Parkdale—High Park

It is located in the central-west part of Toronto on the lakefront. It has 106,559 residents. It is composed of the seven neighbourhoods surrounding High Park. Including the park and portions west, between the north and south borders of the park is the neighbourhood of Swansea; north of the park are the neighbourhoods of High Park North and the south half of The Junction; north-west of the park are the neighbourhoods of Runnymede-Bloor West Village and Lambton Baby Point; to the east of the park is Roncesvalles; and Parkdale directly to the south and to the south-east. ^[1]

It consists of the part of the City of Toronto bounded on the south by Lake Ontario, on the west by the Humber River, and on the north and east by a line drawn from the Humber River east along the Canadian Pacific Railway, southeast along the Canadian National/Canadian Pacific Railway, west along Queen Street West, south along Dufferin Street, west along Dufferin Street, and south along the southerly production of Spencer Avenue.^[2]

History

The riding was created in 1976 from parts of Parkdale, High Park—Humber Valley, Davenport and Spadina ridings.^[2]

In 1976, it was defined to consist of the part of the City of Toronto bounded on the south by the shore of Lake Ontario, on the north and west by the city limits, on the east by a line drawn from north to south along Runnymede Road, east along Annette Street, south along Keele Street, east along Humberside Avenue, southeast along the Canadian National Railway, south along Bathurst Street; thence southerly along Bathurst Street to the Western Channel of Toronto Harbour.^[2]

In 1987, it was defined to consist of the parts of the cities of Toronto and York bounded on the west by the city limits of Toronto and York, and on the north, east and south by a line drawn east along the Canadian Pacific Railway line, south along Runnymede Road, east along Annette Street, southeast along Dundas Street West, east along Dupont Street, southwest along the Canadian National Railway line immediately east of Dundas Street West, south along Atlantic Avenue, west along the Gardiner Expressway, south along the southerly production of Spencer Avenue.^[2]

In 1996, it was defined to consist of the parts of the cities of Toronto and York bounded on the west by the city limits of Toronto and York, and on the north, east and south by a line drawn east along the Canadian Pacific Railway, southeast along the Canadian National Railway, south along Atlantic Avenue, west along the Gardiner Expressway, and south along the southerly production of Spencer Avenue.^[2]

In 2003, it was given its current boundaries as described above.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
31st	1979–1980	Jesse Flis	Liberal
32nd	1980–1984	Jesse Flis	Liberal
33rd	1984–1988	Andrew Witer	Progressive Conservative
34th	1988–1993	Jesse Flis	Liberal
35th	1993–1997	Jesse Flis	Liberal
36th	1997–2000	Sarmite Bulte	Liberal
37th	2000–2004
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008	Peggy Nash	New Democratic
40th	2008–2011	Gerard Kennedy	Liberal
41st	2011–present	Peggy Nash	New Democratic

Former boundaries

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democrat	Peggy Nash	24,046	47.20	+11.23
	Liberal	Gerard Kennedy	16,757	32.89	-10.08
	Conservative	Taylor Train	7,924	15.55	+3.12
	Green	Sarah Newton	1,666	3.27	-4.20
	Christian Heritage	Andrew Borkowski	251	0.49	+0.02
	Marijuana	Terry Parker	215	0.42	-0.01
	Marxist–Leninist	Lorne Gershuny	86	0.17	-0.05
Total valid votes/Expense limit			50,945	100.00
Total rejected ballots			216	0.42	0.00
Turnout			51,161	71.10	6.50
Eligible voters			71,954

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Gerard Kennedy	20,705	42.97	+7.04	$66,616
	New Democrat	Peggy Nash	17,332	35.97	-4.43	$76,005
	Conservative	Jilian Saweczko	5,992	12.43	-4.62	$27,886
	Green	Robert L. Rishchynski	3,601	7.47	+1.96	$27,025
	Christian Heritage	Andrew Borkowski	230	0.47	-	$402
	Marijuana	Terry Parker	209	0.43	-0.17
	Marxist–Leninist	Lorne Gershuny	110	0.22	-0.02
Total valid votes/Expense limit			48,179	100.00		$82,121
Total rejected ballots			205	0.42	-0.04
Turnout			48,384	64.60	-5.73

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democrat	Peggy Nash	20,790	40.40	+5.9
	Liberal	Sarmite Bulte	18,489	35.93	-6.1
	Conservative	Jurij Klufas	8,777	17.05	+1.7
	Green	Robert L. Rishchynski	2,840	5.51	-1.4
	Marijuana	Terry Parker	311	0.60	-0.2
	Marxist–Leninist	Lorne Gershuny	124	0.24	0.0
	Independent	Beverly Bernardo	119	0.23
Total valid votes			51,450	100.00
Total rejected ballots			240	0.46
Turnout			51,690	70.33
	New Democratic Party gain from Liberal		Swing	-6.0

