One councillor per 70,710 residents: Brampton is more thinly represented than 99% of Ontario municipalities
City council runs Professors Lake; in October 2022, Brampton chose Patrick Brown as mayor. Ontario voted again on 26 October 2026, and the province hasn’t published that election’s open file yet, so these are the 2022–26 council’s names. The 2 ridings of Brampton North and Brampton East each take in part of Professors Lake for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. The open record doesn’t name a current MPP for Professors Lake; the Legislative Assembly of Ontario’s own list does. For federal votes, Professors Lake belongs to Brampton—Chinguacousy Park, its riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP); Shafqat Ali (Liberal Party of Canada) holds it.
What stands out in how Professors Lake 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 Professors Lake voted ↓
Split between ridings
The riding line runs through Professors Lake: Brampton—Chinguacousy Park has 74% of its residents, Brampton East most of the other 26%. Member of Parliament ↓
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 ↓
Compared with the province’s municipalities of 1,000+ residents (2021 Census; MAMH, MMAH and Statistics Canada).
Three governments, and who does what
Professors Lake 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 Professors Lake, from the most recent elections.
- 1Brampton councilelected October 2022Patrick Brown
- 2Legislative Assembly of OntarioBrampton North · Brampton East
- 3House of CommonsBrampton—Chinguacousy Park · 74%
- 4House of CommonsBrampton East · 26%
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 |
The mayor is chosen at large; everyone else on Brampton council answers to a ward. Patrick Brown became mayor on 60% of the votes cast.
Councils: Ontario 2022 Municipal Election data, MMAH (OGL-Ontario)
Professors Lake voted less than most of Ontario in 2022
Turnout in the October 2022 municipal elections, beside nearby municipalities; the tick is Ontario’s median.
25% of those on the list cast a ballot for Brampton council on 24 October 2022, fewer than in a typical municipality.
How Professors Lake voted: same source as Councillors, above.
When Professors Lake 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 | – |
28 October 2030 is the next council election in Brampton, fixed by the Municipal Elections Act, 1996 for the fourth Monday in October every four years. The last general elections came on 27 February 2025 for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario and on 28 April 2025 for Parliament. 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.
Election dates: the legislatures, MMAH and MAMH
Professors Lake spans 2 ridings 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 ↗MPP: see the legislature’s list
ola.org ↗Which MPP in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario represents a home in Professors Lake depends on the street. Southern Ontario’s ridings are the 2013 federal ones by statute, which is how this page places the town.
Southern Ontario ridings: the 2013 federal boundaries (Representation Act, 2015), Statistics Canada
Professors Lake has 2 MPs
Each riding elects one MP to the House of Commons; the general election of 28 April 2025 chose the 45th Parliament.
Brampton—Chinguacousy Park · Liberal Party of Canada · first elected 2021 · 74%
en.wikipedia.org ↗Brampton East · Liberal Party of Canada · 26%
en.wikipedia.org ↗- Liberal Party of Canada71
- Conservative Party of Canada50
As Wikidata records them.
Shafqat Ali is one of 71 Liberal Party of Canada MPs among the 122 from Ontario.
The MP’s record
The current Parliament is Shafqat Ali’s 2nd, counting from a first win in 2021. Mapped onto today’s Brampton—Chinguacousy Park, the 2021 vote gives the Liberal Party of Canada 51%; in 2025 Shafqat Ali kept the seat in the same hands.
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
Ruby Sahota kept Brampton North for the Liberal Party of Canada in 2021
Results in Brampton North, the riding Professors Lake belonged to on the 2013 map used in 2019 and 2021; since 2025 it votes in Brampton—Chinguacousy Park. It held 74% of Professors Lake’s residents.
58% of electors in Brampton North voted in 2021, below the 63% turnout across Canada. Brampton North elected Ruby Sahota (Liberal Party of Canada) in 2021: 54% of the vote, a lead of 10,123 over Medha Joshi (Conservative Party of Canada). Ruby Sahota already held it after the 2019 election, won with 51%.
All 3 candidates in Brampton North, 2021
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ruby Sahota | Liberal Party of Canada | 23,412 | 54.3% |
| Medha Joshi | Conservative Party of Canada | 13,289 | 30.8% |
| Teresa Yeh | New Democratic Party | 6,448 | 14.9% |
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.
Brampton council carried $111.6M of long-term debt, $158 per resident against a typical $440. Taxes on property make up 49% of what comes in, more than the province-wide 42%. The largest line is roads and transit: 43% of the total, $647 a resident. Full-time staff number 4,365, about 6.2 to every thousand residents. On top of that comes Peel Region: $2,085 a resident across its area, led by social services and child care. In 2024 the median among Ontario’s lower-tier municipalities was $1,901 a resident; Brampton council spent $1,509.
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 bars put the headline’s figure for Brampton council next to nearby councils, the tick marking the provincial median.
Residents: 2021 Census; seats: the province’s council list
Having a say in how Professors Lake 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
- 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.
- Who holds each seat. MPs come from Wikidata’s records of the 45th Parliament, which can lag a resignation or a by-election by some days.
- Not on this page. Party control (most Canadian councils sit without parties, and the open lists record none) and band councils.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about how Professors Lake is run
Who is the MP for Professors Lake?
Professors Lake has more than one: Shafqat Ali (Liberal Party of Canada) for Brampton—Chinguacousy Park, and Maninder Sidhu for Brampton East.
Which party won Professors Lake in the 2021 federal election?
In 2021 it was Ruby Sahota (Liberal Party of Canada), in Brampton North; Brampton—Chinguacousy Park has elected Shafqat Ali since.
Who is the MPP for Professors Lake?
That depends on where in Professors Lake you live: Brampton North and Brampton East each have their own MPP in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.
Who heads the council in Brampton?
In October 2022, Patrick Brown won the post of mayor for Brampton council’s 2022–26 term.
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?
Brampton council: the mayor is chosen by the whole municipality, the councillors ward by ward.
What was the turnout in Professors Lake?
24.6% of electors voted when Brampton council was elected in October 2022; the Ontario median was 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).