Brampton Centre (french: Brampton-Centre) is a federal

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, Canada, that is represented in the

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. This riding was created in 1996 from parts of

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riding and in 2013,

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redistributed 3 ridings in the city of Brampton to bring back Brampton Centre. This was primarily due to large population increases in the Greater Toronto Area, and Peel Region in particular.

Geography

The riding was recreated for the federal election held 19 October 2015. The newly carved out Brampton Centre riding was reconstituted by taking portions of

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and a small portion of

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. The new boundaries start from Hurontario Street and Bovaird Drive West; South on Main Street to the intersection of Vodden Street; East on Vodden Street East to Kennedy Road; Kennedy Road south to Steeles Avenue East; West on Steeles Avenue to Hurontario Street; South on Hurontario Street to

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; East on Highway 407 to Torbram Road; North on Torbram Road to Williams Parkway; West on Williams Parkway to

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; North on Highway 410 to Bovaird Drive East; West on Bovaird Drive East to Main Street.

Members of Parliament

The riding has elected the following

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Election results

2015–present

1997–2000

Demographics

:''According to the

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'' * Languages : 54.0% English, 9.6% Punjabi, 3.4% Urdu, 3.2% Spanish, 2.6% Tagalog, 2.5% Hindi, 1.6% Portuguese, 1.9% Gujarati, 1.0% Italian, 1.2% Tamil * Religions: 49.7% Christian (24.3% Catholic, 2.7% Pentecostal, 2.5% Anglican, 2.0% United Church, 1.2% Christian Orthodox, 1.0% Baptist, 16.0% Other), 12.5% Hindu, 10.3% Sikh, 9.5% Muslim, 1.3% Buddhist, 16.1% None * Median income: $37,200 (2020) * Average income: $43,680 (2020)

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External links

Federal riding history from the

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* http://www.elections.ca/res/cir/maps2/mapprov.asp?map=35008&lang=e {{coord, 43.705, N, 79.730, W, display=title Former federal electoral districts of Ontario Ontario federal electoral districts Politics of Brampton 1997 establishments in Ontario 2004 disestablishments in Ontario 2015 establishments in Ontario