Mississauga—Erin Mills (Ontario) 185/338

 Mississauga—Erin Mills (Ontario)

Today we're in western Mississauga with Mississauga—Erin Mills!

Mississauga—Erin Mills has existed as a riding since the 2012 redistribution, created from Mississauga—Erindale and Halton. The population of the riding was 123,371 in 2021. The riding contains the neighbourhood of Erin Mills, developed by the Cadillac Fairview Corporation around the Erin Mills Town Centre, starting in the 1970's. 

Politically, this seat was the first seat in Mississauga to flip to the Conservatives during the Harper Era, by just 397 votes in 2008, the writing on the wall for the coming sweep of 2011. Nowadays, it is pretty average as far as Mississauga ridings go: Liberals getting a bare majority, Conservatives in low to mid-30's, NDP in low 10's. This seat is currently represented by Liberal MP Iqra Khalid.

From 2015-2021, Iqra Khalid was the only woman to represent a riding in Mississauga federally. First elected in 2015, Khalid has been a strong advocate for human rights in the House of Commons. For her work, she was named one of Chatelaine's Women of the Year in 2017. In 2019, this seat was 82/121 in Ontario and 200/338 in Canada by margin.

The name is great, almost the entire riding contains Erin Mills. The shape is also pretty good, good natural borders. As for individuality, not that individual as far as ridings go.

Tomorrow we'll be back in Mississauga with Mississauga—Lakeshore!