Beaches—East York

For the provincial electoral district, see Beaches—East York (provincial electoral district). For the defunct provincial electoral district see Beaches—Woodbine (provincial electoral district).
Beaches—East York
Ontario electoral district
Beaches—East York in relation to other electoral districts in Toronto
Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP
 
 		  
Matthew Kellway
NDP
District created 1987
First contested 1988
Last contested 2011
District webpage profile, map
Demographics
Population (2001) 104,831
Electors (2011) 73,832
Area (km²) 17
Pop. density (per km²) 6,166.5
Census divisions Toronto
Census subdivisions Toronto

Beaches—East York (formerly Beaches—Woodbine) is a federal electoral district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1988.

The riding combines two notable city neighbourhoods: the Beaches and part of the former borough of East York. This political boundary is an area used for both provincial and federal representation; municipally it is divided into two halves, with a councillor for the Beaches (Ward 32) in the south, and one for East York (Ward 31) to the north.

The federal riding of Beaches—Woodbine was created before the 1988 federal election from Beaches riding. Before the 1997 federal election, it adopted its current name.

Prior to 1988, the riding was known as Beaches.

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History

Since its creation as Beaches-Woodbine in 1988, Beaches—East York has been contested between Liberal and New Democratic candidates, with both parties nearly doubling Conservative vote totals.

In the 2011 election the riding was won by New Democratic Party candidate Matthew Kellway (an economist and policy analyst who lives in the Beaches), beating out Liberal incumbent Maria Minna by nearly 11%.[1][2]. Kellway, who was nominated as the New Democratic Party candidate in February 2010, is the co-chair of the Toronto Energy Coalition.[3][4]

Members of Parliament

Beaches—East York has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Beaches prior to 1987
Beaches—Woodbine
34th 1988–1993     Neil Young New Democratic
35th 1993–1997     Maria Minna Liberal
Beaches—East York
36th 1997–2000     Maria Minna Liberal
37th 2000–2004
38th 2004–2006
39th 2006–2008
40th 2008–2011
41st 2011–present     Matthew Kellway New Democratic

Election results

Beaches—East York

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     New Democrat Matthew Kellway 20,265 41.64 +9.51
     Liberal Maria Minna 14,967 30.75 -10.22
     Conservative Bill Burrows 11,067 22.74 +5.66
     Green Aaron Cameron 2,240 4.60 -4.88
     Marxist–Leninist Roger Carter 130 0.27 -0.06
Total valid votes/Expense limit 48,669 100.00 -
Total rejected ballots 193 0.39 +0.02
Turnout 48,862 68.54 +5.61
Eligible voters 71,286
Canadian federal election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal Maria Minna 18,967 40.97 +0.59 $76,404
     New Democrat Marilyn Churley 14,875 32.13 -2.83 75,350
     Conservative Caroline Alleslev 7,907 17.08 -0.96 $21,853
     Green Zoran Markovski 4,389 9.48 +3.42 $22,434
     Marxist–Leninist Roger Carter 155 0.33 +0.16
Total valid votes/Expense limit 46,293 100.00 $82,179
Total rejected ballots 172 0.37 +0.04
Turnout 46,465 62.93 -7.08
     Liberal hold Swing +1.71
Canadian federal election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal Maria Minna 20,678 40.38 -7.54
     New Democrat Marilyn Churley 17,900 34.96 +2.67
     Conservative Peter Conroy 9,238 18.04 +3.98
     Green Jim Harris 3,106 6.06 +1.53
Progressive Canadian Jim Love 183 0.35
     Marxist–Leninist Roger Carter 91 0.17 +0.08
Total valid votes 51,196 100.00
Total rejected ballots 168 0.33
Turnout 51,364 70.51
Canadian federal election, 2004
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal Maria Minna 22,494 47.92 -4.9
     New Democrat Peter Tabuns 15,156 32.29 +11.3
     Conservative Nick Nikopoulos 6,603 14.06 -8.5
     Green Peter Davison 2,127 4.53 +3.1
     Marijuana Daniel Dufresne 365 0.77 -0.8
     Independent Edward Slota 80 0.17
     Communist Miguel Figueroa 62 0.13 -0.1
     Marxist–Leninist Roger Carter 46 0.09 0.0
Total valid votes 46,933 100.00
Total rejected ballots 204 0.43
Turnout 47,137 64.02

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal Maria Minna 21,844 47.9 +8.0
     New Democrat Mel Watkins 10,730 23.5 +5.0
     Reform Gary Miller 6,534 14.3 -1.1
     Progressive Conservative Jack Simpson 5,611 12.3 +1.6
     Green John Scheer 589 1.3 +0.5
     Natural Law Donalda Fredeen 264 0.6 0.0
Total valid votes 45,572 100.0

Beaches—Woodbine

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal Maria Minna 17,582 40.0 +6.7
     New Democrat Neil Young 8,151 18.5 -16.6
     Reform Hugh Prendergast 6,773 15.4
     Progressive Conservative Denise Cole 4,693 10.7 -18.6
     Independent Terry Kelly 4,525 10.3
     National John-Frederick Cameron 1,214 2.8
     Green Leane Haze 357 0.8 +0.1
     Natural Law Donalda Fredeen 276 0.6
     Independent Keith Meadowcroft 195 0.4
     Abolitionist Zahid Tirmizi 120 0.3
     Marxist–Leninist Pierre Chénier 96 0.2
Total valid votes 43,982 100.0
Canadian federal election, 1988
Party Candidate Votes %
     New Democrat Neil Young 15,760 35.2
     Liberal Terry Kelly 14,900 33.2
     Progressive Conservative Jim O'Malley 13,107 29.2
     Libertarian Dennis Corrigan 351 0.8
     Green Michael Tegtmeyer 317 0.7
     Independent Ronald Clifford 259 0.6
     Independent Wally Pearson 71 0.2
     Commonwealth Charles Odell 48 0.1
Total valid votes 44,813 100.0

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.insidetoronto.com/news/local/article/1002420--beaches-east-york-liberals-lose-18-year-stronghold
  2. ^ http://beynewdemocrats.ca/matthewkellway/about/
  3. ^ http://www.mytowncrier.ca/east-york-ndp-picks-candidate-for-next-federal-race.html
  4. ^ http://beynewdemocrats.ca/matthewkellway/about/

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