High_Park—Swansea

High Park—Swansea
Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	1975
District abolished	1999
First contested	1975
Last contested	1995

High Park—Swansea

Provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada

High Park—Swansea was a provincial riding (electoral district) in the west-end of the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1975 to 1999.

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It was created during the 1975 riding redistribution, taking much of its territory from the defunct High Park riding.^[1] It was abolished in 1999, and redistributed into the current-day Parkdale–High Park, York South—Weston and Davenport ridings, that followed the same boundaries as the federal ones.^[2]^[3]

References

Citations

[1]
Potter, Kent (1975-09-17). "Shadow of Shulman looms large in High Park". The Toronto Star. Toronto. p. A11.
[2]
Rusk, James (1996-10-02). "Harris redraws electoral map". The Globe and Mail. Toronto. p. A4.
[3]
Urquhart, Ian (1997-07-12). "Lots of ego in nasty Liberal riding fight". The Toronto Star. Toronto. p. B5.
[4]
For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
- For Ed Ziemba's Legislative Assembly information see "Edward J. Ziemba, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
- For Yuri Shymko's Legislative Assembly information see "Yuri Shymko, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
- For David Fleet's Legislative Assembly information see "David Gordon Fleet, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
- For Elaine Ziemba's Legislative Assembly information see "Elaine Ziemba, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
- For Derwyn Shea's Legislative Assembly information see "Derwyn Shea, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
[5]
Canadian Press (1975-09-19). "Results from the 29 ridings in Metro". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. A18.
[6]
Canadian Press (1977-06-10). "How they voted in Metro area". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. A10.
[7]
Canadian Press (1981-03-20). "Election results for Metro Toronto ridings". The Windsor Star. Windsor, Ontario. p. 22. Retrieved 2012-05-10.
[8]
Canadian Press (1985-05-03). "The night the Tories tumbled; riding by riding results". Ottawa Citizen. Toronto. p. 43. Retrieved 2012-05-10.
[9]
"How Metro-Area Voted". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. 1987-09-11. p. A12.
[10]
"How Metro-Area Voted". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. 1990-09-07. p. A10.
[11]
"Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Elections Ontario. 1995-06-08. Retrieved 2012-09-04.^{[permanent dead link]}

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[Star_19750917-1] [1]
Potter, Kent (1975-09-17). "Shadow of Shulman looms large in High Park". The Toronto Star. Toronto. p. A11.

[Globe_19961002-2] [2]
Rusk, James (1996-10-02). "Harris redraws electoral map". The Globe and Mail. Toronto. p. A4.

[ToStar_19970712-3] [3]
Urquhart, Ian (1997-07-12). "Lots of ego in nasty Liberal riding fight". The Toronto Star. Toronto. p. B5.

[4] [4]
For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
For Ed Ziemba's Legislative Assembly information see "Edward J. Ziemba, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-23.

For Yuri Shymko's Legislative Assembly information see "Yuri Shymko, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-23.

For David Fleet's Legislative Assembly information see "David Gordon Fleet, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-23.

For Elaine Ziemba's Legislative Assembly information see "Elaine Ziemba, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-23.

For Derwyn Shea's Legislative Assembly information see "Derwyn Shea, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-23.

[6] For Ed Ziemba's Legislative Assembly information see "Edward J. Ziemba, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-23.

[7] For Yuri Shymko's Legislative Assembly information see "Yuri Shymko, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-23.

[8] For David Fleet's Legislative Assembly information see "David Gordon Fleet, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-23.

[9] For Elaine Ziemba's Legislative Assembly information see "Elaine Ziemba, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-23.

[10] For Derwyn Shea's Legislative Assembly information see "Derwyn Shea, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-23.

[1975_Election_Results-5] [5]
Canadian Press (1975-09-19). "Results from the 29 ridings in Metro". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. A18.

[1977_Election_Results-6] [6]
Canadian Press (1977-06-10). "How they voted in Metro area". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. A10.

