# Brampton South (federal electoral district)

Brampton South (French: Brampton-Sud) is a federal electoral district in the Peel Region of Ontario.
Brampton South was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for October 2015. It was created out of the electoral district of Brampton West.

## Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census
Languages: 44.4% English, 18.8% Punjabi, 3.7% Urdu, 3.2% Gujarati, 3.0% Hindi, 2.1% Portuguese, 1.6% Tagalog, 1.6% Tamil, 1.4% Spanish
Religions: 37.4% Christian (18.5% Catholic, 2.4% Pentecostal, 1.9% Anglican, 1.4% United Church, 13.2% Other), 21.9% Sikh, 17.1% Hindu, 9.1% Muslim, 1.3% Buddhist, 12.6% None
Median income: $35,600 (2020)
Average income: $45,920 (2020)
Panethnic groups in Brampton South (2011−2021) :
| Panethnic group | 2021 | 2021 | 2016 | 2016 | 2011 | 2011 |
| Panethnic group | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % |
| South Asian | 63,475 | 49.16% | 49,950 | 41.51% | 38,125 | 35.95% |
| European | 31,825 | 24.65% | 39,030 | 32.44% | 41,965 | 39.57% |
| African | 14,500 | 11.23% | 13,775 | 11.45% | 12,440 | 11.73% |
| Southeast Asian | 6,620 | 5.13% | 6,040 | 5.02% | 5,590 | 5.27% |
| Middle Eastern | 2,485 | 1.92% | 1,985 | 1.65% | 785 | 0.74% |
| East Asian | 2,105 | 1.63% | 2,135 | 1.77% | 1,565 | 1.48% |
| Latin American | 2,100 | 1.63% | 2,110 | 1.75% | 1,835 | 1.73% |
| Indigenous | 720 | 0.56% | 1,185 | 0.98% | 985 | 0.93% |
| Other/multiracial | 5,295 | 4.1% | 4,110 | 3.42% | 2,760 | 2.6% |
| Total responses | 129,130 | 97.27% | 120,320 | 99.28% | 106,050 | 98.78% |
| Total population | 132,752 | 100% | 121,188 | 100% | 107,364 | 100% |
| Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries. |||||||

## Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
| Brampton South Riding created from Brampton West |||||
| 42nd | 2015–2019 | Sonia Sidhu | Liberal |
| 43rd | 2019–2021 | Sonia Sidhu | Liberal |
| 44th | 2021–present | Sonia Sidhu | Liberal |

## Election results

vte2021 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Sonia Sidhu | 21,120 | 50.98 | +1.51 | $97,785.16 |
| | Conservative | Ramandeep Brar | 12,596 | 30.40 | +2.00 | $75,417.63 |
| | New Democratic | Tejinder Singh | 5,894 | 14.23 | -2.17 | $13,391.87 |
| | People's | Nicholas Craniotis | 1,820 | 4.39 | 3.67 | $2,380.47 |
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | 41,439 | – | – | $109,088.26 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 503 | 1.20 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 41,933 | 55.17 | -7.59 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 76,003 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||
2021 federal election redistributed results :
| Party | Vote | % |
| Liberal | 19,044 | 53.88 |
| Conservative | 10,413 | 29.46 |
| New Democratic | 4,784 | 13.53 |
| People's | 1,016 | 2.87 |
| Others | 91 | 0.26 |
vte2019 Canadian federal election: Brampton South :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Sonia Sidhu | 24,085 | 49.47 | -2.62 | $92,936.55 |
| | Conservative | Ramandeep Brar | 13,828 | 28.40 | -6.64 | $98,182.77 |
| | New Democratic | Mandeep Kaur | 7,985 | 16.40 | +5.75 | $53,224.68 |
| | Green | Karen Fraser | 1,926 | 3.95 | +1.73 | none listed |
| | People's | Rajwinder Ghuman | 354 | 0.72 | | none listed |
| | Christian Heritage | Wavey Mercer | 285 | 0.58 | | none listed |
| | Canada's Fourth Front | Mitesh Joshi | 152 | 0.31 | | $8,217.30 |
| | Marxist–Leninist | Dagmar Sullivan | 68 | 0.13 | | $20.00 |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 48,863 | 100.0 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 583 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 49,266 | 62.76 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 78,487 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | +2.01 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||
vte2015 Canadian federal election: Brampton South :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Sonia Sidhu | 23,681 | 52.09 | +16.70 | $101,341.55 |
| | Conservative | Kyle Seeback | 15,929 | 35.04 | -10.37 | $105,913.36 |
| | New Democratic | Amarjit Sangha | 4,843 | 10.65 | -5.77 | $37,089.45 |
| | Green | Shaun Hatton | 1,011 | 2.22 | -0.04 | $144.64 |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 45,464 | 100.00 | | $205,155.00 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 270 | 0.59 | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 45,734 | 63.42 | – |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 72,111 |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | Swing | +13.53 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||
2011 federal election redistributed results :
| Party | Vote | % |
| Conservative | 16,145 | 45.40 |
| Liberal | 12,584 | 35.39 |
| New Democratic | 5,838 | 16.42 |
| Green | 805 | 2.26 |
| Others | 186 | 0.52 |