York_Centre_(provincial_electoral_district)
York Centre (provincial electoral district)
Provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada
For the federal and municipal electoral divisions, see York Centre (federal electoral district) and Ward 6 York Centre.
York Centre is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been the name of ridings in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario three different times. It was created initially in 1955 from the southern part of York North. It was dissolved in 1963 when it was split into three ridings called Yorkview, Downsview and Armourdale. In 1967, it was reconstituted north of Steeles in the township of Markham. This lasted until 1999 when it was dissolved into Markham—Unionville. The name was given to a new riding formed in its original location south of Steeles. It remains as an existing riding today.
Quick Facts Ontario electoral district, Provincial electoral district ...
 Ontario electoral district | |||
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York Centre in relation to the other Toronto ridings (2015 boundaries) | |||
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Ontario | ||
| MPP |
Progressive Conservative | ||
| First contested | 1999 | ||
| Last contested | 2022 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2016) | 104,320 | ||
| Electors (2018) | 70,520 | ||
| Area (km²) | 35 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 2,980.6 | ||
| Census division(s) | Toronto | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Toronto | ||
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1955 to 1963
The original boundaries consisted of Steeles Avenue West to the north, Yonge Street to the East, Lawrence Avenue West to the south and the Humber River to the west.
1963 to 1999
1999 to present
York Centre consists of the part of the City of Toronto within the North York district bounded on the north by the northern city limit, and on the east, south and west by a line drawn from the city limit south along Yonge Street, west along the hydroelectric transmission line north of Finch Avenue West, south along Bathurst Street, southeast along the Don River West Branch, southwest and west along Highway 401, north along Jane Street, east along Sheppard Avenue West, northwest along Black Creek, east along Grandravine Drive, and north along Keele Street to the city limit.
The provincial electoral district was created in 1999 when provincial ridings were defined to have the same borders as federal ridings.
Before 1999, the name York Centre was assigned to a completely different riding located in York Region north of Toronto with none of the same territory as the current York Centre. In 1999, much of the old York Centre was absorbed by the new riding of Vaughan—King—Aurora. The former riding was Wilson Heights.
More information Assembly, Years ...
| York Centre | ||||
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| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| Riding created from York North | ||||
| 25th | 1955–1959 | Thomas Graham | Progressive Conservative | |
| 26th | 1959–1963 | Vernon Singer | Liberal | |
| Riding dissolved into Yorkview, Downsview and Armourdale | ||||
| Riding re-created | ||||
| 28th | 1967–1971 | Donald Deacon | Liberal | |
| 29th | 1971–1975 | |||
| 30th | 1975–1977 | Alfred Stong | ||
| 31st | 1977–1981 | |||
| 32nd | 1981–1985 | Don Cousens | Progressive Conservative | |
| 33rd | 1985–1987 | |||
| 34th | 1987–1990 | Greg Sorbara | Liberal | |
| 35th | 1990–1995 | |||
| 36th | 1995–1999 | Al Palladini | Progressive Conservative | |
| Riding dissolved into Vaughan—King—Aurora and Markham | ||||
| Riding re-created from Downsview and Wilson Heights | ||||
| 37th | 1999–2003 | Monte Kwinter | Liberal | |
| 38th | 2003–2007 | |||
| 39th | 2007–2011 | |||
| 40th | 2011–2014 | |||
| 41st | 2014–2018 | |||
| 42nd | 2018–2021 | Roman Baber | Progressive Conservative | |
| 2021–2022 | Independent | |||
| 43rd | 2022–present | Michael Kerzner | Progressive Conservative | |
| Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[1] | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
| 2022 Ontario general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Michael Kerzner | 12,947 | 46.03 | −4.12 | $79,866 | |||
| Liberal | Shelley Brown | 8,984 | 31.94 | +10.54 | $74,566 | |||
| New Democratic | Frank Chu | 3,935 | 13.99 | −9.45 | $16,511 | |||
| Green | Alison Lowney | 799 | 2.84 | +0.55 | $0 | |||
| Ontario Party | Nick Balaskas | 679 | 2.41 | $988 | ||||
| New Blue | Don Pincivero | 411 | 1.46 | $0 | ||||
| None of the Above | Mark Dewdney | 169 | 0.60 | −0.67 | $0 | |||
| Special Needs | Lionel Wayne Poizner | 124 | 0.44 | $0 | ||||
| Moderate | Parviz Isgandarov | 80 | 0.28 | −0.09 | $780 | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 28,128 | 98.81 | +0.30 | $102,341 | ||||
| Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | 339 | 1.19 | -0.30 | |||||
| Turnout | 28,467 | 38.94 | -13.98 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 72,576 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | −7.33 | ||||||
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More information 2018 Ontario general election, Party ...
