The Political RecordFederal electoral districtsNo. 35076Ontario
Oakville West
Oakville-Ouest
Oakville West is a federal riding in Ontario. Sima Acan (Liberal) has represented Oakville West since the 2025 election. Sima Acan (Liberal) held Oakville West for the Liberals in the 2025 election by 5,204 votes (8.7 points), with 53.1% of the vote. Tim Crowder (Conservative) was second with 44.4%, on a turnout of 74.5% of 81,132 electors. Member as of .
Who represents Oakville West
Sima Acan
Member of Parliament for Oakville West
Liberal
MP since · first term
- International Trade committee
- Public Safety and National Security committee
94 speeches in the 45th Parliament, most often on Lawful Access Act, 2026.
The 2025 result: Liberal hold
Share of the valid votes by candidate, Oakville West, April 28, 2025
The figures
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sima Acan | Liberal | 31,872 | 53.1% |
| Tim Crowder | Conservative | 26,668 | 44.4% |
| Diane Downey | New Democratic | 831 | 1.4% |
| Others (3) | 672 | 1.1% |
Sima Acan (Liberal) won Oakville West on with 31,872 votes, 53.1% of the 60,043 valid votes. Tim Crowder (Conservative) was second with 26,668 (44.4%), 5,204 votes and 8.7 points behind.
Of the 60,043 valid votes, Sima Acan (Liberal) took 53.1%, Tim Crowder (Conservative) 44.4% and Diane Downey (New Democratic) 1.4%; the 3 other candidates took 1.1% together. Turnout was 74.5% of 81,132 electors: 60,427 ballots cast, 60,043 of them valid, for 6 candidates.
Against the 2021 result on these boundaries, the Liberals are up 5.9 (47.2% to 53.1%), the Conservatives up 6.2 (38.2% to 44.4%) and the New Democrats down 7.3 (8.7% to 1.4%), in points of the valid votes.
2021 is Elections Canada's transposition of that election onto the 2023 boundaries, not an election held on these lines.
Since 2004: no party has held it
The party first in Oakville West at each general election, 2004 to 2025, on today's boundaries
- 2004Liberal50.6%by 14.1 points over the Conservatives
- 2006†changed handsConservative42.9%by 0.3 points over the Liberals
- 2008Conservative47.2%by 10.4 points over the Liberals
- 2011Conservative52.8%by 23.9 points over the Liberals
- 2015changed handsLiberal48.4%by 5.6 points over the Conservatives
- 2019Liberal47.0%by 8.3 points over the Conservatives
- 2021Liberal47.2%by 9.0 points over the Conservatives
- 2025Liberal53.1%by 8.7 points over the Conservatives
The figures
| Year | First | Share | Second | Margin (pts) | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Liberal | 50.6% | Conservative | 14.1 | carried, our estimate |
| 2006† | Conservative | 42.9% | Liberal | 0.3 | carried, our estimate |
| 2008 | Conservative | 47.2% | Liberal | 10.4 | carried, our estimate |
| 2011 | Conservative | 52.8% | Liberal | 23.9 | carried, our estimate |
| 2015 | Liberal | 48.4% | Conservative | 5.6 | carried, our estimate |
| 2019 | Liberal | 47.0% | Conservative | 8.3 | carried, our estimate |
| 2021 | Liberal | 47.2% | Conservative | 9.0 | transposed by Elections Canada |
| 2025 | Liberal | 53.1% | Conservative | 8.7 | official result |
The Liberals were first at five of the eight general elections from 2004 to 2025, the Conservatives at three; it changed hands twice. In 2025 the Liberals took 53.1% of the vote here, 10.0 points above their average of 43.1% at the seven general elections from 2004 to 2021. It has gone with the party that formed the government at all eleven general elections from 1993 to 2025.
On today's boundaries the Liberals were first here in 2004 (50.6%), 2015 (48.4%), 2019 (47.0%), 2021 (47.2%) and 2025 (53.1%) and the Conservatives in 2006 (42.9%), 2008 (47.2%) and 2011 (52.8%), each with the share of the valid votes shown.
A stronghold is a party first at every general election since 2004, by an average of 20 points or more over the next party; held, first at every one; usually, first at all but one. By-elections are not counted. By this rule 160 of the 343 ridings have no degree. The results before 2021 are carried onto today's boundaries by where the riding's 2025 electors lived: our estimate, from the older boundaries of Taylor, Lucas, Kirby and Hewitt and the results in Sevi's "Who Runs?". 2021 is Elections Canada's transposition, and 2025 the official result. In 2006 the carried top two are within two points, so which party was first is less certain.
- 2021 Liberal · Anita Anand, by 3,707 votes (6.1 pts)
- 2019 Liberal · Anita Anand, by 4,704 votes (7.2 pts)
- 2015 Liberal · John Oliver, by 4,459 votes (6.9 pts)
In Oakville on the 2013 boundaries, the riding most of the 2025 electors in today's Oakville West lived in; Elections Canada's official results.
What kind of place Oakville West is
- Population
- 105,0152021 census
- Area
- 81km²
- Density
- 1,295people per km²
- Electors
- 81,132on the 2025 lists
- 10th-highest household incomeMedian household income $126,000, 10th highest of 343 (Median total household income, 2021 census)
- Median total household income is $126,000 — about 1.5 times the median riding's $84,000.highestlowest10th 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
- Median age is 43.2 — a little higher than the median riding's 41.6.highestlowest118th 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 on the 2023 boundaries; each rule places this riding among all 343. Density is the census population over the riding's area.
IDid this riding change?
Yes. 63% of the 2025 electors in today's Oakville West lived in the old Oakville; by area, 33% of the riding came from other ridings.
IIThe 2025 result
| 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% |
IIIHow close was it, really
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.
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.
On election day the Liberals took 49.0%, the Conservatives 47.7% and the New Democrats 1.8%; in advance and special ballots, 57.6%, 40.7% and 0.9%, in that order.
Share of the valid votes by party, election-day polls against advance and special ballots, Oakville West, April 28, 2025
The figures
| Party | Election day | Advance and special | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | 49.0% | 57.6% | +8.6 |
| Conservative | 47.7% | 40.7% | −7.0 |
| New Democratic | 1.8% | 0.9% | −0.9 |