Mississauga—Brampton South (provincial Electoral District)
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Mississauga—Brampton South was a provincial
electoral district An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provi ...
in
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, Canada, that has been represented in the
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from the 2007 provincial election until 2018. It was dissolved into Mississauga—Malton, Mississauga—Streetsville, Mississauga East—Cooksville, Mississauga Centre, Brampton South and
Brampton Centre Brampton Centre () is a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that is represented in the House of Commons of Canada. This riding was created in 1996 from parts of Brampton (federal electoral district), Bra ...
.


Geography

It consisted of the parts of the cities of
Mississauga Mississauga is a Canadian city in the province of Ontario. Situated on the north-western shore of Lake Ontario in the Regional Municipality of Peel, it borders Toronto (Etobicoke) to the east, Brampton to the north, Milton to the northwest, ...
and
Brampton Brampton is a city in the Canadian Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Ontario, and the regional seat of the Regional Municipality of Peel. It is part of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) and is a List of municipalities in Ontario#L ...
bounded by a line drawn from the intersection of Highway 401 with the northeastern limit of the City of Mississauga, south along the city limit, southwest along Burnhamthorpe Road East, northwest along Central Parkway East, southwest along Highway 403, northwest along Mavis Road; thence northwesterly along said road to Eglinton Avenue West; thence southwesterly along said avenue to Terry Fox Way; thence northwesterly along said way to Britannia Road West; thence northeasterly along said road to Mavis Road, southwest along Highway 401, northwest along Mississauga Road, northeast along the northwestern limit of the City of Mississauga, northwest along McLaughlin Road, northeast along Steeles Avenue East, southeast along Kennedy Road South, northeast along the northwestern limit of the City of Mississauga, southeast along Dixie Road, and northeast along Highway 401 to the point of commencement.


History

It was created in 2003 from Bramalea—Gore—Malton—Springdale,
Brampton West—Mississauga Brampton West—Mississauga could refer to: * Brampton West—Mississauga (federal electoral district) * Brampton West—Mississauga (provincial electoral district) {{Disambiguation ...
, Mississauga Centre and Mississauga East ridings. In the 2011 provincial election, it had the lowest turnout of any riding in the province.Vella, Erica. "Ontario electoral dysfunction: Award for most apathetic riding goes to…"
'' globalnews.ca'' May 22, 2014


Members of Provincial Parliament


Election results


2007 electoral reform referendum


Sources


Elections Ontario Past Election Results
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