York South—Weston

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York South–Weston
 Canadian Federal electoral district  

York South–Weston in relation to the other Toronto ridings
Member of Parliament       Alan Tonks
Liberal
Population (2001) 114,530
Electors (2006) 58,450
Area (km²) 23.18
Pop. density (per km²) 6,482.1
Riding created 1976
Census divisions Toronto
Subdivisions Toronto

York South—Weston is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1979, and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999 [1].

The current federal Member of Parliament for the riding is Liberal Alan Tonks and the current provincial Member of Provincial Parliament is New Democrat Paul Ferreira.

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[edit] Federal electoral district

1976 to 1987

1987 to 1996

1996 to 2003

It is in the west-end of Toronto. The riding has a largely working class and immigrant population. The riding is made up largely of the old City of York, a southwestern portion of the old city of North York, and parts of the old city of Toronto north of High Park[1].

It consists of the part of the City of Toronto bounded by a line drawn from Humber River east along Highway 401, south along the Canadian National Railway situated west of Caledonia Road, west along Rogers Road, southeast along Old Weston Road, west along Lavender Road, south along Keele Street, southeast along the Canadian National/Canadian Pacific Railway, west along the Canadian Pacific Railway, and north along the Humber River to Highway 401[1].

[edit] Former boundaries

It was created in 1976 from parts of York South, York West, Davenport, High Park—Humber Valley, and Etobicoke ridings [1].

It consisted originally of the part of Metropolitan Toronto bounded by a line drawn from Eglinton Avenue West north along Keele Street, west along Lawrence Avenue West, south along the Humber River, east and north along the north limit of the City of Toronto, south along Runnymede Road, east along Annette Street, south along Keele Street, east along Humberside Avenue, northwest along the Canadian National Railway, east along the north limit of the City of Toronto, north along the east side of Prospect Cemetery, and west along Eglinton Avenue West to Keele Street[1].

In 1987, it was redefined to consist of the parts of the cities of North York, Toronto and York bounded by a line drawn from the western limit of the City of North York east along Highway 401, south along Keele Street, west along Eglinton Avenue West, south along Keele Street, west along the southern limit of the City of York, southeast along the Canadian National Railway line, west along Dupont Street, northwest along Dundas Street West, west along Annette Street, north along Runnymede Road, west along the Canadian Pacific Railway line, and north along the western limits of the Cities of York and North York to Highway 401[1].

In 1996, it was redefined to consist of the parts of the cities of North York, Toronto and York bounded by a line drawn from the western limit of the City of North York east along Highway 401, southeast along the Canadian National Railway situated immediately west of Caledonia Road, west along Rogers Road, south along Old Weston Road, west along the northern limit of the City of Toronto, southeast along the Canadian National Railway, west along the Canadian Pacific Railway, and north along the western limit of the cities of York and North York to Highway 401[1].

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


[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the Canadian House of Commons:

Parliament Years Member Party
York South, York West, Davenport, High Park—Humber Valley, and Etobicoke prior to 1976
31st 1979-1980     Ursula Appolloni Liberal
32nd 1980-1984
33rd 1984-1988     John Nunziata Liberal
34th 1988-1993
35th 1993-1996
1996-1997     Independent
36th 1997-2000
37th 2000-2004     Alan Tonks Liberal
38th 2004-2006
39th 2006-


[edit] Federal elections results

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal Ursula Appolloni 14,913
     Progressive Conservative John Oostrom 11,236
     New Democratic Party Vito Cautillo 10,451
     Libertarian Maria Sproule 336
     Marxist-Leninist Tim Sullivan 117


Canadian federal election, 1980
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal Ursula Appolloni 16,520
     New Democratic Party Vince Del Buono 9,280
     Progressive Conservative John Oostrom 8,711
     Libertarian George Dance 299
     Communist Mike Phillips 99
     Marxist-Leninist Barbara Nunn 82


Canadian federal election, 1984
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal John Nunziata 14,217
     New Democratic Party Steve Krashinsky 11,679
     Progressive Conservative Carlo Testa 10,789
     No affiliation Mike Luczkiw 526
     Libertarian Myron Petriw 281
     Communist Mike Phillips 174


Canadian federal election, 1988
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal John Nunziata 21,111
     New Democratic Party Steve Krashinsky 9,095
     Progressive Conservative Carlo Testa 8,488
     Libertarian Clifford Trewin 295
     Communist Omar Latif 210
     Commonwealth Myrtle Thompson 105


