Don Valley North

Don Valley North in relation to the other Metro Toronto ridings of that era

Don Valley North was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1988 to 1997. It was located the city of North York, in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1987, and was first used in the federal election of 1988. It was created from parts of Don Valley East and York--Scarborough ridings.

Don Valley North consisted of the part of the City of North York lying within the following limits: commencing at the intersection of Bayview Avenue and Steeles Avenue East; east to Victoria Park Avenue, south to Highway 401, west to the Don River East Branch, north to Finch Avenue East, west along Finch Avenue to Bayview Avenue, and then north along Bayview Avenue to the point of commencement.

Former North York city council member Barbara Greene, a Progressive Conservative, was elected as its first Member of Parliament in the 1988 election. She was defeated by Liberal Sarkis Assadourian in the 1993 election.

In 1996, the riding was abolished through redistribution, and divided between Don Valley East and Willowdale ridings. However it is set to return for the 42nd Canadian federal election.

Members of Parliament

The riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Don Valley East and York—Scarborough prior to 1988
34th	1988–1993	Barbara Greene	Progressive Conservative
35th	1993–1997	Sarkis Assadourian	Liberal
see Don Valley East and Willowdale for 1997–2015

Election results

2015

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Joe Daniel	-	-	-	–
	Liberal	Geng Tan	-	-	-	–
	New Democratic	Akil Sadikali	-	-	-	–
Total valid votes			-	-	–
Total rejected ballots			-	-	-	–
Turnout			-	-	-
Eligible voters			*	–	–

2011 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	15,801	40.30
	Liberal	14,625	37.30
	New Democratic Party	8,129	20.73
	Green	516	1.32
	Others	142	0.36

1988-1933

Canadian federal election, 1993: Don Valley North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sarkis Assadourian	22,504	59.86	+17.93
	Progressive Conservative	Barbara Greene	7,238	19.25	-24.18
	Reform	Peter Cobbold	6,068	16.14
	New Democratic Party	David Lu	1,395	3.71	-8.11
	Natural Law	William J. Sparling	319	0.85
	Abolitionist	Lindsay George King	69	0.18

Canadian federal election, 1988: Don Valley North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Barbara Greene	17,551	43.43
	Liberal	Sarkis Assadourian	16,947	41.94
	New Democratic Party	Anton Kuerti	4,777	11.82
	Independent	Bernadette Michael	577	1.43
	Libertarian	Earl Epstein	560	1.39

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