Milton (provincial electoral district)

{{for|the former federal district|Milton (federal electoral district)}}

{{Infobox Canada electoral district

| name = Milton

| province = Ontario

| image = Milton, riding 2015.svg

| caption = Milton in relation to nearby electoral districts

| prov-status = active

| prov-created = 2015

| prov-abolished =

| prov-election-first = 2018

| prov-election-last = 2025

| prov-rep = Zee Hamid

| prov-rep-link = Zee Hamid

| prov-rep-party = Progressive Conservative

| prov-rep-party-link =

| demo-census-date = 2021

| demo-pop = 136993

| demo-electors = 78764

| demo-electors-date = 2018

| demo-area = 450

| demo-cd = Halton

| demo-csd = Burlington, Milton

}}

Milton is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. The riding was created in 2015.{{cite news|title=Ontario's Liberal government adds 15 new ridings, bringing total to 122|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-liberal-government-adds-15-new-ridings-1.3347291|access-date=August 5, 2017|agency=Canadian Press|publisher=CBC|date=December 2, 2015}}

The riding is coterminous with the federal electoral district of the same name. It consists of all of Milton plus the city of Burlington north of Dundas Street and Highway 407.

Profile

The riding (electoral district) in its current form consists of the part of Burlington north of Dundas Street and Highway 407 and the town of Milton.{{cite web |title=Voter Information Service - Map (Milton) |url=https://www.elections.ca/Scripts/vis/Map?L=e&ED=35057&EV=99&EV_TYPE=6&MAPID=35057&QID=-1&PAGEID=27 |website=elections.ca |publisher=Elections Canada |access-date=June 22, 2020}} The eponymous town, which makes up much of the riding's area, is a quickly growing settlement which dates back to the 1820s.{{cite web |title=Census Profile, 2016 Census |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3524009&Geo2=PR&Code2=35&Data=Count&SearchText=Milton&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&TABID=1&B1=All |website=statcan.gc.ca |publisher=Statistics Canada |access-date=June 22, 2020 |date=2016}}{{cite web |title=A Brief History of Milton |url=http://www.miltonhistoricalsociety.ca/about-us/the-town-of-milton/ |publisher=Milton Historical Society |access-date=June 22, 2020}} According to the 2016 census, the riding population grew over six times as much as the Ontario average between 2011 and 2016, from 88,065 to 114,093 (a 29.6% increase compared to the provincial average of 4.6%).{{cite web |title=Census Profile, 2016 Census |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=FED&Code1=35057&Geo2=PR&Code2=35&SearchText=Milton&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1&type=0 |website=statcan.gc.ca | date=February 8, 2017 |publisher=Statistics Canada |access-date=June 14, 2020}} Over a third of the riding's population are immigrants. In 2015, the median income in the riding was $42,779, up from $41,801 in 2010.{{cite web |title=NHS Profile, Milton, Ontario, 2011 |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=FED2013&Code1=35057&Data=Count&SearchText=Milton&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=All&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 |website=statcan.gc.ca | date=May 8, 2013 |publisher=Statistics Canada |access-date=June 14, 2020}} The median age in the district is 36, below the Ontario average of 41.

Demographics

:According to the 2021 Canadian census, 2013 representation{{Cite web|url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?LANG=F&GENDERlist=1&STATISTIClist=1,4&DGUIDlist=2013A000435057&HEADERlist=0&SearchText=Milton|title = 2021 National Household Survey Profile - Federal electoral district (2013 Representation Order)|date = 15 December 2021}}

Languages: 56.3% English, 9.4% Urdu, 4% Arabic, 2.3% Spanish, 1.8% Punjabi, 1.5% Tagalog, 1.3% Polish, 1.2% Portuguese, 1.1% French, 1.1% Hindi, 1.1% Mandarin

Religions: 48.4% Christian (27.9% Catholic, 3.1% Christian Orthodox, 2.6% Anglican, 2% United Church, 1.4% Pentecostal, 1.1% Presbyterian), 22.6% Muslim, 19.4% No religion, 5.9% Hindu, 2.4% Sikh

Median income (2020): $46,000

Average income (2020): $60,000

Ethnicity groups: White: 45.3%, South Asian: 27.6%, Black: 5.7%, Arab: 5.6%, Filipino: 3.9%, Chinese: 2.8%, Latin American: 2.5%, West Asian: 1.3%, Southeast Asian: 1%

Ethnic origins: Pakistani 11.9%, English 11.5%, Indian 10.6%, Scottish 9.6%, Irish 9.2%, Canadian 8.9%, Italian 5.8%, German 4.7%, Filipino 4%, Portuguese 3.9%

