Riding profile
Mississauga East--Cooksville
The question
Mississauga East--Cooksville: a safe seat for the Liberal Party?
Editorial read
Mississauga East--Cooksville, a suburban riding in Ontario, elected a member with the Liberal Party in the previous cycle, with a 6-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Liberal Party ahead at 46% vote share, against 38% for the Conservative Party, and the probability of a close race is negligible.
Sitting member
Peter Fonseca
Sits with Liberal
Current forecast
Liberal
Safe
- Probability
- 100%
- Mean margin (pts)
- 7.9
- P(close race)
- 5%
In context
How this riding stacks up
| Liberal | Conservative | NDP | PPC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HereMississauga East--Cooksville | 46.3% | 38.4% | 5.2% | 2.1% |
| Provincial averageOntario | 45.6% +0.6 | 37.5% +1.0 | 6.4% −1.2 | 1.1% +1.1 |
| National averageCanada | 41.9% +4.4 | 34.8% +3.6 | 14.2% −9.0 | 1.0% +1.1 |
Provincial averages computed across the 343 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).
Projection track
How the projection has moved
Previous election · FED 2025
Detailed result · FED 2025
Candidates and votes
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Fonseca Elected | Liberal | 27,138 | 50.2 | Parliamentarian |
| Nita Kang | Conservative | 24,112 | 44.6 | Realtor |
| Khawar Hussain | NDP | 1,508 | 2.8 | Public Health Inspector |
| Amit Gupta | PPC | 964 | 1.8 | IT Consultant |
| Winston Harding | Independent | 221 | 0.4 | Writer |
| Dagmar Sullivan | Other | 113 | 0.2 | Retired Factory Worker |
Demographics
Who lives here
Linguistic profile
- Anglophone 63.8%
- Non-francophone (other) 36.2%
Around the region
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- Last model run
- Cycle
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