Vaughan—Woodbridge (federal electoral district)

Vaughan—Woodbridge

Ontario 2021)[1]		106,810
Electors (2021)	80,832
Area (km²)[1]	79.59
Pop. density (per km²)	1,342
Census division(s)	York
Census subdivision(s)	Vaughan

Vaughan—Woodbridge is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It covers the Woodbridge neighbourhood, previously included in the electoral district of Vaughan.^[2]

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census; 2013 representation^[3]

Ethnic groups: 65.7% White, 10.2% South Asian, 4% Chinese, 3.5% Latin American, 3.1% Southeast Asian, 3.1% West Asian, 3% Black, 1.9% Arab, 1.7% Filipino
Languages: 46.9% English, 18.8% Italian, 3% Spanish, 2.3% Punjabi, 1.9% Vietnamese, 1.8% Mandarin, 1.6% Portuguese, 1.4% Russian, 1.2% Arab, 1.1% Yue. 1% Tamil
Religions: 72.9% Christian (60.5% Catholic, 3.9% Christian Orthodox, 1% Pentecostal and other Charismatic), 11.5% No religion, 4.9% Muslim, 4.7% Hindu, 2.7% Sikh, 2.5% Buddhist
Median income (2020): $42,400
Average income (2020): $60,750

In 2021, the riding has the second-highest percentage of Italian Canadians in all of Canada (46.7%).^[1]

History

Vaughan—Woodbridge was first proposed as part of the

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following

members of Parliament

:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Vaughan—Woodbridge Riding created from Vaughan
42nd	2015–2019		Francesco Sorbara	Liberal
43rd	2019–2021
44th	2021–present

Election results

Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.

Graph of general election results in Vaughan—Woodbridge (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Francesco Sorbara	21,699	45.98	-5.30	$101,382.39
	Conservative	Angela Panacci	19,019	40.35	+4.01	$54,146.42
	New Democratic	Peter Michael DeVita	3,265	6.93	-0.84	$1,680.93
	People's	Mario Greco	2,567	5.45	+3.76	$4,672.39
	Green	Muhammad Hassan Khan	453	0.96	-1.63	$361.60
	Independent	Luca Mele	159	0.34	–	none listed
Total valid votes/Expense limit			47,162	–	–	$111,032.70
Total rejected ballots			460
Turnout			47,622	58.31%
Eligible voters			80,832
	Liberal hold		Swing		-4.66
Source: Elections Canada[6]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Francesco Sorbara	25,810	51.28	+2.38	$99,407.18
	Conservative	Teresa Kruze	18,289	36.34	-7.30	none listed
	New Democratic	Peter DeVita	3,910	7.77	+3.12	none listed
	Green	Raquel Fronte	1,302	2.59	+1.32	none listed
	People's	Domenic Montesano	852	1.69		none listed
	Independent	Muhammad Hassan Khan	165	0.33		$1,220.37
Total valid votes/expense limit			50,328	100.0
Total rejected ballots			480
Turnout			50,808	63.7
Eligible voters			79,749
	Liberal hold		Swing		+9.87
Source: Elections Canada[7][8]

2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Francesco Sorbara	23,131	48.90	+18.19	$79,166.04
	Conservative	Julian Fantino	20,647	43.64	-12.93	$157,901
	New Democratic	Adriana Marie Zichy	2,198	4.65	-6.05	–
	Libertarian	Anthony Gualtieri	731	1.55	–	–
	Green	Elise Boulanger	600	1.27	-0.76	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			–	100.0		$206,812.04
Total rejected ballots			–	–	–
Turnout			–	–	–
Eligible voters			73,190
	Liberal notional gain from Conservative		Swing		+15.56
Source: Elections Canada[9][10]

2011 federal election redistributed results[11]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	21,750	56.57
	Liberal	11,806	30.71
	New Democratic	4,113	10.70
	Green	779	2.03

References