Mississauga East—Cooksville (provincial electoral district)

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
41st	2014–2018		Dipika Damerla
42nd	2018–2022		Kaleed Rasheed	Progressive Conservative
43rd	2022–2023			Progressive Conservative
43rd	2023–present			Independent

Election results

v t e 2022 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			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) "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.

v t e 2018 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Kaleed Rasheed	17,862	41.15	+14.95
	Liberal	Dipika Damerla	13,123	30.23	−22.10
	New Democratic	Tom Takacs	9,871	22.74	+7.35
	Green	Basia Krzyzanowski	1,498	3.45	−0.07
	Libertarian	Mark Donaldson	463	1.07	−0.90
	None of the Above	Leonard Little	413	0.95	–
	Moderate	Mykola Ponomarenko	175	0.40	–
Total valid votes			43,405	100.0
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			447	1.03
Turnout			43,852	52.2
Eligible voters			83,122
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+18.52
Source: Elections Ontario

v t e 2014 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			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.

v t e 2011 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			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.

v t e 2007 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			37,752	100.0
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			349	0.92
Turnout			38,101	47.47
Eligible voters			80,247
Source(s) Elections Ontario (2007). "General Election Poll by Poll Results, 048 Mississauga East—Cooksville" (PDF). Retrieved 24 August 2015.
	Liberal pickup new district.

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

Sources

"Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 6. Retrieved 20 January 2019.

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2007 electoral reform referendum

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