thumb|right|250px|Brampton West 2003 to 2015
thumb|right|250px|Map of Brampton West (2003 bonudaries)
Brampton West () 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 Canada.
The district includes the western part of the city of Brampton excluding the neighbourhood of Madoc.
The electoral district was created in 2003: 72.8% of the population of the riding came from Brampton West—Mississauga, and 27.2% from Brampton Centre. As a result of the 2012 electoral redistribution, this riding lost just over half of its territory, mostly to Brampton South, with portions going to Brampton North.
People of Jamaican ethnic origin make up 13.0% of the riding's population, the highest such percentage in Canada.
Demographics
According to the 2021 Canadian census
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)
{| class="wikitable collapsible sortable"
|+ Panethnic groups in Brampton West (2011−2021)
! rowspan="2" |Panethnic group
! colspan="2" |2021
! colspan="2" |2016
! colspan="2" |2011
|-
!
!
!
!
!
!
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| South Asian
| 90,595
|
| 56,145
|
| 34,085
|
|-
| African
| 26,035
|
| 24,405
|
| 21,165
|
|-
| European
| 21,110
|
| 26,770
|
| 28,905
|
|-
| Southeast Asian
| 7,670
|
| 7,690
|
| 7,055
|
|-
| Middle Eastern
| 3,025
|
| 2,145
|
| 1,255
|
|-
| Latin American
| 2,615
|
| 2,715
|
| 2,205
|
|-
| East Asian
| 1,925
|
| 2,365
|
| 1,580
|
|-
| Indigenous
| 605
|
| 740
|
| 415
|
|-
| Other/multiracial
| 8,280
|
| 6,460
|
| 5,230
|
|-
! Total responses
! 161,860
!
! 129,420
!
! 101,880
!
|- class="sortbottom"
! Total population
! 162,353
!
! 130,000
!
! 101,757
!
|- class="sortbottom"
| colspan="15" |
|}
Member of Parliament
The riding has elected the following members of Parliament:
Election results
2025
2021
{| class="wikitable"
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! colspan="4" | 2021 federal election redistributed results
|-
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" | Party
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | %
|-
| |
| Liberal ||align=right| 17,524 ||align=right| 56.29
|-
| |
| Conservative ||align=right| 8,632 ||align=right| 27.73
|-
| |
| New Democratic ||align=right| 3,973 ||align=right| 12.76
|-
| |
| People's ||align=right| 770 ||align=right| 2.47
|-
| |
| Others ||align=right| 230 ||align=right| 0.74
|}
2019
2015
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="4" | 2011 federal election redistributed results
|-
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" | Party
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | %
|-
| |
| Conservative ||align=right| 11,977 ||align=right| 42.02
|-
| |
| Liberal ||align=right| 10,285 ||align=right| 36.08
|-
| |
| New Democratic ||align=right| 5,594 ||align=right| 19.62
|-
| |
| Green ||align=right| 449 ||align=right| 1.58
|-
| |
| Others ||align=right| 201 ||align=right| 0.71
|}
2011
2008
thumb|[[Stéphane Dion makes a speech on October 10, 2008 in Brampton West. Former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien was among notable Liberals at this rally; this was his first time campaigning for anyone, since retirement.]]
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 in 2006 and for Brampton City Council the same year; Conservative Kyle Seeback is a commercial litigation lawyer and former national-level swimmer; and winner Andrew Kania, a Liberal, practiced family law.
Seeback was nominated by the Conservatives in April 2008.
Liberal incumbent Colleen 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 were Dipika Damerla, Raj Jhajj, and Andrew Kania. Jhajj was the riding president, but stepped down from the position, to be considered. Kania had previously sought the party's nomination in Brampton—Springdale, but then-Prime Minister Paul Martin placed Dr. Ruby Dhalla as the candidate.
2006
2004
See also
- List of Canadian electoral districts
- Historical federal electoral districts of Canada
References
- Riding history from the Library of Parliament
- 2011 Results from Elections Canada
- Campaign expense data from Elections Canada