Wilson Heights (electoral district)

Wilson Heights
Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created 1975
District abolished 2001
First contested 1975
Last contested 1999
Demographics
Census divisions Toronto
Census subdivisions Toronto

Wilson Heights was a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It was created prior to the 1975 provincial election and eliminated in 1999, when most of its territory was incorporated into the ridings of York Centre, Willowdale and Eglinton—Lawrence. Wilson Heights was located in the neighbourhood of Wilson Heights in the former municipality of North York, which is now part of Toronto.

Three Members of Provincial Parliament represented the riding during its history. The first, Liberal Vern Singer, was a veteran provincial politician who had previously represented the York Centre and Downsview ridings. He retired in 1977 and was replaced by Progressive Conservative David Rotenberg, who briefly served as a minister without portfolio in Frank Miller's government. Its longest-serving representative was Monte Kwinter, who defeated Rotenberg in the 1985 provincial election and held the riding for fourteen years until its dissolution. Kwinter was a cabinet minister in the government of David Peterson, and now represents York Centre.

The Wilson Heights division had a significant Jewish population, at almost 40% of the total population.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Parliament Years Member Party
See Downsview riding prior to 1975
30th 1975-1977     Vern Singer Liberal
31st 1977-1981     David Rotenberg Progressive Conservative
32nd 1981-1985
33rd 1985-1987     Monte Kwinter Liberal
34th 1987-1990
35th 1990-1995
36th 1995-1999
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[1]
Merged into York Centre, Willowdale and Eglinton—Lawrence (1999)

Election results

Ontario general election, 1975
Party Candidate Votes[2] Vote %
    Liberal Vern Singer 11,480 40.2
    Conservative David Rotenberg 9,262 32.4
    New Democrat Howard Moscoe 7,476 26.1
    Independent George Dance 372 1.3
Total 28,590
Ontario general election, 1977
Party Candidate Votes[3] Vote %
    Conservative David Rotenberg 13,792 49.1
    Liberal Murray Markin 7,057 25.1
    New Democrat Howard Moscoe 7,055 25.1
Libertarian Webster Webb 180 0.6
Total 28,084
Ontario general election, 1981
Party Candidate Votes[4] Vote %
    Conservative David Rotenberg 11,579 48.4
    Liberal Elinor Caplan 8,760 36.6
    New Democrat Greg Iaonnou 3,580 15.0
Total 23,919
Ontario general election, 1985
Party Candidate Votes[5] Vote %
    Liberal Monte Kwinter 12,425 40.9
    Conservative David Rotenberg 10,068 33.2
    New Democrat Howard Moscoe 7,858 25.9
Total 30,351
Ontario general election, 1987
Party Candidate Votes[6] Vote %
    Liberal Monte Kwinter 17,018 57.4
    New Democrat Jennifer Paton 6,752 22.8
    Conservative David Farb 5,885 19.8
Total 29,655
Ontario general election, 1990
Party Candidate Votes[7] Vote %
    Liberal Monte Kwinter 12,204 44.8
    New Democrat John Fagan 9,540 35.0
    Conservative Steven Kerzner 4,361 16.0
Green Vanessa van Schoor 835 3.1
Libertarian Roman Vrba 303 1.1
Total 27,243
Ontario general election, 1995
Party Candidate Votes[8] Vote %
    Liberal Monte Kwinter 12,468 44.6
    Conservative Sam Pasternack 9,772 35.0
    New Democrat Claudia White 4,612 16.5
    Natural Law Mike Dubinsky 438 1.6
GreenTom Salsberg 303 1.1
Family CoalitionDan Largy 231 0.8
    Independent David Yates 109 0.4
Total 27,933

References

Notes

    Citations

    1. ↑ For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
      • For Vern Singer's Legislative Assembly information see "Vernon Milton Singer, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-09-22.
      • For David Rotenberg's Legislative Assembly information see "David Rotenberg, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-09-22.
      • For Monte Kwinter's Legislative Assembly information see "Monte Kwinter, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-09-22.
    2. ↑ Canadian Press (1975-09-19). "Results from the 29 ridings in Metro". The Toronto Daily Star (Toronto). p. A18.
    3. ↑ Canadian Press (1977-06-10). "How they voted in Metro area". The Toronto Daily Star (Toronto). p. A10.
    4. ↑ Canadian Press (1981-03-20). "Election results for Metro Toronto ridings". The Windsor Star (Windsor, Ontario). p. 22. Retrieved 2012-05-10.
    5. ↑ Canadian Press (1985-05-03). "The night the Tories tumbled; riding by riding results". Ottawa Citizen (Toronto). p. 43. Retrieved 2012-05-10.
    6. ↑ "How Metro-Area Voted". The Toronto Daily Star (Toronto). 1987-09-11. p. A12.
    7. ↑ "How Metro-Area Voted". The Toronto Daily Star (Toronto). 1990-09-07. p. A10.
    8. ↑ "Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Elections Ontario. 1995-06-08. Retrieved 2012-09-04.
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