Vote 2019: What you need to know about the Vaughan-Woodbridge riding

Questions about the Vaughan-Woodbridge riding? Look no further

Yorkregion.com
October 21, 2019
Dina Al-Shibeeb

Here's some of what you need to know you when it’s time to vote.

We interviewed five Vaughan-Woodbridge residents and it seems housing affordability seems to be a common issue as well as social justice, including bringing some of the money rich Canadians have saved away at offshore tax havens.

We also asked local candidates what part of they party platform will impact Vaughan-Woodbridge residents the most. Read the answers here.

Also, following the leaders' debate on Oct. 7, we gauged our five Vaughan-Woodbridge on what they thought, and they weren’t "impressed" with all the bickering and not answering the questions. However, NDP’s Jagmeet Singh seemed to win hearts but not necessarily votes for our five resident recruits. Read the story here.

How does the Vaughan-Woodbridge riding compare to other York Region ridings? The region’s 10 ridings are among the 905 area, which, along with the Vancouver area, may hold the balance of power in the federal election. Read the analysis here.

When to vote:

You may vote from 9:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.

Have you registered to vote?

Voters can check whether they are registered to vote, update their address and register to vote at www.elections.ca/register.

THE RIDING:

Vaughan-Woodbridge was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries' redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect after dropping of the writ for the 2015 federal election.

The population of the Vaughan-Woodbridge area is 105,228, according to the 2016 Statistics Canada data. The 2016 data shows two main groups -- those younger than 14 are estimated to be 18,340 in population, and 65 and older are about 17,400 in number.