Canadian federal election, 1993
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal John Nunziata 23,919
     Reform Kathleen Crone 5,047
     Progressive Conservative Tony Figliano 2,332
     New Democratic Party Sil Salvaterra 1,864
     Natural Law Greg W. Roberts 265
     Libertarian Roma Kelembet 261
     Independent Danny Red Goldstick 119
     Abolitionist Philip Scott Carter 88
     Commonwealth Felix Duda 80
     Independent Peter Hones 71
     Marxist-Leninist Heather Robertson 68


Canadian federal election, 1997
Party Candidate Votes
     Independent John Nunziata 17,163
     Liberal Judy Sgro 12,732
     New Democratic Party Odoardo Di Santo 3,552
     Reform Kathleen Crone 2,363
     Progressive Conservative Jan Harnett 1,925
     Green Shelley Lipsey 171
     Marxist-Leninist Ginette Boutet 112
     Independent Hassan Husseini 98


Canadian federal election, 2000
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal Alan Tonks 15,841
     Independent John Nunziata 14,344
     Canadian Alliance Dan Houssar 1,754
     New Democratic Party Tom Parkin 1,288
     Progressive Conservative Jason Daniel Baker 986
     Green Denis Calnan 293
     Communist Hassan Husseini 130
     Marxist-Leninist Anna Dicarlo 102


Canadian federal election, 2004
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal Alan Tonks 20,537
     New Democratic Party Paul Ferreira 7,281
     Conservative Stephen Halicki 5,133
     Green Jessica Fracassi 1,199
     Communist Shirley Hawley 175


2006 federal election : York South—Weston edit
Party Candidate Votes % Expenditures
     Liberal Alan Tonks 22,871 57.06% $36,134.39
     New Democratic Party Paul Ferreira 8,525 21.26% $24,432.95
     Conservative Stephen Halicki 6,991 17.44% $22,529.03
     Green Maria De Angelis-Pater 1,506 3.75% $1,002.89
     Independent Dragan Cimesa 189 0.47% N/A

[edit] Provincial electoral district

York South–Weston riding map 1999-2003 boundaries. Source Elections Ontario
York South–Weston riding map 1999-2003 boundaries. Source Elections Ontario

The provincial electoral district was created in 1999 when provincial ridings were defined to have the same borders as federal ridings. New electoral district boundaries will follow the current federal boundaries that were in place for the 2004 and 2006 elections. They became law after Bill 214 (2005), otherwise known as the "Representations Act, 2005",was passed in the Ontario Legislature[2]. The upcoming October 4, 2007 Ontario general election will be run on the new boundaries, with only minor changes to the boundaries in the south-east corner of the riding, along the border with the Davenport riding [3].

[edit] 1999 Provincial electoral district description

YORK SOUTH-WESTON consisting of those parts of the cities of North York, Toronto and York described as follows: commencing at the intersection of the westerly limit of the City of North York with the Macdonald-Cartier Freeway (Highway No. 401); thence easterly along the Macdonald-Cartier Freeway to the Canadian National Railway situated immediately west of Caledonia Road; thence southerly along said railway to Rogers Road; thence westerly along Rogers Road to Old Weston Road; thence southerly along Old Weston Road to the northerly limit of the City of Toronto; thence westerly along the northerly limit of the City of Toronto to the Canadian National Railway; thence southeasterly along said railway to the Canadian Pacific Railway; thence westerly along the Canadian Pacific Railway to the westerly limit of the City of York; thence generally northerly along the westerly limit of the cities of York and North York to the point of commencement [4].

[edit] Member of Provincial Parliament

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

Parliament Years Member Party
39th 1999 – 2003     Joe Cordiano Liberal
40th 2003 – 2007
2007 –       Paul Ferreira NDP

[edit] Provincial general election results

Ontario general election, 1999
Party Candidate Votes % +/-
     Liberal Joseph Cordiano 18,205 53.39
     Progressive Conservative Alan Hofmeister 7,471 21.91
     New Democrat Rosana Pellizzari 6,850 20.09
     Family Coalition Enzo Granzotto 542 1.59
     Independent David Gershuny 486 1.43
     Communist Hassan Husseini 261 0.77
     Green Alma Subasic 147 0.43
     Natural Law Erica Kindl 139 0.41
Ontario general election, 2003
Party Candidate Votes % +/-
     Liberal Joseph Cordiano 19,932 61.56 +8.17
     New Democrat Brian Donlevy 6,247 19.29 -0.8
     Progressive Conservative Stephen Halicki 4,930 15.23 -6.68
     Green Enrique Palad 794 2.45 +2.02
     Family Coalition Mariangela Sanabria 475 1.47 -0.12

[edit] 2007 by-election

Cordiano announced in September 2006 that he was resigning from the Legislature to spend more time with his family [5]. The seat was filled in a by-election on February 8, 2007. Since this was a by-election of the 38th Legislative Assembly of Ontario, the riding boundaries were the same as the 2003 Ontario general election.