[1981_Election_Results-7] [7]
Canadian Press (1981-03-20). "Election results for Metro Toronto ridings". The Windsor Star. Windsor, Ontario. p. 22. Retrieved 2012-05-10.

[1985_Election_Results-9] [8]
Canadian Press (1985-05-03). "The night the Tories tumbled; riding by riding results". Ottawa Citizen. Toronto. p. 43. Retrieved 2012-05-10.

[10] [9]
"How Metro-Area Voted". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. 1987-09-11. p. A12.

[11] [10]
"How Metro-Area Voted". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. 1990-09-07. p. A10.

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"Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Elections Ontario. 1995-06-08. Retrieved 2012-09-04.^{[permanent dead link]}

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High Park—Swansea
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
*Created in 1975 from parts of High Park riding*
30th	1975–1977		Ed Ziemba	New Democratic
31st	1977–1981		Ed Ziemba	New Democratic
32nd	1981–1985		Yuri Shymko	Progressive Conservative
33rd	1985–1987		Yuri Shymko	Progressive Conservative
34th	1987–1990		David Fleet	Liberal
35th	1990–1995		Elaine Ziemba	New Democratic
36th	1995–1999		Derwyn Shea	Progressive Conservative
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly^[4]
*Merged into Parkdale–High Park, York South—Weston and Davenport ridings after 1996*

Party	Candidate	Votes^[5]	Vote %
New Democratic	Ed Ziemba	10,215	40.0
Progressive Conservative	Yuri Shymko	8,442	33.0
Liberal	Ed Negridge	6,440	25.2
Communist	Steve Amsel	234	0.9
Independent	Ann Noble	217	0.8
	Total	25,548

Party	Candidate	Votes^[6]	Vote %
New Democratic	Ed Ziemba	10,408	40.7
Progressive Conservative	Bill Boytchuk	9,620	37.7
Liberal	Ted Ives	4,980	19.5
Libertarian	Robert McKay	360	1.4
Communist	Christian Negre	178	0.7
	Total	25,546

Party	Candidate	Votes^[7]^{[nb 1]}	Vote %
Progressive Conservative	Yuri Shymko	10,917	47.3
New Democratic	Ed Ziemba	8,169	35.4
Liberal	Peter Simonels	3,442	14.9
Libertarian	Bob Cumming	538	2.3
	Total	23,066

Party	Candidate	Votes^[8]	Vote %
Progressive Conservative	Yuri Shymko	9,995	38.2
New Democratic	Elaine Ziemba	9,594	36.7
Liberal	John Rudnicki	5,681	21.7
Libertarian	Bob Cumming	411	1.6
Independent	Robert Szajkowski	246	0.9
Green	Andrew Scorer	222	0.8
	Total	26,149

High_Park—Swansea

High Park—Swansea

Members of Provincial Parliament

Electoral results

1975 boundaries

1987 boundaries

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Party	Candidate	Votes^[9]	Vote %
Liberal	David Fleet	9,740	35.5
New Democratic	Elaine Ziemba	8,927	32.5
Progressive Conservative	Yuri Shymko	8,095	29.5
Libertarian	Bob Cumming	666	2.4
	Total	27,428

Party	Candidate	Votes^[10]	Vote %
New Democratic	Elaine Ziemba	11,092	43.8
Liberal	David Fleet	8,314	32.8
Progressive Conservative	Yuri Polakowsky	4,784	18.9
Family Coalition	Tingle Coburn	429	1.7
Libertarian	Michael Beech	359	1.4
Green	Bill Seney	332	1.3
	Total	25,310

Party	Candidate	Votes^[11]	Vote %
Progressive Conservative	Derwyn Shea	10,559	38.8
New Democratic	Elaine Ziemba	8,899	32.7
Liberal	Ted Lojko	7,121	26.1
Green	David G. Burman	368	1.4
Natural Law	Greg W. Roberts	286	1.0
	Total	27,233