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_(2022_redistribution).svg)  Interactive map of riding boundaries from the2025 federal election | |||
| Federal electoral district | |||
| Legislature | House of Commons | ||
| MP |
Conservative | ||
| District created | 2003 | ||
| First contested | 2004 | ||
| Last contested | 2025 | ||
| District webpage | profile,map | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2016)[1] | 130,000 | ||
| Electors (2015) | 68,796 | ||
| Area (km²)[1] | 57.92 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 2,244.5 | ||
| Census division | Peel | ||
| Census subdivision | Brampton (part) | ||
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Brampton West (French:Brampton-Ouest) is a federalelectoral district inOntario, Canada, that has been represented in theHouse of Commons of Canada since 2004. Its population was 170,422 in 2006- making it the most populousriding in Canada.[2]
The district includes the western part of the city ofBrampton excluding the neighbourhood ofMadoc.
The electoral district was created in 2003: 72.8% of the population of the riding came fromBrampton West—Mississauga, and 27.2% fromBrampton Centre. As a result of the2012 electoral redistribution, this riding lost just over half of its territory, mostly toBrampton South, with portions going toBrampton North.
The Toronto Real Estate Board labels this section as "W24" in their studies.[3]
People of Jamaican ethnic origin make up 13.0% of the riding's population, the highest such percentage in Canada.[4]
According to the2021 Canadian census[5]
Languages: 41.8% English, 20.3% Punjabi, 4.4% Urdu, 3.8% Hindi, 3.4% Gujarati, 2.4% Tamil, 1.6% Tagalog, 1.5% Portuguese, 1.1% Spanish
Religions: 34.2% Christian (16.3% Catholic, 3.2% Pentecostal, 14.7% Other), 24.4% Sikh, 20.4% Hindu, 10.6% Muslim, 1.1% Buddhist, 8.8% None
Median income: $37,600 (2020)
Average income: $46,640 (2020)
| Panethnic group | 2021[6] | 2016[7] | 2011[8] | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |||||||||
| South Asian | 90,595 | 55.97% | 56,145 | 43.38% | 34,085 | 33.46% | ||||||||
| African | 26,035 | 16.08% | 24,405 | 18.86% | 21,165 | 20.77% | ||||||||
| European[a] | 21,110 | 13.04% | 26,770 | 20.68% | 28,905 | 28.37% | ||||||||
| Southeast Asian[b] | 7,670 | 4.74% | 7,690 | 5.94% | 7,055 | 6.92% | ||||||||
| Middle Eastern[c] | 3,025 | 1.87% | 2,145 | 1.66% | 1,255 | 1.23% | ||||||||
| Latin American | 2,615 | 1.62% | 2,715 | 2.1% | 2,205 | 2.16% | ||||||||
| East Asian[d] | 1,925 | 1.19% | 2,365 | 1.83% | 1,580 | 1.55% | ||||||||
| Indigenous | 605 | 0.37% | 740 | 0.57% | 415 | 0.41% | ||||||||
| Other/multiracial[e] | 8,280 | 5.12% | 6,460 | 4.99% | 5,230 | 5.13% | ||||||||
| Total responses | 161,860 | 99.7% | 129,420 | 99.55% | 101,880[f] | 100.12% | ||||||||
| Total population | 162,353 | 100% | 130,000 | 100% | 101,757 | 100% | ||||||||
| Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries. | ||||||||||||||
The riding has elected the followingmembers of Parliament:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brampton West Riding created fromBrampton West—Mississauga andBrampton Centre | ||||
| 38th | 2004–2006 | Colleen Beaumier | Liberal | |
| 39th | 2006–2008 | |||
| 40th | 2008–2011 | Andrew Kania | ||
| 41st | 2011–2015 | Kyle Seeback | Conservative | |
| 42nd | 2015–2019 | Kamal Khera | Liberal | |
| 43rd | 2019–2021 | |||
| 44th | 2021–2025 | |||
| 45th | 2025–present | Amarjeet Gill | Conservative | |
| 2025 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Amarjeet Gill | 21,112 | 49.8 | +22.06 | ||||
| Liberal | Kamal Khera | 20,194 | 47.6 | –8.62 | ||||
| New Democratic | Zaigham Javed | 708 | 1.7 | –11.09 | ||||
| Green | Sameera Khan | 278 | 0.7 | N/A | ||||
