Etobicoke Centre (provincial electoral district)

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Etobicoke Centre

Ontario electoral district
Etobicoke Centre in relation to other Toronto electoral districts
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP		Donna Cansfield Liberal
District created	1999
First contested	1999
Last contested	2007
Demographics
Population (2006)	111,349
Electors (2007)	77,471
Area (km²)	38
Pop. density (per km²)	2,930.2
Census divisions	Toronto
Census subdivisions	Etobicoke

Etobicoke Centre is a provincial electoral district in in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

It was created in 1999 from parts of Etobicoke West and Etobicoke—Humber.

When the riding was created, it included all of Etobicoke south of a line following the 401 to Dixon Road to Royal York Road to La Rose Avenue and north of a line following Dundas Street to the 427 to Burnhamthorpe Road to Kipling Avenue to Mimico Creek to the Canadian Pacific Railway to Dundas Street.

In 2007, the northern border was altered to follow Dixon Road all the way to Humber River.

[edit] Members of Provincial Parliament

It has elected two members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:

1. Chris Stockwell, Progressive Conservative (1999-2003)
2. Donna Cansfield, Liberal (2003-present)

[edit] Election results

Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Donna Cansfield	22,886	50.2
	Progressive Conservative	Andrew Pringle	15,565	34.1
	New Democrat	Anita Agrawal	3,828	8.4
	Green	Greg King	3,330	7.3

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	28457	65.3%
	Mixed member proportional	15158	34.7%

Ontario general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Donna Cansfield	22,070	49.41	+9.04
	Progressive Conservative	Rose Andrachuk	17,610	39.43	-14.69
	New Democrat	Margaret Anne Mchugh	3,400	7.61	+4.83
	Green	Ralph M. Chapman	1,584	3.55	+2.75

Ontario general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Chris Stockwell	25,518	54.12
	Liberal	Agnes Ugolini Potts	19,035	40.37
	New Democrat	Bonte Minnema	1,309	2.78
	Family Coalition	Dan Mc Cash	389	0.83
	Green	Christopher J Morton	375	0.8
	Natural Law	Geraldine Jackson	316	0.67
	Independent	Elaine Couto	209	0.44

[edit] References

• Elections Ontario 1999 results and 2003 results

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