70,710 residents per council seat in Brampton, a higher ratio than 99% of Ontario municipalities
Brampton East is the riding Mount Royal votes in for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, and its MPP (Member of Provincial Parliament, at Queen’s Park in Toronto) isn’t named here because no open list records the members. The riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP) covering Mount Royal is Brampton East, and Maninder Sidhu (Liberal Party of Canada) represents it in the House of Commons. Brampton, which governs Mount Royal, elected Patrick Brown mayor in October 2022. Ontario held new municipal elections on 26 October 2026; until the province publishes them, the open record stops at the council elected in 2022.
What stands out in how Mount Royal is governed
Many residents per seat
Brampton council spreads its seats over a big population; the typical municipality in Ontario has one seat per 1,540 residents. Council size ↓
Turnout below the norm
Brampton council drew fewer of its electors to the polls in 2022 than the typical Ontario municipality (35%). How Mount Royal voted ↓
Low spending per resident
Most of Ontario’s lower-tier municipalities spent more per resident in 2024 than Brampton council: 74% of them. Council money ↓
A safe federal seat
With 25.3 points between the winner and the runner-up (Conservative Party of Canada), Brampton East was safer in 2021 than 68% of the 338 ridings. How Mount Royal has voted ↓
Compared with the province’s municipalities of 1,000+ residents (2021 Census; MAMH, MMAH and Statistics Canada).
Three governments, and who does what
Mount Royal is governed by Brampton, with Ontario and Ottawa.
The city council decides local matters.
Spends most on social services and child care, then water, sewers and waste (2024 return).
Schools, health care, highways, municipal law.
ola.org ↗Passports, pensions, EI, defence, immigration.
ourcommons.ca ↗Who to ask
Green: municipal. Gold: provincial. Grey: federal.
Brampton is a lower-tier municipality: Peel Region, the upper tier, has its own council and services over it.
From the council table to Ottawa
Every elected tier that speaks for Mount Royal, from the most recent elections.
- 1Brampton councilelected October 2022Patrick Brown
- 2Legislative Assembly of OntarioBrampton East
- 3House of CommonsBrampton East
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
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.
- Patrick Brown
- Harkirat Singh
- Rod Power
- Rowena Santos
- Navjit Kaur Brar
- Dennis Keenan
- Paul Vicente
- Michael Paul Palleschi
- Martin Medeiros
- Pat Fortini
- Gurpartap Singh Toor
11 members and how they were elected
| Name | Seat | Votes | Share of the seat’s votes | On the last council |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Brown | Mayor | 50,652 | 60% | Yes |
| Harkirat Singh | Councillor | 9,076 | 45% | Yes |
| Rod Power | Councillor | 4,069 | 26% | No |
| Rowena Santos | Local and Regional Councillor | 5,143 | 36% | Yes |
| Navjit Kaur Brar | Local and Regional Councillor | 4,983 | 29% | No |
| Dennis Keenan | Local and Regional Councillor | 4,912 | 34% | No |
| Paul Vicente | Local and Regional Councillor | 7,832 | 56% | Yes |
| Michael Paul Palleschi | Local and Regional Councillor | 9,675 | 57% | Yes |
| Martin Medeiros | Local and Regional Councillor | 7,693 | 54% | Yes |
| Pat Fortini | Local and Regional Councillor | 6,919 | 45% | Yes |
| Gurpartap Singh Toor | Local and Regional Councillor | 6,086 | 29% | No |
With 60% of the votes, Patrick Brown carried the vote for mayor. Councillors on Brampton council are elected by ward, the mayor by the whole municipality.
Councils: Ontario 2022 Municipal Election data, MMAH (OGL-Ontario)
Mount Royal voted less than most of Ontario in 2022
Turnout in the October 2022 municipal elections, beside nearby municipalities; the tick is Ontario’s median.
Brampton council was elected on 24 October 2022 with 25% of electors voting, below the provincial middle.
How Mount Royal voted: same source as Councillors, above.
When Mount Royal votes
The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.
| Election | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|
| Brampton council | 26 October 2026 | 28 October 2030 |
| Legislative Assembly of Ontario | 27 February 2025 | – |
| House of Commons | 28 April 2025 | – |
Councils are elected on the fourth Monday in October every four years, says the Municipal Elections Act, 1996, so Brampton votes next on 28 October 2030. Provincially the last general election was on 27 February 2025, for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario; federally, on 28 April 2025. Why not 2025? Elections Canada publishes those counts under non-commercial terms, and its open data stop at the 2021 election.
Election dates: the legislatures, MMAH and MAMH
Mount Royal votes in Brampton East for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Provinces and territories run schools, health care and municipal law; each riding elects one MPP.
MPP: see the legislature’s list
ola.org ↗By law (the Representation Act, 2015), southern Ontario’s provincial ridings follow the 2013 federal boundaries, so each place is located from those. The riding is Brampton East: it sends one MPP to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, and Mount Royal votes in it.
