Eglinton—Lawrence

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Eglinton—Lawrence Electoral district
Eglinton—Lawrence in relation to the other Toronto ridings
MP	Joe Volpe (1988-)
Party	Liberal (1979-)
MPP	Mike Colle (1999-)
Party	Liberal (1999-)
Province	Ontario
Census division(s)	Toronto
Census subdivision(s)	Toronto
Federal district created	1976

Eglinton—Lawrence is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1979, and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1999.

It covers a portion of Toronto northwest of downtown. It stretches from Yonge Street in the east to Caledonia in the west and from Highway 401 in the north to Eglinton Avenue in the south. Lawrence Avenue runs through the centre of the riding. Neighbourhoods in the riding include Bedford Park, Lawrence Manor, Lawrence Heights, the southwestern part of York Mills and the western part of Lawrence Park. The riding includes portions of the former city of North York and Toronto.

The federal riding was created in 1976 from parts of Eglinton, St. Paul's, York Centre, York South, and York West. Federally, it has been represented by Liberal Joe Volpe since 1988. Since it became a provincial riding in 1999, it has been represented by Liberal Mike Colle. On Toronto City Council, the western half of the riding is represented by Howard Moscoe, and the eastern portion by Karen Stintz.

Contents 1 Members of Parliament 2 Members of Provincial Parliament 3 Municipal politicians 4 Former boundaries 5 Federal election results 6 See also 7 External link

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Eglinton, St. Paul's, York Centre, York South, and York West prior to 1976
31st	1979-1980		Roland de Corneille	Liberal
32nd	1980-1984
33rd	1984-1988
34th	1988-1993		Joe Volpe	Liberal
35th	1993-1997
36th	1997-2000
37th	2000-2004
38th	2004-2006
39th	2006-

[edit] Members of Provincial Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:

• Mike Colle, Liberal (1999 - present)

[edit] Municipal politicians

As of 1998, the ward boundaries of Toronto were standardized along the lines of the Federal and Provincial ridings. Each riding has two municipal wards. Eglinton-Lawrence encompasses wards 15 and 16.

• Ward 15: Howard Moscoe
• Ward 16: Karen Stintz

[edit] Former boundaries

1976 to 1987

1987 to 1996

1996 to 2003

[edit] Federal election results

2006 federal election : Eglinton—Lawrence edit
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-	Expenditures
	Liberal	(x)Joe Volpe	26,044	52.89	-7.35	$66,769.49
	Conservative	Peter Coy	14,897	30.25	+5.20	$59,382.34
	New Democratic Party	Maurganne Mooney	5,660	11.49	+1.11	$7,721.94
	Green	Patrick Metzger	2,520	5.12	+1.03	$1,338.44
	N/A (Communist League)	John Steele	123	0.25		$368.80
Total valid votes			49,244	100.00
Total rejected ballots			245
Turnout			49,489	67.61	+3.84
Electors on the lists			73,201

2004 federal election : Eglinton—Lawrence edit
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-	Expenditures
	Liberal	(x)Joe Volpe	28,360	60.24	+1.07	$72,088.73
	Conservative	Bernie Tanz	11,792	25.05	-6.88	$71,822.91
	New Democratic Party	Max Silverman	4,886	10.38	+3.93	$8,534.03
	Green	Shel Goldstein	1,924	4.09		$2,376.99
	Canadian Action	Corrinne Prévost	115	0.24		$0.00
Total valid votes			47,077	100.00
Total rejected ballots			284
Turnout			47,361	63.77
Electors on the lists			74,266

2000 federal election : Eglinton—Lawrence edit
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-	Expenditures
	Liberal	(x)Joe Volpe	25,161	60.68	+1.44	$53,652.11
	Progressive Conservative	Louise Sankey	7,156	17.26	-5.49	$16,232.28
	Canadian Alliance	Joel Etienne	5,497	13.26	+5.17	$18,684.78
	New Democratic Party	Simon Rowland	2,663	6.42	-2.60	$1,576.77
	Green	Doug Howat	688	1.66		$579.01
	Marxist-Leninist	Frank Chilelli	164	0.40		$8.00
	Natural Law	Matthew Macleod	133	0.32	-0.59	$0.00
Total valid votes			41,462	100.00
Total rejected ballots			263
Turnout			41,725	57.58	-9.42
Electors on the lists			72,463

1997 federal election : Eglinton—Lawrence edit
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-	Expenditures
	Liberal	(x)Joe Volpe	25,985	59.24		$49,531
	Progressive Conservative	David Rotenberg	9,977	22.75		$34,874
	New Democratic Party	Sam Savona	3,955	9.02		$14,088
	Reform	Charles Van Tuinen	3,547	8.09		$10,529
	Natural Law	Robyn Brandon	397	0.91		$0
Total valid votes			43,861	100.00
Total rejected ballots			320
Turnout			44,181	67.00
Electors on the lists			65,945

1993 federal election : Eglinton—Lawrence edit
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-	Expenditures
	Liberal	(x)Joe Volpe	28,634	71.62	+20.60	$38,419
	Reform	Charles Van Tuinen	4,347	10.87		$13,413
	Progressive Conservative	Marc Monson	4,262	10.66	-20.28	$19,954
	New Democratic Party	Gael Hepworth	2,091	5.23	-10.34	$12,165
	Natural Law	Debbie Weberg	384	0.96		$0
	Marxist-Leninist	Jeanne Gatley	138	0.35		$105
	Abolitionist	Linda Kruschel	124	0.31		$0
Total valid votes			39,980	100.00
Total rejected ballots			480
Turnout			40,460	68.28	-6.48
Electors on the lists			59,254

