Downsview (electoral district)

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Downsview was a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It was created for the 1963 provincial election, and was retained until redistribution in 1999. Downsview was located in North York, which was previously part of Metropolitan Toronto and is now part of the City of Toronto.

For most of its history, Downsview was a hotly-contested marginal seat between the Liberals and the New Democratic Party. Its final representative, however, was a Progressive Conservative: Annamarie Castrilli was elected as a Liberal in 1995, but crossed parties on the last sitting day of the legislature before the 1999 election.

The riding's demographics shifted throughout its existence. From the 1970s onward, it was predominantly Italian. Odoardo Di Santo, elected as a New Democrat in 1975, was one of the first three Italian-Canadians to serve in the Ontario legislature.

[edit] Provincial representatives

	Name	Party	Took Office	Left Office
	Vern Singer	Liberal	1963	1975
	Odoardo Di Santo	New Democratic Party	1975	1985
	Joseph Cordiano	Liberal	1985	1987
	Laureano Leone	Liberal	1987	1990
	Anthony Perruzza	New Democratic Party	1990	1995
	Annamarie Castrilli	Liberal	1995	1999
		Progressive Conservative	1999	1999