# Mississauga East—Cooksville (provincial electoral district)

Mississauga East—Cooksville is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since the 2007 provincial election.

## History

The riding was created in 2003 from parts of Mississauga Centre and Mississauga East ridings. It consists of the part of the City of Mississauga east of a line drawn from north to south along the Queensway, Mavis Road, Highway 403, Central Parkway East and Burnhamthorpe Road East.

## Members of Provincial Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:
Mississauga East—Cooksville :
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| Riding created from Mississauga Centre and Mississauga East |||||
| 39th | 2007–2011 | Peter Fonseca | Liberal |
| 40th | 2011–2014 | Dipika Damerla | Liberal |
| 41st | 2014–2018 | Dipika Damerla | Liberal |
| 42nd | 2018–2022 | Kaleed Rasheed | Progressive Conservative |
| 43rd | 2022–2023 | Kaleed Rasheed | Progressive Conservative |
| 43rd | 2023–2025 | Kaleed Rasheed | Independent |
| 44th | 2025–present | Silvia Gualtieri | Progressive Conservative |

## Election results

vte2025 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Silvia Gualtieri | 16,764 | 46.69 | +5.78 |
| | Liberal | Bonnie Crombie | 15,554 | 43.32 | +5.97 |
| | New Democratic | Alex Venuto | 1,879 | 5.23 | –5.60 |
| | Green | David Zeni | 744 | 2.07 | –1.91 |
| | New Blue | Kevin Peck | 429 | 1.19 | –3.54 |
| | Independent | Syed Hussain | 223 | 0.62 | N/A |
| | Independent | Mark De Pelham | 205 | 0.57 | N/A |
| | Ontario Party | Vittoria Trichilo | 192 | 0.53 | –1.32 |
| | Moderate | Oleksandra Iakolieva | 118 | 0.33 | –0.03 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 35,903 | 99.39 | +0.04 |
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 222 | 0.61 | –0.04 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 36,125 | 41.28 | +1.70 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 87,521 |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | –0.10 |
| Source(s) "Candidates in: Mississauga East—Cooksville (061)". Elections Ontario. Retrieved 14 February 2025. D'Andrea, Aaron (28 January 2025). "Liberals' Bonnie Crombie chooses riding as Doug Ford readies early Ontario vote". Global News. Retrieved 30 January 2025. Cornwell, Steve (28 January 2025). "'Fired up': Ontario Liberal leader Bonnie Crombie announces Mississauga riding she's running in ahead of possible Feb. 27 election". Mississauga.com. Retrieved 30 January 2025. "Mississauga East—Cooksville Unofficial Election Results". Elections Ontario. 28 February 2025. Retrieved 28 February 2025. |||||||
vte2022 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Kaleed Rasheed | 13,840 | 40.91 | −0.24 |
| | Liberal | Dipika Damerla | 12,634 | 37.35 | +7.11 |
| | New Democratic | Khawar Hussain | 3,664 | 10.83 | −11.91 |
| | New Blue | Mark Morrissey | 1,599 | 4.73 | |
| | Green | James Hea | 1,345 | 3.98 | +0.52 |
| | Ontario Party | Gregory Tomchyshyn | 625 | 1.85 | |
| | Moderate | Wiktor Jachtholtz | 121 | 0.36 | −0.05 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 33,828 | 100.0 |
| Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | 222 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 34,050 | 39.58 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 85,958 |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | −3.68 |
| 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. |||||||
vte2018 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Kaleed Rasheed | 17,862 | 41.15 | +13.22 |
| | Liberal | Dipika Damerla | 13,123 | 30.23 | −19.96 |
| | New Democratic | Tom Takacs | 9,871 | 22.74 | +7.83 |
| | Green | Basia Krzyzanowski | 1,498 | 3.45 | −0.20 |
| | Libertarian | Mark Donaldson | 463 | 1.07 | N/A |
| | None of the Above | Leonard Little | 413 | 0.95 | N/A |
| | Moderate | Mykola Ponomarenko | 175 | 0.40 | N/A |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 43,405 | 98.97 |
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 447 | 1.03 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 43,852 | 52.2 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 83,122 |
| | Progressive Conservative notional gain from Liberal | Progressive Conservative notional gain from Liberal | Swing | Swing | +16.59 |
| Source: Elections Ontario |||||||
2014 general election redistributed results :
| Party | Vote | % |
| Liberal | 18,510 | 50.19 |
| Progressive Conservative | 10,302 | 27.93 |
| New Democratic | 5,500 | 14.91 |
| Green | 1,344 | 3.65 |
| Others | 1,224 | 3.32 |
vte2014 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Dipika Damerla | 20,934 | 52.33 | +6.59 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Zoran Churchin | 10,479 | 26.20 | −7.06 |
| | New Democratic | Fayaz Karim | 6,158 | 15.39 | −1.40 |
| | Green | Linh Nguyen | 1,408 | 3.52 | +0.97 |
| | Libertarian | Levko Iwanusiw | 788 | 1.97 | |
| | Equal Parenting | Dolly Catena | 234 | 0.58 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 40,001 | 100.0 |
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 557 | 1.37 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 40,558 | 43.89 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 92,402 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | +6.83 |
| Source(s) Elections Ontario (2014). "Official Returns from the Records, 048 Mississauga East-Cooksville" (PDF). Retrieved 13 March 2015. |||||||
vte2011 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Dipika Damerla | 15,535 | 45.74 | −13.19 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Zoran Churchin | 11,297 | 33.26 | +10.18 |
| | New Democratic | Waseem Ahmed | 5,704 | 16.79 | +8.33 |
| | Green | Lloyd Jones | 934 | 2.75 | −3.50 |
| | Independent | Winston Harding | 199 | 0.59 | |
| | Freedom | Jonathon Dury | 177 | 0.52 | −0.12 |
| | Paramount Canadians | Shriya Shah-Klorfine | 117 | 0.34 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 33,963 | 100.00 |
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 191 | 0.56 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 34,154 | 40.50 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 84,330 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | −11.69 |
| Source(s) Elections Ontario (2011). "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Mississauga East—Cooksville" (PDF). Retrieved 3 June 2014. |||||||
vte2007 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Peter Fonseca | 22,249 | 58.93 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Zoran Churchin | 8,715 | 23.08 |
| | New Democratic | Satish Balasunderam | 3,192 | 8.46 |
| | Green | Carla Cassanova | 2,361 | 6.25 |
| | Family Coalition | Al Zawadzki | 992 | 2.63 |
| | Freedom | Ryan Jamieson | 243 | 0.64 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 37,752 | 100.0 |
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 349 | 0.92 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 38,101 | 47.47 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 80,247 |
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| Source(s) Elections Ontario (2007). "General Election Poll by Poll Results, 048 Mississauga East—Cooksville" (PDF). Retrieved 24 August 2015. |||||||

## 2007 electoral reform referendum

2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum :
| Side | Votes | % |
| First Past the Post | 21,898 | 61.6 |
| Mixed member proportional | 13,659 | 38.4 |
| Total valid votes | 35,557 | 100.0 |