Thursday, October 15, 2026
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Mississauga East—Cooksville

Federal riding · Ontario · Peel and Halton

Forecast of October 15, 2026

Our forecast gives the Liberal Party a more than 99% chance of winning, with an average lead of 13.8 points.

Safe seat. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: under 1%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Liberal 49.3%
  • Conservative 35.5%
  • NDP 4.0%
  • PPC 2.9%
  • Green 0.6%

Thin vertical mark: 2025 result.

Compared with the average

Liberal Conservative NDP PPC
Mississauga East—Cooksville 49.3%35.5%4.0%2.9%
Provincial averageOntario 48.6%+0.7 34.4%+1.1 5.4%−1.4 1.8%+1.1
National averageCanada 47.0%+2.3 30.4%+5.1 11.8%−7.8 2.1%+0.8

Simple average of the 343 ridings, not weighted by population.

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Local profile

Language spoken most often at home
  • English 63.8%
  • Other languages (French included) 36.2%

Source: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (single responses)

Current member

Peter Fonseca · Liberal

In office since April 28, 2025. 45th Parliament.

Previous election (2025)

The Liberal Party won by 5.5 points, with 63.4% turnout.

Our current projection: the Liberal Party ahead by 13.8 points.

Candidates and votes in 2025

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Peter Fonseca Elected Liberal 27,138 49.6 Parliamentarian
Nita Kang Conservative 24,112 44.1 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
Other candidates 614 1.1

Nearby ridings

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

Watch list

The tightest races

The smallest projected gaps between the top two.

  1. Central NewfoundlandLiberal66%1.2-point gap
  2. Niagara WestConservative53%1.2-point gap
  3. Windsor WestConservative56%1.3-point gap
Forecast updated