Etobicoke—Lakeshore (formerly known as Lakeshore and Toronto—Lakeshore) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1968.

Etobicoke—Lakeshore

Ontario electoral district
Etobicoke—Lakeshore in relation to other electoral districts in Toronto (2015 boundaries)
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	James Maloney Liberal
District created	1976
First contested	1979
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2021)[1]	141,751
Electors (2015)	90,167
Area (km²)[2]	53
Pop. density (per km²)	2,674.5
Census division(s)	Toronto
Census subdivision(s)	Toronto

It covers the southern part of the Etobicoke portion of Toronto on the shore of Lake Ontario including the former 'Lakeshore Municipalities' of Mimico, New Toronto and Long Branch.

This riding has been a destination for Slavic immigrants. The percentage of native speakers of Slavic languages in this riding (primarily Polish, Ukrainian, Russian, Serbian, and Croatian) is 15.0%, the highest in Canada.[3]

Demographics

According to the Canada 2011 Census

Ethnic groups: 75.3% White, 4.6% South Asian, 4.2% Black, 3.3% Filipino, 2.8% Chinese, 2.2% Latin American, 1.8% Korean, 1.3% Southeast Asian
Languages: 60.6% English, 5.5% Polish, 3.4% Ukrainian, 2.7% Italian, 2.3% Spanish, 2.2% Portuguese, 2.1% Russian, 2.1% Chinese, 2.0% French, 1.8% Tagalog, 1.7% Serbian, 1.5% Korean
Religions: 70.7% Christian (40.8% Catholic, 5.9% Christian Orthodox, 5.3% United Church, 4.8% Anglican, 1.9% Presbyterian, 1.2% Baptist), 3.7% Muslim, 1.7% Hindu, 1.1% Buddhist, 21.6 No religion
Median income (2005): $30,419

Geography

Consisting of that part of the City of Toronto described as follows: commencing at the intersection of the Humber River with Dundas Street West; thence southwesterly along said street to the Canadian Pacific Railway; thence southerly along said railway to Mimico Creek; thence generally westerly along said creek to Kipling Avenue; thence southerly along said avenue to Burnhamthorpe Road; thence westerly along said road to Highway 427; thence southerly along said highway to Dundas Street West; thence westerly along said street to the westerly limit of said city; thence generally southerly and northeasterly along the westerly and southerly limits of said city to the southeasterly production of the Humber River; thence generally northwesterly along said production and the Humber River to the point of commencement.

History

The riding was created in 1966 as "Lakeshore" from part of York—Humber, the same year the 'Lakeshore municipalities', Mimico, New Toronto, Long Branch were annexed to the new Borough of Etobicoke. In 1971, it was renamed "Toronto—Lakeshore". In 1976, it was abolished, and replaced by "Etobicoke—Lakeshore".

The riding was represented by federal Liberal Party and official Opposition leader Michael Ignatieff, who was first elected in 2006, until he was unseated in the 2011 General Election by Conservative Bernard Trottier. Trottier lost to James Maloney of the Liberals in 2015, and Maloney still holds the seat. It was previously represented by Jean Augustine. Provincially, it was represented by Peter Milczyn from 2014 to 2018, and is now represented by Christine Hogarth. On Toronto City Council, the riding is represented by Mark Grimes.

In the 1988 federal election, there was no Liberal candidate on the ballot because two days after nominations were due, the Liberal candidate, Emmanuel Feuerwerker, withdrew citing heart problems after the news media reported that Mr. Feuerwerker's campaign literature claimed university degrees that he did not, in fact, possess.[4]

This riding lost territory to Etobicoke Centre during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Former boundaries

• 
  1966 to 1976
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  1976 to 1987
• 
  1987 to 1996
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  1996 to 2004
• 
  2004 to 2015

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Election results

Etobicoke—Lakeshore

v t e 2008 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Michael Ignatieff	23,536	46.13	2.5	$65,816
	Conservative	Patrick Boyer	17,793	34.87	0.3	$86,667
	New Democratic	Liam McHugh-Russell	5,950	11.66	3.9	$20,386
	Green	David Corail	3,562	6.98	1.9	$946
	Marxist–Leninist	Janice Murray	181	0.35	0.2
Total valid votes/expense limit			51,022	100.00	$88,903
Total rejected ballots			213	0.42
Turnout			51,235

v t e 2006 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Michael Ignatieff	24,337	43.6	6.6
	Conservative	John Capobianco	19,613	35.2	4.6
	New Democratic	Liam McHugh-Russell	8,685	15.6	1.1
	Green	Philip Ridge	2,853	5.1	0.7
	Communist	Cathy Holliday	186	0.3
	Marxist–Leninist	Janice Murray	104	0.2	0.1
Total valid votes			55,778	100.0

v t e 2004 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jean Augustine	24,909	50.2	1.5
	Conservative	John Capobianco	15,159	30.6	10.0
	New Democratic	Margaret Anne McHugh	7,179	14.4	7.9
	Green	John Huculiak	2,201	4.4
	Marxist–Leninist	Janice Murray	129	0.2	0.0
Total valid votes			49,577	100.0

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

v t e 2000 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jean Augustine	22,467	51.8	5.6
	Alliance	David Court	9,160	21.1	2.1
	Progressive Conservative	David Haslam	8,453	19.5	3.4
	New Democratic	Richard Joseph Banigan	2,835	6.5	2.4
	Natural Law	Don Jackson	244	0.6	0.3
	Marxist–Leninist	Janice Murray	116	0.3	0.0
	Communist	Ed Bil	113	0.3
Total valid votes			43,388	100.0

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.

Toronto—Lakeshore

Lakeshore

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

References

• "(Code 35023) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved March 3, 2011.
• Federal riding history from the Library of Parliament:
  • Lakeshore
  • Toronto—Lakeshore
  • Etobicoke—Lakeshore
• 2011 Results from Elections Canada
• Campaign expense data from Elections Canada

Notes