Oshawa

Oshawa

September 07, 2008

Candidates

Colin Carrie, Conservative Party of Canada
David Gershuny, Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada
Sean Godfrey, Liberal Party of Canada
Pat Gostlin, Green Party of Canada
Alex Kreider, Canadian Action Party
Mike Shields, New Democratic Party
Peter Vogel, Christian Heritage Party of Canada

Riding Overview

The electoral district of Oshawa has a population of 113,662 with 83,746 registered voters and 205 polling divisions.

This riding is 60 kilometres east of Toronto and contains most of the city of Oshawa. Oshawa-Whitby riding was created in 1966 and renamed Oshawa in 1976. In the 1996 redistribution, 13 per cent of Durham was added. In 2004, the boundary of the riding was pushed north to include part of Durham.

Riding Boundaries

The southern boundary is the north shore of Lake Ontario. The northern boundary is Winchester Road East, between Townline Road North in the east and Simcoe Street North, Rossland Road West, Oshawa Creek, King Street West. The western boundary is the western city limit of Oshawa.