| 2018 Ontario general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Roman Baber | 18,434 | 50.15 | +19.29 | ||||
| New Democratic | Andrea Vásquez Jiménez | 8,617 | 23.44 | +7.07 | ||||
| Liberal | Ramon Estaris | 7,865 | 21.39 | -26.72 | ||||
| Green | Roma Lyon | 843 | 2.29 | -0.96 | ||||
| None of the Above | Cherie Ann Day | 467 | 1.27 | |||||
| Libertarian | Benjamin Kamminga | 398 | 1.08 | |||||
| Moderate | Alexander Leonov | 137 | 0.37 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 36,761 | 98.51 | ||||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 556 | 1.49 | ||||||
| Turnout | 37,317 | 52.92 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 70,520 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +23.01 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[2] | ||||||||
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More information 2014 general election redistributed results, Party ...
| 2014 general election redistributed results[3] | |||
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| Party | Vote | % | |
| Liberal | 14,556 | 48.12 | |
| Progressive Conservative | 9,333 | 30.85 | |
| New Democratic | 4,953 | 16.37 | |
| Green | 984 | 3.25 | |
| Others | 425 | 1.40 | |
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More information 2014 Ontario general election, Party ...
| 2014 Ontario general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Monte Kwinter | 16,935 | 47.22 | +2.68 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Avi Yufest | 11,125 | 31.02 | -4.50 | ||||
| New Democratic | John Fagan | 5,645 | 15.74 | +1.61 | ||||
| Green | Josh Borenstein | 1,156 | 3.27 | +1.62 | ||||
| Freedom | Laurence Cherniak | 489 | 1.38 | +1.05 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 35,350 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +3.66 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[4] | ||||||||
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More information 2011 Ontario general election, Party ...
| 2011 Ontario general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Monte Kwinter | 14,694 | 45.36 | -3.37 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Michael Mostyn | 11,506 | 35.52 | +3.24 | ||||
| New Democratic | John Fagan | 4,579 | 14.13 | +3.26 | ||||
| Libertarian | David Epstein | 846 | 2.61 | |||||
| Green | Yuriy Shevyryov | 535 | 1.65 | -4.81 | ||||
| Independent | Jeff Pancer | 127 | 0.39 | |||||
| Freedom | Ron Tal | 108 | 0.33 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 32,395 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 325 | 0.99 | ||||||
| Turnout | 32,720 | 45.74 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 71,531 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -3.31 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[5] | ||||||||
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More information 2007 Ontario general election, Party ...
| 2007 Ontario general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Monte Kwinter | 16,646 | 48.73 | -10.68 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Igor Toutchinski | 11,028 | 32.28 | +7.45 | ||||
| New Democratic | Claudia Rodriguez | 3,713 | 10.87 | -0.17 | ||||
| Green | Marija Minic | 2,207 | 6.46 | +1.73 | ||||
| Family Coalition | Marilyn Carvalho | 568 | 1.66 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 100.0 | |||||||
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More information 2003 Ontario general election, Party ...
