Brampton North (Ontario) 33/338

 Brampton North (Ontario)

Today we're in Brampton North!

Brampton North has existed as a riding since the 2012 redistribution. The population of the riding was 118,180 in 2016. This riding is the smallest in the Brampton area, at 33.11 square kilometers, and by extension the densest. While the riding is largely suburban, there is also quite a bit of green space, with Heart Lake Conservation Park and Conservation Drive Park both on the west side of the riding.

Politically, the riding is very similar to the rest of Brampton, solid Liberal except for 2011. Unlike the other ridings, this is the only riding in Brampton that increased the Liberal vote in 2019. This could be due to Parm Gill who had run several times before in the GTA and was the incumbent in 2015. The riding is currently represented by Liberal MP Ruby Sahota.

The MP before Parm Gill was also a Liberal named Ruby, Ruby Dhalla, which Gill used against Ruby Sahota in the general election campaign, citing Ruby Dhalla's policies, which Ruby Sahota was clear she didn't stand for. In the end, Ruby Sahota got the last laugh, swinging the seat over 20 points to win the Liberals the riding. In 2019, the riding was 94/121 in Ontario and 224/338 in Canada by margin.

Rating:

Name: 7.7/10 - Yes, it is the most north, but I'd really like if it was named Brampton-Heart Lake.

Shape: 6.7/10 - Pretty non-offensive, at least the jutting out bits have clean corners.

Individuality: 5.6/10 - It's cool that the Liberals increased their vote share in 2015, but that isn't enough to rank it higher.

Total: 20/30 (66.7%)

See you tomorrow in Brampton South!