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Each seat on Brampton’s council stands for 70,710 residents, more than in 99% of Ontario municipalities

Amandeep Sodhi (Liberal Party of Canada) is the MP for Brampton Centre, the riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP) that takes in Centre. The 2 ridings of Brampton Centre and Brampton South each take in part of Centre for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Who sits as MPP for Centre isn’t on an open record; the Legislative Assembly of Ontario has the current list. Centre is part of Brampton, which elected Patrick Brown as mayor in October 2022. Ontario’s councils were renewed on 26 October 2026, but the only open list so far is 2022’s, so that is the term shown.

MP
Amandeep Sodhi
Liberal Party of Canada · Brampton Centre
Provincial ridings
2
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Mayor
Patrick Brown
elected 2022 · 2022–26 term
Council seats
11
Brampton
Turnout, October 2022
25%
Ontario median 35%
Spending per resident, 2024
$1,509
from the council’s financial return
Turnout, 2021 federal
54%
Canada 63%
What stands out

What stands out in how Centre is governed

Many residents per seat

The middle municipality in Ontario has a seat for every 1,540 residents; Brampton council has far more people behind each. Council size ↓

Turnout below the norm

The 2022 vote for Brampton council drew fewer electors than Ontario’s median of 35%. How Centre voted ↓

Low spending per resident

Spending per resident left Brampton council below 74% of Ontario’s lower-tier municipalities in 2024. Council money ↓

Compared with the province’s municipalities of 1,000+ residents (2021 Census; MAMH, MMAH and Statistics Canada).

Who runs Centre

Three governments, and who does what

Centre is governed by Brampton, with Ontario and Ottawa.

Brampton

The city council decides local matters.

Peel Region

Spends most on social services and child care, then water, sewers and waste (2024 return).

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

Schools, health care, highways, municipal law.

ola.org ↗
House of Commons

Passports, pensions, EI, defence, immigration.

ourcommons.ca ↗

Who to ask

Bins and recyclingBrampton
Planning applicationsBrampton
Potholes, roads and streetlightsBrampton
Water, sewers and leaksBrampton
Parks and leisure centresBrampton
LibrariesBrampton
Fire safety visitsBrampton
Property tax billsBrampton
Schools and school placesOntario
Hospitals, family doctors and careOntario
Highways and driver’s licencesOntario
Passports, EI and pensionsGovernment of Canada

Green: municipal. Gold: provincial. Grey: federal.

Local government here has two tiers: Brampton below, Peel Region above.

Who represents Centre

From the council table to Ottawa

Every elected tier that speaks for Centre, from the most recent elections.

  1. 1
    Brampton councilelected October 2022
    Patrick Brown
  2. 2
    Legislative Assembly of OntarioBrampton Centre · Brampton South
  3. 3
    House of CommonsBrampton Centre

Party colours are neutral on purpose: they tell parties apart and aren’t the parties’ own. MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada

Councillors

Who was elected to Brampton council in 2022

Everyone elected in 2022, with their votes; Ontario’s file gives each seat’s votes but not the ward’s name.

Brampton council
elected 24 October 2022
  • Patrick Brown
  • Harkirat Singh
  • Rod Power
  • Rowena Santos
  • Navjit Kaur Brar
  • Dennis Keenan
  • Paul Vicente
  • Michael Paul Palleschi
Councillors (continued)
  • Martin Medeiros
  • Pat Fortini
  • Gurpartap Singh Toor
Re-elected
7
of 11 members
New to the council
4
Candidates per seat
6.9
69 for 10 seats

11 members and how they were elected

NameSeatVotesShare of the seat’s votesOn the last council
Patrick BrownMayor50,65260%Yes
Harkirat SinghCouncillor9,07645%Yes
Rod PowerCouncillor4,06926%No
Rowena SantosLocal and Regional Councillor5,14336%Yes
Navjit Kaur BrarLocal and Regional Councillor4,98329%No
Dennis KeenanLocal and Regional Councillor4,91234%No
Paul VicenteLocal and Regional Councillor7,83256%Yes
Michael Paul PalleschiLocal and Regional Councillor9,67557%Yes
Martin MedeirosLocal and Regional Councillor7,69354%Yes
Pat FortiniLocal and Regional Councillor6,91945%Yes
Gurpartap Singh ToorLocal and Regional Councillor6,08629%No

Seats on Brampton council are tied to wards, apart from the mayor, whom every voter helps choose. The contest for mayor went to Patrick Brown, with 60% of the votes.

