Mississauga—Streetsville (provincial electoral district)
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Mississauga—Streetsville is a provincial electoral district
Electoral district (Canada)
An electoral district in Canada, also known as a constituency or a riding, is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based...

 in Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario , is the legislature of the Canadian province of Ontario, and is the second largest provincial legislature of Canada...

 since 2007. This riding is centred around the villages of Streetsville and Meadowvale
Meadowvale
Meadowvale may refer to:*Meadowvale, Ontario, a community of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada*Meadowvale GO Station, a station in the GO Transit network located in the community...

.

Mississauga—Streetsville is one of the most affluent ridings in Ontario, along with Mississauga—Erindale
Mississauga—Erindale
Mississauga—Erindale is a federalelectoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004.It was created in 2003 from parts of Mississauga Centre and Mississauga West ridings....

 and Mississauga South
Mississauga South
Mississauga South is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1979....

.

Riding history

It was created in 2003 from parts of Brampton West—Mississauga
Brampton West—Mississauga
Brampton West—Mississauga was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1997 to 2004...

 and Mississauga West
Mississauga West
For the current provincial electoral district, see Mississauga West Mississauga West was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1988 to 2003. It was located in the city of Mississauga in the province of Ontario...

 ridings.

It consists of the part of the City of Mississauga
Mississauga, Ontario
Mississauga is a city in Southern Ontario located in the Regional Municipality of Peel, and in the western part of the Greater Toronto Area. With an estimated population of 734,000, it is Canada's sixth-most populous municipality, and has almost doubled in population in each of the last two decades...

 bounded by a line drawn from the northwestern city limit southeast along Mississauga Road, northeast along Highway 401, southeast along Mavis Road, southwest along Britannia Road West, southeast along Terry Fox Way, southwest along Eglinton Avenue West, northwest along Erin Mills Parkway, southwest along Britannia Road West to the southwestern city limit.

Election results



2007 electoral reform referendum

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
An Ontario electoral reform referendum was held on October 10, 2007, in an attempt to establish a mixed member proportional representation system for elections to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario...

Side Votes %
First Past the Post 23,193 61.7
Mixed member proportional 14,426 38.3
Total valid votes 37,619 100.0

See also

  • List of Canadian federal electoral districts
  • Past Canadian electoral districts
  • Village of Streetsville
  • Village of Meadowvale
    Meadowvale
    Meadowvale may refer to:*Meadowvale, Ontario, a community of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada*Meadowvale GO Station, a station in the GO Transit network located in the community...



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