Etobicoke Centre (French: Etobicoke-Centre) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1979.
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Federal electoral district | |||
Legislature | House of Commons | ||
MP |
Liberal | ||
District created | 1976 | ||
First contested | 1979 | ||
Last contested | 2021 | ||
District webpage | profile, map | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2021)[1] | 118,483 | ||
Electors (2015) | 86,412 | ||
Area (km²)[2] | 39 | ||
Pop. density (per km²) | 3,038 | ||
Census division(s) | Toronto | ||
Census subdivision(s) | Toronto |
The riding includes the neighbourhoods of Eatonville (part), Islington-City Centre West (part), Richview, Humber Heights - Westmount, Eringate – Centennial – West Deane, Markland Wood, Princess Gardens, Thorncrest Village and Humber Valley Village in the former city of Etobicoke, Toronto.
The riding was created in 1976 from part of the Etobicoke riding in what was then a constituent municipality of Metropolitan Toronto.
On May 18, 2012, the Ontario Superior Court declared the 2011 federal election results for this district to be null and void.[3] The judge ruled that 79 votes should not have been counted when the margin of victory in the riding was only 26 votes. On May 28, 2012, however, the incumbent Member of Parliament, Ted Opitz, filed an appeal with the Supreme Court of Canada. On October 25, 2012, the Supreme Court allowed Mr. Opitz's appeal and quashed the order for a by-election. In its decision, the Supreme Court restored 59 of the 79 tossed votes, essentially leaving Mr. Optiz with a 6 vote margin of victory.[4]
This riding lost territory to Etobicoke North and gained territory from Etobicoke—Lakeshore during the 2012 electoral redistribution.
It has elected four members of the House of Commons of Canada:
Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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Etobicoke Centre Riding created from Etobicoke and High Park—Humber Valley |
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31st | 1979–1980 | Michael Wilson | Progressive Conservative | |
32nd | 1980–1984 | |||
33rd | 1984–1988 | |||
34th | 1988–1993 | |||
35th | 1993–1997 | Allan Rock | Liberal | |
36th | 1997–2000 | |||
37th | 2000–2004 | |||
38th | 2004–2006 | Borys Wrzesnewskyj | ||
39th | 2006–2008 | |||
40th | 2008–2011 | |||
41st | 2011–2015 | Ted Opitz | Conservative | |
42nd | 2015–2019 | Borys Wrzesnewskyj | Liberal | |
43rd | 2019–2021 | Yvan Baker | ||
44th | 2021–present |
2021 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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** Preliminary results — Not yet official ** | ||||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Yvan Baker | 27,623 | 47.9 | -4.0 | ||||
Conservative | Geoff Turner | 20,208 | 35.1 | +0.6 | ||||
New Democratic | Ashley Da Silva | 5,809 | 10.1 | +2.4 | ||||
People's | Maurice Cormier | 4,000 | 6.9 | +5.8 | ||||
Total valid votes | 57,640 | |||||||
Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
Turnout | 63.56 | |||||||
Eligible voters | 90,683 | |||||||
Source: Elections Canada[5] |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Yvan Baker | 32,800 | 51.9 | -0.87 | $98,039.05 | |||
Conservative | Ted Opitz | 21,804 | 34.5 | -2.83 | $100,790.81 | |||
New Democratic | Heather Vickers-Wong | 4,881 | 7.7 | -0.21 | $8,510.54 | |||
Green | Cameron Semple | 2,775 | 4.4 | +3.01 | none listed | |||
People's | Nicholas Serdiuk | 664 | 1.1 | - | none listed | |||