Information about candidates and parties (note that candidate order is based on candidate's last name, as per Elections Ontario [6]

As of 08/02/07 22:31:11 EST, with 216 of 216 polls reporting in, the unofficial results in the riding of York SouthWeston show Paul Ferreira of the New Democratic Party of Ontario coming out on top with 43.3% of the votes, followed closely by Laura Albanese of the Ontario Liberal Party with 41.8% of the votes, and Pina Martino of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario rounding out the top three with 10.3% of the vote. Unofficial Election Results from Elections Canada.

By-election, February 8, 2007
Party Candidate Votes % +/-
     New Democrat Paul Ferreira 8,188 43.3% +24.0%
     Liberal Laura Albanese 7,830 41.4% -20.2%
     Progressive Conservative Pina Martino 1,941 10.3% -4.9%
     Green Mir Kamal 262 1.4% -1.1%
     Independent Kevin Clarke 220 1.2% -
     Independent Mohammed Choudhary 142 0.8% -
     Family Coalition Mariangela Sanabria 139 0.7% -0.8%
     Libertarian Nunzio Venuto 98 0.5% -
     Freedom Wayne Simmons 77 0.4% -

[edit] 2007 Provincial electoral district description

York South–Weston riding map 2007 boundaries. Source Elections Ontario
York South–Weston riding map 2007 boundaries. Source Elections Ontario

Consisting of that part of the City of Toronto described as follows: commencing at the intersection of the Humber River with Highway No. 401; thence easterly along said highway to the Canadian National Railway situated westerly of Caledonia Road; thence southerly along said railway to Rogers Road; thence westerly along said road to Old Weston Road; thence southeasterly along Old Weston Road to Lavender Road; thence westerly along Lavender Road to Keele Street; thence southerly along said street and its production to the Canadian National/Canadian Pacific Railway; thence southeasterly along said railway to the Canadian Pacific Railway; thence westerly along said railway to the Humber River; thence generally northerly along said river to the point of commencement [7].

With the recent amendments to the Ontario Election Act, particulary a new section 9, the next general election will be contested using the new boundaries on Wednesday, October 10, 2007 [8]. Thereafter, regular general elections will always be held on the first Thursday in October in the fourth calendar year following the most recent general election [9].







[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g York South Weston electoral boundaries (HTML). Elections Canada, Government of Canada (2007). Retrieved on January 29, 2007.
  2. ^ Bill 214 2005 An Act to amend the Election Act,the Election Finances Act and the Legislative Assembly Act, to repeal the Representation Act, 1996 and to enact the Representation Act, 2005 (HTML). Journals and Procedural Research Branch Office of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario (2006). Retrieved on January 29, 2007.
  3. ^ New electoral boundaries (HTML). Elections Ontario, Government of Ontario (2005). Retrieved on January 19, 2007.
  4. ^ York South Weston electoral boundaries (HTML). Elections Canada, Government of Canada (1996). Retrieved on January 29, 2007.
  5. ^ Kim, Clark. "Three parties wait for byelection to be called in York South-Weston", The Guardian (York), 2007-01-04, pp. 1. Retrieved on January 28, 2007.
  6. ^ PREPARING BALLOTS FOR THE ELECTION (HTML). Elections Ontario, Government of Ontario (2005). Retrieved on January 26, 2007.
  7. ^ York South–Weston: New electoral boundaries and ED maps (HTML). Elections Ontario, Government of Ontario (2005). Retrieved on January 28, 2007.
  8. ^ Howlett, Karen. "Ontario government changes election date", The Globe and Mail Newspaper, 2007-02-07, pp. Online update. Retrieved on February 7, 2007.
  9. ^ Fixed election dates (HTML). Elections Ontario, Government of Ontario (2005). Retrieved on January 29, 2007.

[edit] See also

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