Councils: Ontario 2022 Municipal Election data, MMAH (OGL-Ontario)

How Centre voted

Centre voted less than most of Ontario in 2022

Turnout in the October 2022 municipal elections, beside nearby municipalities; the tick is Ontario’s median.

Brampton25%

Brampton council was elected on 24 October 2022 with 25% of electors voting, below the provincial middle.

How Centre voted: same source as Councillors, above.

Elections

When Centre votes

The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.

ElectionLastNext
Brampton council26 October 202628 October 2030
Legislative Assembly of Ontario27 February 2025–
House of Commons28 April 2025–

No open copy of the 2025 counts exists, and Elections Canada’s own terms rule out commercial reuse, so 2021 is the last vote shown. Brampton votes next on 28 October 2030: the Municipal Elections Act, 1996 sets municipal elections on the fourth Monday in October every four years. Parliament was last elected on 28 April 2025, and the Legislative Assembly of Ontario on 27 February 2025.

Election dates: the legislatures, MMAH and MAMH

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

Centre spans 2 ridings for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario

Provinces and territories run schools, health care and municipal law; each riding elects one MPP.

Brampton Centre · 72%

MPP: see the legislature’s list

ola.org ↗
Brampton South · 28%

MPP: see the legislature’s list

ola.org ↗

Which MPP in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario represents a home in Centre depends on the street. The riding comes from the 2013 federal map, which southern Ontario’s provincial ridings match under the Representation Act, 2015.

Southern Ontario ridings: the 2013 federal boundaries (Representation Act, 2015), Statistics Canada

Member of Parliament

Amandeep Sodhi represents Brampton Centre in Ottawa

Each riding elects one MP to the House of Commons; the general election of 28 April 2025 chose the 45th Parliament.

Amandeep Sodhi

Brampton Centre · Liberal Party of Canada

en.wikipedia.org ↗
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  • Liberal Party of Canada71
  • Conservative Party of Canada50

As Wikidata records them.

Amandeep Sodhi’s party, the Liberal Party of Canada, has 71 of the 122 seats from Ontario.

The MP’s record

Had the 2021 ballots been cast in today’s Brampton Centre, the Liberal Party of Canada would have led with 48%; Amandeep Sodhi held it for them in 2025. April 2025 was Amandeep Sodhi’s first election to the House of Commons.

MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada · MPs’ records: Wikidata (CC0), positions held and party memberships, read 8 November 2026

How Centre has voted

The Liberal Party of Canada kept Brampton Centre in 2021 with Shafqat Ali

Results in Brampton Centre as drawn in 2013, the boundaries of the 2019 and 2021 elections; the riding was redrawn for 2025. 72% of Centre lived in it.

Party20212019
Liberal Party of Canada47.7%47.2%
Conservative Party of Canada32.5%26.9%
New Democratic Party17.5%19.7%
Ronni Shino (Independent)2.4%–

The Liberal Party of Canada held it before, with Ramesh Sangha elected in 2019 on 47%. Brampton Centre elected Shafqat Ali (Liberal Party of Canada) in 2021: 48% of the vote, a lead of 5,163 over Jagdeep Singh (Conservative Party of Canada). Brampton Centre turned out at only 54% in 2021; the country managed 63%.

All 4 candidates in Brampton Centre, 2021
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Shafqat AliLiberal Party of Canada16,18947.7%
Jagdeep SinghConservative Party of Canada11,02632.5%
Jim McDowellNew Democratic Party5,93217.5%
Ronni ShinoIndependent8242.4%

Federal results: Elections Canada, 43rd and 44th general elections and the 44th’s transposition to the 2023 ridings, via open.canada.ca. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada

Council money

Brampton council spends less per resident than most

The 2024 financial return: spending by service and revenue by source, per resident, compared only with Ontario’s lower-tier municipalities.

Spending, 2024
$1.1 billion
$1,509 per resident
Long-term debt
$111.6M
$158 per resident
Reserves and reserve funds
$559.4M
$790 per resident
Full-time positions
4,365
6.2 per 1,000 residents

Spending per resident by service, 2024

Roads and transit$647
Recreation and culture$371
Police, fire and protection$238
General government$144
Planning and development$55
Water, sewers and waste$45
Social services and child care$8
Public health and paramedics$1

What pays for it

SourceBramptonProvince
Property taxes and payments in lieu49%42%
Other revenue28%32%
User fees and sales17%20%
Grants from governments5%7%

Shares of revenue, town and province.