| 2003 Ontario general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Monte Kwinter | 18,808 | 59.41 | -1.68 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Dan Cullen | 7,862 | 24.83 | -1.6 | ||||
| New Democratic | Matthew Norrish | 3,494 | 11.04 | +0.34 | ||||
| Green | Constantine Kritsonis | 1,496 | 4.73 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 31,660 | 100.0 | ||||||
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More information 1999 Ontario general election, Party ...
| 1999 Ontario general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Monte Kwinter | 21,250 | 61.09 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Robert Hausman | 9,192 | 26.43 | |||||
| New Democratic | Norm Jesin | 3,721 | 10.70 | |||||
| Natural Law | Angus Hunt | 621 | 1.79 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 34,784 | 100.0 | ||||||
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More information 2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Side ...
| 2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum | |||
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| Side | Votes | % | |
| First Past the Post | 19,223 | 59.8 | |
| Mixed member proportional | 12,907 | 40.2 | |
| Total valid votes | 32,130 | 100.0 | |
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1987 boundaries
More information 1995 Ontario general election, Party ...
| 1995 Ontario general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Al Palladini | 37,897 | 48.94 | +25.24 | ||||
| Liberal | Mario Ferri | 29,150 | 37.65 | -8.03 | ||||
| New Democratic | T. S. Joseph Thevarkunnel | 6,698 | 8.65 | -21.97 | ||||
| Family Coalition | Giuseppi Gori | 1,891 | 2.44 | |||||
| Libertarian | Robert Ede | 1,792 | 2.31 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 77,428 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Source:Elections Ontario[6] | ||||||||
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More information 1990 Ontario general election, Party ...
| 1990 Ontario general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Greg Sorbara | 28,056 | 45.57 | -16.05 | ||||
| New Democratic | Laurie Orrent | 18850 | 30.62 | +12.33 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Don McGuire | 14,656 | 23.81 | +3.73 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 61,562 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Source: The Toronto Daily Star[7][nb 1] | ||||||||
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More information 1987 Ontario general election, Party ...
| 1987 Ontario general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Greg Sorbara | 26,096 | 62.44 | +28.61 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Doug Mason | 8,605 | 19.83 | -30.43 | ||||
| New Democratic | Joe Licastro | 7,692 | 17.73 | +6.24 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 43.393 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Source: The Toronto Daily Star[8][nb 2] | ||||||||
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1974 boundaries
More information 1985 Ontario general election, Party ...
| 1985 Ontario general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Donald Cousens | 29,652 | 50.40 | +3.09 | ||||
| Liberal | Ron Maheu | 19,484 | 33.12 | -9.37 | ||||
| New Democratic | Diane Meaghan | 7,089 | 12.05 | +2.55 | ||||
| Independent | Stewart Cole | 2,607 | 4.43 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 58,832 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Source:Ottawa Citizen[9] | ||||||||
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More information 1981 Ontario general election, Party ...
| 1981 Ontario general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Donald Cousens | 18,369 | 47.31 | +7.55 | ||||
| Liberal | Alfred Stong | 16,495 | 42.49 | -1.92 | ||||
| New Democratic | John Campey | 3,689 | 9.50 | -6.33 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 38,823 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Source: The Windsor Star[10] | ||||||||
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More information 1977 Ontario general election, Party ...
| 1977 Ontario general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Alfred Stong | 17,608 | 44.41 | +3.69 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Bill Corcoran | 15,768 | 39.76 | +2.95 | ||||
| New Democratic | Chris Olsen | 6,277 | 15.83 | -6.16 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 39,653 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Source: Canadian Press[11] | ||||||||
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More information 1975 Ontario general election, Party ...
| 1975 Ontario general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Alfred Stong | 14,347 | 40.72 | -1.55 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Tony Roman | 12,968 | 36.81 | -4.86 | ||||
| New Democratic | Tony Snedker | 7,748 | 21.99 | +5.93 | ||||
| Independent | John White | 171 | 0.49 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 35,234 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Source: Canadian Press[12] | ||||||||
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1966 boundaries
More information 1971 Ontario general election, Party ...