Southern Ontario ridings: the 2013 federal boundaries (Representation Act, 2015), Statistics Canada
Maninder Sidhu represents Brampton East in Ottawa
Each riding elects one MP to the House of Commons; the general election of 28 April 2025 chose the 45th Parliament.
Brampton East · Liberal Party of Canada · first elected 2019
en.wikipedia.org ↗- Liberal Party of Canada71
- Conservative Party of Canada50
As Wikidata records them.
Maninder Sidhu sits with the Liberal Party of Canada, which holds 71 of the 122 seats from Ontario.
The MP’s record
The current Parliament is Maninder Sidhu’s 3rd, counting from a first win in 2019. On today’s boundaries, the 2021 vote in Brampton East would have gone to the Liberal Party of Canada with 53%, and Maninder Sidhu kept it for them in 2025.
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
Brampton East returned Maninder Sidhu (Liberal Party of Canada) in 2021
Counts for Brampton East within its 2013 boundaries, used in 2019 and 2021; the 2025 election ran on a new map.
In 2021, Brampton East went to Maninder Sidhu (Liberal Party of Canada) on 53%; Naval Bajaj (Conservative Party of Canada) finished 10,473 votes behind. In 2019, Maninder Sidhu had won the same riding with 47%. At 54%, fewer of Brampton East voted in 2021 than Canada as a whole (63%).
All 4 candidates in Brampton East, 2021
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maninder Sidhu | Liberal Party of Canada | 22,120 | 53.5% |
| Naval Bajaj | Conservative Party of Canada | 11,647 | 28.2% |
| Gail Bannister-Clarke | New Democratic Party | 6,511 | 15.8% |
| Manjeet Singh | People's Party of Canada | 1,073 | 2.6% |
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
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 per resident by service, 2024
What pays for it
Shares of revenue, town and province.
It employs the equivalent of 4,365 full-time positions, or 6.2 for each thousand people. More goes to roads and transit than to anything else: $647 a resident, 43% of all spending. Spending by Brampton council came to $1,509 a resident in 2024, under the $1,901 median of Ontario’s lower-tier municipalities. Peel Region, the upper tier, spent another $2,085 per resident of its whole area, most of it on social services and child care. Brampton council carried $111.6M of long-term debt, $158 per resident against a typical $440. At 49%, property taxes count for more of the revenue than the 42% seen across the province.
Every service line, 2024
| Service | 2024 | Per resident | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roads and transit | $458M | $647 | 43% |
| Recreation and culture | $263M | $371 | 25% |
| Police, fire and protection | $168.5M | $238 | 16% |
| General government | $102.1M | $144 | 10% |
| Planning and development | $38.9M | $55 | 4% |
| Water, sewers and waste | $31.9M | $45 | 3% |
| Social services and child care | $5.6M | $8 | 1% |
| Public health and paramedics | $879K | $1 | 0% |
Money: Financial Information Return 2024, Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
Brampton council beside its neighbours
Residents (2021 Census) per council seat, head of council included, beside nearby municipalities; the tick is the provincial median.
The headline above gives the figure; the bars set Brampton council beside nearby councils, with the provincial median as the tick.
Residents: 2021 Census; seats: the province’s council list
Having a say in how Mount Royal is run
Check or update the federal list.
elections.ca ↗Every MP lists an office.
ourcommons.ca ↗Ridings, registration and voting dates.
elections.on.ca ↗What this data can and can’t tell you
- Who holds each seat. Wikidata, edited by volunteers, is the source for each MP, and it can trail a change of seat by a little.
- Not on this page. Party control (most Canadian councils sit without parties, and the open lists record none) and band councils.
- Election results. Elections Canada redrew the ridings in 2023 and re-tallied the 2021 ballots onto the new map from polling divisions; that estimate, and the official 2019 and 2021 counts on the old map, are what you see.
- Which riding. Each place is put in its ridings by where its 2021 Census residents live; a riding holding 5% or more of them is listed.
- Council size. Every seat counts, the head of council’s too, against the population of the 2021 Census.
- Council money. Figures are the 2024 Financial Information Return’s totals after adjustments, per resident on the return’s population. Lower tiers stand beside lower tiers only: their county or region spends on top.
Questions about how Mount Royal is run
Who is the MP for Mount Royal?
For Mount Royal, it’s Maninder Sidhu (Liberal Party of Canada), who holds Brampton East.
Which party won Mount Royal in the 2021 federal election?
Maninder Sidhu (Liberal Party of Canada) took Brampton East in 2021 and is its MP today.
Who is the MPP for Mount Royal?
The riding for Mount Royal is Brampton East, and the Legislative Assembly of Ontario lists the MPP who holds it.
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?
Brampton council spent $1.1 billion in 2024 for about 708,210 residents; its largest service line was roads and transit, at $458M.
Which regional body is Brampton part of?
Brampton is part of Peel Region, the upper tier, whose regional council runs services such as water and policing.
How is Brampton council elected?
By ward for councillors and at large for the mayor, on Brampton council.
What was the turnout in Mount Royal?
It was 24.6% for Brampton council in 2022, with Ontario’s municipalities at a median of 35.5%.
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).