The MPP for Oakville North-Burlington covers part of northern Burlington, located between the Queen Elizabeth Way and Upper Middle Road, extending north of Walkers Line and Guelph Line.

Home to roughly 149,000 residents, the riding shares borders with Milton, Mississauga-Erin Mills, Oakville, and Burlington.

Created in 2015, Oakville North-Burlington is a relatively new riding. Effie Triantafilopoulos from the Progressive Conservatives has been its only representative since her election in 2018; she was reelected in 2022 with 47.2 percent of the vote.

This time around, Triantafilopoulos is competing against Ali Hosny from the Greens, Kaniz Mouli from the Liberals, and Caleb Smolenaars from the Ontario New Democrats.

CBC Hamilton reached out to major party candidates or their representatives for a survey. Their responses have been edited for length and clarity below.

Charles Wroblewski is also running with the New Blue Party.

Ali Hosny, Green

Hosny, who is 59 years old, works as a business and management consultant. He believes that key issues for residents include health care access, living costs, and government transparency.

“I am not a career politician – I am a member of the community who has worked, paid my taxes, been on the ground seeing how real life works, and I learned that leadership should serve the people, not political insiders,” he said.

If elected, Hosny aims to advocate for budget transparency and implement a “stronger independent review process” for policies.

Kaniz Mouli, Liberal

Mouli did not respond to CBC’s questionnaire prior to publication. She previously ran in 2022 for an MPP seat in this riding and currently holds a position as senior manager of change management enablement at Royal Bank of Canada.

Caleb Smolenaars, NDP

At just 20 years old, Smolenaars studies labor studies at Mc Master University while working with CUPE Local 3906. They also interned for MPPs Sol Mamakwa and Kristyn Wong-Tam.

When they were 15 years old, Smolenaars protested outside Triantafilopoulos’s office after being met with a locked door despite having an arranged meeting organized by Students Say No. At that time Triantafilopoulos stated that there was some misunderstanding about what occurred.

“I didn’t decide to go into politics,” they said in CBC’s survey. “The world where I was raised is inherently political. Every action we take in a capitalist society is political. Unless you’re a member of the privileged ultra-rich, politics will always impact you.” p >

Smolenaars identifies as both a community organizer and union worker. They mentioned having experience with labor rights initiatives along with climate justice efforts and human rights organizations because they want to “fight for the working-class.” p >

Effie Triantafilopoulos , PC h1 > Triantafilopoulos did not answer CBC’s questionnaire before publication. She became the first MPP representing this riding back in2018and successfully won re-electionin2022. She previously ran unsuccessfullyin Mississauga-Lakeshore (formerly Mississauga South) duringthe2014election cycle. p > In November, she pledgedmorethan $6 million“to boost local manufacturing”and create new job opportunitieswithintheriding. p >

Also Running h1 >Charles Wroblewski , New Blue Party : APh Dstudying biologicalengineeringwhois also achildof Polishimmigrants accordingto hisridingprofile.

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