On June 12, voters head to the polls in the 2014 Ontario election. Learn more about the candidates and political history of the riding of Brampton-Springdale.
Candidates
Liberals: Harinder Malhi
Progressive Conservatives: Pam Hundal
NDP: Gurpreet Dhillon
Green: Laila Zarrabi Yan
Geography
History
Before resigning two months ago to run for Mayor of Brampton, Liberal Linda Jeffrey had held the riding since 2003, when it was known as Brampton Centre. Prior to that, Progressive Conservative Joe Spina was MPP for eight years.
By the numbers
Like the other two Brampton ridings, this district is young (a median age of 34.3, second-youngest in the province), full of large families (an average household size of 3.5, tied for second-argest), and has a large Punjabi-speaking population (the mother tongue of 17.49% residents in 2011).
Riding in a tweet
One of the few districts with no incumbent running, Brampton-Springdale looks to be a true tossup riding between the Liberals and the PCs.
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