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Whitby
Ontario electoral district
	Whitby in relation to other Greater Toronto Area districts
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP	Lorne Coe; Progressive Conservative
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District created	2015
First contested	2018
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2016)	128,380
Electors (2018)	96,879
Area (km²)	149
Pop. density (per km²)	861.6
Census division(s)	Durham
Census subdivision(s)	Whitby

Whitby is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was previously represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as Whitby-Oshawa. The new riding was created through the 2015 Representation Act for the 2018 provincial election,^[1] with the district losing some territory to the district of Oshawa to more closely align to the actual town's borders.^[2]

History

The riding was created for the 2018 general provincial election and consists of the Town of Whitby. The previous district included sections of Oshawa and Ajax.

2017 estimates; figures derived from Canada 2016 Census

Population: 134,875 (estimate; actual census population from 2016 was 128,377)^[3]
Languages: 91.7% English only, 7.6% Bilingual French-English, 0.5% neither English nor French
Average individual income: $58,383
Median individual income: $41,419
Average household income: $126,596
Median household income: $101,373
Denizens with Canadian citizenship: 130,327 (96.6%)
Denizens with citizenship other than Canadian: 4,547 (3.3%)
Immigrated between 2000-2005: 2,817
Immigrated between 2006-2011: 2,338
Immigrated after 2012: 2,386
Born in province of residence: 95,247
Born outside province of residence: 10,829

Whitby
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Whitby—Oshawa
42nd	2018–2022		Lorne Coe	Progressive Conservative
43rd	2022–present		Lorne Coe	Progressive Conservative

v t e 2022 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Lorne Coe	21,840	47.37	+1.57
	New Democratic	Sara Labelle	10,524	22.83	−13.78
	Liberal	Aadil Mohammed	9,556	20.73	+7.85
	Green	Stephanie Leblanc	2,397	5.20	+1.81
	New Blue	Trystan Lackner	903	1.96
	Ontario Party	Emil Labaj	519	1.13
	Freedom	Douglas Thom	197	0.43	–
	Independent	Christopher Rinella	168	0.36
Total valid votes			46,104	100.0
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			262
Turnout			46,366	44.88
Eligible voters			101,835
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+7.68
Source(s) "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-18. "Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-21.

2018 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Lorne Coe	26,471	45.80
	New Democratic	Niki Lundquist	21,158	36.61
	Liberal	Leisa Washington	7,441	12.87
	Green	Stacey Leadbetter	1,958	3.39
	Libertarian	Ronald Halabi	522	0.90
	Freedom	Doug Thom	246	0.43
Total valid votes			57,796	100.0
	Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source: Elections Ontario^[4]