Each resident’s share of Brampton council’s 2024 spending came to $1,509, where the middle of Ontario’s lower-tier municipalities sat at $1,901. The upper tier, Peel Region, adds $2,085 per resident of its own, mostly for social services and child care. The return counts 4,365 full-time positions, 6.2 for every thousand residents. More goes to roads and transit than to anything else: $647 a resident, 43% of all spending. At 49%, property taxes count for more of the revenue than the 42% seen across the province. Long-term debt at Brampton council stood at $111.6M, or $158 a resident, below the $440 median.

Every service line, 2024
Service2024Per residentShare
Roads and transit$458M$64743%
Recreation and culture$263M$37125%
Police, fire and protection$168.5M$23816%
General government$102.1M$14410%
Planning and development$38.9M$554%
Water, sewers and waste$31.9M$453%
Social services and child care$5.6M$81%
Public health and paramedics$879K$10%

Money: Financial Information Return 2024, Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.

Council size

Brampton council beside its neighbours

Residents (2021 Census) per council seat, head of council included, beside nearby municipalities; the tick is the provincial median.

Brampton70,710

How Brampton council compares is at the top of the page; here it stands beside its neighbours.

Residents: 2021 Census; seats: the province’s council list

Get involved

Having a say in how Centre is run

Register to vote

Check or update the federal list.

elections.ca ↗
Contact your MP

Every MP lists an office.

ourcommons.ca ↗
Provincial elections

Ridings, registration and voting dates.

elections.on.ca ↗
How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Which riding. Ridings are assigned from the 2021 Census: the one with most residents first, then any holding 5% or more.
  • Election results. Two maps are in play: the 2013 ridings, on which 2019 and 2021 were counted, and the 2023 ridings, onto which Elections Canada transposed the 2021 vote poll by poll.
  • Not on this page. No party tally for the council, which the open lists don’t record, and no band councils.
  • Who holds each seat. Who holds each seat is read from Wikidata, so a very recent change in the Commons may not appear yet.
  • Council money. The 2024 Financial Information Return, totals after adjustments by service, per resident with the return’s own population. A lower tier’s figures leave out its county’s or region’s spending, so lower tiers are compared only with lower tiers.
  • Council size. Seats count the head of council and the councillors, and residents are the 2021 Census count; a neighbourhood shows its city’s.

Questions about how Centre is run

Who is the MP for Centre?

Centre is in Brampton Centre, represented by Amandeep Sodhi (Liberal Party of Canada).

Which party won Centre in the 2021 federal election?

Shafqat Ali won Brampton Centre for the Liberal Party of Canada in 2021; the riding is now Brampton Centre, held by Amandeep Sodhi.

Who is the MPP for Centre?

Each of Brampton Centre and Brampton South elects its own MPP to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, and Centre lies across them.

Who heads the council in Brampton?

Patrick Brown was elected mayor in October 2022, for the 2022–26 term of Brampton council.

How much does Brampton council spend?

In 2024, Brampton council spent $1.1 billion in all, for some 708,210 residents, of which $458M went on roads and transit, the biggest line.

Which regional body is Brampton part of?

The council of Peel Region sits above Brampton’s and runs region-wide services, police and water among them.

How is Brampton council elected?

By ward for councillors and at large for the mayor, on Brampton council.

What was the turnout in Centre?

In October 2022, turnout for Brampton council was 24.6%, against 35.5% for the typical Ontario municipality.

Sources: MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada · Southern Ontario ridings: the 2013 federal boundaries (Representation Act, 2015), Statistics Canada · Councils: Ontario 2022 Municipal Election data, MMAH (OGL-Ontario) · Money: Financial Information Return 2024, Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. · Next municipal election: the province’s municipal election act · Municipality types: Statistics Canada census subdivisions · Federal results: Elections Canada, 43rd and 44th general elections and the 44th’s transposition to the 2023 ridings, via open.canada.ca. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada · MPs’ records: Wikidata (CC0), positions held and party memberships, read 8 November 2026. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).