Libertarian | Mark Wrzesniewski | 295 | 0.5 | - | none listed | |||
Total valid votes/expense limit | 63,219 | 100.0 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 624 | |||||||
Turnout | 63,843 | 69.5 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 91,889 | |||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.98 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[6][7] |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Borys Wrzesnewskyj | 32,612 | 52.77 | +12.21 | $183,159.14 | |||
Conservative | Ted Opitz | 23,070 | 37.33 | -4.53 | $123,382.55 | |||
New Democratic | Tanya De Mello | 4,886 | 7.91 | -6.72 | $86,715.88 | |||
Green | Shawn Rizvi | 856 | 1.39 | -1.30 | – | |||
Progressive Canadian | Rob Wolvin | 378 | 0.61 | – | ||||
Total valid votes/expense limit | 61,802 | 100.00 | $226,574.91 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 303 | 0.49 | ||||||
Turnout | 62,105 | 71.03 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 87,440 | |||||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +8.37 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[8][9] |
2011 federal election redistributed results[10] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Conservative | 22,306 | 41.86 | |
Liberal | 21,616 | 40.56 | |
New Democratic | 7,792 | 14.62 | |
Green | 1,431 | 2.69 | |
Others | 146 | 0.27 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Conservative | Ted Opitz | 21,644 | 41.2% | +3.7% | – | |||
Liberal | Borys Wrzesnewskyj | 21,618 | 41.2% | -7.7% | – | |||
New Democratic | Ana Maria Rivero | 7,735 | 14.7% | +6.4% | – | |||
Green | Katarina Zoricic | 1,377 | 2.6% | -2.8% | – | |||
Marxist–Leninist | Sarah Thompson | 149 | 0.3% | – | ||||
Total valid votes/expense limit | 52,523 | 100.0 | – | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 271 | 0.51 | +0.02 | |||||
Turnout | 52,794 | 65.49 | +3.8 | |||||
Eligible voters | 80,603 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Borys Wrzesnewskyj | 24,537 | 48.9 | -3.5 | $72,089 | |||
Conservative | Axel Kuhn | 18,839 | 37.5 | +4.3 | $83,207 | |||
New Democratic | Joseph Schwartz | 4,164 | 8.3 | -1.3 | ||||
Green | Marion Schaffer | 2,688 | 5.4 | +1.6 | $352 | |||
Total valid votes/expense limit | 50,228 | 100.0 | $85,584 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 247 | 0.49 | ||||||
Turnout | 50,475 | 62.7 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Borys Wrzesnewskyj | 29,509 | 52.44 | −5.84 | $78,982 | |||
Conservative | Axel Kuhn | 18,702 | 33.24 | +4.85 | $77,310 | |||
New Democratic | Cynthia Cameron | 5,426 | 9.64 | −0.27 | $1,391 | |||
Green | John Vanderheyden | 2,111 | 3.75 | +0.54 | $1,087 | |||
Progressive Canadian | Norman Dundas | 402 | 0.71 | n/a | $18 | |||
Marxist–Leninist | France Tremblay | 117 | 0.21 | - | none listed | |||
Total valid votes | 56,267 | 100.00 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 220 | |||||||
Turnout | 56,487 | 71.95 | +4.67 | |||||
Electors on the lists | 78,511 | |||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -5.35 | ||||||
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada. |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Borys Wrzesnewskyj | 30,441 | 58.28 | +1.9 | $76,192 | |||
Conservative | Lida Preyma | 14,829 | 28.39 | -10.2 | $72,841 | |||
New Democratic | John Richmond | 5,174 | 9.91 | +5.3 | $4,977 | |||
Green | Margo Pearson | 1,676 | 3.21 | – | not listed | |||
Marxist–Leninist | France Tremblay | 112 | 0.21 | -0.2 | not listed | |||
Total valid votes | 52,232 | 100.00 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 249 | |||||||