| Centrist | Khawaja Amir Hassan | 95 | 0.2 | N/A | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 42,387 | 98.95 | -0.25 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 448 | 1.05 | +0.25 | |||||
| Turnout | 42,835 | 65.41 | +11.11 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 65,486 | |||||||
| Conservativegain fromLiberal | Swing | +15.34 | ||||||
| Source:Elections Canada[9][10] | ||||||||
| 2021 federal election redistributed results[11] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Liberal | 17,524 | 56.29 | |
| Conservative | 8,632 | 27.73 | |
| New Democratic | 3,973 | 12.76 | |
| People's | 770 | 2.47 | |
| Others | 230 | 0.74 | |
| 2021 Canadian federal election:Brampton West | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Kamal Khera | 25,780 | 55.3 | +1.8 | $107,717.96 | |||
| Conservative | Jermaine Chambers | 13,186 | 28.3 | +4.4 | $33,421.74 | |||
| New Democratic | Gurprit Gill | 6,097 | 13.1 | -5.3 | $0.00 | |||
| People's | Rahul Samuel Zia | 1,218 | 2.6 | +1.7 | $0.00 | |||
| Independent | Sivakumar Ramasamy | 328 | 0.7 | N/A | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 46,609 | 99.2 | – | $115,623.57 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 390 | 0.8 | ||||||
| Turnout | 46,999 | 54.3 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 86,557 | |||||||
| Liberalhold | Swing | -1.3 | ||||||
| Source:Elections Canada[12] | ||||||||
| 2019 Canadian federal election:Brampton West | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Kamal Khera | 28,743 | 53.5 | -2.39 | $109,585.64 | |||
| Conservative | Murarilal Thapliyal | 12,824 | 23.9 | -6.21 | $110,270.48 | |||
| New Democratic | Navjit Kaur | 9,855 | 18.4 | +5.96 | $74,444.87 | |||
| Green | Jane Davidson | 1,271 | 2.4 | +0.85 | $683.08 | |||
| People's | Roger Sampson | 505 | 0.9 | $3,955.00 | ||||
| Christian Heritage | Paul Tannahill | 319 | 0.6 | none listed | ||||
| Communist | Harinderpal Hundal | 97 | 0.2 | $476.56 | ||||
| Canada's Fourth Front | Anjum Malik | 69 | 0.1 | $0.00 | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 53,683 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 735 | |||||||
| Turnout | 54,418 | 62.6 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 86,912 | |||||||
| Liberalhold | Swing | +1.91 | ||||||
| Source:Elections Canada[13][14] | ||||||||
| 2015 Canadian federal election:Brampton West | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Kamal Khera | 24,256 | 55.89 | +19.81 | $186,667.41 | |||
| Conservative | Ninder Thind | 13,068 | 30.11 | -11.90 | $179,464.92 | |||
| New Democratic | Adaoma Patterson | 5,400 | 12.44 | -7.18 | $29,137.39 | |||
| Green | Karthika Gobinath | 674 | 1.55 | -0.02 | $702.19 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 43,398 | 100.00 | $203,918.62 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 245 | 0.56 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 43,643 | 61.70 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 70,734 | |||||||
| Liberalgain fromConservative | Swing | +15.86 | ||||||
| Source:Elections Canada[15][16] | ||||||||
| 2011 federal election redistributed results[17] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Conservative | 11,977 | 42.02 | |
| Liberal | 10,285 | 36.08 | |
| New Democratic | 5,594 | 19.62 | |
| Green | 449 | 1.58 | |
| Others | 201 | 0.71 | |
| 2011 Canadian federal election:Brampton West | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Kyle Seeback | 28,320 | 44.75 | +4.9 | ||||
| Liberal | Andrew Kania | 22,128 | 34.97 | -5.3 | ||||
| New Democratic | Jagtar Shergill | 11,225 | 17.74 | +4.1 | ||||
| Green | Avtaar Soor | 1,224 | 1.93 | -4.3 | ||||
| Independent | Theodore Koum Njoh | 387 | 0.61 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 63,284 | 100% | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 400 | 0.63 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 63,684 | 55.12 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 115,545 | – | ||||||
