographics
Population (2006)	126,642
Electors (2011)	83,582
Area (km²)	29
Pop. density (per km²)	4,367
Census divisions	Peel
Census subdivisions	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

It 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.

Member of Provincial Parliament

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–Present

Election results

Ontario general election, 2014
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)

Ontario general election, 2011
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	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
Source(s)

Ontario general election, 2007
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				100.0
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			349	0.91
Turnout			38,101	47.47
Eligible voters			80,247
Source(s)
	Liberal gain		Swing		–

2007 electoral reform referendum

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

Sources

• Elections Ontario Past Election Results