Turnout | 52,481 | 67.28 | ||||||
Electors on the lists | 78,007 | |||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +6.05 | ||||||
Percentage change figures are factored for redistribution. Conservative Party percentages are contrasted with the combined Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative percentages from 2000. | ||||||||
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada. |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Allan Rock | 26,083 | 56.4 | +1.8 | ||||
Alliance | Michael G. Kraik | 10,318 | 22.3 | +5.1 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Ross Vaughan | 7,566 | 16.4 | -5.6 | ||||
New Democratic | Karen Dolan | 2,124 | 4.6 | -0.7 | ||||
Marxist–Leninist | Dagmar Sullivan | 181 | 0.4 | 0.0 | ||||
Total valid votes | 46,272 | 100.0 |
Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Allan Rock | 27,345 | 54.6 | +0.2 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Alida Leistra | 11,023 | 22.0 | +2.5 | ||||
Reform | Jason Beyak | 8,638 | 17.2 | -4.9 | ||||
New Democratic | Matthew Bonk | 2,661 | 5.3 | +3.1 | ||||
Natural Law | Paul Gasztold | 267 | 0.5 | +0.1 | ||||
Marxist–Leninist | Janice Murray | 189 | 0.4 | +0.3 | ||||
Total valid votes | 50,123 | 100.0 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Allan Rock | 25,633 | 54.3 | +13.9 | ||||
Reform | Charles McLeod | 10,440 | 22.1 | |||||
Progressive Conservative | Charles Donley | 9,203 | 19.5 | -28.9 | ||||
New Democratic | Udayan Rege | 1,037 | 2.2 | -7.4 | ||||
National | Janice Tait | 500 | 1.1 | |||||
Natural Law | Everett Murphy | 200 | 0.4 | |||||
Abolitionist | Kelly Ann Leblanc | 77 | 0.2 | |||||
Marxist–Leninist | Janice Murray | 53 | 0.1 | |||||
Commonwealth of Canada | Joseph Zmak | 25 | 0.1 | -0.1 | ||||
Total valid votes | 47,168 | 100.0 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Michael Wilson | 24,338 | 48.4 | -8.4 | ||||
Liberal | Mary Schwass | 20,342 | 40.5 | +10.6 | ||||
New Democratic | Phil Jones | 4,815 | 9.6 | -3.2 | ||||
Libertarian | Janice E. Hazlett | 373 | 0.7 | +0.2 | ||||
Green | Isabel Van Humbeck | 187 | 0.4 | |||||
Communist | Dan Goldstick | 81 | 0.2 | |||||
Commonwealth of Canada | John J. Benz | 70 | 0.1 | |||||
Independent | Jeanne Gatley | 62 | 0.1 | |||||
Total valid votes | 50,268 | 100.0 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Michael Wilson | 34,026 | 56.8 | +9.7 | ||||
Liberal | Jim Brown | 17,853 | 29.8 | -11.6 | ||||
New Democratic | Phil Jones | 7,657 | 12.8 | +2.0 | ||||
Libertarian | Shirley Yamada | 339 | 0.6 | 0.0 | ||||
Total valid votes | 59,875 | 100.0 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Michael Wilson | 26,969 | 47.1 | -4.2 | ||||
Liberal | Joe Cruden | 23,715 | 41.4 | +3.7 | ||||
New Democratic | Dan Shipley | 6,181 | 10.8 | +0.6 | ||||
Libertarian | Norman R. Andersen | 308 | 0.5 | +0.1 | ||||
Marxist–Leninist | Anne Boylan | 88 | 0.2 | +0.1 | ||||
Total valid votes | 57,261 | 100.0 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
Progressive Conservative | Michael Wilson | 31,498 | 51.3 | |||||
Liberal | Alastair Gillespie | 23,141 | 37.7 | |||||
New Democratic | Dan Shipley | 6,237 | 10.2 | |||||
Libertarian | Norman R. Andersen | 272 | 0.4 | |||||
Communist | Nick Hrynchyshyn | 112 | 0.2 | |||||
Independent | Helen Obadia | 54 | 0.1 | |||||
Marxist–Leninist | James H. Reid | 38 | 0.1 | |||||
Total valid votes | 61,352 | 100.0 |
Since 2000 Toronto City Council Wards 3 and 4 shares the same name.
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