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Mississauga West (federal electoral district)

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Mississauga West
Ontario electoral district
Map of the riding (1996 boundaries)
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1987
District abolished2003
First contested1988
Last contested2000

Mississauga West was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 2003. It was located in the city of Mississauga in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1987 from Mississauga North riding.

Mississauga West consisted of the part of the City of Mississauga lying of north of Dundas Street West west of the Credit River, north of the Queen Elizabeth Way, and west of Hurontario Street. It was re-defined in 1996.

The electoral district was abolished in 2003 when it was re-distributed between Mississauga South, Mississauga—Erindale and Mississauga—Streetsville ridings.

Members of Parliament

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Parliament Years Member Party
Riding created from Mississauga North
34th  1988–1993     Robert Horner Progressive Conservative
35th  1993–1997     Carolyn Parrish Liberal
36th  1997–2000 Steve Mahoney
37th  2000–2004
Riding dissolved into Mississauga South, Mississauga—Erindale
and Mississauga—Streetsville

Electoral history

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1988 Canadian federal election: Mississauga West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Progressive Conservative Robert Horner 32,992
Liberal Doug Fisher 28,444
  New Democratic Paul Simon 6,621
  Libertarian C. Garnet Brace 459
1993 Canadian federal election: Mississauga West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Carolyn Parrish 53,214
  Progressive Conservative Robert Horner 27,789
  Reform Charles Conn 19,838
  New Democratic Paul Simon 2,195
Green Michael Bay 497
  Natural Law Michael Beifuss 476
  Marxist–Leninist Gurdev Singh 127
  Abolitionist Dwayne Foster 78
1997 Canadian federal election: Mississauga West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Steve Mahoney 30,598
  Reform George Brant 9,160
  Progressive Conservative Rami Gill 8,102
  New Democratic Timothy Dean Speck 2,128
2000 Canadian federal election: Mississauga West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal Steve Mahoney 31,260
  Canadian Alliance Philip Leong 10,582
  Progressive Conservative Gul Nawaz 5,275
  New Democratic Cynthia Kazadi 1,532
Green Carolyn Brown 810

See also

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