Willowdale (provincial electoral district)

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Willowdale

Ontario electoral district
Willowdale in relation to the other Toronto ridings
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
MPP		David Zimmer Liberal
District created	1987
First contested	1987
Last contested	2007
Demographics
Population (2006)	129,356
Electors (2007)	90,358
Area (km²)	32
Pop. density (per km²)	4,042.4
Census divisions	Toronto
Census subdivisions	Toronto

Willowdale is a provincial electoral district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. It was created in 1987.

[edit] History

From 1987 to 1999, its boundaries were Bathurst Street to Finch Avenue to Yonge Street to Steeles Avenue to Leslie Street to the 401.

In 1996, it was redefined to consist of the part of the City of North York bounded on the north by the borough limits (Steeles Avenue), and on the east, south and west by a line drawn from the borough limit south along the eastern limit of the city, west along the hydro-electric transmission line situated south of McNicoll Avenue, south along Highway 404, west along Finch Avenue East, south along the Don River East Branch, west 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 northern city limit.

Since 2003, it consists of the part of the City of Toronto bounded on the north by the northern city limit (Steeles Avenue), and on the east, south and west by a line drawn from the city limit south along Victoria Park Avenue, southwest along the hydroelectric transmission line situated north of Apache Trail, south along Highway 404, west along Finch Avenue East, south along Leslie Street, southwest along Highway 401, northwest along the Don River West Branch, northeast along Bathurst Street, east along the hydroelectric transmission line situated north of Finch Avenue West and north along Yonge Street to the city limit.

[edit] Members of Provincial Parliament

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

• Gino Matrundola, Liberal (1987-1990)
• Charles Harnick, Progressive Conservative (1990-1999)
• David Young, Progressive Conservative (1999-2003)
• David Zimmer, Liberal (2003-present)

[edit] Election results

Ontario general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Zimmer	21,065	47.7
	Progressive Conservative	David Shiner	15,418	34.9
	New Democrat	Rini Ghosh	3,755	8.5
	Green	Torbjorn Zetterlund	2,920	6.6
	Libertarian	Heath Thomas	469	1.1
	Family Coalition	Kristin Monster	405	0.9
	Independent	Charles Roddy Sutherland	121	0.3

Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007
Side		Votes	%
	First Past the Post	25491	59.6%
	Mixed member proportional	17281	40.4%

Ontario general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Zimmer	21,823	46.97	4.69
	Progressive Conservative	David Young	19,957	42.95	-7.57
	New Democrat	Yvonne Bobb	3,084	6.64	2.38
	Green	Sharolyn Vettese	933	2.01	1.26
	Family Coalition	Rina Morra	442	0.95	0.02
	Freedom	Vaughan Byrnes	227	0.49	0.14

Ontario general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	David Young	22,200	50.52
	Liberal	Fahimeh Mortazavi	18,579	42.28
	New Democrat	Mikael A. Swayze	1,871	4.26
	Family Coalition	Jim Conrad	409	0.93
	Green	Elizabeth Rhodes	330	0.75
	Independent	Bernadette Michael	323	0.74
	Freedom	Vaughan Byrnes	152	0.35
	Natural Law	Claude Viau	75	0.17

Ontario general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Charles Harnick	18,834	53.99
	Liberal	Les Scheininger	9,870	28.29
	New Democrat	Julie McCrea	4,825	13.83
	Independent	Frank Zeppieri	715	2.05
	Green	Laura Weinberg	386	1.11
	Natural Law	Michael Beifuss	253	0.73

Ontario general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Charles Harnick	11,957	35.22
	Liberal	Gino Matrundola	11,123	32.77
	New Democrat	Batya Hebdon	9,125	26.88
	Family Coalition	Mark Vosylius	1,074	3.16
	Libertarian	Earl Epstein	668	1.97

Ontario general election, 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Gino Matrundola	15,543	45.97
	Progressive Conservative	Charles Harnick	11,509	34.04
	New Democrat	Batya Hebdon	5,774	17.08
	Libertarian	Earl Epstein	985	2.91

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