Durham (federal electoral district)

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Template:Use Canadian English Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox Canada electoral district Durham (formerly known as Clarington—Scugog—Uxbridge) was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1904 to 1968 and from 1988 to 2025.

Its first iteration was created in 1903 from Durham East and Durham West ridings. It consisted of the county of Durham. The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was merged into the Northumberland—Durham riding. It was recreated in 1987 from parts of the Durham—Northumberland and Ontario ridings.

The second incarnation of the riding initially consisted of the Town of Newcastle, the townships of Scugog and Uxbridge, Scugog Indian Reserve No. 34, the part of the City of Oshawa lying north of Rossland Road, the allowance for road in front of lots 1, 2, 3 and 4, Concession 3 and part of the Town of Whitby lying north of Taunton Road.

In 1996, it was redefined to consist of the Township of Scugog, Scugog Indian Reserve No. 34, the Town of Clarington and part of the City of Oshawa lying north of a line drawn from west to east along Taunton Road, south along Ritson Road North, east along Rossland Road East, south along Harmony Road North and east along King Street East.

The electoral district was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed between Clarington—Scugog—Uxbridge, Oshawa and Whitby—Oshawa ridings. Clarington—Scugog—Uxbridge was defined to consist of the townships of Uxbridge and Scugog, the Municipality of Clarington and the Scugog Island reserve. In 2004, Clarington—Scugog—Uxbridge was renamed to its current name of Durham. Following the Canadian federal electoral redistribution of 2012, the riding lost territory to Pickering—Uxbridge and Northumberland—Peterborough South and gained territory from Oshawa and Whitby—Oshawa.

Following the report from the 2022 electoral redistribution, the riding will be redistributed into Bowmanville—Oshawa North (Clarington and Oshawa portions) and York—Durham (Scugog portion).

On August 24, 2020, then-Durham MP Erin O'Toole won the Conservative Party leadership election and was named Leader of the Official Opposition. In February 2022, following his party's defeat in the 2021 election, he was ousted as Conservative leader. He resigned his seat in the legislature in August 2023, triggering the 2024 Durham by-election, won by fellow Conservative Jamil Jivani.

Demographics

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Durham in relation to other Ontario electoral districts (2003 boundaries)

According to the 2021 Canadian census

Languages: 81.8% English, 1.6% Tamil, 1.4% French, 1.4% Urdu
Religions: 52.1% Christian (21.7% Catholic, 7.0% United Church, 4.5% Anglican, 1.9% Pentecostal, 1.4% Baptist, 1.3% Christian Orthodox, 1.2% Presbyterian, 13.1% Other), 5.3% Muslim, 4.1% Hindu, 36.8% None
Median income: $45,600 (2020)

Average income: $57,600 (2020)

Panethnic groups in Durham (2011−2021)

Panethnic group	2021		2016		2011
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
EuropeanTemplate:Efn	107,515		109,155		103,860
South Asian	14,105		5,055		1,640
African	10,405		5,165		2,830
Indigenous	3,420		3,045		2,135
East AsianTemplate:Efn	3,385		2,090		1,070
Southeast AsianTemplate:Efn	3,025		1,795		1,160
Middle EasternTemplate:Efn	2,875		980		450
Latin American	1,330		820		565
Other/multiracialTemplate:Efn	3,125		1,425		660
Total responses	149,195		129,520		114,360
Total population	150,235		130,872		115,395
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.

Geography

The riding is a mix of suburban, exurban areas. It contains all of Scugog, and the Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation, plus Oshawa north of Taunton Road and the western half of the Municipality of Clarington, which is home to over half the riding's population. Bowmanville is the riding's largest community. Most of the riding has supported the Conservatives in the 2019 and 2021 elections, with the strongest support coming from the riding's rural areas, especially in rural Scugog Township. The Liberals have been able to win much of the Oshawa part of the riding, outside of the city's rural northern section. The NDP have seen their strongest support in Oshawa and in Bowmanville.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Current member of Parliament

This seat is held by Conservative Jamil Jivani since a 2024 by-election to succeed former Opposition leader Erin O'Toole.

Election results

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Graph of election results in Durham (1987-2003), Clarington—Scugog—Uxbridge, Durham (2004-present) (1987-present, minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

Durham, 2004–present

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Graph of election results in Durham (2004-present, minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

2011 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
Template:Canadian party colour |	Conservative	27,900	55.17
Template:Canadian party colour |	New Democratic	12,011	23.75
Template:Canadian party colour |	Liberal	7,857	15.54
Template:Canadian party colour |	Green	2,307	4.56
Template:Canadian party colour |	Others	499	0.99

Clarington—Scugog—Uxbridge, 2003–2004

2000 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
Template:Canadian party colour |	Liberal	17,901	44.15
Template:Canadian party colour |	Canadian Alliance	12,557	30.97
Template:Canadian party colour |	Progressive Conservative	7,676	18.93
Template:Canadian party colour |	New Democratic	2,085	4.08
Template:Canadian party colour |	Others	915	1.79

Durham, 1987–2003

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Graph of election results in Durham (1988-2003, minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

Durham, 1904–1968

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Graph of election results in Durham (1904-1968, minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

See also

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

External links

• Canada Votes 2006 - Result for Durham Template:Webarchive from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
• Riding history 1904-1968 from the Template:Webarchive Library of Parliament
• Riding history 1988-2003 from the Library of Parliament
• Riding history 2004-208 from the Template:Webarchive Library of Parliament
• 2011 Results from Elections Canada Template:Webarchive
• Campaign expense data from Elections Canada