The Political Record · Federal electoral districts
Oakville West
Oakville-Ouest
Federal riding · ON · No. 35076 · 2023 representation order
- Member
- Sima Acan Liberal
- 2025 result
- Liberal hold by 5,204 votes
- Turnout
- 74.5% of 81,132 electors
- Population
- 105,015 2021 census
- Area
- 81 km²
- Figures as of
- 2026-09-25
Distinctions · ranked against all 343 ridings
- Highest household incomeMedian household income $126,000, 10th highest of 343 (Median total household income, 2021 census)
- Turnout74.5% of 81,132 electors voted · 39th of 343 in Canada
- Length of the ballot6 candidates stood · 61st of 343 in Canada
In brief
Illustration after: © House of Commons
Member of Parliament
Sima Acan
- Member: International Trade
- Member: Public Safety and National Security
IDid this riding change?
Yes. 33% of today's Oakville West came from ridings other than the old Oakville.
Share of today's areaFormer riding
66.6%Oakville 55% of it kept
33.4%Oakville North—Burlington 29% of it kept
How this is measured. Share of the current riding's area that came from each former riding, by intersecting the 2013 and 2023 boundary files. It is area, not population. Elections Canada counts 48 of 343 ridings as entirely unchanged.
IIThe 2025 result
Liberal hold
Elected
Sima Acan
Liberal
31,872
53.1% of valid votes
Margin
5,204
votes · +8.7 pts
Runner-up
Tim Crowder
Conservative
26,668
44.4% of valid votes
Liberal 53.1% · Conservative 44.4% · New Democratic 1.4%
Turnout74.5% of 81,132 electors
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | 2021 | ± |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sima Acan | Liberal | 31,872 | 53.1% | 47.2% | +5.9 |
| Tim Crowder | Conservative | 26,668 | 44.4% | 38.2% | +6.2 |
| Diane Downey | New Democratic | 831 | 1.4% | 8.7% | −7.3 |
3 further candidates, each under 1% of the vote
| Chris Kowalchuk | Green | 363 | 0.6% |
| JD Meaney | People's | 254 | 0.4% |
| Martin Gegus | Independent | 55 | 0.1% |
The 2021 column is Elections Canada's official transposition of the 2021 result onto these 2023 boundaries. ± is the change in each party's share. It is not "swing": with four or more competitive parties there is no single pair to swing between.
IIIHow close was it, really
Swing needed to flip
4.3 pts
Half the margin: the share that would have had to move from first to second.
Third place vs. the margin
831 votes
New Democratic took fewer than the 5,204-vote margin.
Election-day polls won by others
84 of 170
4 polls ended in an exact tie.
Flip the seatHypothetical
It would have taken 2,603 voters switching from Liberal to Conservative — 4.3% of the 60,043 valid votes, 4.3 points — to change the result. No ballot was cast this way; this only moves votes between the top two.
Liberal31,872
Conservative26,668
Still Liberal by 5,204 votes. Actual margin: 5,204.
IVElection day versus advance
Only 53.1% of this riding's votes were cast at election-day polls. The rest were advance or special ballots.
Election dayAdvance & specialGap
Liberal49.0%57.6%+8.6
Conservative47.7%40.7%−7.0
New Democratic1.8%0.9%−0.9
An association, not a cause. Voters who cast ballots before election day differed from those who turned out on the day. It does not say why. There is no poll-level turnout figure on this page: the elector count on a polling division includes people who voted in advance and were counted elsewhere.
VWhat kind of place this is
- Median total household income is $126,000 — about 1.5 times the median riding's $84,000.highestlowest10th highest of 343
- Median age is 43.2 — a little higher than the median riding's 41.6.highestlowest118th highest of 343
- Share aged 25-64 with a bachelor's degree or higher is 59.1% — about 2.1 times the median riding's 28.2%.highestlowest16th highest of 343
- Share who are immigrants is 39.7% — about 2.3 times the median riding's 17.3%.highestlowest56th highest of 343
- Share of households that own their home is 76.6% — a little higher than the median riding's 71.4%.highestlowest101st highest of 343
- Share with French as a mother tongue is 1.6% — about the same as the median riding's 1.6%.highestlowest165th highest of 343
2021 Census, keyed to the 2023 representation order. Comparisons are against the median riding, not Canada as a whole. Each rule places this riding among all 343.
VIWhere it is
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The card
No. 35076ON · 2025
Oakville West
Sima Acan
- Result
- Liberal hold by 5,204
- Turnout
- 74.5%
- Population
- 105,015
- Area
- 81 km²
Highest household incomeTurnoutLength of the ballot
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