Brampton West—Mississauga was a federal
electoral district
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in
Ontario
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, Canada, that was represented in the
House of Commons of Canada
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from 1997 to 2004. This riding was created in 1996, from parts of
Brampton
Brampton ( or ) is a city in the Canadian Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Ontario. Brampton is a city in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) and is a List of municipalities in Ontario#Lower-tier municipalities, lower-tier municipalit ...
riding.
It consisted of the parts of the cities of Brampton and Mississauga bounded by a line drawn from the northwest corner of the City of Brampton northeast along that limit, southeast along McLaughlin Road, northeast along Highway No. 7, southeast along Main Street, northeast along Steeles Avenue, southeast along Kennedy Road, southwest along the limit between the cities of Brampton and Mississauga, southeast along Hurontario Street, east along the Macdonald-Cartier Freeway, southeast along Highway No. 403, southwest along Eglinton Avenue, northwest along the Credit River, west along the Macdonald-Cartier Freeway to the eastern corner of the Town of Halton Hills on the limit of the City of Mississauga, northwest along the limits of the cities of Mississauga and Brampton to the point of commencement.
The electoral district was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed between
Brampton West
Brampton West (french: Brampton-Ouest) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004. Its population was 170,422 in 2006- making it the most populous riding in C ...
,
Mississauga—Brampton South
Mississauga—Brampton South was a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 to 2015.
It consists of the parts of the cities of Mississauga and ...
and
Mississauga—Streetsville
Mississauga—Streetsville is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004. This riding is centred on the villages of Streetsville and Meadowvale.
Mississauga—Stre ...
ridings.
Members of Parliament
The riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:
Election results
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See also
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List of Canadian federal electoral districts
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Canadian federal electoral districts are constituencies that elect member ...
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Past Canadian electoral districts
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External links
Federal riding history from theLibrary of Parliament
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Former federal electoral districts of Ontario
Politics of Brampton
Politics of Mississauga