Mississauga Centre was a federal and provincial electoral district

Electoral district (Canada)

An electoral district in Canada, also known as a constituency or a riding, is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based...

 in Ontario

Ontario

Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

, Canada

Canada

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, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

The House of Commons of Canada is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign and the Senate. The House of Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 308 members known as Members of Parliament...

 from 1997 to 2004 an in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

The Legislative Assembly of Ontario , is the legislature of the Canadian province of Ontario, and is the second largest provincial legislature of Canada...

 from 1999 to 2007.

This riding was created in 1996 from parts of Mississauga East

Mississauga East

Mississauga East was a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1988 to 2003, and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1975 to 2007. It was located in the city of Mississauga.This riding was created in 1987 from...

 and Mississauga West

Mississauga West

For the current provincial electoral district, see Mississauga West Mississauga West was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1988 to 2003. It was located in the city of Mississauga in the province of Ontario...

 ridings. Throughout its brief existence, it was represented in the House of Commons by Carolyn Parrish.

It consisted of the central part of the City of Mississauga, Ontario

Mississauga, Ontario

Mississauga is a city in Southern Ontario located in the Regional Municipality of Peel, and in the western part of the Greater Toronto Area. With an estimated population of 734,000, it is Canada's sixth-most populous municipality, and has almost doubled in population in each of the last two decades...

.

The electoral district was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed between Mississauga East—Cooksville

Mississauga East—Cooksville

Mississauga East—Cooksville is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004.-History:It was created in 2003 from parts of Mississauga Centre and Mississauga East ridings....

, Mississauga South

Mississauga South

Mississauga South is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1979....

, Mississauga—Brampton South

Mississauga—Brampton South

Mississauga—Brampton South is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004....

 and Mississauga—Erindale

Mississauga—Erindale

Mississauga—Erindale is a federalelectoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004.It was created in 2003 from parts of Mississauga Centre and Mississauga West ridings....

 ridings.

Federal election results

|-

|PARRISH, Carolyn
|align="right"|25,881
|-

|SOLOMAH, Ahmad
|align="right"|6,049
|-

|LIM, Janice
|align="right"|5,770
|-

|ROCHE, Vishnu
|align="right"|1,900
|-

|DHILLON, Amarjit
|align="right"|192
|}
|-

|PARRISH, Carolyn
|align="right"|24,381
|-

|DHALIWAL, Harry
|align="right"|6,644
|-

|TANGRI, Nina
|align="right"|5,077
|-

|MCCABE, Gail
|align="right"|1,404
|-

|WARD, Alan
|align="right"|389
|-

|MCCABE, Bob
|align="right"|125
|}

Provincial election results

|-

|Harinder Takhar

Harinder Takhar

Harinder Jeet Singh Takhar is a politician in Ontario, Canada. Takhar was born to a Sikh family in the Indian state of Punjab, with a background in farming and civil service work. He moved to Canada in 1974, and arrived in Mississauga, Ontario in 1977...

|align="right"|18,466
|align="right"|47.45
|align="right"|+7.19
|-

|Rob Sampson

Rob Sampson

Rob Sampson is a politician in the Canadian province of Ontario. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 to 2003, and was a cabinet minister in the government of Mike Harris.-Career:Sampson has a Bachelor of Arts degree and an MBA from Queen's...

|align="right"|15,846
|align="right"|40.72
|align="right"|-10.91
|-

|Michael Miller
|align="right"|3,237
|align="right"|8.32
|align="right"|+3.29
|-

|Jeffrey Scott Smith
|align="right"|776
|align="right"|1.99
|-

|John R. Lyall
|align="right"|588
|align="right"|1.51
|}


|-

|Rob Sampson

Rob Sampson

Rob Sampson is a politician in the Canadian province of Ontario. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 to 2003, and was a cabinet minister in the government of Mike Harris.-Career:Sampson has a Bachelor of Arts degree and an MBA from Queen's...

|align="right"|18,688
|align="right"|51.63
|-

|George Winter
|align="right"|14,572
|align="right"|40.26
|-

|Gail McCabe
|align="right"|1,820
|align="right"|5.03
|-

|Bob Harrington
|align="right"|1,117
|align="right"|3.09
|}

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

• Library of Parliament website
• Elections Ontario 1999 results and 2003 results