Mississauga East—Cooksville (provincial electoral district) - Wikipedia
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![]() Location in Mississauga | |||
Provincial electoral district | |||
Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Ontario | ||
MPP |
Progressive Conservative | ||
District created | 2003 | ||
First contested | 2007 | ||
Last contested | 2025 | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2016) | 120,205 | ||
Electors (2018) | 85,190 | ||
Area (km²) | 32 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 3,756.4 | ||
Census division(s) | Peel | ||
Census subdivision(s) | Mississauga |

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

2025 Ontario general election | |||||
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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 | 35,903 | 99.39 | +0.04 | ||
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 222 | 0.61 | –0.04 | ||
Turnout | 36,125 | 41.28 | +1.70 | ||
Eligible voters | 87,521 | ||||
Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | –0.10 | |||
Source(s)
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2022 Ontario general election | |||||
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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 | 33,828 | 100.0 | |||
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | 222 | ||||
Turnout | 34,050 | 39.58 | |||
Eligible voters | 85,958 | ||||
Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | −3.68 | |||
Source(s)
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2018 Ontario general election | |||||
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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 | 43,405 | 98.97 | |||
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 447 | 1.03 | |||
Turnout | 43,852 | 52.2 | |||
Eligible voters | 83,122 | ||||
Progressive Conservative notional gain from Liberal | Swing | +16.59 | |||
Source: Elections Ontario[1] |
2014 general election redistributed results[2] | |||
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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 |
2014 Ontario general election | |||||
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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 | 40,001 | 100.0 | |||
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 557 | 1.37 | |||
Turnout | 40,558 | 43.89 | |||
Eligible voters | 92,402 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +6.83 | |||
Source(s) Elections Ontario (2014). "Official Returns from the Records, 048 Mississauga East-Cooksville" (PDF). Retrieved 13 March 2015. |
2011 Ontario general election | |||||
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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 | 33,963 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 191 | 0.56 | |||
Turnout | 34,154 | 40.50 | |||
Eligible voters | 84,330 | ||||
Liberal hold | 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. |
2007 Ontario general election | ||||
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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 | 37,752 | 100.0 | ||
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 349 | 0.92 | ||
Turnout | 38,101 | 47.47 | ||
Eligible voters | 80,247 | |||
Liberal pickup new district. | ||||
Source(s) Elections Ontario (2007). "General Election Poll by Poll Results, 048 Mississauga East—Cooksville" (PDF). Retrieved 24 August 2015. |
2007 electoral reform referendum
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2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum | |||
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Side | Votes | % | |
First Past the Post | 21,898 | 61.6 | |
Mixed member proportional | 13,659 | 38.4 | |
Total valid votes | 35,557 | 100.0 |
- ^ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 6. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
- ^ "61 - Mississauga East—Cooksville".