Toronto Centre (provincial electoral district)

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Toronto Centre

Ontario electoral district
Toronto Centre in relation to other Toronto electoral districts
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP		George Smitherman Liberal
District created	1999
First contested	1999
Last contested	2007
Demographics
Population (2006)	121,407
Electors (2007)	84,898
Area (km²)	14
Pop. density (per km²)	8,671.9
Census divisions	Toronto
Census subdivisions	Toronto

For the federal district, see Toronto Centre

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

It was created in 1999 as Toronto Centre—Rosedale from most of St. George—St. David and parts of St. Andrew—St. Patrick, Fort York, when ridings were redistributed to match their federal counterparts.

From 1999 to 2007 the riding included the area of Toronto from Avenue Road/University Avenue in the west to the Don River and the city limits in the east and the Mount Pleasant Cemetery and the CPR in the north.

In 2007, the riding was abolished and redistributed mostly into Toronto Centre. It lost the area west of Yonge Street and south of College Street plus Toronto Island to Trinity—Spadina. It also gained some parts of Toronto—Danforth as the riding's east border was altered to continue along the Don River past the former city limits to Pottery Road to Bayview Road to the CPR. Another boundary change altered the borders around the Rosehill Resevoir.

Contents 1 Members of Provincial Parliament 2 Election results 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Members of Provincial Parliament

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

1. George Smitherman, Liberal (1999-present)

[edit] Election results

Ontario general election, 2007[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Smitherman	21,585	47.75%	-5.03
	Progressive Conservative	Pamela Taylor	9,225	20.41%	-1.63
	New Democrat	Sandra Gonzalez	8,528	18.86%	-1.28
	Green	Mike McLean	4,366	9.66%	5.82
	Libertarian	Michael Green	675	1.49%
	People with Special Needs	Danish Ahmed	256	0.57%
	Independent	Gary Leroux	213	0.47%
	Communist	Johan Boyden	200	0.44%
	Independent	Philip Fernandez	159	0.35%	-0.37

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	22204	50.2%
	Mixed member proportional	22070	49.8%

• Voters narrowly backed FPTP

Ontario general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Smitherman	23872	52.78	13.88
	Progressive Conservative	John Adams	9968	22.04	-7.84
	New Democrat	Gene Lara	9112	20.14	11.34
	Green	Gabriel Draven	1739	3.84	2.98
	Independent	Philip Fernandez	324	0.72
	Freedom	Silvio Ursomarzo	218	0.48	-0.27

Ontario general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	George Smitherman	17756	38.9
	Progressive Conservative	Durhane Wong-Rieger	13640	29.88
	Independent	John Sewell	8822	19.33
	New Democrat	Helen Breslauer	4019	8.8
	Green	Joseph Cohen	392	0.86
	Freedom	Paul McKeever	344	0.75
	Independent	Mike Ryner	236	0.52
	Family Coalition	Bill Whatcott	232	0.51
	Natural Law	Ron Parker	205	0.45

[edit] References

1. ^ Internet Application - Real Time Electoral District Results

[edit] External links

• Elections Ontario 1999 results and 2003 results

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