York Centre

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York Centre Electoral district
York Centre in relation to the other Toronto ridings
MP	Ken Dryden (2004-)
Party	Liberal (1962-)
MPP	Monte Kwinter (1999-)
Party	Liberal (1999-)
Province	Ontario
Census division(s)	Toronto
Census subdivision(s)	Toronto
Federal district created	1952

York Centre is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1904 to 1917 and since 1953, and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999.

York Centre contains two municipal wards of the city of Toronto. It had a population in 2001 of 107,055 people.

It is one of the safest Liberal seats in Canada. The Liberals have only lost two elections since the riding was recreated in 1953, and usually win by enormous majorities.

York Centre consists of the part of the City of Toronto bounded on the north by the northern city limit, and on the east, south and west by a line drawn from the city limit south along Yonge Street, west along the hydroelectric transmission line north of Finch Avenue West, south along Bathurst Street, southeast along the Don River West Branch, southwest and west along Highway 401, north along Jane Street, east along Sheppard Avenue West, northwest along Black Creek, east along Grandravine Drive, and north along Keele Street to the city limit.

Contents 1 Federal electoral district 1.1 Members of Parliament 2 Provincial electoral district 2.1 Member of Provincial Parliament 3 City councillors 4 Former boundaries 5 Federal election results 5.1 1953-present 5.2 1904-1917 6 See also 7 External links

[edit] Federal electoral district

York Centre was originally created in 1903 from parts of York East and York West ridings.

It was created when the county of York (excluding the city of Toronto) was divided into three ridings: York Centre, York North and York South.

The centre riding consisted of the townships of Etobicoke, Markham, Scarborough and Vaughan, and the villages of Markham, Richmond Hill, Weston and Woodbridge.

The electoral district was abolished in 1914 when it was redistributed between York East, York South and York West.

A new York Centre riding was created in 1952 from parts of Eglinton—Lawrence, Willowdale, York North and York West ridings.

The new riding considted initially of the part of the township of North York west of Yonge Street, the part of the township of Vaughan south of Highway Number 7, and the town of Woodbridge.

In 1966, it was redefined to consist of the part of Metropolitan Toronto bounded on the north by the northern limit, and on the west, south and east by a line drawn from that borough limit south along Highway 400, east along Sheppard Avenue West, south along Jane Street, southeast along Exbury Road, east along Calvington Drive, south along Keele Street, east along Highway 401, south along the Canadian National Railway line, east along Lawrence Avenue West, north along the Spadina Expressway, northeast along Highway 401, north along Bathurst Street, east along Sheppard Avenue West, south along Easton Street, east along Cameron Avenue, and north along Yonge Street to the Metro Toronto limit.

In 1976, it was redefined to consist of the part of the Borough of North York bounded on the north by the borough limit, and on the west, south and east by a line drawn from the borough limit south along Highway 400, east along Sheppard Avenue West, south along Keele Street, east along Highway 401, north along Bathurst Street, and northwest along the West Branch of the Don River to the borough limit.

In 1987, it was redefined to consist of the part of the City of North York bounded on the north by the city limit, and on the east, south and west by a line drawn from the city limit southeast along the Don River West Branch, west along Highway 401, north along Jane Street, east along Grandravine Drive, and north along Black Creek to the northern city limit.

In 1996, it was redefined to consist of the part of the City of North York bounded on the north by the city limit, and on the east, south and west by a line drawn from the city limit south along Dufferin Street, west along Sheppard Avenue West, north along Keele Street, west along Grandravine Drive, south along Jane Street, east along Highway 401, northwest along the Don River West Branch, north along Bathurst Street, east along Drewry Avenue, north along Chelmsford Avenue, west along Greenwin Village Road, and north along Village Gate to the city limit.

In 2003, it was given its current boundaries as described above.

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

• Ken Dryden, Liberal Party of Canada (2004-present)
• Art Eggleton, Liberal Party of Canada (1993-2004)
• Bob Kaplan, Liberal Party of Canada (1974-1993)
• James E. Walker, Liberal Party of Canada (1962-1974)
• Fred C. Stinson, Progressive Conservative Party of Canada (1957-1962)
• Al Hollingworth Liberal Party of Canada (1953-1957)

[edit] Provincial electoral district

The provincial electoral district was created in 1999 when provincial ridings were defined to have the same borders as federal ridings.

Before 1999, the name York Centre was assigned to a completely different riding located in York Region north of Toronto with none of the same territory as the current York Centre. In 1999, much of the old York Centre was absorbed by the new riding of Vaughan—King—Aurora. The former riding was Wilson Heights.

[edit] Member of Provincial Parliament

This riding has elected the following member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:

1. Monte Kwinter, Liberal (1999-present)

The MPPs for the previous provincial York Centre riding were:

1. Donald Deacon, Liberal (1967-1975)
2. Alfred Strong, Liberal (1975-1981)
3. W. Donald Cousens, Progressive Conservative (1981-1987)
4. Greg Sorbara, Liberal (1987-1995)
5. Al Palladini, Progressive Conservative (1995-1999)

[edit] City councillors

The current Ward 10 Toronto city councillor and deputy mayor is Mike Feldman and the current Ward 9 Toronto city councillor is Maria Augimeri.