Members of Provincial Parliament

{{OntMPP|Milton}}

{{OntMPP NoData|Riding created from Halton}}

{{OntMPP Row

| FromYr=2018

| ToYr=2022

| Assembly#=42

| OntParty=PC

| RepName=Parm Gill

| PartyTerms#=4

| RepTerms#=2

}}

{{OntMPP Row

| FromYr=2022

| ToYr=2024

| Assembly#=43

| #ByElections=1

}}

{{OntMPP Row

| FromYr=2024

| ToYr=2025

| Assembly#=

| RepName=Zee Hamid

| RepTerms#=2

}}

{{OntMPP Row

| FromYr=2025

| ToYr=

| Assembly#=44

}}

{{OntMPP End}}

Election results

File:Milton 2025 polling division map winner.svg

{{CANelec/top|ON|2025|percent=yes|change=yes|prelim=no}}

{{CANelec|ON|PC|Zee Hamid|20,091|47.43|+0.39}}

{{CANelec|ON|Liberal|Kristina Tesser Derksen|17,551|41.44|+3.19}}

{{CANelec|ON|NDP|Katherine Cirlincione|2,403|5.67|–1.09}}

{{CANelec|ON|Green|Susan Doyle|1,130|2.67|–0.09}}

{{CANelec|ON|New Blue|John Spina|866|2.04|–1.98}}

{{CANelec|ON|Centrist|Mohsin Rizvi|316|0.75|N/A}}

{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes/expense limit|42,357|99.45|–0.29}}

{{CANelec/total|Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots|235|0.55|+0.29}}

{{CANelec/total|Turnout|42,592|42.45|+14.73}}

{{CANelec/total|Eligible voters|100,342}}

{{CANelec/hold|ON|PC|–1.40}}

{{CANelec/source|Source: Elections Ontario{{Cite web|url=https://www.elections.on.ca/en/election-results/059.html |title=Milton Unofficial Election Results |date=28 February 2025 |access-date=28 February 2025 |publisher=Elections Ontario}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.elections.on.ca/content/dam/NGW/sitecontent/2025/results/Vote%20Totals%20From%20Official%20Tabulation%20-%20Milton%20059.pdf |title=Vote Totals From Official Tabulation |date=3 March 2025 |access-date=4 March 2025 |publisher=Elections Ontario}}|}}

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{{Main|2024 Milton provincial by-election}}

{{CANelec/top|ON|May 2, 2024|Milton (provincial electoral district)|Milton|by=yes|percent=yes|change=yes|reason=Resignation of Parm Gill|prelim=yes}}

{{CANelec|ON|PC|Zee Hamid|12,880|47.04|+3.97}}

{{CANelec|ON|Liberal|Galen Naidoo Harris|10,473|38.25|-0.50}}

{{CANelec|ON|NDP|Edie Strachan|1,851|6.76|-2.94}}

{{CANelec|ON|New Blue|John Spina|1,102|4.02|-0.03}}

{{CANelec|ON|Green|Kyle Hutton|755|2.76|-1.38}}

{{CANelec|ON|Ontario Party|Frederick Weening|111|0.41|}}

{{CANelec|ON|Family Rights|Tony Walton|101|0.37|}}

{{CANelec|ON|Independent|John Turmel|64|0.23|}}

{{CANelec|ON|Independent|Arabella Vida|42|0.15|}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|27,379|99.74|+0.33}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots|72|0.26|-0.33}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|27,451|27.72|-14.99}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Eligible voters|98,785}}

{{CANelec/hold|ON|PC|+2.24}}

{{CANelec/source|Source: Elections Ontario}}

{{end}}

File:Milton 2022 polling division map winner.svg

{{2022 Ontario general election/Milton}}

{{2018 Ontario general election/Milton}}

^ Results are compared to redistributed results

class="wikitable"
colspan="4" | 2014 general election redistributed results{{Cite web|url=http://electionprediction.org/2018_on/riding/59.php|title=Milton}}
bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" | Party

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | %

{{Canadian party colour|ON|Liberal|background}} |  

| Liberal

align=right| 13,964align=right| 43.09
{{Canadian party colour|ON|PC|background}} |  

| Progressive Conservative

align=right| 12,171align=right| 37.56
{{Canadian party colour|ON|NDP|background}} |  

| New Democratic

align=right| 4,672align=right| 14.42
{{Canadian party colour|ON|Green|background}} |  

| Green

align=right| 1,161align=right| 3.58
{{Canadian party colour|ON|Independent|background}} |  

| Others

align=right| 437align=right| 1.35

References

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