Burlington (Ontario) 41/338

Burlington (Ontario)

Today we're on the shores of Lake Ontario with Burlington!

Burlington has existed as a riding since 1976, and contains most of the city of Burlington (183,314 in 2016). Burlington has an older population per capita than the Ontario average. The provincial average is 14.9% 65 and over, whereas Burlington has 19.3% 65 and over and 21% of women are 65 and over. It also has a smaller proportion of visible minorities, 25.7% Ontario average vs. 16.0% Burlington.

Politically, this riding has been a reliable bellwether since 1984. Something that's even more satisfying is that the past two times it traded hands (2006 and 2015), the margin was smaller than normal. The average margin of victory is 14.03% since 2000, the margin in 2006 was 3.99% and 2015 was 3.5%. The riding is currently represented by the Minister of International Development, Karina Gould.

Speaking of Karina Gould, she has hit a few milestones with her time in office. Locally, she was the youngest person elected to the riding since it's creation. On January 10th, 2017, she was shuffled into Justin Trudeau's cabinet as the Minister of Democratic Institutions and the President of the Queen's Privy Council. This marked her position as the youngest female cabinet minister in Canadian history. In 2019, the riding was 60/121 in Ontario and 144/338 in Canada by margin.

Rating:

Name: 10/10 - Not much else to be said, it is only the city. You can't fit it all in so it makes sense that it is split up.

Shape: 8.3/10 - I like most of it, it's just the south portion that's a little iffy for me.

Individuality: 8.2/10 - We love a good bellwether and Karina Gould puts this pretty high up too.

Total: 26.5/30 (88.3%)

Tomorrow we're back in BC after 41 days with Burnaby North-Seymour!