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sarmite Bulte	19,727	42.05	-7.3
	New Democrat	Peggy Nash	16,201	34.53	+15.5
	Conservative	Jurij Klufas^{[Note 1]}	7,221	15.39	-9.8
	Green	Neil Spiegel	3,249	6.92	+4.1
	Marijuana	Terry Parker	384	0.81	-1.1
	Marxist–Leninist	Lorne Gershuny	130	0.27	0.0
Total valid votes			46,912	100.00
Total rejected ballots			250	0.53
Turnout			47,162	64.14

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sarmite Bulte	20,676	49.4	+1.1
	New Democrat	Paul Schmidt	7,947	19.0	-1.5
	Progressive Conservative	David Strycharz	5,681	13.6	-0.3
	Canadian Alliance	Vicki Vancas^{[Note 2]}	4,882	11.7	-2.1
	Green	Neil Spiegel	1,161	2.8	+1.2
	Marijuana	Terry Parker	775	1.9
	Canadian Action	Greg Robertson	317	0.8	0.0
	Communist	Wilfred Szczesny	155	0.4
	Not affiliated	Michel Dugré	132	0.3
	Marxist–Leninist	Lorne Gershuny	122	0.3	-0.4
Total valid votes			41,848	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sarmite Bulte	20,692	48.3	-6.1
	New Democrat	Paul Schmidt	8,762	20.4	+11.1
	Progressive Conservative	Jilian Saweczko	5,926	13.8	+0.2
	Reform	Michael Jakubcak	5,881	13.7	-2.4
	Green	Laura Weinberg	696	1.6	+0.5
	Canadian Action	Miriam Hawkins	324	0.8
	Marxist–Leninist	Pierre Chénier	311	0.7	+0.6
	Natural Law	Gregory Wayne Roberts]	267	0.6	-0.3
Total valid votes			42,859	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jesse Flis	22,068	54.4	+10.5
	Reform	Lee Primeau	6,520	16.1
	Progressive Conservative	Don Baker	5,519	13.6	-23.2
	New Democrat	David Miller	3,775	9.3	-8.6
	National	Stephen A. Biega	1,308	3.2
	Green	Richard Roy	461	1.1
	Natural Law	Wanda Beaver	369	0.9
	Libertarian	Haig Baronikian	314	0.8	+0.2
	Independent	Miguel Figueroa	105	0.3	0.0
	Abolitionist	Thomas Earl Pennington	60	0.1
	Marxist–Leninist	André Vachon	53	0.1
Total valid votes			40,552	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jesse Flis	19,614	43.9	+7.4
	Progressive Conservative	Andrew Witer	16,418	36.8	-3.5
	New Democrat	Anna Pollonetsky	8,002	17.9	-2.9
	Libertarian	Penny Hoar	267	0.6
	Independent	[Matthew Hall	227	0.5	-0.1
	Communist	Anna Larsen	130	0.3
Total valid votes			44,658	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Andrew Witer	15,879	40.2	+8.2
	Liberal	Jesse Flis	14,419	36.5	-9.0
	New Democrat	John Friesen	8,232	20.9	-0.6
	Green	Dieter Heinrich	592	1.5
	Libertarian	Wilf Olin	223	0.6	+0.2
	Commonwealth	Anna Larsen	130	0.3
Total valid votes			39,475	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jesse Flis	17,213	45.6	+7.9
	Progressive Conservative	Andrew Witer	12,116	32.1	-5.4
	New Democrat	Doug Little	8,094	21.4	-2.1
	Communist	Wilfred Szczesny	160	0.4	0.0
	Libertarian	Shirley Yamada	146	0.4	-0.2
	Marxist–Leninist	Christine Nugent	55	0.1	0.0
Total valid votes			37,784	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Jesse Flis	15,281	37.7
	Progressive Conservative	Yuri Shymko	15,207	37.5
	New Democrat	Doug Little	9,539	23.5
	Libertarian	Vincent H. Miller	250	0.6
	Communist	Kerry McQuaig	168	0.4
	Not affiliated	Armand Siksna	61	0.2
	Marxist–Leninist	Christine Nugent	52	0.1
Total valid votes			40,558	100.0

Notes

^ Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.
^ Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.

Citations

^ "Toronto Neighbourhood Profiles - Map". Toronto. 2008-12-05. http://www.toronto.ca/demographics/profiles_map_and_index.htm. Retrieved 2008-12-05.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "History of Federal Ridings since 1867:PARKDALE—HIGH PARK, Ontario (1979—)". Parliament of Canada. Ottawa: The Queen's Printer for Canada. 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-12-30. http://www.webcitation.org/64KCqxrBf. Retrieved 2011-12-30.

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