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 Mississauga—Lakeshore (Ontario)

Today we're along Lake Ontario with Mississauga—Lakeshore!

Mississauga—Lakeshore has existed as a riding since 1976, renamed from Mississauga South in 2012. The population of the riding was 117,095 in 2021. The riding contains the neighbourhoods of Clarkson, Lorne Park, and Lakeview. There is a big income disparity in this riding, with Lorne Park having an average annual income of $318,000, while Clearview has an average annual income of $85,000. 

Politically, this seat has been the strongest Conservative seat in Mississauga since 2015, although support has slipped in subsequent elections for the Tories. Back to the household income, the Conservatives perform their best in Lorne Park and around the center of the riding where income is higher, while the Liberals perform well on the edges of the riding where the suburbs are lower income. This seat is currently represented by Liberal MP Sven Spengemann.

This riding has a history of having the same MP for many terms. PC Don Blenkarn represented Peel South and later Mississauga South for five terms, amounting to sixteen years. Liberal Paul Szabo represented Mississauga South from 1993 to 2011, amounting to eighteen years. Conservative Stella Ambler was the anomaly, only being the MP for the area from 2011 to 2015. In 2019, this seat was 39/121 in Ontario and 108/338 in Canada by margin.

The name is great, it is the only lakeshore riding in Mississauga (and Peel region for that matter). The shape is also pretty good, it uses three natural municipal borders (lake, border with Oakville and border with Toronto). As for individuality, interesting how the riding has been represented by a Liberal for all but four years since 1993, and Sven Spengemann is the first pro-choice MP on record.

Tomorrow we'll be in our penultimate Mississauga riding with Mississauga—Malton!