[edit] Former boundaries

1976 to 1976

1976 to 1987

1987 to 1996

1996 to 2003

[edit] Federal election results

[edit] 1953-present

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Ken Dryden	22,439
	Conservative	Michael Mostyn	12,758
	New Democrat	Marco Iacampo	5,834
	Green	Constantine Kritsonis	1,558

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Ken Dryden	21,520
	Conservative	Michael Mostyn	10,318
	New Democrat	Peter Flaherty	5,376
	Green	Constantine Kritsonis	1,240
	Independent	Max Royz	824

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Art Eggleton	24,793
	Canadian Alliance	Jeffrey Dorfman	4,630
	Progressive Conservative	Mark Tweyman	2,518
	New Democrat	Maurice Coulter	2,104
	Green	Constantine Kritsonis	532
	Communist	Christopher Black	163
	Marxist-Leninist	Diane Johnston	142

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Art Eggleton	27,864
	New Democrat	Mark Berardo	3,618
	Progressive Conservative	Anthony Figliano	3,323
	Reform	Anthony Chol	2,876
	Green	Constantine Kritsonis	389
	Natural Law	Mike Dubinsky	242
	Canadian Action	Jozef Izsak	186
	Marxist-Leninist	Diane Johnston	168

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Art Eggleton	27,150
	Independent	Peter Li Preti	3,918
	Progressive Conservative	George Tsiolis	2,688
	Reform	John Beck	2,141
	New Democrat	Israel Ellis	1,557
	National	Kurt Loeb	734
	Natural Law	Linda Dubé	253
	Green	Alan Jones	216
	Libertarian	Douglas Quinn	174
	Marxist-Leninist	Diane Johnston	83
	Abolitionist	Randy Armour	60

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Bob Kaplan	24,962
	Progressive Conservative	Rocco Sebastiano	9,248
	New Democrat	Cathy Mele	6,350
	Libertarian	David Kenny	683

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Bob Kaplan	20,810
	Progressive Conservative	Mike Cohen	11,138
	New Democrat	Van Newell	8,037
	Libertarian	Simon Srdarev	244
	Not affiliated	Sol Roter	226
	Not affiliated	Bonnie J. Geddes	203

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Bob Kaplan	23,116
	New Democrat	Cris Liscio	7,696
	Progressive Conservative	Anne Silverman	6,736
	Libertarian	Sheldon Gold	284
	Marxist-Leninist	Jeffery Forest	86

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Bob Kaplan	20,859
	New Democrat	Vince Del Buono	10,464
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Schiavono	8,856
	Libertarian	Shannon Vale	229
	Independent	Victor Heyn	97
	Marxist-Leninist	Jeffery Forest	81
	Communist	Gerrit van Houten	63

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Bob Kaplan	32,402
	Progressive Conservative	Barry Swadron	15,877
	New Democrat	Michael Copeland	14,992
	Independent	John J. de Niet	191
	Social Credit	Roger Drouin	169
	Marxist-Leninist	Rick Hundal	129
	Communist	Tom Morris	123

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James E. Walker	26,912
	Progressive Conservative	Barry Swadron	19,097
	New Democrat	Michael Copeland	17,837
	Independent	Harold Sparks	189
	Not affiliated	George Paxton	153

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James E. Walker	26,758
	New Democrat	Douglas Fisher	14,714
	Progressive Conservative	Donald Stirling	5,804

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James E. Walker	41,553
	New Democrat	Val Scott	32,352
	Progressive Conservative	Fred C. Stinson	15,301
	Independent	Malcolm Cairnduff	302

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James E. Walker	41,485
	New Democrat	Val Scott	28,505
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Durovic	12,807

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James E. Walker	30,432
	New Democrat	Val Scott	27,369
	Progressive Conservative	Fred C. Stinson	21,343
	Social Credit	David H. Horwood	746

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Fred C. Stinson	30,764
	Liberal	Al Hollingworth	19,065
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Larry Sheffe	7,888

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Fred C. Stinson	23,295
	Liberal	Al Hollingworth	16,925
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Roy Begley	8,164
	Social Credit	Rod Gorrill	777

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Al Hollingworth	13,903
	Progressive Conservative	Roy Thomson	11,180
	Co-operative Commonwealth	William Newcombe	5,960
	Labour-Progressive	David Kashtan	483

[edit] 1904-1917

Canadian federal election, 1911
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Thomas George Wallace	2,838
	Liberal	Herbert Hartly Dewart	2,328

Canadian federal election, 1908
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Thomas George Wallace	2,614
	Liberal	Peter Douglas McLean	2,569

By-election on 23 December 1907 On Mr. Campbell being called to the Senate, 22 November 1907
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	P.D. McLean	2,282
	Conservative	T.G. Wallace	2,256

Canadian federal election, 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Archibald Campbell	2,222
	Conservative	W.H. Pugsley	2,146

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts
• Legislative Assembly of Ontario

[edit] External links

• Riding history 1903-1914 from the Library of Parliament
• Riding history 1952-present from the Library of Parliament
• Elections Canada profile
• Statistics Canada profile

	North: Thornhill
West: York West	York Centre	East: Willowdale
	South: Eglinton—Lawrence, York South—Weston