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Whitby (provincial electoral district)
Provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the federal electoral district, see Whitby (federal electoral district).
Whitby is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was previously represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as Whitby-Oshawa. The new riding was created through the 2015 Representation Act for the 2018 provincial election,[1] with the district losing some territory to the district of Oshawa to more closely align to the actual town's borders.[2]
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Provincial electoral district | |||
Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Ontario | ||
MPP |
Progressive Conservative | ||
District created | 2015 | ||
First contested | 2018 | ||
Last contested | 2022 | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2016) | 128,380 | ||
Electors (2018) | 96,879 | ||
Area (km²) | 149 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 861.6 | ||
Census division(s) | Durham | ||
Census subdivision(s) | Whitby |
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