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Riding History

In a hotly-contested race, Conservative Colin Carrie held on to the riding once again defeating Sid Ryan and Oshawa city councillor Louise Parkes. In 2004, Carrie won this riding with just 463 more votes than NDP candidate Sid Ryan, the Ontario president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees.

Liberal Ivan Grose served three terms from 1993 to 2004.

New Democratic support in this riding waned after Ed Broadbent stepped down as the Oshawa MP, when he resigned as the national NDP leader in 1989. Broadbent was first elected in 1968, defeating Conservative Michael Starr. He became NDP leader in July 1975 and won seven terms as MP for Oshawa-Whitby and Oshawa.

In the 1990 byelection following Broadbent’s resignation, New Democrat Mike Breaugh defeated Liberal Cathy O’Flynn.

1968-1990 byelection inclusive - NDP
1993, 1997, 2000 - Liberal
2004, 2006 - Conservative

Economic Summary
Oshawa is a centre of the Canadian automobile industry and the local economy is dominated by General Motors. It is one of Ontario’s most industrial ridings, with 14 per cent of employment coming from manufacturing.

Demographic Summary
Average family income is $63,855 and unemployment is 7.2 per cent. Oshawa is also home to Ontario’s newest university, the University of Ontario, and to Durham College.

Population
113,662

Sep 07, 2008 - 09:08 AM

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.

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