| 1971 Ontario general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Donald Deacon | 14,885 | 42.27 | +1.66 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Tony Roman | 14,674 | 41.67 | +5.06 | ||||
| New Democratic | Roy Clifton | 5,657 | 16.06 | -6.73 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 35,216 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Source: Canadian Press[13] | ||||||||
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More information 1967 Ontario general election, Party ...
| 1967 Ontario general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Donald Deacon | 9,991 | 40.61 | +4.04 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Lorne Wells | 9,006 | 36.61 | +4.72 | ||||
| New Democratic | Jim Norton | 5,606 | 22.79 | -8.12 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 24,603 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Source: Canadian Press[14] | ||||||||
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1950s
More information 1959 Ontario general election, Party ...
| 1959 Ontario general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Vernon Singer | 15,702 | 36.57 | +2.12 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Thomas Graham | 13,695 | 31.89 | -5.82 | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Fred Young | 13,272 | 30.91 | +4.94 | ||||
| Independent | George Rolland | 270 | 0.63 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 42,939 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Source: Canadian Press[15] | ||||||||
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More information 1955 Ontario general election, Party ...
| 1955 Ontario general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Thomas Graham | 12,648 | 37.71 | |||||
| Liberal | Frederick Joseph McMahon | 11,553 | 34.45 | |||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Fred Young | 8,710 | 25.97 | |||||
| Labor–Progressive | Stephen Endicott | 646 | 1.93 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 33,537 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Source: Canadian Press[16] | ||||||||
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Notes
Citations
- For a listing of each MPP's Queen's Park curriculum vitae see below:
- For Thomas Graham's Legislative Assembly information see "Michael Bryant, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-08.
- For Vernon Singer's Legislative Assembly information see "Vernon Singer, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-08.
- For Donald Deacon's Legislative Assembly information see "Donald Deacon, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-08.
- For Alfred Stong's Legislative Assembly information see "Alfred Stong, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-08.
- For Don Cousens's Legislative Assembly information see "W. Donald Cousens, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-08.
- For Greg Sorbara's Legislative Assembly information see "Greg Sorbara, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2014. Archived from the original on September 8, 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-08.
- For Al Palladini's Legislative Assembly information see "Al Palladini, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-08.
- For Monte Kwinter's Legislative Assembly information see "Monte Kwinter, MPP". Parliamentary History. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-08.
- "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 11. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
- "General Election Results by District, 104 York Centre". Elections Ontario. 2014. Archived from the original on June 17, 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
- "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - York Centre" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2011. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
- "Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Elections Ontario. 1995-06-08. Retrieved 2012-09-04.
- "How Metro-Area Voted". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. 1990-09-07. p. A10.
- "How Metro-Area Voted". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. 1987-09-11. p. A12.
- Canadian Press (1985-05-03). "The night the Tories tumbled; riding by riding results". Ottawa Citizen. Toronto. p. 43. Retrieved 2012-05-10.
- Canadian Press (1981-03-20). "Election results for Metro Toronto ridings". The Windsor Star. Windsor, Ontario. p. 22. Retrieved 2012-05-10.
- Canadian Press (1977-06-10). "How they voted in Metro area". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. A10.
- Canadian Press (1975-09-19). "Results from the 29 ridings in Metro". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. A18.
- Canadian Press (1971-10-22). "Here's who won on the Metro ridings". The Toronto Daily Star. Toronto. p. 12.
- Canadian Press (1967-10-18). "Tories win, but..." The Windsor Star. Windsor, Ontario. p. B2. Retrieved 2012-04-30.
- Canadian Press (1959-06-12). "Complete Results of Ontario Voting by Constituencies". The Ottawa Citizen. Ottawa. p. 26. Retrieved 2012-04-22.
- Canadian Press (1955-06-10). "Complete Results of Ontario Voting by Constituencies". The Ottawa Citizen. Ottawa. p. 4. Retrieved 2012-04-22.