1988 federal election : Eglinton—Lawrence edit
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-
	Liberal	Joe Volpe	20,446	51.02	+3.0
	Progressive Conservative	Tony Abbott	12,400	30.94	-0.9
	New Democratic Party	Vittoria Levi	6,241	15.57	-2.5
	Libertarian	Sandor L. Hegedus	538	1.34
	Communist	Geoffrey Da Silva	208	0.52
	N/A (Revolutionary Workers League)	Margaret Manwaring	123	0.31
	Commonwealth	James Felicioni	122	0.30
Total valid votes			40,078	100.00
Total rejected ballots			565
Turnout			40,643	74.76
Electors on the lists			54,362

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Roland de Corneille	18,645
	Progressive Conservative	Dan La Carprara	17,476
	New Democrat	Marlene Miller	6,458
	Libertarian	Linda Cain	362
	Independent	Ken Kirk	219
	Communist	Nan McDonald	219

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Roland de Corneille	20,861
	Progressive Conservative	Rob Parker	13,985
	New Democrat	Graham Murray	6,077
	Libertarian	Linda Cain	343
	Marxist-Leninist	Iqbal S. Sumbal	71

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Roland de Corneille	19,270
	Progressive Conservative	Rob Parker	17,605
	New Democrat	Leo Heaps	7,368
	Libertarian	Linda Cain	585
	Marxist-Leninist	Iqbal S. Sumbal	111

[edit] See also

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

[edit] External link

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament

Federal Ridings in Greater Toronto
Liberal	Ajax—Pickering | Beaches—East York | Bramalea—Gore—Malton | Brampton—Springdale | Brampton West | Davenport | Don Valley East | Don Valley West | Eglinton—Lawrence | Etobicoke Centre | Etobicoke—Lakeshore | Etobicoke North | Markham—Unionville | Mississauga—Brampton South | Mississauga East—Cooksville | Mississauga—Erindale | Mississauga South | Mississauga—Streetsville* | Oak Ridges—Markham | Pickering—Scarborough East | Richmond Hill | St. Paul's | Scarborough—Agincourt | Scarborough Centre | Scarborough—Guildwood | Scarborough—Rouge River | Scarborough Southwest | Thornhill | Toronto Centre | Vaughan | Willowdale | York Centre | York South—Weston | York West
New Democratic	Parkdale—High Park | Toronto—Danforth | Trinity—Spadina
Conservative	Mississauga—Streetsville* | Oshawa | Whitby—Oshawa
* Mississauga—Streetsville MP Wajid Khan was elected as a Liberal, but has crossed the floor to the Conservatives.

Federal Ridings in Ontario
Central Ontario	Barrie | Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound | Dufferin—Caledon | Durham | Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock | Newmarket—Aurora | Northumberland—Quinte West | Peterborough | Simcoe—Grey | Simcoe North | York—Simcoe
Eastern Ontario	Glengarry—Prescott—Russell | Kingston and the Islands | Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington | Leeds—Grenville | Prince Edward—Hastings | Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke | Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry
Toronto (S Durham & York, Suburbs, Downtown, Brampton & Mississauga)	Ajax—Pickering | Beaches—East York | Bramalea—Gore—Malton | Brampton—Springdale | Brampton West | Davenport | Don Valley East | Don Valley West | Eglinton—Lawrence | Etobicoke Centre | Etobicoke—Lakeshore | Etobicoke North | Markham—Unionville | Mississauga—Brampton South | Mississauga East—Cooksville | Mississauga—Erindale | Mississauga South | Mississauga—Streetsville | Oak Ridges—Markham | Oshawa | Parkdale—High Park | Pickering—Scarborough East | Richmond Hill | St. Paul's | Scarborough—Agincourt | Scarborough Centre | Scarborough—Guildwood | Scarborough—Rouge River | Scarborough Southwest | Thornhill | Toronto Centre | Toronto—Danforth | Trinity—Spadina | Vaughan | Whitby—Oshawa | Willowdale | York Centre | York South—Weston | York West
Hamilton, Burlington & Niagara	Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale | Burlington | Halton | Hamilton Centre | Hamilton East—Stoney Creek | Hamilton Mountain | Niagara Falls | Niagara West—Glanbrook | Oakville | St. Catharines | Welland
Midwestern Ontario	Brant | Cambridge | Guelph | Haldimand—Norfolk | Huron—Bruce | Kitchener Centre | Kitchener—Conestoga | Kitchener—Waterloo | Oxford | Perth—Wellington | Wellington—Halton Hills
Northern Ontario	Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing | Kenora | Nickel Belt | Nipissing—Timiskaming | Parry Sound—Muskoka | Sault Ste. Marie | Sudbury | Thunder Bay—Rainy River | Thunder Bay—Superior North | Timmins—James Bay
Southwestern Ontario	Chatham-Kent—Essex | Elgin—Middlesex—London | Essex | Lambton—Kent—Middlesex | London—Fanshawe | London North Centre | London West | Sarnia—Lambton | Windsor—Tecumseh | Windsor West
Ottawa	Carleton—Mississippi Mills | Nepean—Carleton | Ottawa Centre | Ottawa—Orléans | Ottawa South | Ottawa—Vanier | Ottawa West—Nepean