| Conservativegain fromLiberal | Swing | +5.1 | ||||||
| 2008 Canadian federal election:Brampton West | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Andrew Kania | 21,746 | 40.3 | -8.8 | $101,467 | |||
| Conservative | Kyle Seeback | 21,515 | 39.9 | +4.2 | $103,283 | |||
| New Democratic | Jagtar Shergill | 7,334 | 13.6 | +2.5 | $21,521 | |||
| Green | Patti Chemelyk | 3,329 | 6.2 | +2.1 | $92 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 53,924 | 100.0 | $103,318 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 347 | 0.6 | ||||||
| Turnout | 54,271 | |||||||
| Liberalhold | Swing | -6.5 | ||||||
Note: As certified on 5 November 2008 after a recount.
The 2008 federal election in this riding featured candidates from the four main national parties. The Greens' Patti Chemelyk is an administrator in the health care industry; Jagtar Shergill of the NDP was a registered insurance broker who had run for the party in2006 and forBrampton City Council the same year;[18] Conservative Kyle Seeback is a commercial litigation lawyer and former national-level swimmer;[19] and winner Andrew Kania, a Liberal, practicedfamily law.
Seeback was nominated by the Conservatives in April 2008.[20]
Liberal incumbentColleen Beaumier announced her retirement from the politics. This left the riding without an incumbent, and the Brampton West Federal Liberal Riding Association without a candidate to run. The hopefuls for the Liberal nomination wereDipika Damerla, Raj Jhajj, and Andrew Kania.[21] Jhajj was the riding president, but stepped down from the position, to be considered.[22] Kania had previously sought the party's nomination inBrampton—Springdale, but then-Prime MinisterPaul Martin placedDr. Ruby Dhalla as the candidate.[22] On September 12, the riding association gathered at the Marriott Courtyard Convention Centre, where Kania's selection was announced.[21][22]
Kania won by a small margin, with the election being one of the last to be called, with Kania not taking the lead until midnight;[20] the election was so tight,The Toronto Star declared Seeback the winner in a published article, latter retracted. The Conservatives won nationally, with the Liberals losing around 20 seats. Kania commented, "I am very thankful to the people of Brampton West for trusting me to represent them in circumstances where the Liberal Party lost about 20 seats. Nobody will work harder, or care more. They will not be disappointed and much good will come from this win."[20] Seeback commented that, "I said it was going to be under a thousand votes; I didn't expect it to be this close, though."[20]
On October 23, 2008, Elections Canada announced that a judicial recount had been granted in Brampton West, under an Ontario Superior Court judge. It is the fifth recount ordered, post-election.[23][24][25]
| 2006 Canadian federal election:Brampton West | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Colleen Beaumier | 27,988 | 49.1 | +4.7 | ||||
| Conservative | Bal Gosal | 20,345 | 35.7 | -4.3 | ||||
| New Democratic | Jagtar Singh Shergill | 6,310 | 11.1 | +0.6 | ||||
| Green | Jaipaul Massey-Singh | 2,340 | 4.1 | +0.7 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 56,983 | 100.0 | ||||||
| 2004 Canadian federal election:Brampton West | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Colleen Beaumier | 21,254 | 45.4 | |||||
| Conservative | Tony Clement | 18,768 | 40.0 | |||||
| New Democratic | Chris Moise | 4,920 | 10.5 | |||||
| Green | Sanjeev Goel | 1,603 | 3.4 | |||||
| Independent | Tom Bose | 371 | 0.8 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 46,916 | 100.0 | ||||||
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